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March 13, 2013

Fan nostalgia isn’t enough in Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar

I walked away from a recent preview of Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar feeling anxious. It’s not that Dark Age of…

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Get a job: Insomniac needs an in-house environment concept artist

“We are looking to you to create images that solve visual problems and inspire production artists, and establish style and content guidelines…

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Lone Survivor finds friends on PS3 and Vita this summer

Lone Survivor is making a break for PS3 and Vita this summer, featuring two new locations and sidequests, new NPC dialogue, more…

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Assassin’s Creed 3 DLC lets Connor turn into an eagle because nature

In The Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal, Assassin’s Creed 3’s Ratonhnhaké:ton can turn into an eagle. This follows his previous invisibility…

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Lone Survivor’s PS3 and Vita port due this summer

Update: The Lone Survivor PS3 and Vita port’s release date has been narrowed down to July, according to a post on the…

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Glu Mobile beats Zynga in the real money gambling race

Smartphone game maker Glu Mobile launched its first real money gambling game in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, becoming one of the…

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SimCity review: They built this city to shock and troll

I’ve written five different openings to this SimCity review over three days. Some felt ignorant of the game’s disastrous launch, an element…

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PlayStation Home Goes Green for St. Patrick’s Day

This week in PlayStation Home, things get a little greener just in time for St Patrick’s Day and new dance moves groove…

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Coming Tonight: ‘Danger Boat’, ‘NightSky’, ‘Ridiculous Fishing’, a ‘Stargate SG1 Unleashed’, ‘Super Stickman Golf 2’ and More

This week’s releases got a little less exciting with the announcement that Magicka will be hitting on the 28th instead of tonight,…

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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition strikes retail gold on April 30

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will arrive as a retail offering on April 30 in the United States for $20. Prepare thyself for…

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The TouchArcade Show – A Chat With Some of The Devs Behind ‘Ridiculous Fishing’

One of this week’s most notable releases is Ridiculous Fishing, a fantastic and quirky fishing game from Vlambeer, Zach Gage, and Greg…

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Doomsday confirmed for Injustice, Superman suddenly remembers a bunch of stuff he needs to go do

Doomsday, the ancient, artificially engineered monstrosity responsible for the “death” of Superman (among hundreds of thousands of others) has been confirmed as…

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Fears over the future of Star Wars games following Disney buyout of LucasArts

Update: Some early Star Wars: First Assault gameplay footage has leaked, showing off what the game looked like as of October/November 2012.The…

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Road to the IGF: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Developers Matt Hammill and Jamie Tucker tell us the history behind the frantic co-op space platformer/defense hybrid, which is nominated for an…

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TA Plays: ‘Magicka Wizards of the Square Tablet’ – A Cool, Co-op Friendly Take On The Series

Find a good chair, turn down your volume a hair, and check out our look at Magicka for iPad. It’s a streamlined…

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Payday 2 trailer and the importance of cutting eyeholes in your mask

Hey. Hey, guys. What day is it? Hmm? What day is it? Well, it’s Wednesday. Obviously. What were you going to say?…

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Vita tops Japanese hardware charts

The Vita topped the Media Create charts last week, an occurrence spurred by two events: the previous week’s price drop, and the…

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Evolutionary RTS Forevolution Comes to PS Mobile Today

Forevolution is a real-time strategy game from Pygmy Studios in Osaka, Japan. In Forevolution, you are the ruler of your own world…

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