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Hands On: The Secret World
I’ve had mixed feelings about The Secret World for a while now. As more details have emerged, I’ve found it hard to…
Namco Bandai Throwing a Week Long Thanksgiving Sale
Namco Bandai is getting into the gorging spirit of Thanksgiving Day here in the US and encouraging gamers to gorge on new…
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Closed Beta Launches November 30
Valve confirmed at the tail end of October that the planned kickoff that month for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s closed beta had been…
Modern Warfare 3 fights off Assassin’s Creed: Revelations atop UK charts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 had the biggest entertainment launch in history, so even with an 87 percent drop in unit…
Video game rentals to eradicate pre-owned sales?
Pubs offering Blockbuster “an awful lot of support”….
The Life And Death Of Skyrim’s Lydia
Let me begin by saying this is not a spoiler. This is a random sandbox event caused entirely by something I did,…
Infinity Ward and DICE Address ‘Battlefield 3′ & ‘Modern Warfare 3′ Cheaters
Both ‘Battlefield 3’ and ‘Modern Warfare 3’ are suffering from an influx of glitchers and cheaters, but each’s developer is promising patches…
‘Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim’ Videos Show Tricks to Leveling Fast
Two clever gamers have figured out ways in which to level their ‘Skyrim’ character without actually having to go out and explore….
Microsoft Launches Kinect Accelerator Initiative
Microsoft has announced a new initiative that will provide a number of developers with the tools and resources to create business-focused programs…
EA Taken To Court Over Battlefield 1943 PS3 Promise
Electronic Arts is being taken to court after failing to provide copies of download-only Battlefield 1943 with PlayStation 3 retail copies of…
Japanese hardware sales, November 7 – 13: SOPA edition
We like to poke fun around here, but the Stop Online Piracy Act is actually pretty serious business. As creative people ourselves,…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Control and Conquest
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
Attention 20-something adultolescents: Power Rangers Online is a thing
The amount of nostalgic, nigh-shameful glee we have for the Power Rangers series could fill several extended volumes, fully annotated with diagrams…
Halo Helljumper is a fanmade series that looks like a Hollywood hit
A group of dedicated Halo fans have put some serious time, sweat, tears (we assume) and talent (we can see) into a…
Former Myspace CEO Owen Van Natta now former Zynga executive
Owen Van Natta has resigned from his position as an Executive Vice President of Business Operations at casual/social gaming megalith Zynga, according…
Polygon Play’s Cave-Flyer ‘Lander Hero’ To Land in 10 Days
Just a quick weekend heads-up on a title that will be arriving in 10 days that I’ve been eagerly waiting four long…
Former Activision heads start U4ia, begin ‘hardcore freemium’ FPS
The video-game industry is trying to find the balance between casual and hardcore gaming, with freemium, social-networking titles leading the casual sphere….
The Drop: Week of November 21st 2011 New Releases
As you hibernate next to your towering stack of games this week, make sure to finish off with a delicious slice of…