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Nintendo, Sony, EA drop SOPA support
Three high-profile games industry companies have dropped their financial support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the controversial legislation that has received…
Old Republic debuts in 10th, FIFA runs up UK charts before Christmas
Chart-Track’s UK sales list for the week leading up to Christmas Eve had FIFA 12 rallying, with sales up 34 percent, to…
Neptune’s Pride: The Complete Epic
In case you missed it first time around in March 2010, this epic space conflict AAR is about as required-reading as this…
Perpetuum RPS Team, Timecodes, Stuff
Hello! I’m afraid RPS service isn’t going to resume properly until Wednesday, because we’re all on holiday and stuff. In the meantime…
Opinion: A Theory About Humor In Games
[Spry Fox’s (Triple Town) Dan Cook argues there are plenty of humorous games out there. Oh, and did you hear the one…
The Craft Of Game Systems: Practical Examples
[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Microsoft game designer Daniel Achterman continues his series on system design’s best practices with several examples…
Developers’ Games of 2011
We’ve had our say. You’ve had your say. But what about the people who made the games? What were there favourites of…
Joystiq Top 10 of 2011: Dark Souls
It’s a crying shame that, for the uninitiated masses, Dark Souls will primarily be remembered for its considerable difficulty. It’s an absolutely…
Introducing the New TouchArcade Logo
Welcome to 2012. TouchArcade has grown considerably over the past year with new hires and more content. This additional help has finally…
Japanese hardware sales, December 19 – 25: Auld Lang Syne edition
Out with the old and in with the new, you guys! It’s 2012, and that means it’s time to forget every single…
Xiaoyu and M. Bison leaked for Street Fighter X Tekken
The cross-over character cavalcade of fun that is Street Fighter X Tekken continues to hemorrhage new fighters, albeit this time the announcement…
Best of the Rest: Dave’s picks of 2011
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP This masterpiece is 98 percent of the reason I bought an iPad. Okay, maybe not quite —…
Notch’s 48-hour game gets a new name: MiniTale
Way back in December last year, Minecraft developer Notch participated in a 48-hour game-programming competition, and he live-streamed the whole thing. He…
FortressCraft 1.1 Released on Xbox Live Indie Games
Adds working doors, copy & paste and survival mode….
Joystiq Top 10 of 2011: Gears of War 3
If my life were a book, the chapter covering the last quarter of 2011 would be one page long and contain one…
Steam has that game you didn’t buy during the Holiday Sale on sale again
The final day of the Steam Holiday Sale has embraced us, our families and the sad pile of change left in our…
This is your Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on drugs, any questions?
It’s good to know that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will continue the Tekken series’ tradition of being completely and uncontrollably bonkers. Winged…
Best of the Rest: Justin’s picks of 2011
The Gunstringer As much as I enjoyed the actual game (and I did, make no mistake) it forever sold me with Wavy…