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No Doubt vs Activision goes to trial October 15
The lawsuit between the band No Doubt and Activision, first filed way back in 2009, finally, finally has a court date. After…
Indie Megabooth makes a triumphant return to PAX Prime
The Indie Megabooth proved to be a success at PAX East and is returning, bigger and better, to PAX Prime 2012, running…
New BlazBlue game ‘Chrono Phantasma’ hits arcades this winter
The next game in the BlazBlue franchise is titled Chrono Phantasma, and is set to hit Japanese arcades beginning this winter. Chrono…
Stiq Flicks: Myst and The Game
Stiq Flicks – from film and video game industry freelance writer Kevin Kelly – examines video games and attempts to pair them…
The Drop: Week of August 6th 2012 New Releases
On PS3 and PS Vita this week. Play, compose, and share in a unique take on the classic side-scrolling platformer where your…
‘Grinding’ and its relationship with the RPG genre
This is a weekly column from freelancer Rowan Kaiser, which focuses on “Western” role-playing games: their stories, their histories, their mechanics, their…
Rise of the Triad’s return will retail for $14.99; free DLC planned
The return of the PC classic Rise of the Triad from developer Interceptor Entertainment will be sold digitally for $14.99 and offer…
Report: Activision stock may rise 50 percent with Pandaria, CoD Online
Activision Blizzard may see its share price increase as much as 50 percent as it prepares to launch the Mists of Pandaria…
Add bling to your Xbox in the Castle Crashers Tournament of Champions
The Behemoth is hosting the second annual Tournament of Champions to discover and reward the “best Castle Crashers Arena Fighter in all…
Doom 4 to be compatible with Oculus Rift VR headset
Doom 4 will be compatible with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset (the one that was over-funded via Kickstarter in less than…
Final Fantasy VII PC released early, then pulled
Yes, it is possible for a game to be considered “released early” in 2012 even after having been originally made in 1997….
Battleblock Theater will have 200 playable characters, and at least one duck
Developer The Behemoth has been toiling away its latest, Battleblock Theater, for a while now, and all we’ve learned about the game…
Modded Sega Genesis does what Nintendon’t: administers electric shocks
Dyak and Furrtek, for reasons unknown, decided to mod a Sega Genesis with parts of a shock collar meant for dogs. The…
It wouldn’t kill you to explore the Spelunky soundtrack
Unlike every other form of interaction with Spelunky, listening to the breezy soundtrack probably won’t result in dozens of painful deaths. Composer…
Get your nostalgia to Mars in Doom 3 BFG Edition
It has been a long time since I’ve revisited the invaded Mars research facility featured in id Software’s 2004 shooter Doom 3,…
Stripped down version of Rage used to bring classic Doom games to PS3
Eighteen years separates the technology used to play the original Doom and Doom 2 for PlayStation 3, as a stripped down version…
Capcom and iam8bit remember 25 Years of Street Fighter with art gallery
Last night in iam8bit’s Los Angeles headquarters, Capcom opened up its 25 Years of Street Fighter show, revealing a full gallery of…
Linux Left 4 Dead 2 outperforms Direct X Windows version
Valve recently announced that it will be bringing a few of Steam’s most popular games to Linux, the first of those being…