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Remaking a classic, isometric, real-time strategy game into a twitchy first-person shooter seems like a very bad idea...unless they get it right.

News Blips for Monday, January 9, 2012: First details for XCOM: Enemy Unknown; AT&T details pricing for PlayStation Vita 3G data; Call of Duty Elite's mobile apps are just about ready; and more.

A snapshot of 2012's titles

PAX Prime 2011 hosted an enigmatic booth that called for recruits to join Citizen Skywatch and keep vigil over a mysterious threat. Translation: best booth experience ever.

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.

In this month's reboot-themed episode of the Mobcast, the crew discusses what constitutes a reboot, which games deserve one, which franchises developers have successfully restarted, and which old PC titles could use a modern update.

Here is a preview of things to come at E3 2011.

A lifelong PC gamer shares his story about overcoming bias to expand his horizons and enjoy a console.

Look. What is this. A review for Rollercoaster Tycoon. That game is over 10 years old. Sure is a lot of fun though.

News Blips for February 09, 2011: Kevin Butler makes a bit of a gaffe on Twitter, XCOM and Spec Ops: The Line are pushed into fiscal year 2012, Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play is headed to Verizon, and more.

Welcome to the Mobcast Holiday Clip Show, hosted by your favorite Bitmob editor, James DeRosa. (Who!?) It's a sitcom-style clip show featuring favorite Mobcast clips from Bitmob's editors. Guests include Seanbaby, Tim Schafer, and more!

What does the Bitmob Staff want for Christmas? A whole lot of games that only Santa Claus can deliver.

Epic shop music in Halo: Reach, what video game character you would be, philosophy in games, and more await in this edition of the Community Spotlight

Fallout 3 and the up-coming XCOM successfully combine '50s kitsch with apocalyptic violence.

Irrational Games' Ken Levine proved that you can still have surprises in the video game industry. BioShock Infinite will be the latest entry in the popular BioShock franchise, except this time we will take to the skies and not the seas.

Overwhelmed by all the new shooters announced at this year's E3? Fret not...here's a simple guide to them all.

In this episode, Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, Brett Bates, and Omri Petitte wrap up E3. The group discusses their most anticipated games coming out of the show, the games they sadly missed, which games will reappear at next year's expo, which games were the most addictive, and what changes they would make for E3 2011.

Announcing the big winners (and losers) of our E3 2010 Non-Award Awards. This year, we include your winners (and losers) as well.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Front Mission: Evolved, and XCOM are all reboots of critically acclaimed games. Can each recapture the magic of the originals?

Here it is: Bitmob's not-so-definitive Top 10 Games of E3.