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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale may bear a resemblance to a certain Nintendo slugfest, but here are a few ways it switches up the formula.

Journey has been on the forefront of headlines all week long, and for good reason. Three good reasons, in fact. This game is the real deal, folks.

We have Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter, and Marvel vs. Capcom, so why not Mario X Portal?

Video Blips for Jan. 6: Scarygirl, Kingdom Hearts 3D, and Kinect Rush

What do a coffee cup and borrowed video games have to do with the real meaning of Christmas? Lots, apparently.

Playboy Playmate Jo Garcia discusses her love of all things video games.

Is Call of Duty a 'casual' game? Simple question, complicated answer.

With my PlayStation Plus subscription about to expire, I reflect on a year of dated content and "exclusive" betas. Is the service a necessity or a luxury?

News Blips for July 20, 2011. Infinity Ward won't take influence from Treyarch's previous titles while working on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter believes Nintendo has the strongest first-party titles, ex-Sony boss Phil Harrison describes how LittleBigPlanet almost launched free-to-play, and more.

News Blips for July 13, 2011. Sony's Welcome Back Program in the aftermath of the PlayStation Network hacking fiasco might have netted it some extra dough, 2K's Christoph Hartmann believes strategy gaming is old hat, THQ's Brian Farrell predicts increased competition within the next wave of consoles, and more.

News Blips for July 1, 2011. The PlayStation Vita's online avatar chat contains a creepy facial recognition system, Split/Second developer Black Rock Studio shutters its doors, LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule wants to move on to other projects, and more.

Once the king of control, the D-pad is now insignificant today. What might the future hold for our beloved directional pad?

In this special E3 edition of the Mobcast, the crew discusses the Wii U, the best sleeper titles of the show, indie games, and Kinect and Move one year in.

Important and not-so-important quotes from E3 2011 day one.

With all the buzz surrounding the imminent release of InFamous 2, it's a fair bet that User Generated content is going to start popping up in other games. This article addresses the benefits of UGC, its potential drawbacks, and where I think it could best be used.

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News Blips for Monday, May 16, 2011: Sony's welcome back is quite good; Mass Effect 3 allows for same-sex relationships for males and females; Ubisoft Motion Pictures is working on Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon, and Splinter Cell flicks; and more.

Gamers Heart Japan video special: The video-game community shows its admiration for Japan & its role in the industry.

Can Darwin's theory of natural selection offer insight to advancements from BioWare in video-game narrative?

20 years ago, Japan ruled the gaming roost. Now, the “land of the rising sun” is on life support. Japan is “five years behind,” says Megaman creator, Keiji Inafune. Indeed, Japan is dead, buried, gone the way of the dodo bird…or so goes the old saw. The reality is far more nuanced.