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• News: Second Annual IndieDB Indie of the Year Awards Now Underway
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• Do you have a favorite independently-developed game that's come out this year? IndieDB's awards, now in their second year, help you show your appreciation.

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• Video: Video Preview: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Game Video Previews
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• Is Star Wars: The Old Republic going to be the next big MMO, or just another multiplayer dud? The GamePro gang plays through the beta to find out.

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• News: Zen Pinball Springs On to iOS -- for Free
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• Looking for some pinball action in the palm of your hand? Zen Studios brings its flipper expertise to the iOS platform.

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• News: Square Enix Aims for Worldwide Appeal with Unreal-Powered Action RPG
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• Square Enix recently licensed Epic's Unreal Engine to create a new game. Speaking with Famitsu, the company has explained how it hopes to appeal to both West and East with the new ...

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• News: Stardock's First Console Title is a Festive Retro Platformer
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• The publisher behind the renowned Sins of a Solar Empire series has made its first jump to consoles, with a title that seems somewhat out of character.

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• News: Gunpoint Features Tactical Espionage, Rewiring and Defenestration Action
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• An upcoming independently-developed game features a superspy who evidently missed his calling as an electrician.

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• News: Choplifter Returns This Winter
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• Apparently it's "retro day" today. inXile Entertainment and Konami have confirmed that Choplifter HD will be with us by the end of the year.

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• News: This is Portal's End Theme 'Still Alive' Played on Floppy Drives
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• What better way to pay tribute to Jonathan Coulton's iconic end theme from the original Portal than by performing it using obsolete computer technology?

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• News: Cthulhu-Themed Magicka Expansion Goes Live Today
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• Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Studios have released the latest addon campaign for chaotic co-op wizard 'em up Magicka.

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• News: Classic Computer BBC Micro Turns 30
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• The popular-in-the-UK, unknown-in-the-States microcomputer that gave us the original space-trading sim Elite is 30 years old tomorrow.

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• News: The Sims FreePlay for iOS Brings Real Time Gameplay to the Series
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• An upcoming new free to play Sims title for iPhone and iPad gives the series something of a shakeup with new real time play.

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• News: Resident Evil 6 Reportedly in Development
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• A voice actor allegedly goofs up by listing Resident Evil 6 on his resume before the game has even been officially announced.

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• News: Microsoft Celebrates Biggest Week in Xbox 360 Sales Thanks to Black Friday
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• A ridiculous number of Xbox 360 consoles and Kinect sensors were sold last week, thanks in large part to Black Friday.

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• News: Skyrim Earns a Flawless Victory in Famitsu, Setting a Record for Western Games
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• Famitsu has graced Bethesda's Skyrim with a flawless score of 40/40, making it the first Western-made game to earn a perfect score in the celebrated Japanese video game magazine.

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• News: Skyrim Player's Headless Female Corpse-Filled Home is Genuinely Disturbing
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• The headline says it all. Witness as one Skyrim player takes us on a tour through his chilling abode.

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• News: This Designer Envisions the Future with a Hands-Free Xbox
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• Joseph Dumary, a designer using Yanko Design to share his vision, has created a seamless look for a 100% digital, hands-free Xbox.

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• News: Chicken Wings, Busty Waitresses, and Video Games Featured at New Hooters Las Vegas Club
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• A new Las Vegas Hooters club is now officially open to the public that has everything Hooters is known for...but with games!

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• News: See the Next Pokemon Movie This Weekend, Get a Rare Victini Too
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• If you somehow missed out on getting a free Victini when Pokemon Black & White released this year, you're getting a second chance.

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• News: Apple, Google Not Taking Part in ESRB Mobile Ratings
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• Although the Entertainment Software Rating Board is making a push to rate mobile games, Apple and Google are doing things their own way.

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• News: Mass Effect 3 Includes Deleted Section from Mass Effect 2
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• Mass Effect 3's lead writer reveals that the anticipated sci-fi sequel includes a plot thread previously cut from Mass Effect 2.

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• News: Zynga Employees Expected to Jump Ship Once Company Goes Public
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• Despite massive financial success in the social gaming market during the last four years, several of Zynga's developers are expected to leave the company.

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• News: Activision CEO Thinks Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Fail
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• Activision Blizzard's Chief Executive Bobby Kotick explains why he isn't convinced that EA's forthcoming Star Wars MMO will be profitable for the company.

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• News: Battlefield 3 Banned in Iran, Authorities Snatching Up Pirated Copies
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• Iranian authorities are reportedly cracking down on illegally imported copies of EA's blockbuster first-person shooter, which is banned inside the country.

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• News: ESRB to Start Rating Mobile Games in 2012
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• The Entertainment Software Rating Board announces that starting next year, mobile video games on iPhone, iPad, and Android-based devices will be evaluated and given a rating based ...

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• News: Latest Humble Bundle Passes Half a Million Dollars, Adds Dungeons of Dredmor to Celebrate
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• The latest Humble Bundle has passed the half-million dollar mark, and in celebration has added another bonus game to its lineup.

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• News: Jagged Alliance Returns Next February
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• Legendary strategy series Jagged Alliance is set to return to our screens in February of next year, following a delay from its originally proposed release date.

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• News: Cheap Indie Games Alert: IndieRoyale 'Really Big Bundle' Launches
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• If you like cheap games, you'll want to check out the new IndieRoyale bundle, which has just gone live.

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• News: Make Your Own Games and Make Money With Them with Kiip and GameSalad
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• Want to make your own games? Even better, want to make money from them? Check out what Kiip and GameSalad have for you.

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• News: 'Privates' Creator on Games, Education and Raunchiness
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• We caught up with indie developer Dan Marshall for a chat about his BAFTA-winning game, Privates.

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• News: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets Assassin's Creed DLC
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• Yes, you read that correctly; Final Fantasy XIII-2 is getting some Assassin's Creed themed costume DLC.

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• News: Good Old Games Releases The Complete Ultima 7 Collection
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• One of the best RPGs of all time has finally seen a rerelease via the retro specialist digital distributor.

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• News: Crackdown 2 Developer Signs with 'One of the Biggest Publishers in the Industry'
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• Ruffian Games, the team behind Crackdown 2, has signed with a big name in publishing to produce a range of new triple-A titles for current-gen consoles.

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• Review: Review: Mario Kart 7
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• Is Mario Kart an essential 3DS purchase, or can you safely ride on by? Kat Bailey checks out the seventh (or is it ninth?) game in the venerable series.
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• News: Live Action Half-Life is the Next Best Thing to an Actual Half-Life Movie
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• An impressively well-done short film titled Half-Life: Origins re-imagines the beginning of the original Half-Life in glorious live-action.

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• News: Editorial: Sony Has Already Killed the PlayStation Vita
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• McKinley takes a critical look at everything we know about the PlayStation Vita and all the reasons Sony is giving gamers to avoid buying it.

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• News: Video Game Industry Revenue Expected to Grow to $72.1 Billion by 2015
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• As Reuters Global Media Summit kicks off today, the company forecasts that the gaming industry will experience significant growth in the next three years -- much of which has to do...

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• News: PlayStation Vita Won't Play PSOne Classics at Launch
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• As confirmed by the recently updated Japanese PlayStation Vita FAQ, the PS Vita will not run game archives once the handheld releases in Japan.

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• News: Nintendo's New Zelda-Themed Room Has Rupees, Fairies
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• Nintendo of America hired iam8bit to design and decorate one of their Redwood City rooms to look and feel like the Zelda series, complete with Navi lights.

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• News: Free Skyrim Map App 'Dragon Shout' is Coming Soon
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• Dragon Shout looks like it might be the best Skyrim companion for anyone with an iPhone or an iPad.

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• Preview: Why Spec Ops: The Line Has More in Common With Full Metal Jacket than Modern Warfare
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• Yager Development wants to make much more than another military shooter. Can they pull it off?