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March 12, 2013

Asda reportedly interested in buying entire HMV brand and business

Huge UK supermarket chain Asda, owned by Walmart, is apparently considering a deal to buy HMV. And not just some stores: The…

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Starbreeze’s latest looks like it could be this year’s Journey

Between losing several of its key staff to a new start-up and suffering a high-profile flop, the past few years presumably haven’t…

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

Fears are growing over the future of Star Wars games following Disney’s eye-watering $4.05 billion purchase of LucasFilm.A source told Kotaku that…

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Activision adds in-game purchases called Micro Items to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Activision has added in-game purchases, which it calls Micro Items, to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.Tomorrow, Wednesday 13th March players will…

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Hideo Kojima suggests video game pilots to combat rising next-gen dev costs

Legendary developer Hideo Kojima has come up with an interesting idea for combating rising video game production costs: the video game pilot.With…

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Sony changes "misogynistic" God of War: Ascension Trophy name

Sony will change a God of War: Ascension Trophy that had been accused by some of being misogynistic.The Trophy in question is…

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DayZ standalone teases new health system, overhauled zombies

Creator Dean Hall has offered up another video diatribe on the development on the standalone version of DayZ. One teased addition is…

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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate trailer shows its angry antagonists

Enter: the majestic creatures of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate who exist purely to be poked with giant sticks, hammers and swords.Monster Hunter…

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Steam’s weekly deals include cheap Rochard, Jet Set Radio, Arcania and Endless Space

Steam has announced its latest round of weekly deals, with physics-focused platformer Rochard dropping to $2.49, along with Jet Set Radio. Left…

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Select Sony stores selling PS Vita 3G for $200

A majority of the Sony stores across the US have dropped the price of the 3G-compatible PlayStation Vita, down to $199.97. The…

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Charlie Murder wants you to give punk a chance, download a song

Charlie Murder is gearing up to trash XBLA sometime in the future, and Ska Studios is hard at work beating out all…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Spate

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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Huge Game-changing ‘The Blockheads’ Update is Out Now

Last week, we detailed a massive update for Majic Jungle’s Minecraft-y world building simulation The Blockheads [Free] which would fundamentally change the…

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Miyamoto working on Pikmin cartoons

Shigeru Miyamoto is working on translating the Pikmin series into animated shorts. The Nintendo executive showed one episode of his new project…

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm server start times

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launches tomorrow, and in the interest of its international fanbase Blizzard has provided a handy list…

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March 11, 2013

Get a job: ArenaNet needs programmers in Bellevue

“ArenaNet was founded by programmers; we are a company of doers, dedicated to our craft, and we put decision-making in the hands…

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Rumor: Injustice ‘Blackest Night’ DLC pack will offer a zombie Batman

Germany’s Amazon page appears to have revealed the first pack of downloadable content for the DC superhero fighting game Injustice: Gods Among…

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Rumor: Star Wars: First Assault is a multiplayer shooter, currently on hold

Star Wars: First Assault, an unannounced game from LucasArts, has been put on hold, Kotaku reports. First Assault was going to host…

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