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  • TF2 Heavy update drops August 19

    Next game patch for Valve's multiplayer-only shooter marks chaingun specialist as third revamped class; new maps, gametypes also scheduled for next week.

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    • Posted Aug 12, 2008 10:59 pm GMT

  • EA acquires ThreeSF

    Megapublisher snaps up Shawn Fanning's online community for gamers.

    • News -
    • Posted Jun 4, 2008 3:01 pm GMT

  • Portal's 'Still Alive' gratis for Rock Band

    Maniacal yet placid ending credits to Valve's award-winning puzzle game available as free download on XBL tomorrow, PSN after maintenance on April 17.

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    • Posted Apr 1, 2008 12:43 am GMT

  • PC Orange Box busted open at retail

    Unbundled versions of Valve's award-winning Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Episode Pack for PC available April 9 in NA, April 11 globally for $19.99, $29.99, respectively.

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    • Posted Mar 13, 2008 10:08 pm GMT

  • Nintendo Kyoto, Infinity Ward named best devs

    Game Developer magazine names Brain Age-maker, Call of Duty-crafter top worldwide studios, Blizzard, EA Canada, and Valve round out top five.

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    • Posted Mar 7, 2008 8:37 pm GMT

  • GameSpot UK Readers' Choice Awards revealed

    The votes are in, the results have been tallied, and UK gamers have voiced their opinion in the GameSpot UK Best Games of 2007 Readers' Choice awards.

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    • Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:35 pm GMT

  • GDC '08: Game devs flock in record numbers

    This year's Game Developers Conference breaks attendance records with more than 18,000 people walking through its doors.

    • News -
    • Posted Feb 28, 2008 10:08 pm GMT

  • Valve piping music, video into Steam?

    Orange Box developer says other forms of digital entertainment are a definite possibility for its online distribution service.

    • News -
    • Posted Feb 27, 2008 9:44 pm GMT

  • GDC '08: Opening the Portal

    Developers of Valve's breakout Orange Box hit discuss how to turn an intended tech demo into the talk of the gaming world.

    • News -
    • Posted Feb 23, 2008 5:50 pm GMT

  • Portal BioShocks GDC Awards

    Valve's mind-bending puzzler takes home Game of the Year, ties 2K's undersea adventure with three awards; Phantom Hourglass, Crackdown also honored.

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    • Posted Feb 21, 2008 4:23 am GMT

  • COD4, Orange Box, BioShock, Rock Band D.I.C.E. up Interactive Achievement Awards

    Activision's military shooter takes top prize, but 2K Games' undersea actioner, Valve's compilation, and MTV/Harmonix's rhythm game also get their props.

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    • Posted Feb 8, 2008 6:45 am GMT

  • EA slicing up PC Orange Box, Spore-ing by Holidays

    Publisher to unbundle Valve's FPS megacompilation into individual retail SKUs; reaffirms 2008 release for universe-building sim.

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    • Posted Feb 1, 2008 6:45 pm GMT

  • BioShock takes Game Critics Awards top honors

    2K Boston shooter named the consensus choice for 2007 game of the year by dozens of gaming journalists.

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    • Posted Feb 1, 2008 1:24 am GMT

  • EA reports record revs, delays Mercenaries 2

    [UPDATE] EA reports $1.5B in quarter sales despite $33 million profit slide; Pandemic's shooter pushed back alongside Battlefield: Bad Company.

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    • Posted Feb 1, 2008 12:51 am GMT

  • $911M PC game haul puts '07 US total near $19B

    Despite digital-distribution-induced 6 percent slide of retail PC titles, NPD reports some 267.8 million games were sold domestically during 2007.

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    • Posted Jan 24, 2008 8:30 pm GMT

  • BioShock, Portal top GDC Award noms

    2K Boston/Australia's dystopian shooter grapples with Valve's puzzle-game pack-in with five nominations apiece for 8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards; red carpet unfurls February 20.

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    • Posted Jan 22, 2008 9:42 pm GMT

  • BioShock throws D.I.C.E. award nominations

    2K's submerged shooter soaks up 12 Interactive Achievement Award nods; Rock Band, Call of Duty 4, Orange Box also honored; trophies to be handed out February 7.

    • News -
    • Posted Jan 17, 2008 7:35 pm GMT

  • Valve opens Portal demo to Nvidia

    Orange Box developer offering extended free trial of sanguinely maniacal puzzle game to all owners of chipmaker's graphics cards.

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    • Posted Jan 10, 2008 1:18 am GMT

  • Halo 3 Time's Game of the Year

    Bungie's shooter tops short list of 10 best games of 2007; Valve's The Orange Box and MTV Games' Rock Band round out top three.

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    • Posted Dec 12, 2007 1:45 am GMT

  • Halo 3, BioShock top Spike TV noms

    Shooters from Bungie and 2K get most nods for testosterone-infused network's December 9 award show.

    • News -
    • Posted Nov 9, 2007 7:38 pm GMT
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