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For those of you itching to see the campaign side of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, check out this seven-minute video walkthrough of the game’s opening. You may already know about …
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Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is looking like a promising new title from the folks at Gaijin Games. During their holiday party, they decided to answer some questions …
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UPDATE: Voting has commenced. You can vote here. [Editors Note: While we don’t officially have a candidate in the race, John thinks Candy would be awesome.]

Last week we announced that Ninjabee were going to let you the fans choose the theme for the next DLC pack for A World of Keflings. Well all 3 options have now been revealed and it’s decision time. The choices are as follows:

1. A Graveyard for Keflings
2. Candy for Keflings
3. Pirates for Keflings

Voting commences Monday, January 16 at 10 A.M. PST and will end on Friday, January 23 at 12 A.M. PST. To vote, all you have to do is head over to PlayXBLA, each day and make your voice heard. You can only vote once though in every 24 hours so don’t forget to visit daily. Head over the jump to view the image mock-ups for each theme. We already know what our favourite is!

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Supergiant Games’ Arcade knockout Bastion has ranked alongside some of the most prolific AAA titles of the past year in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 2011 awards.

The awards ceremony, which takes place during the 2012 D.I.C.E summit on February 9, champions all corners of the games industry with prizes for retail, downloadable and mobile games as well as individual categories for specific genres. Said Martin Rae, president of the AIAS:

“These games exemplify the highest standard of excellence and quality, from the breathtaking cinematics, to the bold storytelling and the innovative technology. Our industry has really outdone itself this year and continues to exceed expectations with its creativity and craftsmanship. Bravo!”

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No more conjecture, Double Fine’s zany Kinect title Happy Action Theater hits Xbox Live Arcade February 1. Tim Schafer took to Twitter to broadcast the news earlier today:

“DFHAT …
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Developer Futuremark announced today on Facebook that the price and release date for their upcoming game, Unstoppable Gorg, will be announced on Monday. Unstoppable Gorg is a sci-fi tower defense game …
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Monolith Productions producer Lucas Myers has responded to a chain of fan questions in a Q&A session on the Gotham City Impostors community board. The questions, while far from hard-hitting, provide Myers with an opportunity to speak about the game’s multiplayer modes, the nature of working with new IP and whether or not we should expect to see cross-platform play in Impostors (answer: not happening).

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Last week we gave you the first of Sine Mora‘s heroes, the cigarette smoking cougar. Today we’re able to reveal the second. Allow us to introduce you to Ronotra Koss, the legless, wheelchair bound buffalo who packs quite an attitude. In addition to the character reveal we also have three new screenshots of the bullet-hell shooter in action thanks to PlayXBLA. Read on to get a look at the new shots of the game in action!

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Developer FarSight Studios announced pricing details for tables in their upcoming game, The Pinball Arcade. Tales, the table of the month, will be $.99 while the other three tables …
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An Xbox Live Arcade port of classic Konami beat ’em-up The Simpsons Arcade looks to be all but confirmed based on an achievement list made public today. Back …
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