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Peter Molyneux departs Lionhead Studios and Microsoft to found 22 Cans

Peter Molyneux, one of the most recognizable names in the video game industry, has announced that he will be leaving Lionhead Studios, the company he founded 15 years ago.

Taking his place will be the studio co-founder Mark Webley. Molyneux …

Nintendo Network will replace Nintendo’s current online infrastructure

Nintendo has officially unveiled its new Nintendo Network, a collection of services that will include personal user accounts on the Wii U, downloadable content on both the Wii U and the 3DS, and digital distribution of retail products.

Although we …

Playdom looks to boost Spry Fox’s Triple Town numbers on Facebook

Playdom, Disney’s social games product group, has announced plans to team with developer Spry Fox to publish its latest social game, Triple Town, on Facebook.

Triple Town is a town-building puzzle game, functioning very similarly to a typical match-three …

Steam game service doubles sales, reaches 5M concurrent users

Valve disclosed its Steam digital game distribution service has increased sales by more than 100 percent for the seventh year in a row. Steam now houses over 1,800 games for its consistently growing user base of 40 million accounts.

Bellevue, …

Top ways gamers are raising money for charity

Gamers are a generous sort, as evidenced by the countless ways they have been raising money for charities over the past several years. 2011 was an especially noteworthy year, a year in which the Child’s Play charity alone raised $3,512,345. …

Wii U likely to implement a full app store upon release

The upcoming Nintendo console Wii U may include a full app store, much larger and more robust than the current stores Nintendo has implemented on the Wii and the portable systems, according to a report from The Daily.

NIntendo hasn’t …

3DS sells over 4M units in Japan, first premium downloadable content title announced

Despite a rough start both critically and financially, the Nintendo 3DS has now surpassed four million sales in Japan alone.

It has been an odd year for Nintendo. July brought plummeting stocks for the game company after the lukewarm reaction …

The best indie games of 2011

Indie games are officially in style. Amidst all the bundles that have been offered for so very little money all year, it can sometimes be hard to take a step back and gather one’s thoughts about which of the indie …

Zelda Data Restoration Channel fixes save file in Skyward Sword

Nintendo has finally released the solution to the game-breaking bug in Skyward Sword in the form of a separate downloadable channel. The Zelda Data Restoration Channel is currently only available in Japan. The channel will be available for download from …

You could own every Steam game – if you’re the Grand Prize winner of the holiday sale

That’s right, as if you needed another incentive to make a few purchases during Steam’s infamous holiday sale, you now have the chance to win every Steam game ever. You read that right – every game that is on Steam …

Club Nintendo adds downloadable games to reward list

Club Nintendo has recently expanded their selection of rewards to include downloadable titles for the 3DS and the Wii.

One of the most common complaints leveled against the North American Club Nintendo, a rewards program for loyal customers, has been …

From castles to card games: a rundown of Zynga’s biggest titles

Zynga is the most recognizable name in social gaming. Facebook members and iPhone owners alike have seen Zynga’s games continuously rise and fall from the top of the charts over the past few years, and with CastleVille’s launch earlier this …

Halo Waypoint, ATLAS coming to mobile devices on Dec. 10

Right on the heels of the My Xbox LIVE release, Microsoft is bringing two Halo apps to smartphones. The first, Halo Waypoint, will function much like its console counterpart, relaying stats, awards, news, and other Halo-related content. It will be …

NetDragon Websoft brings storied free-to-play game Conquer Online to iPad

Conquer Online, one of the oldest free-to-play online games in existence, has migrated to the iPad as of today. It might not be the first massively multiplayer game to make its way to the App Store, but it is certainly …

Humble Introversion Bundle sales rising over 150,000 with 6 days left

The Humble Bundle releases have become quite an event in the world of indie gaming, and the recent Humble Introversion Bundle is certainly no exception. With six days until its completion, the Bundle has already sold over 150,000 copies, earning …