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July 3, 2012

Microsoft secures rights to Xbox 8 domains

Microsoft has secured the rights to Xbox 8 domains. The mega-corporation won two disputes filed in May with the National Arbitration Forum…

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Sony buying Gaikai: "It’s certainly a move for PlayStation 4"

No, a deal doesn’t exist; yes, it does – Sony yesterday announced the $380 million acquisition of cloud streaming company Gaikai. Those…

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Full Leftfield Collection line-up unveiled for Rezzed

We’ve already told you a little bit about the Leftfield Collection, our special line-up of indie titles set to be playable in…

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Blacklight: Retribution arrives on Steam, free-to-play items 50% off

Blacklight Retribution is a free-to-play shooter that arrived on the PC earlier this year, and it’s now easier than ever to download…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Beatbuddy

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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PlayStation Plus July offerings include Gotham City Impostors, Renegade Ops and more

The list of free PlayStation Plus offerings continues to expand, with three new games being added for subscribers on July 3: Gotham…

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Ex-Xbox Live security guy, Stephen Toulouse, joins GAEMS

Stephen Toulouse, former director of Xbox Live policy and enforcement, is gearing up to join GAEMS, a third-party peripheral developer focused on…

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD gets THPS 3 content as DLC for $5

On July 18, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD kicks off the Summer of Arcade on Xbox Live. Around 30-45 days after launch,…

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Snapshot: Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers (PC)

There are so many games out there we couldn’t possibly review them all. Welcome to Snapshot, where we highlight games that might…

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Gibeau says EA mostly ignores NPD reports; NPD knows ‘for a fact’ major publishers use them

Last year EA went on record calling the NPD’s sales reports “a misrepresentation of the entire industry,” and this year EA Labels…

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Mighty Switch Force going HD as a Wii U download

WayForward’s Mighty Switch Force is making the mighty switch to Wii U, according to the latest issue of Nintendo Power (preview here)….

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July 2, 2012

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor: Mech? More Like Blecch

Watch Larger Version of this Video Check out our Steel Battalion review. Since G4 added half-stars to our review system, we’ve been…

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NPD estimates $3.40B in game sales in Q1 2012

Market research firm NPD Group has released a handful of details about the video game industry’s most recent spending habits, showing a…

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Activision and High Moon announcing Marvel project at SDCC

Activision and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron developer High Moon Studios are making an announcement at the “Marvel Video Games” panel during San…

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EA Will Be 100% Digital “In The Near Future”

Electronic Arts hopes to be 100% digital in the near future according to a EA Games president Frank Gibeau. EA’s future plans…

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NISA’s Niikawa confirms eventual Disgaea 5

Sohei Niikawa may be the new president of NIS America, but he’s the longtime leader of Nippon Ichi Software. In other words,…

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Ex-Visceral team’s first iOS title, Catch the Ark, is suspiciously happy

Some of the folks who worked on Dead Space and Dante’s Inferno now have a mobile studio, PlaySide, and unless the above…

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Top 5 Video Games That Make You Feel Like Bruce Lee

To get you ready for the July 7th Bruce Lee Marathon airing on G4TV at 9am/8C, we’ve picked out the Top 5…

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