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Saudi Arabia Banned This Shoe Shopping Game for Sounding Too Sexy

Shoe Wars is a simple little iPhone jumper about a woman looking for shoes at the mall, an activity many would consider a blissful experience. A little too blissful if you ask Saudi Arabia. The relatively harmless free iPhone app features a woman carrying a shopping bag jumping from platform to platform in a never-ending…

By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012

One Indie Developer Walked Away from Zynga’s $210 Million Acquisition of OMGPOP

Zynga’s absorbed a lot of companies in the last two years, but few experienced the sudden shift in fortunes that OMGPOP did over the last few days. Within two months, the studio saw their Draw Something become a breakout hit, which lead their getting snapped up by the social game giant. A recent New York…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012

Preorders Begin for Old School Dungeon Crawler The Legend of Grimrock

The first-person grid-based PC dungeon crawler rises again on April 11, when indie developer Almost Human releases The Legend of Grimrock on Steam and GOG.com. Act now and it’s far cheaper than it should be. You might recall The Legend of Grimrock from a story I posted about the developers changing the game to accommodate…

By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012

In BioShock: Infinite, This Siren Will Raise the Dead

In the above video, Irrational Games introduces the Siren—a creepy baddie who is able to raise the dead. In the above clip, BioShock: Infinite‘s creators talk about the character and briefly show game footage of her. Blink and you’ll miss it. BioShock: Infinite is slated for release on Oct. 16.

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2012

Angry Birds Developer Bought Finnish Studio

Rovio, the folks behind Angry Birds, bought Futuremark Games Studio for an undisclosed sum. The studio is known for its sci-fi games Unstoppable Gorg and Shattered Horizon. [Reuters]

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2012

Nearly-Nude Men are Selling Nintendo 3DS Games

If our gripping gameplay footage of the title from last year’s Gamescom wasn’t enough, here’s an advertisement for the upcoming Farming Simulator 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. Not that I looked that closely at the pic, but it does creep me out a little that his red underpants seem to be Photoshopped on. UPDATE –…