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The year in which Joystiq played 2011 games
Curtailing the year to just ten top games is our annual act of brutality. If it seems unfair, hostile and without victory,…
Joystiq Top 10 of 2011: Mortal Kombat
Fighting games are pretty serious business. The community that supports the arcade and tournament scene is composed of roughly the same people…
Indie Jeff's Weekly Pick: Home
Effectively conveying horror through the medium of video games is a pretty tricky task. Most games rely much too heavily on cat-scares,…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Waveform
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
Kickstarter begins the new year with a Glitch
If this is the direction Kickstarter wants to take its future project line-up — video-game-inspired and of creative, high-quality production — we’re…
cTrix’s gATARI2600 chiptune “guitar”
The chiptune music scene is known for its creative use of antiquated gaming hardware, and you’d be hard pressed to find a…
SWTOR Ban For High Level Looting? Unlikely
Oh goodness me, can this really be true? A pic of an email is circulating this morning purporting to be a communication…
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is saying goodbye
Saying goodbye is, when speaking in terms of someone you care about, probably the most difficult emotional interaction two human beings can…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Zigfrak
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
Space Quest II remade, rereleased for free
Perhaps “remade” isn’t the best word to describe what the team at Infamous Adventures has done to Sierra’s 1987 classic Space Quest…
Myst 3D video shows off Myst, not so much 3D
Myst 3D is coming to the 3DS in March, and a video from publisher Maximum Family Games offers a glimpse into all…
Sony, Electronic Arts, and Nintendo Drop Support for SOPA
Most likely in fear of fan backlash Sony, Electronic Arts, and Nintendo have dropped their support for the very controversial Stop Online…
Little Big Adventure remake confirmed, may be used as testbed for third title
Originally discussed back in August, talk of a remade/remixed version of Adeline Software International’s Little Big Adventure (known stateside as Relentless: Twinsen’s…
FIFA 12 Vita walkthrough is more of a run-, pass- and shoot-through
FIFA 12 producer Matt Prior filmed a walkthrough of the game on Vita, and between the PR catchphrases about how easy its…
Final Steam Sale of 2011 predicts zombie apocalypse, crime in 2012
The Steam Holiday Sale doesn’t stop for anyone or anything — not the end of a year, an era or the world…
Rumor Patrol: Wii U to Support Non-Gaming Apps
If a recent report holds any bearing, than it appears that Nintendo may plan on providing consumers with a lot more than…
Crysis 2 for $10 today, Battlefield 3 for $30 tomorrow through Amazon for PC
In addition to Amazon’s EA sale going on now through its PC digital distribution network, there are a couple noteworthy additions to…