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Payday The Heist blending with Left 4 Dead
Multiplayer focused first-person shooters Payday: The Heist and Left 4 Dead are blending together, Overkill has announced. The Swedish developer, now owned…
Is Guild Wars 2 the answer to stagnant MMO design?
While the MMO genre has been set in its post-World of Warcraft ways since Blizzard released its market-leading online game 2004, ArenaNet…
Stiq Figures, May 7 – 13: I’mma can’t use any of my dominoes edition
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don’t matter. Every week, we take a…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Zytron II
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
Newcastle University neuroscientists use video game for stroke rehab
Video games aren’t neuroscience, unless they’re helping stroke victims recover physical function in a scientific, medical capacity: then they’re totally neuroscience. The…
Hawken to be playable via Gaikai prior to official release
Hawken keeps surprising us. First, we were surprised that the really great-looking mech shooter is being made by an indie studio, then…
The Drop: Week of May 21st 2012 New Releases
With fantastic elemental spells, powerful potions and countless items to discover and collect, Sorcery immerses players in a sprawling fantasy epic. You’ll clash…
GTA IV mod has R2-D2 destroying Liberty City
A new Grand Theft Auto IV mod has surfaced, and features quite an angry little robot. Created by YouTube user jmoorfoot4, the…
Pokemon Black and White 2 story trailer features Pokemon, people
An animated trailer showcasing the plot of the upcoming Pokemon Black and White Version 2 games was released on the official Pokemon…
Step inside the creepy concepts of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is hitting Steam and GOG on Tuesday, May 22, and it’s probably going to look a bit like…
‘Far Cry 3′ Trailer Sets The Jungle Ablaze
Taking its cue from a few major titles, the newest gameplay video for ‘Far Cry 3’ shows how traversal and cut-scenes will…
Classic Sega Games Coming To Xbox Live and PSN
To satisfy gamers over the upcoming summer drought, XBLA and PSN will be met with a number of classic Sega titles from…
Tex Murphy gets a Kickstarter page for Project Fedora
The rumored Tex Murphy Kickstarter has been confirmed, to the tune of $216,000 (out of $450k as of this writing). That’s how…
Rumor: Beyond Good & Evil 2 leaked screens are fishy
One leaked screenshot of Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn’t cool. Do you know what’s cool? Try three leaked pictures of the…
World of Warcraft Wisdom: Companions Found, Companions Lost
In this edition of ‘World of Warcraft Wisdom,’ I bid farewell to a companion of over 33 years and reflect on the…
Mark Hamill returns as The Joker in DC Universe Online expansion
In addition to the player-versus-player goodies the latest DC Universe Online downloadable content pack provides, Mark Hamill will be returning to voice…
Swords & Soldiers gets ‘super saucy’ DLC on Steam
Ronimo Games, the team behind Awesomenauts, recently announced “Super Saucy Sausage Fest” downloadable content for Swords & Soldiers on the Steam platform….
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is welcoming a new member to Joystiq
You may have noticed a shiny new name floating around our bylines today, true believers, and no, you are not suffering from…