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January 4, 2012

Gaikai now cloud-streams games for Best Buy, YouTube, Ubisoft

Newsbrief: Streaming video game demo service Gaikai has shown considerable growth over the last several months, and has since signed deals with…

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Microsoft eases restrictions on XBLIG development

Newsbrief: To usher in the New Year, Microsoft has announced some new changes to the Xbox Live Indie Games App Hub, giving…

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Take A Look At ‘Hatchi,’ A Tamagotchi-Style Sim

Hey, guys, remember when Tamagotchis were a thing? I hope so, because a big part of why we’re so excited about Portable…

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Max Payne shoots in new Max Payne 3 shots

Maaaax, dearest of all my friends. You’re looking quite well for your March debut. I see you still know how to use…

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Gary Oldman Shows What it’s Like to Record Videogame Voiceovers

Oldman gave Conan O'Brien a taste of what it was like to be Viktor Reznov….

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Smith Says Reddit SOPA Protestors are 'Not Legitimate or Large in Number'

Speaking to political publication Roll Call, SOPA sponsor and House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) took shots earlier this week at critics of…

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Disaster Report 4 Creator, Kazuma Kujo, Developing New IP For PlayStation 3 And Vita

Disaster Report 4 creator, Kazuma Kujo, is working on a new IP for the PlayStation 3 and Vita. Last year his game…

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Pandemic co-founder turns toward social games

It’s been two years since the closure of renowned Mercenaries developer Pandemic Studios, and company co-founder Greg Borrud has since announced his…

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Sony: 3G PlayStation Vita not canceled in North America

Despite Amazon’s claims to the contrary, Sony reps tell Joystiq that, no, the 3G model of the PlayStation Vita is not canceled…

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Child’s Play charity raises record $3.5M in 2011

Thanks in part to donations from throughout the game industry, the Penny Arcade-led Child’s Play charity brought in $3,512,345 in 2011, all…

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Xbox Live Indie Games get increased file size, reduced minimum prices

It’s been something of a rocky road for Xbox Live Indie Game developers, often confronted with less than ideal exposure and competing…

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Red Bull House of Skate Comes to PlayStation Home + Weekly Update

PlayStation Home rings in the New Year with another enormous update. This Thursday, January 5th, we release the Red Bull House of…

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Microsoft increases XBLIG game size limit

Microsoft has increased the file size limit for Xbox Live Indie Games titles from 150MB to 500MB. As detailed in a blog…

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Joystiq Top 10 of 2011: Portal 2

The success of the Portal games comes from a combination of two completely different aspects: gameplay and narrative. Portal 2 is, on…

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Kinect And Wii Powered NAO Robot Brushes Cat

We’ve seen plenty of people using Microsoft’s Kinect to accomplish impressive feats, and today’s offering is no different. Youtube user Taylorveltrop has…

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Joystiq Top 10 of 2011: Skyrim

A mighty warrior stands in a frozen, Beowulfian wilderness, surrounded by traditional characters and archetypes: kings, damsels, wizards, trolls, dragons and, yes,…

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Co-op 'never felt right' for Hitman

While casually murdering people with your chums is a right old laugh and no mistake, Hitman developer IO Interactive has decided that…

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Angry Birds Was Downloaded 6.5 Million Times On Christmas Day

According to Angry Birds developer Rovio, the incredibly successful game, and its two iterations, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio, were…

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