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April 4, 2012

The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Figaro Wig

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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Notch’s new game is ‘0x10c’

We’re not even going to pretend we know how to say the name of Markus “Notch” Persson’s next game: 0x10c. According to…

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Assassin’s Creed 3 follows Desmond more than ever

Lead writer Matt Turner says Assassin’s Creed 3 will feature more Desmond than ever before, and more present-day events than in any…

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Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Silent Hill 3

Oh, The Places You’ll Go is a weekly column by Kimberley Wallace where she explores the settings in our favorite video games….

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Katy Perry returns to The Sims 3

The Sims 3 Showtime: Katy Perry was just not enough Katy Perry-themed expansion content for The Sims 3. An absolutely unacceptable dearth…

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PSN Tuesday: Wheels of Destruction, I Am Alive, Canabalt

Sony’s Spring Fever promotion brings Wheels of Destruction and discounts on various Mortal Kombat DLC, neither of which sound very “spring”-like to…

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April 3, 2012

Rock Band Blitz announced for PSN/XBLA, can access existing Rock Band DLC

Harmonix’s Rock Band Blitz is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. It was revealed on G4’s X-Play this evening, and showed…

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Notch’s Minecraft follow-up is called 0x10c

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson seems to have decided on a name for his mysterious new sandbox space trading game – it…

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Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Preview — Team Deathmatch And Gang Wars

X-Play’s Blair Herter takes us behind-the-scenes with Max Payne 3’s multiplayer modes. We had the chance to speak with Charlie Bewsher, Max…

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Kinect Sports: Season 2 invents a new sport called ‘basketball’

Kinect Sports: Season 2 has a new basketball-based DLC pack, as described by the hyperbolic 1950s PSA narrator in the above video….

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Put your right hand in, put your right hand out, do the Steel Battalion

We’ve found that Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor offers a surprisingly refined, intuitive Kinect-controller hybrid scheme, and the above video explains in more…

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PlayStation Store Update

Spring Fever takes a surprise victory lap with the addition of Wheels of Destruction to the roster. This fast paced dose of…

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Everyday I’m Shufflin’ – ‘Azkend 2’ Update Hits

I’ve made no attempt at hiding my love affair with the Azkend series of puzzle games. The original Azkend [$2.99 / $4.99…

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Obliterate the Brains of Woodland Animals with X-Ray Mode in the Upcoming ‘Deer Hunter Reloaded’

Assuming my math is correct and the curators of the Wikipedia listing are on the ball, including the various compilations there have…

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Devil May Cry HD Collection requests your dope/crazy combos, please

There simply aren’t enough games telling us that we’re doing something crazy and/or dope. Devil May Cry HD Collection, however, is more…

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Be afraid: Alien Fear coming to PSN and XBLA

Is it about aliens who inspire fear? Is it about aliens who are, themselves, afraid? Maybe it’s about a new emotion that…

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Translating ‘A Game of Thrones’ with George R.R. Martin

Until June of last year, I had no experience with George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire. Like many,…

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Ninja Gaiden 3 DLC increases difficulty and claw count

Ninja Gaiden 3 is being bolstered with DLC today, including new weapons for both single- and multiplayer. The “Falcon’s Talons” weapon from…

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