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PopCap explores merchandising with Plants vs Zombies products
Newsbrief: PopCap has announced a huge merchandising push, with multiple agreements in place, marking the first time that the studio has offered…
Nintendo’s ‘Midnight Purple’ 3DS made official, eggplanting at retailers on May 20
Bust out your bright purple tennis racket and get weird with Nintendo on May 20 when the new “Midnight Purple” 3DS launches…
Halo 4 live action web series Forward Unto Dawn launches this autumn
A live action Halo web series will launch this autumn ahead of the release of Halo 4 on Xbox 360. Halo 4:…
God of War: Ascension Preview: Introducing the Gods of War
It’s a brilliantly executed reveal. The first live demo to the press, I mean. Not the one that happened the previous week…
God of War: Ascension multiplayer confirmed
Sony has confirmed long-running speculation that the next God of War game has multiplayer. God of War: Ascension has online and offline…
Diablo 3 TV Spot Welcomes Evil Back
It’s a little bit strange in this day and age to see a PC/Mac-only game getting its own TV commercial, but you…
Huge Universal Update for ‘Junk Jack’ Now Available
It was just last Wednesday that we expected a huge update for Junk Jack [ $2.99 ] to be hitting soon, and…
The Eternal Lightness of Being An Item In WoW
That is my knee. Guess what it did when I read the news that sold, destroyed and disenchanted items in World of…
Nvidia unveils new super PC graphics card GeForce GTX 690
Nvidia’s unveiled its brand new ultra high-end PC graphics card, the GeForce GTX 690. It costs a pocket destroying $999, and launches…
Lemarchand leaves Naughty Dog to teach at USC
Veteran Naughty Dog lead Richard Lemarchand is moving on after some eight years with the studio, “excited and happy” to join the…
Stiq Figures, April 16 – 22: Digital distribution of yore edition
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don’t matter. Every week, we take a…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Vessel
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
ThreeA Toys unveils prototype Portal 2 and Metal Gear Solid 2 statuettes
Chinese design house/ridiculously detailed toy company ThreeA Toys had many different prototype products on display during its ReVenture event in Hong Kong…
Platinum Games staff plays Anarchy Reigns just for you
The team at Platinum Games, developer of online cross-franchise beat ’em up Anarchy Reigns, has a pretty sweet deal. Those lucky dogs…
The Drop: Week of April 30th 2012 New Releases
This week’s The Drop returns with a gang busters of games on PS Vita, PSN and PS3 — including PSone and PS2…
Borderlands action figures from NECA are looking nice-a
Borderlands is getting the Barbie treatment with its own line of action figures from NECA, starting with Claptrap and the Psycho Bandit….
Report: Gamestop to add Samsung Android devices to trade-in list
Gamestop’s plodding metamorphosis from pseudo-pawn shop to actual pawn shop continues, as the massive retailer/reseller is poised to begin accepting four specific…
Diablo 3 TV spot damns your wallet to Hell
The first Diablo 3 TV commercial has come. It brought with it Tyriel, Leah Cain and the Lord of Terror himself. Like…