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November 20, 2011

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup wants to help you survive Black Friday

Next week, you guys. Black Friday. The biggest trampling shopping day of the year. Sure, there are plenty of guides out there…

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iam8bit’s American Icons gallery features portraits of toys and old consoles

Jason Brockert is traditionally a landscape painter, but one day he noticed a Star Wars Stormtrooper figurine sitting on his shelf, and…

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November 19, 2011

Call of Duty Elite Operational Date & Subscription Sales

Call of Duty: Elite is still suffering from issues, but Activision has announced that the service will be up and running by…

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Gearbox to move HQ to new $61 million building in Frisco, TX

Randy Pitchford’s Gearbox Software (currently working on Borderlands 2) has entered into a lease for a 61,000 square foot space in Dallas,…

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SteelSeries’ Simraceway SRW-S1 racing wheel trades pedals for paddles

As serious racing-simulator enthusiasts out there know, the allure of the racing wheel is almost inescapable. When your fancy is tickled by…

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The PlayStation Recap: For the Sake of Skyrim Edition

This week, I chased lightning bugs, picked flowers, flicked fire from my fingertips, and crafted a sweet leather helmet. Like many of…

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New Line Cinema looking to turn Rampage into a movie

We can hardly think of a more gripping, dramatic story than people transformed into gigantic lizards, apes and wolves, who go about…

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EA facing class-action lawsuit over lack of BF 1943 in BF3

Remember how EA originally planned to include a free copy of Battlefield 1943 with every new PS3 copy of Battlefield 3? So…

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Pac Man Fever’s Gary Garcia passes away

You may have wondered why we gave such a hoot about the Pac-Man Fever album coming to Rock Band. It’s a treasure…

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‘Splosion Man coming to Retro City Rampage

Not even the metaphorical constraints of intellectual property are enough to contain Twisted Pixel’s ‘Splosion Man, apparently, as indie developer VBlank Entertainment…

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All UMvC3 costume DLC priced and dated

Just like any relationship, the one between player and game can grow stale after a while. Eventually the fire dies down, even…

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Launch Guide — Da Na Na NAH!

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been eagerly anticpated by Zelda fans since the release of Twilight Princess in 2006. Five…

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Skyrim updates coming the week after Thanksgiving, Hines hopes

As much as we’re all enjoying our lack of sleep and food, plugging away countless hours in Skyrim, there are a multitude…

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NFL Blitz is like a trip back in time

I should preface this by saying I love NFL Blitz. I dumped tons of quarters into the original arcade machine and when…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: A Valley Without Wind

Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…

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Cardboard Children: Raising A Glass

Helklo youse. It’s four in the morning and I am reallky really drunk. I will try to fix the typos as I…

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MechWarrior Online will run on CryEngine 3

While we still don’t know that much about the newly announced Mechwarrior Online, we at least know what technology is behind it….

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This is what playing Minecraft on XBLA will look like

Minecraft is officially out, but that’s just the beginning of post-beta playtime, with the exclusive XBLA release still expected to hit in…

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