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November 27, 2011

Valve gifts Notch his own head, on other people’s heads

It’s official — Notch, the creator of Minecraft and all-around Swedish dude, has made it big. In his most recent blog post,…

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November 26, 2011

I Am Alive creative director amends comments on PC release, piracy

I Am Alive creative director Stanislas Mettra is citing the English language as the reason for his controversial comments about PC gaming…

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Meet Valentine, Skullgirls’ phlebotomist femme fatale

Somewhere, someone once thought this exact thought: “I love going to the hospital to have my blood work done, but I wish…

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Steam Autumn Sale: Limbo, Overlord 75 percent off

Steam’s Autumn Sale continues today, with some spectacular sales on Limbo ($2.49), Civilization 5 ($10.19), the Overlord complete pack ($4.99) and more….

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All of Skyrim’s books are now available for your reading pleasure

Do you wish you could dedicate every moment of your life to Skyrim, dreading the seconds you have to leave the game…

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Kojima’s ‘Project Ogre’ will be different, but not anytime soon

There’s an unusually high concentration of Metal Gear(?!) buzzing around the industry right now: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is upscaling its…

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Amazon’s Cyber Monday sale starts Sunday, includes 360 bundle of joy

Amazon wants to keep the digital pepper sprayings and stampedes to a minimum this Cyber Monday, and has released a teaser list…

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Skyrim is a dangerous place

Odds are you’ve fallen off a mountain, been pounded by a giant or gobbled up by a dragon in Skyrim, but have…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Sherbet Thieves

Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…

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‘Dear Esther’ now launching in early 2012, moved over to Portal 2 engine

It’s strange, isn’t it? The day after we’re supposed to give thanks for all the special things in life, we subject ourselves…

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Get 17 indie game soundtracks for $10

Are you a thrifty individual trying to show off your indie cred? How about seventeen indie music albums derived from seventeen indie…

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Sony HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer Review

3D gaming through a visor….

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Japanese BlazBlue tournament wants to humiliate US players

Aksys Games is hosting BlazBlue Revolution, the world’s largest BlazBlue tournament, early next year in Japan, and it wants the best three-person…

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Peter Molydeux is not Peter Molyneux, and other revelations

For all its rainbow-trail-cat-in-space silliness, the internet isn’t always kind to parody. Take Peter Molydeux, for example. Did you know that he…

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Google Chrome will add native gamepad support, more video and audio hooks

Google’s Paul Kinlan spoke at Develop Liverpool last week, and revealed that Google is aiming to add some more plug-and-play hardware support…

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Microsoft acquires VideoSurf to ‘enhance video discovery capabilities’ for Xbox Live

Though Microsoft’s still mysterious Dashboard update is due to arrive in just under two weeks’ time, on December 6, Big Redmond isn’t…

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In Pursuit of Hats: This Week In Indie Games

[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor-in-chief Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from…

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Future Publishing combining UK and US branches

Following the departure of its CEO and CFO, Future Publishing’s new CEO, Mark Wood, has a plan: The UK-based company will combine…

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