Missed something big this week? Never fear, for below you’ll find all the news stories that made waves in the week of 6 – 10 February 2012.

Kickstart Fever hits big

This is what happens when fans want something bad enough. Starting out with Notch offering to fund a new Psychonauts game, ‘kickstart’ fever hit off, with fans throwing money around to see the games they want, made without the need for publisher sign-off.

>> Planescape: Torment dev has “Kickstart fever”
>> Double Fine Adventure raises over $1 million
>> Double Fine’s fan-funded adventure game confirmed
>> Psychonauts 2 might actually happen

Diablo III is in the news again

Unsurprisingly, the Q1 release window for Diablo III is now a Q2 release window. Yeah, yeah – you can’t delay something that doesn’t have an official release date – but fans are eagerly awaiting this game, and any sort of news indicating they’ll wait longer, isn’t going to be accepted happily.

>> Diablo III release window pushed back
>> More Diablo 3 details

New legal battle emerges

Now that Mojang and Interplay are done playing in court with Bethesda, the gaming industry needs a new high-profile legal battle. Luckily Blizzard and Valve are set to fill that spot with tussles over DotA 2.

>> Blizzard takes legal action against Valve

Shooter sequels for 2012

Next shooter sequel? Well Medal of Honour 2 is all but confirmed – and Activision are talking about their next game in the Call of Duty franchise, so it looks like it will be another good year for shooters – especially with Spec Ops The Line also showing up.

>> Spec Ops: The Line shows “the dark side of war”
>> Spec Ops: The Line preview – explore the darkness of humanity
>> Medal of Honor 2 “announcement” at GDC
>> PSM teases “mystery shooter sequel” reveal

Rumour control

Ah yes, a couple of new buzzings – obviously the next gen of consoles can’t escape it – but more intriguingly, Rockstar are working on a new “open world” game, apparently – the same studio that made Red Dead Redemption is now hiring…hmmm.

>> Rumour control: Nextbox covets Wii U’s controller
>> Rockstar San Diego is hiring

Local boom, bloom and doom

Good news and bad news – as ever, locally it’s a mix. While Telkom upped local data caps, and the gaming industry (in terms of sales) has seen quite a boom – with more growth in general expected in years to come – we also heard about Luma Arcade closing their Joburg offices, which was very sad news, indeed.

>> Luma Arcade closes Joburg offices
>> Local ADSL pricing comparison
>> SA games industry shows growth in 2011
>> SA gamers expected to quadruple by 2015