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May 21, 2012

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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May 20, 2012

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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‘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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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