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Best of 2012: Video games and Male Gaze – are we men or boys?
Senior editor Brandon Sheffield argues that the game industry at large still treats women primarily as a vehicle for the display of…
Microsoft apologizes for cloud save issue, doles out free month of Xbox Live
The Xbox Live service experienced some hiccups recently with its cloud save feature and now Microsoft is making amends with a free…
Far Cry 3 is king of the jungle in last UK charts week of 2012
Far Cry 3 hunted down the top spot in the UK’s final week of software charts for 2012, gleefully kicking Call of…
Skyrim, Oblivion wield deal-blades in Elder Scrolls sale on Xbox Live [update]
Looking for a last-minute getaway destination before 2013 grinds into gear? Why not try the lush, wildlife-infused terrains of Tamriel, on sale…
Eurogamer Readers’ Top 50 Games of 2012
Here we go again! Thousands of you voted – thank you so much for taking the time – and now we have…
Thank you for your patience
I wanted to update everyone that the Xbox LIVE Cloud Saved Games feature is back online. The Xbox Operations team […]…
Stiq Figures, December 17 – 23: Chaos in the Windy City Edition
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don’t matter. Every week, we take a…
iCade Jr. for iPhone Currently on Sale for Just Ten Bucks
Have you been asking Santa for an arcade cabinet for the past 30 years and every Christmas you wake to look under…
Samurai Shodown sits on a throne of lies
Longtime developer Gregg Tavares recently appeared on the 8-4 Play podcast, where he revealed an interesting tidbit about 1993 fighting game Samurai…
New Ghost Watch screens live among us
We don’t know much about Ghost Watch (known as Youkai Watch in Japan), but these new screens show the game’s Sakura New…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Edge of Space
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
XBLA countdown to 2013 daily deal: Them’s fightin’ games
Today’s Xbox Live deal offers 50 percent off of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, Dungeon Defenders, Street Fighter…
Steam Holiday Sale day 11: Mark of the Ninja, Far Cry series, Orcs Must Die, Dooms
Day 11 of Steam’s holiday sale kicks off with Mark of the Ninja for $7.50, the Far Cry franchise pack for $50,…
Rumor: Black Ops 2 ‘Revolution’ coming January 29, bringing zombies along
An image promoting map pack DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 recently popped up on Reddit, called “Revolution.” The images…
The Very Best Of RPS 2012: Campaigns
At RPS our knickers are almost permanently in a twist. And that’s because we operate in an industry that’s worryingly busy with…
Zen Pinball 2 Wii U launch delayed to January
Zen Pinball 2 was expected to arrive on Wii U this month, but has since been delayed to January 2013. Zen Studios…
Live Free, Play Hard: The Week’s Finest Free Indie Games
GAME OF THE YEAR BEST OF EDITION TOP 10 APOCALYPSE GAME OF THE YEAR 2012 BEST OF GOTY EDITION EDITION…
Eurogamer’s Game of the Year 2012
It’s been kind of an angry year, you know? First everyone went mental about the end of Mass Effect 3, driving BioWare’s…