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Arena.xlsm: How an accountant made an RPG in Microsoft Excel

Accountant Cary Walkin built a full role-playing game in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program.

InXile’s Torment: Tides of Numenera is the most funded Kickstarter game ever

Tides of Numenera has a few hours left to accept contributions from gamers.

EA exec Peter Moore responds to Worst Company in America tournament

Peter Moore is on damage control because EA is a favorite to win Consumerist's Worst Company in America poll.

Xbox games director clueless about why fans hate always-on consoles

Creative director Adam Orth speaks out about always online and insults "non-cities."

Salaries are up for game developers but women don’t make as much as men

Health-care coverage is also up while layoffs were down for a third year in a row.

Sen. Feinstein: Congress may ‘have to proceed’ with violent video game regulation

Another U.S. lawmaker comes out talking about regulating video games.

Decorate your walls with these artistic console schematics (gallery)

City Prints in Atlanta has a line of beautiful game console and computer schematics.

13 awesome maps from classic video games (gallery)

The cartographers at City Prints in Atlanta charted the digital topography of several classic video games.

Treyarch erupts with new Uprising content for Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Uprising includes four multiplayer maps and a content-rich new Zombies mode.

Live out your biker fantasies in the Ride to Hell trilogy this summer

Publisher Deep Silver unveiled Ride to Hell games for consoles, digital platforms, and mobile devices.

Trion Worlds launches massively multiplayer shooter Defiance with a lot on the line

Defiance heads out to gamers two weeks before the show debuts.

Rovio doubles its revenue in 2012 on strong game and consumer-product sales

Angry Birds developer Rovio reports a strong financial 2012 with consumer products bringing in nearly 45 percent of total revenue.

Utherverse launches latest take on a 3D Internet with WebWorlds.com

A new 3D Internet world launches today from a long-time developer in the space.

Zynga’s first real-money games launch in the U.K. tomorrow

Zynga is applying its massive infrastructure toward real-money gambling in the United Kingdom.