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PC Sales Charts: Oh, Hello 2010
After a Christmas break, we're back this week with some PC sales charts, outlining some of the big sellers (or at least big revenue earners) of the new year period. More »Sony Details PSN Expansion To Other Products
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The trailer for the Awakening expansion to Dragon Age: Origins shows off some of the new faces we'll encounter on our adventures in the new land of Amaranthine, along with the welcome return of a few more familiar ones. More »Sign Up For The LEGO Universe Beta At CES
The LEGO Universe expands at CES 2010 this week, with hands-on demos, the first official gameplay trailer, and beta sign ups available for visitors to the annual trade show in Las Vegas. More »Here's The Exploring Strange New Worlds Part Of Star Trek Online
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In November, we reported that Eric Ruth Games was creating a Nintendo Entertainment System-style Left 4 Dead "de-make" for January. Guess what? It's January. And the game is now available for free download for PCs. More »Dragon Age: Origins Won't Return To Ostagar On Time
BioWare's plans to release the Return to Ostagar downloadable content pack for Dragon Age: Origins have been put on hold at the eleventh hour, with no new ETA revealed for the expansion. More »EA Sticks with Tiger Woods Online; Mum on Console Games
Announcing an open beta of EA Sports' browser-based PGA Tour game later this month, Peter Moore says EA Sports is sticking with embattled golfer Tiger Woods "on the masthead of this game." More »StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty Comes With Protoss "Mini-campaign"
Fans of StarCraft's Protoss may not have to wait until 2011—or later—to get their hands on the teleporting, psionic blade-wielding alien race. The Protoss will apparently get their own mini-campaign in the first part of StarCraft II's trilogy. More »Love For Everyone On January 7th
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Product listings from retailers in New Zealand suggest a full retail expansion for Dragon Age: Origins is heading to the PC in March. More »Space Invaders: From Game to Cartoon to Game
It's Wednesday night. You have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta, your all-Rush mixtape, and, now, this impossibly good Space Invaders clone built on Futurama's epic "Raiders of the Lost Arcade" vignette from the third season of Futurama. More »PETA Deems The Sims 3 Most Animal-Friendly Game of '09
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals don't hand out many video game awards, but when they do, they're generally about games that favor eating vegetables and tofu over meat. PETA's choice game of 2009? The Sims 3. More »Try On Gaijin's Wings Of Prey
Gaijin Entertainment let fly its new World War II combat flight sim Wings of Prey on Christmas Day, and now there's a downloadable demo for those of you pondering dusting off the old flight stick. More »Two Worlds II Is Too Good For Mundane Screenshots
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