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April 25, 2012

Konami patching up both Silent Hill Downpour and HD Collection

We’re having a hard time thinking of other instances of a simultaneous patch announcement for two different games. Konami has issued a…

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Pengrin: Steam Coming To Linux At Last

The chaps at Phoronix have confirmation from Valve that the developer are working on a Linux version of their platform-bestriding distribution system,…

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Mass Effect 3′s ‘Operation Exorcist’ N7 Challenge Is The Toughest Yet

BioWare details the next N7 multiplayer challenge event for ‘Mass Effect 3’ multiplayer, where players must defeat a million Cerberus Phantoms and…

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‘The Heist’ Now Offering ‘Puzzle Agent’ And ‘World of Goo’ as Bonuses

Even though The Heist’s [$.99] puzzle design is sharp enough to stand up alongside some of the better puzzle games on the…

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Fire Emblem 3DS makes an exceptional debut in Japan, as PS Vita sales dwindle

Fire Emblem: Awakening for Nintendo 3DS moved nearly a quarter million copies after launching in Japan last week, while PS Vita’s hardware…

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Resident Evil’s Mikami welcomes Bethesda to the world of survival horror

Nope, it’s not Billy Corgan’s next group – “Project Zwei” is actually Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami’s first project from his Bethesda…

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Ninja Gaiden 3’s latest update brings Ultimate Ninja difficulty, demo

Ninja Gaiden 3’s difficulty-boosting update has landed, as has a demo for people who may still be on the fence after reading…

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Crytek Says No ‘Crysis 3′ on Wii U, But Here’s Why It Still May Happen

Crytek’s Director of Creative Development Rasmus Hoejengaard says there’s not much of a chance of ‘Crysis 3’ coming to the Wii U…

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Minecraft Pocket Edition adds simplified, touch-based crafting

The world of Minecraft – Pocket Edition was pretty boring up to this point – just mines and mines, everywhere, as far…

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Japan chart: big debut for new 3DS Fire Emblem

Nintendo strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening has stormed to the top of the Japanese software chart on its first week of release….

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This Starhawk trailer sounds familiar

We’re glad to hear Bastion’s Logan Cunningham picking up more narration work for games. Alternately, if this isn’t him, we’re shocked to…

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Stalker 2 Dead (Again), But Now There’s Survarium

The GSC veterans have sent word that they are forming a new studio, Vostock Games, and will be making a game called…

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High Moon Studios Saved the Dinobots From Ultimate Doom

An in-depth interview with High Moon Studio’s game director, Matt Tieger, takes us into great detail as to how he fought to…

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‘Angry Birds Space’ Gets 10 New Levels and Some IAP Balance Tweaking

Rovio’s Angry Birds Space [$0.99 / $2.99 (HD)] hit the App Store close to a month ago, and we loved it in…

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THQ sells off casual publisher to focus on core franchises

THQ has sold off ValuSoft, its Minnesota-based publishing/distribution division for budget and casual PC games, to value-priced software company Cosmi for an…

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Report: Microsoft readying ‘Woodstock’ music service for Xbox 360, to debut at E3

When you think modern, digital music, your mind probably immediately jumps to 30-plus-year-old music festivals. Microsoft clearly understands this, as the company…

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Modern Warfare 3 gets a free Steam weekend, we’ve never heard of it

This is obscure, but a few people might be interested in it: A little indie title called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare…

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And Now The Game: A SimCity Preview

After all that back and forth about the DRM, let’s see what this new SimCity really is. There’s no number because it’s…

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