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July 26, 2012

PBS uses Minecraft to explain a ‘post-scarcity economy’

Don’t you hate finding out the games you enjoy playing are actually a ruse to teach you about theoretical economics? Apparently that’s…

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown release date

Update: 2K has released a picture of the Elite Soldier Pack pre-order models, shown below. From left to right there’s: female Hyperion…

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Resident Evil 6 Gameplay Video — Find Out How RE6 Is Stepping It Up

Resident Evil 6 is back and this time it’s personal. Capcom has been hard at work making sure RE6 builds off of…

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Marvel’s TQ Jefferson Talks The Deadpool Video Game

Blair Herter recently welcomed Marvel’s VP of Game Production, TQ Jefferson, to X-Play to chat about, you guessed it, comic book video…

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Pre-order XCOM to get a classic flat-top hairdo

No, 2K won’t send a 1980s stylist to your house, but pre-ordering XCOM: Enemy Unknown will guarantee you a flat-top haircut that…

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Resident Evil 6 pre-orders from Capcom store include rain protection device

All pre-orders for Resident Evil 6 placed through the Capcom store will include the freebie seen above: a literal Umbrella umbrella. Somewhere…

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July 25, 2012

Gabe Newell calls Windows 8 "a catastrophe"

Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has become something of a doomsday prophet regarding Windows 8. Speaking with Ouya adviser –…

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Mass Effect 3 MIMOBOT Flash Drives Announced — Carry Commander Shepard Everywhere You Go

BioWare and MIMOBOT have teamed up to create the most adorable Mass Effect 3 flash drives. When the Reapers invade Earth, you…

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Mass Effect 3 kicks off ‘Operation Overwatch’ this weekend

This weekend’s Systems Alliance combat initiative is the first ever to take place on the Earth itself, which is mostly because that…

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Dress like the Jet Set with new Sega clothing line

Whether you’re spray-painting police officers in Shibuya-cho or bundling up for a Sakuragaoka afternoon of investigating what happened on the day the…

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The Grammar of Track and Field

How Konami's demand of player endurance spilled over into every genre….

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‘Pocket Heroes’ Review – Let F5 Games be your DM

Pocket Heroes [ $0.99 ] is a game we’ve been following and looking forward to for some time. If you miss the…

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‘Paranorman: 2-Bit Bub’ – A Fun Movie Tie-in Co-created by Graeme Devine

Paranorman is a brand new movie hitting theaters next month from Laika, the same production company that brought us the film Coraline…

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Gabe Newell: Windows 8 is a ‘catastrophe,’ Adobe should try ‘free-to-play’ equivalent

Valve head honcho Gabe Newell stepped away from his desk – or, pushed his desk away from him, since apparently it has…

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id Software hiring for next-generation console game

id Software is preparing to create something on next generation consoles – something with a user interface, which narrows it down to…

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Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control Hands-On From Comic-Con 2012

Doctor Who fans are definitely going to be clamoring for this Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control from The Wand Company later in…

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Here we go: Zynga to enter real-money gambling market

Newsbrief: Social game giant Zynga announced today that it’s decided to expand beyond free to play, microtransaction-based titles like FarmVille and Words…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Resonance

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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