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January 28, 2012

NMA TV’s breakdown of Nintendo’s financial situation is as zany as you’d expect

Nintendo is coming off of a pretty rough fiscal year, posting an anticipated loss of ¥65 billion ($839M) despite strong sales for…

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38 Studios head Curt Schilling elaborates on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning online pass quest lockout

Yesterday, we reported that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will make use of EA’s Online Pass system, and that used copies of the…

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Minecraft language update inadvertently contained racial slur (but it’s fixed now)

Minecraft has demonstrated some magnificent feats of community creation, but now it’s also offering a lesson in the volatile side of crowd-sourcing….

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Wot I Think: Katawa Shoujo

The Internet’s Leigh Alexander gave us her take on visual novel, Katawa Shoujo. It’s with a mix of amusement and chagrin I…

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GoG discounts Jagged Alliance 2, Witcher 2 for the weekend

It’s a straight-up gorgeous Saturday you guys, and we can’t think of a better way to enjoy a really beautiful weekend than…

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D’Ore: Minecraft Introducing Cats, Cat Love

So then. I suspect the needle of Minecraft cuteness has swung way too far to the “d’aww” end of the meter with…

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion warps in first screens

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, expected to launch sometime this run around the sun, splits the existing factions of the epic…

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The Binding of Isaac closing in on 450K sales

Edmund McMillen’s The Binding of Isaac, a dark, “Roguelike” exploration of childhood trauma, is close to selling 450,000 copies. “It’s just ridiculous,…

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The Vita could have been thinner, or huge, or a clamshell

By this point, the shiny veneer of newness has worn off of Sony’s rapidly approaching Vita and we’re all pretty used to…

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Dead Block is alive on PC

Dead Block, a zombie-themed action strategy title released on PSN and XBLA last year, is now available on PC. Dead Block didn’t…

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Alan Wake getting boxed PC version from Nordic Games

For those not content with simply downloading the PC version of Alan Wake next month, Nordic Games has some good news. The…

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The Darkness 2 executions trailer is the grossest

Okay, well, technically that other trailer for The Darkness 2 was the grossest, but this new one is a really, really close…

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C&C: Renegade remake Renegade X: Black Dawn deploys tomorrow

Here at Joystiq, we pride ourselves on being inside your mind, knowing what it wants, knowing what it thinks. We’re like a…

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This Is Aperture — Portal 2 Meets Nightmare Before Christmas

Did you hear that? That’s the sound of thousands of misunderstood teenagers with too much black eyeliner collectively embracing Portal 2. "Finally…

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Resident Evil Revelations Is Getting A Price Cut

Capcom has announced Resident Evil Revelations will be getting a price cut. The title was originally set for $49.99, higher than most…

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The Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition splats across retail shelves March 16

The Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition is a DRM-free PC and Mac version that includes a free Steam gift key, the full…

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Iron Brigade ‘Rise of the Martian Bear’ DLC coming in at $5

Lumbering manly mech news now, with Double Fine and Microsoft confirming the launch price of next Wednesday’s substantial Iron Brigade (Trenched) expansion,…

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January 27, 2012

Korea considers blocking minors from playing online games for over 3 hours

South Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is reportedly reviewing a policy that would ban minors’ accounts if they played online…

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