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February 1, 2013

It’s official: XNA is dead

Microsoft has confirmed that it does not plan to release future versions of the XNA development toolset, although the company says that…

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Super Joystiq Podcast 037: Splinter Cell Blacklist, SimCity, Skulls of the Shogun, GTA V

Filed under: Podcasts This week’s Super Joystiq Podcast loves to eat as many skulls as possible. Richard is back in the hosting…

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République résurfaces with new réaltime backgrounds

Eight months after its successful Kickstarter, developer Camouflaj has released screens of its iOS/PC/Mac action game République. While opting to maintain the…

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Antichamber: How a game of impossible spaces came together

In 2009, Alexander Bruce took a week off from his university studies in Australia to fly to Tokyo and present his Unreal…

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Madden NFL 14 Celebrates 25 Years In August 2013

EA Sports confirms that Madden NFL 14 will launch on August 27, 2013. Probably. The graphic above — which amounts to EA’s…

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PDXCON13: ‘Leviathan Warships’ Hands-On Preview

The other game we saw here at the Paradox Con was Leviathan Warships, and it’s really a toss up as to whether…

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PDXCON13: ‘Magicka – Wizards of the Square Tablet’ Hands-On Preview

Magicka proper is Paradox Interactive’s most downloaded title to date. If you haven’t heard of it, you can check out the web…

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Seeking good looks and plenty of cash in Killzone Mercenary

My first impression of Killzone Mercenary has a few upsetting implications. Developer Guerrilla Cambridge (formerly SCE Cambridge) has somehow translated the Killzone…

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CD Projekt Red introduces REDengine 3, latest iteration of in-house tech

CD Projekt Red has shown off the first image of REDengine 3, the third iteration of its in-house technology for open-world RPGs….

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Gabe Newell On Removing Valve From Steam

The news-owls at VG247 spotted that there’s a video (below) of Gabe Newell’s recent talk at the University of Texas. In it…

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PlayStation 4 to launch in Japan and North America this year, but not reach Europe until early 2014 – report

Sony’s highly anticipated successor to the PS3 is set to launch later this year in Japan and North America, but not reach…

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CD Projekt RED hypes Cyberpunk 2077's new engine

REDengine 3 will “make RPGs comparable to top-shelf shooters…”…

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Call of Duty Championship coming in April, promises $1 million purse

Despite all your mother’s stern warnings, it looks like all that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 you’ve been playing just might…

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Why Toki Tori 2 was delayed

Two Tribes co-founder Collin van Ginkel revealed the motivations behind the last-minute delay of Toki Tori 2 today, also showing off a…

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God of War’s live-action Super Bowl ad

Sony will spend between $3.7 million and $3.8 million to air this God of War: Ascension ad during Super Bowl XLVII this…

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Weekend Confirmed 150 – Ni No Kuni, Skulls of the Shogun, Proteus

Weekend Confirmed is back, and this week, Garnett Lee, Jeff Cannata, “Indie” Jeff Mattas and Nikole Zivalich convene to talk about some…

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Call of Duty Championship

In Partnership with Activision, today we are announcing the Call of Duty Championship. Full details in the Activision press release […]…

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This Week in the PlayStation Community

Last Friday, Cade introduced our new twist on the Community Spotlight. Now it’s my turn to highlight something going on in the…

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