OnLive, the pioneer streaming game service, yesterday (Dec. 8) launched an app for touch-screen tablets and smartphones, bringing casual gamers into the fold. The company has reprogrammed 25 of its games for handheld devices that were previously only available to PC and game console users.
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Starting today, Valve is offering ten free games to ten Steam account holders every day until the holidays are over. All gamers needs are at least ten games in their Wishlist. ...

The student newspaper of the University of Cambridge has published a new interview with Valve founder Gabe Newell, in which the mastermind behind Half-Life and Steam shares his thoughts on digital distribution, region-locking, and piracy.
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Ubisoft is known for laying the blame for many problems on the unauthorized downloading of its games. Stanislas Mettra, creative director of the upcoming game ‘I Am Alive,’ (along with Ubisoft Ghost Recon: Future Soldier) on PC confirms this once again by saying that the decision not to release a PC version is a direct result of widespread game piracy. However, those who look beyond the propaganda will see that there appears to be more to the story than that.
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iXtreme LT+ v3.0 is on the way! Yesterday, having revealed to the team yesterday an idea for countering the recent dae.bin/AP2.5 update, c4eva has today confirmed that he has in fact completely done away with the need for dae.bin/AP2.5 data.
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For expecting parents, coming up with a suitable name for a new bundle of joy can often be difficult. But when gamer couple Megan and Eric Kellermeyer realized their due date — 11/11/11 — was the same as the release day of the highly-anticipated Skyrim role-playing game, they made a big decision.
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