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RIP PlayStation 2: Sony halts production of the most successful game console in history

Sony said at the end of December that it would stop shipping PlayStation 2 consoles to Japan, but now the company has confirmed that production has stopped worldwide. After nearly thirteen years, the PlayStation 2 is dead.
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Nintendo’s Iwata claims the Wii U sales “are not bad”

The Nintendo Wii U has ridden through its first holiday. How did the follow up to the record breaking Nintendo Wii perform? Sales are "steady" according to Nintendo's president, but they're not what the company was hoping for according to one analyst.
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Jetsetter: Korea mixes a dash of Final Fantasy with its Mario Bros.

It's a whole new year for Jetsetter. In this debut for 2013, we take a look at some sweet Korean Game Boy Advance games that take Final Fantasy in a whole new direction before getting excoriated by a Japanese Winnie the Pooh game. Finally: Eidos' co-founder gets all the accolades.
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BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition released in time to capitalize on BioShock Infinite hype

Image used with permission by copyright holder BioShock Infinite, after two years of hype, excitement, delays, and cancellations, is just two months away from release. 2K Games is wasting no opportunity to transform Irrational Games’ series from a moderate success and critical darling into one of the best-selling franchises in the contemporary gaming landscape. To […]
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Return of the Pac: Namco plans to open a chain of arcade restaurants

Namco is one of the first names in arcade video games, responsible for foundational classics like Pac-man, Space Invaders, Soul Calibur and Point Blank. Arcades are nearly extinct in 2013, but the company is planning a new chain of restaurants to bring them back.
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Xbox International: Microsoft lets Live users migrate Gamertags between countries

Any Xbox Live users that moved between countries and wanted to move their Xbox Live accounts abroad with them use to be out of luck. Now Microsoft is testing a simple new way to aid expatriates keep gaming.
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Microsoft halts development on free-to-play Age of Empires Online

Microsoft and developer Gas Powered Games announced on Thursday that Age of Empires Online has exited the development phase and entered the support phase. Translation: No more new content and no more bug fixes for the free-to-play strategy game.
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Panzer Dragoon successor Crimson Dragon appears and disappears on XBLA

Two and a half years after Microsoft first announced Crimson Dragon, a spiritual follow up to the classic Sega series Panzer Dragoon, the game still isn't out. A demo appeared on XBLA this week, but was taken down almost immediately by the the company.
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Elite: Dangerous goes into development after 15 years of false starts

David Braben has been trying to make a sequel to his open world space sim Elite since 1998. Now thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, his studio will begin work on Elite: Dangerous.
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Smart TV game company takes on Ouya with tiny Android console GameStick

Ouya won't be the only Google Android based video game console vying for people's attention in 2013. Smart TV game company PlayJam has announced its own cheaper alternative, the GameStick.
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Microsoft’s Xbox strikes back at Nintendo TVii with R2 acquisition

Microsoft came out on top of a bidding war between itself, Apple, and Google for control of home automation technology company R2 Studios. The purchase says a great deal about the future of the Xbox.
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Alan Wake 2? Remedy hints it’s not done with the horror series

Alan Wake wasn't the hit that Microsoft thought it would be when the game came out in 2010, but from the sound of things, developer Remedy Entertainment is going to get a shot at making Alan Wake 2.
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Capcom: We’re focusing on new titles for Nintendo Wii U, not ports

The Nintendo Wii U is entering its first full year as a competitor in the video game industry and it needs exclusive games to capture people's attention. Capcom at least is planning to support it with new exclusives rather than ports of old games.
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Hackers crack the Nintendo 3DS opening its doors to pirated software

The Nintendo 3DS has been impressively secure since its release in 2011, protected from the piracy that plagued the Nintendo DS. Members of the Nintendo homebrew community now claim they've cracked the system, paving the way for bootleggers.
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Torchlight 2 goes platinum with 1 million copies sold

Skeptics thought Torchlight 2 might suffer thanks to its proximity to Diablo 3, but the Runic Games dungeon crawler has done quite well, selling 1 million copies in its first three months.
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EA shuts down Madden, FIFA, and The Sims servers in January

Electronic Arts' next round of server closures includes recent entries in the FIFA Soccer and Madden NFL series as well as the best-selling PC game of all time, The Sims 2.
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Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Andoulin gives Square’s first MMO new life

Square-Enix announced a Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Andoulin release date on the day after Christmas, promising an English edition of the expansion for this spring.
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Nintendo TVii hits Wii U on Dec. 20, but is it ready for primetime?

Nintendo TVii hits the Wii U on Thursday, unifying some of the console's entertainment apps and live television into a single service. Given the shaky performance of the Wii U's operating system and apps so far, though, is Nintendo's system seller ready?
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World of Tanks tops League of Legends with 45 million players

Don't think free-to-play gaming is huge? Take a look at World of Tanks. The free MMO about tanks shooting each other has racked up 45 million players, close to four times the peak membership of World of Warcraft.
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Black Isle Studios announces Fallout-esque RPG but doesn’t name staff

The new Black Isle Studios ended three months of radio silence with a call for crowd-funding on its website. The new studio is looking to make a post-apocalyptic RPG called Project V13 but it doesn't reveal who will actually be making it.
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Atlus brings Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers 3DS to the US

Nintendo 3DS role-playing game fans rejoice: More than fifteen years after the game's original release on Sega Saturn, Atlus is bringing Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers to the United States.
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Angry Birds is still big business but Rovio thinks its time for new IP

Finland's Rovio isn't a one trick pony. Angry Birds was successful, but so were Angry Birds: Star Wars and Bad Piggies! Spin-off success is one thing, but Rovio does see its future in developing new intellectual properties.
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Konami: Metal Gear Rising 2 with Platinum a possibility, no Rising Wii U

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance won't be out until February but Kojima Productions is already discussing the possibility of collaborating with Platinum Games on a sequel. Meanwhile, the studio shoots down the possibility of Rising for Nintendo Wii U.
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Microsoft apologizes to Halo 4 players with free DLC then bans them

Let it never be said that the distribution of downloadable content can't cause wacky hijinks. The botched release of the Crimson Map Pack DLC for Halo 4 led Microsoft to give away paid content for free and then to accidentally ban players for using it.
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Day of Cease Fire planned for Dec. 21 to support Sandy Hook families

Gamer Fit Nation's CEO is organizing an event for Friday asking gamers to not play online shooters for 24 hours to show support for those affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Journey’s Austin Wintory composes new score for Leisure Suit Larry

thatgamecompany's Journey and Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry don't outwardly share much. One's about a loser trying to get lucky and the other's about a spiritual journey through a ruined civilization. They do share one thing: Composer Austin Wintory.
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Electronic Arts battens down the hatches with Origin Free To Play

Electronic Arts continues to consolidate and rebrand its various digital businesses in its effort to create a future proof video game company. Its plans in free-to-play gaming are well intentioned but they may not lead to financial or creative growth.
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Sony signs indie developers to strengthen its PS Vita line up

Support for Sony's PlayStation Vita is dwindling as the handheld is still struggling to connect with gamers. Sony is working to beef up the PS Vita's game selection by signing indie developers like FuturLab to create new content.
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Sniper Elite shot down as publisher suddenly takes servers offline

Rebellion's Sniper Elite demonstrates just how fragile video games in the digital age can be as the multiplayer game's servers were abruptly taken offline after sever years, effectively killing the game.
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Plants vs. Zombies studio PopCap is making a “AAA” console shooter

PopCap Games has been the king of casual video games for the better part of a decade, but the studio is moving beyond Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies according to a new job listing. PopCap is getting into the shooter business.
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Assassin’s Creed III DLC is erasing player data

Players picking up the new downloadable content for Assassin's Creed III should exercise caution, as Ubisoft has confirmed that a glitch in the process is causing players' save files to be erased.
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Rockstar North starts hiring developers for next-gen Grand Theft Auto tech

Rockstar Games isn't done with the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 yet, but the company is already building the technology that will run games on Microsoft Durango and Sony's Orbis. Grand Theft Auto is ready to go next-gen.
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Jetsetter: GoldenEye 007 developer Eurocom closes after 25 years

It's a bittersweet week in Jetsetter as we say goodbye to one of the UK's most prolific console game developers but celebrate new shooters from New Zealand and Japan's best and brightest.
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InXile puts out a call for fans to help create Wasteland 2

Fans wanted Wasteland 2 so badly they helped InXile Entertainment raise nearly $3 million through Kickstarter to make the game. Now InXile is asking fans if they want to help join the team and build parts of the game's world.
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Far Cry 3 studio readying an online RPG for Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4

Massive Entertainment, one of the studios behind Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed, is shifting away from the aged PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to work on a next-gen RPG.
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BioWare puts full writing staff on next Mass Effect 3 DLC, records new voice work

With fans grumbling about the story content in Mass Effect 3: Omega, BioWare is committing major resources to its follow up. Main Mass Effect studio BioWare Edmonton is handling writing duties and recording new voice work with actos like Seth Green.
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Nintendo 3DS gets new Fire Emblem, Luigi’s Mansion, and Brain Age in 2013

In July 2011, Nintendo promised it would keep a steady stream of games coming to Nintendo 3DS and it's sticking to that plan in 2013 with Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Fire Emblem Awakening and Brain Age: Concentration Training out by March.
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USPTO denies Microsoft’s application for Killer Instinct trademark

Microsoft hyped up old school fighting game fans in September when it announced it was refiling its trademark for Killer Instinct, but the USPTO has denied the application due to a cancelled Fox TV show.
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