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[News] Kickstarter Project for OC ReMix Final Fantasy VI Collection Cancelled

Love or hate Kickstarter, it’s a part of our lives now. But one recent project that steamrolled past its goal and already had several updates posted appears to have been cancelled: OverClocked ReMix’ Final Fantasy VI collection. The collection, as with all others produced by OC ReMix, would have been free to download for all, but a physical four-disc set was being pressed as one of the rewards. Current speculation on the OC ReMix forums is that a copyright concern [...]

[News] Mech Combat Game Hawken Will Get Movie Treatment

I… I don’t know why more people aren’t talking about this. Maybe it’s because, historically speaking, movies with robots have sucked. But things in the future will be different – not only are we going to get a Boilerplate movie, but IGN is reporting that we’ll also be treated to a movie adaptation of the upcoming mech combat game Hawken.

[Featurama] Nintendo Needs to Fils-Aime a Little Bit Higher

In America, we hear about Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime as much as we hear about the company’s consoles – and twice as much as we hear about their games. He’s essentially their pitch man and spokesperson, and the enthusiast press is allowed to have a filed day with rumors until “The Regginator” gives us the official word. Though recently, Fils-Aime has shown that he’s certainly capable of missing the mark. Especially in The Age of the Internet (where [...]

[Featurama] The Beats in Botanicula: An Interview with DVA

In a perfect world, the light-hearted point-and-click adventure game Botanicula will turn out to be a sleeper hit for developer Amanita Design. A game featuring a seemingly misanthropic cast of insects exploring their home tree probably won’t knock Diablo III off the charts, but the charming title is quickly finding its audience thanks to a strong debut in a recent Humble Bundle. As anyone who’s played it will attest, Botanicula owes a great deal of its whimsicality to its soundtrack. Created by DVA, it blends acoustic [...]

[Featurama] Why aren’t older game soundtracks available in the United States?

Even if you don’t appreciate the finer points of a game’s soundtrack, there’s no doubt that it can make or break a title. While Fez does evoke a certain new-age, chilled-out vibe, a score composed by Yanni or John Tesh would simply have clashed (and sucked). That game needed the subtleties of a tweaked chip soundtrack to appropriately convey the broken complexities of that world, and conversely, the serenity of a game like Journey would have been ruined by the [...]