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June 15, 2012

Payday: The Heist – No Mercy revealed

A trailer for Payday: The Heist – No Mercy has just gone live. No official announcement has been made as to exactly…

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Super Joystiq Podcast 006: Gears of War: Judgment, E3 2012 take-aways, ’38 Spouse’

Filed under: Podcasts This week’s Super Joystiq Podcast is all about E3 2012. Xav, JC, and Richard discuss E3, starting with Watch…

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Harmonix has ‘three and/or more’ new games in the works, and none are Rock Band or Dance Central

There’s kind of a lot of stuff going on at Harmonix Music Systems. At least according to Harmonix director of communications and…

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4A On Making Metro Smarter – Not Dumbing It Down

Metro 2033 had its fair share of rough edges. Shooting was clunky, some systems felt overly complex, and others were so under-explained…

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Freebie Friday: ‘Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing’ Drops to Zero Dollars

The future is an amazing place. Here I am flying back home to Chicago, on the internet, writing about iPhone games and…

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‘Heroes Call’ Review – A Fairly Freemium Hack N’ Slash

A somewhat complete dungeon crawling experience infused with freemium mechanics….

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NPD: Diablo 3 sold a million at retail, Max Payne 3 and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier both sold 400,000

It’s a pretty steep drop from top dog to second fiddle in NPD’s May tally, apparently. According to a report from Gamasutra,…

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EA and Sony will attend Gamescom 2012

Electronic Arts and Sony, the two companies which hold annual press conferences at Gamescom, are both confirmed for the European mega show….

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‘BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition’ Leaked by Ratings Board

The British video game ratings board has listed the ‘BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition’ – a complete set with ‘BioShock,’ ‘BioShock 2,’ and…

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A Quick Slice with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Leading into the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions tantalized MGS fans with an iconic trailer…

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‘Dead City’ Review – Zombie Killing En Masse

Throngs of zombies await for the killing in this dual-stick survival shooter….

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Get a job: Lucasfilm and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board

In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra’s jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities…

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Report: Ubisoft in talks with Warner Bros., Paramount on Splinter Cell movie deal

Tom Clancy’s no stranger to films, so it’s not the most surprising news to hear that his Splinter Cell line of video…

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Here’s the song Snoop Dogg made for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Remember that time Snoop Dogg became a background element in Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Namco confirmed it for us today by releasing…

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Valve has an economist now

Economist Yanis Varoufakis was analyzing the financial crisis in Europe, focusing on Greece, when he got a proposal seemingly out of nowhere….

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‘Little Things Forever’ Review – We Go Any Deeper, We Just Raise the Stakes.

Gaming very rarely provides moments of “authenticity” for me anymore, those simple, hard-to-find times where a switch gets flipped in my mind. …

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EA: first year with Origin ‘a huge success,’ service to become ‘stickier’

EA’s Origin service is “a huge success” in its first year, according to EA senior VP of global e-commerce David DeMartini. Despite…

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South Korea banning trade of in-game items

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will enact a ban on commercial trading of in-game items starting next month, the…

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