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- You will never make it.
- I have some questions about Half-Life 2. [Spoiler Fest]
- EA states ''Day-One DLC Is A Model For The Future'' due to ME3 DLC sales. Stop this by boycotting their DLC sales!!
- New Wii U controller photograph shows circlepad redesign.
- I'm going to get a PS3 soon. What games should I get?
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 should have been like Generations.
- Would really like to know your opinion on what's a great city-building game where you can expand a found an empire ?
- As a replacement for 3DS ports, why not sequels?
- Amazon not offering Pre Order Bonuses for limited editions of Borderlands 2
- New to Steam. Want to give computer gaming a try. What game should I download first?
www.eurogamer.net
- App of the Day: Pandemic 2.5
- Game of the Week: Diablo 3
- Would an Apple TV kill the console business?
- The secret of Nolan North's success
- First look at Amalur MMO, Project Copernicus
- Kingdoms of Amalur studio saved, for now
- EA to waive Origin distribution fees for all Kickstarter games
- Kevin Butler for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale roster?
- Has Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 been cancelled?
- New Tekken movie in the works
www.joystiq.com
- Knuckle-puck time: NHL 13 slated for Sept. 11, collector's edition announced
- Redesigned Wii U tablet shown off by TT Games QA guy
- Latest Amazing Spider-Man trailer showcases the 'web rush' movement and combat system
- Diablo 3 app for Android checks server status
- Sega Vintage Collections dumping lots of old games on PSN and XBLA next week
- Zynga shares close at record low following lackluster Facebook IPO
- Game of Thrones gets June 8 UK release date
- PSA: EA shutting down Dragon Age Legends servers June 18
- SOL: Exodus flying to all digital distribution systems, European retail this summer
- 'Tekken: Rise of the Tournament' coming from Ong-bak director Prachya Pinkaew
www.kotaku.com
- This Week in the Business: 'Do Consumers Still Care About Kinect?'
- The Weird Art of the Video Game Massacre
- I Despise You, Xbox 360 Eject Button
- NHL's Gameplay Upgrades Sound Rather Similar to FIFA's
- NHL's Gameplay Upgrades Sound Rather Familiar to FIFA's
- You'll Be Happy to Note That None of Our Gaming Apps This Week Were Diablo III
- What Makes RPG Dialogue Great (And How It Can Go Wrong)
- Game of Thrones: The Kotaku Review
- Let's Take These Games And Turn Them Into Dating Sims
- Schoolgirl Presidents, Aliens, and Super Saiyan Panda Fighting!
www.gamespot.com - Latest Updates
Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week: Defend...
Boss Modifiers Gameplay Video - Diabl...
Killing the Butcher Co-Op Gameplay Video
Top Ten Tweetable Tips - Diablo III
Diablo III Act 2 Final Boss
www.gamesradar.com
- Revised Wii U controller image leaks to Twitter - actual analog sticks, other minor changes shown
- Amalur MMO ''Project Copernicus'' revealed in trailer
- Elder Scrolls Online main story will be solo
- EA waves Origin distribution fees for Kickstarter games
- Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 trademarks lapsed intentionally says Ubisoft
- Amalur developer's MMO ''Project Copernicus'' release date outed by governor
- Dead Island dev releases info on Mad Riders downloadable title
- Brothers in Arms Furious 4 missing in action, Ubisoft abandons trademark
- Free sex toys offered to women who aren't getting enough sex because all the men are playing Diablo 3
- Sega readies retro bundles for XBLA, including lost RPG Monster World IV
www.giantbomb.com
- Worth Reading: 05/18/2012
- 38 Studios Unveils its First Look at Project Copernicus
- Quick Look: Mario Tennis Open
- 38 Studios Pays its $1.125 Million Debt, Will Receive No Additional Funds from State
- Quick Look: Game Of Thrones
- Thursday Night Throwdown: 05/17/12
- 38 Studios Skips Payroll in Favor of Paying Back State [UPDATED]
- 38 Studios Skips Payroll in Favor of Paying Back State
- For Obvious Reasons, Diablo III's Real Money Auction House Won't Launch On Time
- For Obvious Reasons, Diablo III's Auction House Won't Launch On Time
www.wired.com : Game | Life
- The Imagination Engine: Why Next-Gen Videogames Will Rock Your World
- Game|Life Podcast: Keepin' It Unreal
- Organic Farming Inspires Gaming's Latest Kickstarter Success
- Capcom Reveals Cartoon Lost Planet Spinoff, E.X. Troopers
- The Imagination Engine: Why Next-Gen Video Games Will Rock Your World
- Survey: Japan's Interest in Wii U, Vita Declines
- First Impressions: Diablo III Is Beautiful, Addictive Nonsense
- Nintendo Patches Shortcuts Out of Mario Kart 7
- Tomb Raider Bumped to 2013
- Browser Game: Sprite x Xevious, The Lymon-Flavored Shooter
games.slashdot.org
- Kinect In the Operating Room
- Curt Schilling's 38 Studios Struggling Financially
- EA To Provide Free Distribution To Kickstarter Games
- Curt Shilling's 38 Studios Struggling Financially
- NVIDIA GeForce GRID Cloud Gaming Acceleration
- Diablo III Released
- ZeroTouch Sensor: Ready For Large Televisions and Gaming
- GAME Australia Now Also In Administration
- Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing
- Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version
www.bit-tech.net/gaming
- Diablo 3 review
- Max Payne 3 review
- Whatever happened to three lives and you're dead?
- Dishonored Preview
- Simcity Preview
- Springtime fun with Shaun the Sheep on the Nintendo 3DS! (Advertising Feature)
- CODPLOPS: A Cynical History of Call Of Duty
- Sniper Elite V2 Review
- Game endings: are we being too harsh?
- Trials Evolution review
www.cvg.co.uk
- Darksiders 2: Dead man walking
- Rhythm Thief interview: ''I'd love to create a Nintendo All Star Musical!''
- 'For PS4 to flourish it has to embrace modding'
- Retrospective: Space Station Silicon Valley
- US news round-up: Kevin Butler tipped for PS All-Stars, ZOE HD teased
- Lots of Sega classics confirmed for XBLA, PSN
- Worms Revolution gets water physics - screens
- Elder Scrolls MMO has '100 percent solo' main story
- New Tekken movie coming from Ong Bak director
- Free Gotham City Impostors DLC map released
www.1up.com
- Your Retro Reference Guide to Community's ''Digital Estate Planning''
- EA to Piggyback Origin on Popular Kickstarter Games
- What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse: Eight Games Where Danger Lurks After Dark
- Diablo III's Launch Issues Bring its Always-Online Requirement Back to the Forefront
- Capcom Reveals 3DS Spin-off to Lost Planet Series
- Activision's ''Project Icebreaker'' Could Hurt its Reputation Among Devs
- Should We Expect Voice Acting In Every Game?
- With Infinity Blade Dungeons, Epic Doubles Down on iOS
- Akai Katana Review: A Bleedin' All Right Time
- Game of Thrones Review: An Example of Mediocre Interactive Fanfiction
www.gamespot.com
www.gametrailers.com - Newest Movies
Starvoid
Punch Time Explosion XL
Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time
Guns of Icarus
GameSalad
www.industrygamers.com
- Valve Creating 'Steam Box'
- Nintendo Skates Free in Wii Fit Patent Suit
- Call of Duty: How It's Like The NFL
- Aeria Mobile Unleashed With Three Titles
- Sony Online Shuts Down Four Online Multiplayer Titles
- Zynga's CityVille Lead Leaves for Idle Games
- OnLive Desktop Now Available For Android Tablets
- Facebook Looks For Credit Line Increase [Report]
- GameStop's CEO says Platform Holders Can't Push Them Out
- Skylanders Sees Heavy Licensing & Retail Support
www.gamesindustry.biz
- EA still has to face NCAA class action suit
- EA support of crowd-funded games is ''acknowledgement of hardcore community''
- Elder Scrolls Online developer welcomes criticism
- Finding Publisher 2.0
- Kinect's ''next evolution'' won't require Kinect 2, says Kudo Tsunoda
- EA Origin platform to host crowd-funded games for free
- 38 Studios makes payment to state of Rhode Island
- Game Industry Legends: Yuji Naka
- Zynga stock plunges, trading halted
- Critical Consensus: Diablo III
www.mcvuk.com
- E-Xpress Interactive to distribute Namco Bandai games in India
- Max Payne 3 for PC to ship on four DVDs; Indian pricing confirmed
- Top Ten TV ad campaigns of 2012 so far
- Deep Silver says Dead Island 2 not in production
- Win £1,500 with Gem and Max Payne 3
- CeX expansion inspires indies
- ANALYSIS: Are console contracts the future?
- Dirt Showdown
- Sly Cooper also coming to Vita
- What's Out Today? w/e May 18th, 2012
gamepolitics.com
- Comcast To Test New Pricing Tiers for Broadband Users, Temporarily Suspend Caps in Some Areas
- Origin Offers Free Distribution for Crowdfunded Games
- U.S. State Department: A Circular 175 Memorandum for ACTA Was Never Issued
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers Meets with GAME Australia Creditors Next Week
- U.S. Six Strikes Copyright Infringement Scheme Delayed Again
- Research: Parents Can't Rely Solely on a Game's Rating
- Facebook IPO Puts Stock at $38 a Share
- More 38 Studios Woes
- HMV and Microsoft raise Big Money for UK Cancer Charity
- Japan Bans 'Complete Gacha' Mechanics in Games
guardian.co.uk | Games Blog
- Max Payne 3 and the problem of narrative dissonance
- Diablo 3: Blizzard apologises and delays launch of Auction House feature
- The 10 best cop games: from Max Payne to LA Noire
- Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – preview
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time – preview
- Fifa 13 details revealed – smarter attackers, harder defenders
- Diablo 3 – review
- Diablo 3: gamers angry as servers collapse
- UK top 20 video games chart, week ending 12 May 2012
- Max Payne 3 – review
www.edge-online.com
- Places: Catherine's Stray Sheep bar
- Diablo III review
- Wasteland 2: Brian Fargo's Kickstarter triumph
- Jagex reveals Runescape shake-up
- 38 Studios fails to pay employees and loan
- Japan outlaws 'complete gacha' mechanic
- Epic to unveil Unreal Engine 4 at E3
- Brian Fargo: ''I've never felt more pressure in my life''
- Telltale's The Walking Dead sells one million
- The Friday Game: Zoom
www.eurogamer.net | Trailers
Stunning new Diablo 3 cinematic
First WOW: Mists Of Pandaria trailer
New Blizzard DOTA footage
SC2: Heart of the Swarm BlizzCon trailer
WH40K: Space Marine DLC trailered
grandtextauto.org
- Tiltfactor Director Mary Flanagan to speak at Prominent Art and Game Symposia
- Dartmouth at Play!
- The Slimmer Games
- Postdoc Geoff's Research Garners Press
- Almost Goodbye: Minimalist Procedural Content Generation in Interactive Storytelling
- Slimmer Games
- Christian Bök in Purple Blurb *Thursday* 6pm
- ''Creative Material Computing in a Laboratory Context''
- ICIDS 2012 CFP
- The Amiga Book: Maher's The Future Was Here
www.majornelson.com
- Show 439: Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and more
- Arcade: Dragon's Lair
- HBO GO on Xbox 360 Now Available for Time Warner Cable Customers
- LIVE Activity for week of May 7th
- Arcade: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Breaks Digital Sales Records *UPDATED*
- LIVE Activity for week of April 30th
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Breaks Digital Sales Records
- Changes for Inside Xbox (U.S.) *Updated*
- Arcade: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
www.ign.com
- Game Scoop! Podcast: Episode 246
- IGN UK Podcast #137: Break a Leg!
- Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 - Walkthrough
- Left 4 Dead 2 - Weapons Guide
- The Last of Us Podcast
- Diablo 3's Best Error 37 Jokes
- IGN UK Podcast: Behind The Xbox Scenes
- Tales of Graces F - PDF Guide
- Game Scoop! Podcast: Episode 245
- Podcast Beyond: Who Should Review Resistance Vita?
www.rockpapershotgun.com
- The RPS Bargain Bucket: Maximum Benefit
- Kickstarter Katchup
- Surviving In Day Z, Part Three, (& Musings)
- Help, Help, I'm Being Suppressed: XCOM
- Engines Of Destruction: Gas Guzzlers
- The RPS Verdict: Sniper Elite V2
- Oi, Diablo: Torchlight II Beta Stress Test This Weekend
- Robin's Hood: Harley Quinn's Revenge Trailer Goes Batty
- Gratuitous Tank Battles Steams Up, Honest Trailer
- Guns Of Icarus Takes To The Clouds
www.indiegames.com/blog
- PS Mini Game Review: Velocity (Futurlab)
- Positech Games Releases Gratuitous Tank Battles
- Mobile Game Pick: Chuck Darwin's Extinction Squad (PikPok and Adult Swim)
- Indie Royale Profiles: Osmos and B.U.T.T.O.N.
- Browser Game Pick: Balloon (nekonote1)
- Highly-Anticipated Point & Click Adventure Game Resonance Arriving On June 19th
- Interview: Hard Lines Dev Pumps His FIST OF AWESOME
- Kickstarter Projects: Word Realms (Asymmetric)
- Jim Guthrie's Indie Game: The Movie Soundtrack Now Available At Bandcamp
- Browser Game Pick: Lilac.27 (oddgoo)
www.bluesnews.com
- Legends of Eisenwald Kickstarter
- Mad Riders Announced
- Wasteland 2 NOT an Origin Exclusive
- Jutland Pro Free Weekend
- Ships Ahoy - Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage
- Dungeon Gate Revealed
- Origin Woos Crowd-Funded Games
- 38 Studios Makes Payment; Copernicus in June 2013?
- Project Copernicus World Trailer
- Darksiders II Trailer
www.shacknews.com
- Chatty: E3 2012, Diablo III
- Daily Filter: Madden NFL 13, NHL 13
- Spider-Man, Battlefield 3, Sly Cooper for Vita - Shacknews Daily: May 18, 2012
- The Elder Scrolls Online main story will be '100 percent solo'
- Weekend PC digital deals: ArmA 2 Combined Ops for $15
- Project Copernicus unveiled in new fly-by video
- NCAA conspiracy suit against EA going to court
- Mad Riders available starting May 29
- Gotham City Impostors gets Arkham Asylum map, Steampunk items
- Theatrhythm Final Fantasy preview
Sony Playstation 3
- Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Makes Its Way To PlayStation Vita June 12th - ZoKnowsGaming
- Heavy Rain Is The Most Important Game Of The Generation - PSX Extreme
- Dust 514 Beta Registration Opens - GamersDailyNews
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Is Probable For Vita - PSX Extreme
- Mad Riders set to hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this month - Gaming Examiner
- The Throne of Games - Kotaku
- Burnout, Need for Speed studio Criterion working on crossover title for ... - Digitaltrends.com
- The Last of Us trailer, new screenshots for PS3 show truck ambush - Gaming Target
- SPU Emulation Alpha 2 - MMORPG
- Ubisoft Lays Out "Far Cry 3" Multiplayer Beta Plans - MTV.com (blog)
Nintendo Wii
- Here's a Rumor: Retro is Working on a Star Fox / Metroid Crossover for Wii U - Complex.com (blog)
- Five Games You Can Look Forward To On the Wii In 2012 - GamerLive.TV
- Starfox-Metroid Team-Up Rumored for Wii U - Kotaku
- Launching a Console Without Mario - Nintendo Life
- Ubisoft Predicts Great Success for Nintendo Wii U - Aussie-Gamer.com
- Gearbox: Best looking version of Aliens on Wii U, best controller from Nintendo - Examiner.com
- LAKE ELSINORE: School a big winner in milk contest - North County Times
- Epic Mickey 2 gets behind-the-scenes video - SlashGear
- Ubisoft Planning Seven Titles For Wii U Launch - TheSixthAxis
- Wii U patent shows off interactive tablet, Wiimote functionality - GameZone
Microsoft Xbox 360
- Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 With 250GB Xbox 360 Giveaway - Cinema Blend
- J-Runner v0.2 Beta 275 - MMORPG
- Myhotelectronics.com Taking Preorders on Madden 13 for the Playstation Vita - Midland Daily News
- Mad Riders set to hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this month - Gaming Examiner
- Myhotelectronics.com Taking Preorders on Madden 13 for the Playstation Vita - Albany Times Union
- Microsoft Bringing Back PC/Xbox Student Deal - Tom's Guide
- Sega Vintage Collections coming to XBLA and PSN - Digital Spy
- Buy a Windows PC get an Xbox deal starts this weekend - SlashGear
- Free Xbox 360 with a PC purchase - Ubergizmo
- Microsoft encourages students to buy a PC, gives them a free Xbox 360 in return - Engadget
Nintendo DS
- Toyota, Nintendo team on in-car navigation remote - CNET
- Colors! 3D (3DS eShop) - Cubed3
- Toyota announces Nintendo DS-controlled vehicle navigation system - The Verge
- Toyota introduces Nintendo DS-controlled vehicle navigation system - Ubergizmo
- Toyota's New Ride Will Turn Your Nintendo DS into a GPS - Side Mission (blog)
- The Magnet Tribune: Review - PsVita: New generation in gaming - my.hsj.org
- Toyota Makes Nintendo DS Car Navigation - ITProPortal
- Police log for May 18, 2012 - Chronicle-Telegram
- Parenting: Turn off the TV! - 6abc.com
- Toyota turns Nintendo DS into nav system remote - TG Daily
Nintendo 3DS
- 10 Platformer Heroes Who Need to Make the Jump to 3D - 3DS Buzz
- Colors! 3D (3DS eShop) - Cubed3
- There's a Mario Kart 7 Patch in This Week's Nintendo Download - Kotaku
- Rhythm Thief interview: "I'd love to create a Nintendo All Star Musical!" - Computerandvideogames.com
- Nintendo downloadable games pack in Kirby's Block Ball, Rayman Origins - TechShout!
- Azuardo reviewed: Colors! 3D Today at 14:01 - Cubed3
- Launching a Console Without Mario - Nintendo Life
- DT Debate: Did the Wii's casual gaming focus hurt or help Nintendo? - Digitaltrends.com
- E3 2012 – N's Predictions - FleshEatingZipper
- Rayman Origins 3DS Release Info Revealed - Exophase
www.eurogamer.net | Developer Diaries
Modern Warfare 3 strike packages vid
Halo: Anniversary comparison footage
F1 2011 developer diary video
Dark Souls, Armoured Core 5 dev diary
Final Fantasy XIII-2 footage detailed
Sony PSP
- Digimon World Re:Digitize To See Manga Adaptation This June - Siliconera
- DTI, GIZ set Knowledge Management Training in Tacloban - Philippine Information Agency
- The Magnet Tribune: Review - PsVita: New generation in gaming - my.hsj.org
- Animal Testing for Shellfish Monitoring Phased Out - TheFishSite.com
- FSA ends use of animals in shellfish screening - The Grocer
- British golfer playing from the rough - Willows Journal
- A Slew of PSP Games and Minis Coming to Vita - IGN
- Animal testing phased out for toxic shellfish monitoring - Fishnewseu
- Need For Speed being worked on for the PS Vita? - Ubergizmo
- No need to use mice for shellfish tests - Fishnewseu
Android
- All Share Services - Salon
- The Macalope Weekly: Cause and effect - Macworld (blog)
- China Clears Google's Motorola Mobility Deal - Wall Street Journal
- Are Android Tablets Dead? - Forbes
- Google-Motorola Mobility deal wins China's OK - Chicago Tribune
- Investment In Baidu Yi Likely Result In Cost Pressure And Margin Deterioration - Seeking Alpha
- Microsoft wins Motorola Android US import ban - SlashGear
- Google to sell Nexus smartphones, tablets direct, report says - ITworld.com
- Android this week: Hot home screens; more Nexus partners; Galaxy S III pre-orders - GigaOM
- iOS 6 Release: Top 10 Features In Our Wishlist - Mobile & Apps
Social Games
- London 2012 Launches New App and Outlines Social Media Plans - Broadcast Newsroom
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: TinyCo, Wooga, High 5 Games and ... - Inside Social Games
- Aeria Games Ignite Beta Launches - MMORPG News (blog)
- London 2012 Launches New App and Outlines Social Media Plans - Virtual-Strategy Magazine
- Iphone Game Hunters Recently Communicating Using Chatwing's Free Chat Widget - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
- London 2012 Launches New App and Outlines Social Media Plans - PR Web (press release)
- A Video Game Addict Tells His Story - Patch.com
- Major league teams working on social media message - KFVS
- Rise of the social gamers in Singapore - Jakarta Post
- Japan Consumer Agency Says 'Complete Gacha' Game Feature Illegal - Bloomberg
iPhone
- iPhone 5 Expected to Fire Up Mobile Market - PCWorld
- ADT Pulse for iPhone Review - Gotta Be Mobile
- Make iPhone Or iPad Waterproof With Case Marine Cases - Geek WIth Laptop
- Optrix Wide-Angle iPhone Action Sports Case Available for Pre-Order at Kickstarter - ParamusPost.com
- iPhone 5: 4-Inch Screen Favors HTC Evo 4G LTE, One X Custom Delays - Gamenguide
- iPhone 5 said, again, to have 4-inch display - ITworld.com
- Sprint Offers $100 credit to Trade in iPhone From Other Carriers - Daily Disruption
- MacOS KenDensed: Killing Off Unlimited Data & Big iPhone Rumors - The Mac Observer
- Update!!Fast Unlock/Jailbreak iPhone 4/4S iOS 5.1.1 available right now - Fresno Famous
- Insert Coin: CordLite illuminated iPhone cable (video) - Engadget
www.aigamedev.com
- BROADCAST: Procedural Generation of Mountains and Tracks in SSX (May 20th)
- Planting the Seeds of AI in Open-Source RTS 0 A.D.
- Monte-Carlo Tree Search and the Dagstuhl Seminar
- BROADCAST: Procedural Generation of Mountains and Tracks in SSX (May 13th)
- Hybrid Procedural and Physics-based Animation in OVERGROWTH
- Velocity Obstacle Algorithms and Locomotion Integration
- BROADCAST: Procedural Generation of Mountains and Tracks in SSX (May 6th)
- Beyond Terrain Generation: Bringing Worlds in DWARF FORTRESS to Life
- BROADCAST: Collision Avoidance for Game Characters with Velocity Obstacles (April 29th)
- BROADCAST: Procedural Generation and Simulation in DWARF FORTRESS (April 22nd)
gamasutra.com/features
- A Personal Journey: Jenova Chen's Goals for Games
- Predicting Churn: Data-Mining Your Game
- A Revolution in Sound: Break Down the Walls!
- The Devil's Workshop: An Interview with Diablo III's Jay Wilson
- Finding Out What They Think: A Rough Primer To User Research, Part 2
- Candid Words from Diablo III's director
- What if Cliff Ran the World?
- How to Make Insane, Procedural Platformer Levels
- Postmortem: Vlambeer's Gun Godz
- Understanding the Legal Impact of Publishing Your Game
www.gameproducer.net
- Why finishing games is tough...
- Click here to gain some experience points
- Somewhat lengthy post about lessons on creating a board game
- Thoughts about Grimrock style game development
- One million reached
- Handy Guide: How to lose a customer
- Emergent goal seeking AI for RPGs
- What if there would be alternative to ''combat'' when dealing with conflicts?
- Do RPGs really need combat?
- This is how a seemingly harmless, pretty useless feature can provide amazing gamer experience & great stories