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An activist looks for a sniper through a burning tire barricade close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
(photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky)
EU ministers agree to impose sanctions against Ukraine
The Hindu
The European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Thursday agreed to adopt sanctions against Ukraine, including asset freezes, visa bans and ban on exporting anti-riot equipments, EU...
‘Layton Brothers: Mystery Room’ released on iOS platforms
The Examiner
According to Ign.com, a new game has been released for iOS platforms. That game is “Layton Brothers: Mystery Room,” and it was added to the iOS App Store on June 27, 2013. The game is available for download for...
Anti-stealth game Nothing to Hide is open source, of course
Joystiq
The protagonist in Nothing to Hide is an anxiety-ridden teenage girl, Poppy, whose father is a politician, and they live in a world obsessed with constant, encroaching surveillance. The browser demo begins with a private moment told as wall posts,...
Risen 3: Titan Lords Revealed
IGN Insider
German gaming magazine PC Games revealed today the next game in the...
Think pink: Welcome spring with the rosy glow of a warming hue
Detroit Free Press
This spring, pinks are popping up all over home decor — the softer versions soothing and nurturing, the bright ones bouncy and vivacious. Warm pink light can be flattering, so designers have long employed tricks such as painting lampshade interiors...
Pre-Load Titanfall on Xbox One With Digital Purchase
IGN Insider
Titanfall will support digital pre-purchase and pre-load on the Xbox One....
Oculus Rift running out of stock as some components cease production
Joystiq
Oculus VR can't construct additional Oculus Rift dev kits because some components are no longer being manufactured, an Oculus community manager posted on Reddit. The company is now...
Man guilty in crash that killed Usher stepson
Entertainment Weekly
A man has been convicted of homicide by vessel in a Georgia jet ski crash that killed R&B singer Usher’s 11-year-old stepson. A...
Jane Jensen's Moebius Signed by Publisher, Has a Release Date
IGN Insider
Moebius: Empire Rising, the upcoming adventure series from the creator of the Gabriel Knight titles, will release April 15 for PC and Mac, and an unspecified date for iOS and Android, under Phoenix Online Publishing. Phoenix...
Amazon TV May Happen Early This Year
IGN Insider
Amazon is preparing to finally jump into the streaming TV...
GaymerX2 funded, upcoming event to feature WWE guest Darren Young
Joystiq
All-inclusive gaming convention GaymerX2 met its funding goal in the first 48 hours of its recently-launched Kickstarter campaign, securing July weekend dates for the upcoming San Francisco event. Launched last year, GaymerX is an LGBTQ-friendly expo...
Video: An impressively unimpressive completion of Super Mario Bros.
Joystiq
YouTube user NotEntirelySure has achieved the lowest possible score in a beginning-to-end, warp-assisted playthrough of Nintendo's 8-bit Super Mario Bros, finishing the game with an impressively unimpressive 500 points. The recent run beats...
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Launching Without Microtransactions
IGN Insider
Brian Lindley, producer at PopCap Games, recently told GameSpot in an interview that Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is "not going to...
App Store Update: February 21
IGN Insider
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and...
PlayStation 4 VR Headset Reveal Reportedly Coming at GDC
IGN Insider
Sony is reportedly planning to reveal its PlayStation 4 virtual reality headset at...
Super Joystiq Podcast 085: The Last of Us DLC, Strider, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Capcom
Joystiq
This week's Super Joystiq Podcast can only be heard if everyone pushes play at the same time. Do you like opinions on new releases? Reviews of hot games? Perfect. Ludwig, Xav, Anthony, and Earnest are hitting a trio of February bangers-- The Last of...
Sony Expects PlayStation 4 Scarcity to Continue
IGN Insider
In its first 90 days on the market, PlayStation 4 has sold a staggering 5.3...
10 Literary Characters and Their Favorite Video Games
IGN Insider
Characters in books don't play very many video games, do they? The classic literary figures...
Arrow: First Photos of the Suicide Squad Revealed
IGN Insider
It was recently revealed that the sixteenth episode of Arrow: Season 2 would be called “Suicide Squad” and now...
Walter Ehlers, last living Medal of Honor recipient from D-Day, dies
The Leaf Chronicle
Staff Sgt. Walter Ehlers, the last Medal of Honor recipient from the D-Day invasion in 1944, has died at the age of 92, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Ehlers was born on May 7, 1921, in Junction City, Kan., according to his...
Remi Kart 2 Offers More Real-World Mario Kart Madness
Kotaku
As promised, Mario Kart loving...
Diddy Kong returning to 'Smash Bros'
The Examiner
The official Smash Bros. website announced today that Diddy Kong will be returning for the fourth installment of the Super Smash Bros. series. The announcement of Diddy coincides with the release of Donkey Kong...
Ryse won't be getting that co-op challenge editor
Joystiq
Ryse: Son of Rome won't be getting the cooperative gladiator mode challenge...
Jamie Coots' son takes over Ky. church, continues to handle snakes
The Leaf Chronicle
MIDDLESBORO, KY. (WBIR) — It’s been two days since a Middlesboro, Kentucky, pastor was laid to rest after a snake he was handling bit him, and now his 21-year-old son said he is taking over the church and will continue to handle snakes. Jamie...
Humble Weekly Sale gets adventurous with Jack Keane, Edna and Harvey
Joystiq
Humble Bundle's latest Humble Weekly Sale is aimed squarely at fans of point-and-click adventure games, offering up a bounty of twelve...
Sewer Rehab Work Schedule
The Leaf Chronicle
Clarksville Gas and Water sewer rehab contractors will be working on the following...
Classic PC games that need rebooting - still
The Examiner
Despite the evolution of game development and...
Rumor: Free Pokemon X/Y with purchase of 3DS XL or 2DS and a game
Joystiq
A supposed scan of a Toys R Us ad indicates a new Pokemon X and Y sale is on the horizon. The ad, courtesy of a...
Year of Xbox Live Gold $20 off through Amazon
Joystiq
Prepare for Titanfall with $20 off Xbox Live Gold on Amazon. The 12-month...
Style & Design
Entertainment Weekly
Nicki Minaj is about to wig out. The rapper is being sued by her former “wig guru” Terrence Davidson, according to Time. The magazine reports Davidson...
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Returning to Cinemas
IGN Insider
NEWSFLASH: Ron Burgundy is heading back into...
IGN UK Podcast #219: Lionheads or Tales?
IGN Insider
Happy Friday friends and readers! It's that time of week again, when IGN UK's finest descend upon our microphones to bring you whimsy and insanity in equal...
TV Recap: 'American Idol,' 'House of Cards,' and 'Project Runway: Under the Gunn' -- VIDEO
Entertainment Weekly
Missed House of Cards, American...
Mark Rosewater is "sure" of more tricolor planeswalkers
The Examiner
In terms of planeswalker design space, there's a lot that's yet to be explored. For example, the two-color combinations are certainly hardly exhausted, and green-white doesn't even have one...
Watch as the PlayStation 4 finally comes home to Japan
Joystiq
At 10AM ET/7AM PT today, it will be midnight on February 22 in Japan, marking the launch of the PlayStation 4 in its home country. After three months of watching...
Sarah Hyland assaulted by man in Australia
Entertainment Weekly
A man allegedly touched Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland inappropriately at an event in Australia on...
Tomb Raider, Walking Dead, Brothers in today's Xbox Ultimate sale
Joystiq
Today's Xbox 360 Ultimate sale includes two entries from Joystiq's Top 10 of 2013 in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Tomb Raider. Meanwhile, the first episode of Walking Dead Season 2 can be...
Win Tickets to a Preview of the Need For Speed Movie
IGN Insider
The Need For Speed movie is about to hit screens, but in advance of the UK release, we’ve got 50 tickets to give away to a very special preview of the film. The screening will take place at...
Sit back and take a gander at these idyllic The Witness screens
Joystiq
It's unfair of Braid designer Jon Blow and his indie team Number None to show these The...
Takedown: Red Sabre successfully infiltrates Xbox 360 after delay
Joystiq
After a delayed raid, squad-based first-person shooter Takedown: Red Sabre is out now on the Xbox Games Store,...
Casino poker games: Are the odds with or against you?
The Examiner
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Mafia designer's medieval RPG raised nearly $2M in crowdfunding
Joystiq
Kingdom Come Deliverance is part of an elite group of games-to-be that've raised more than $1 million on Kickstarter. Warhorse's medieval European first-person RPG, creatively led by Mafia and Mafia 2 designer Dan Vávra, galloped to just over...
Diddy Kong Joining Super Smash Bros. Wii U & 3DS
IGN Insider
The upcoming Super Smash Bros....
Tick Diddy Kong off your list of Super Smash Bros. returnees
Joystiq
One day a Super Smash Bros. reveal will be...
Godzilla Gets Awesome New Poster
IGN Insider
Legendary and Warner Bros.' upcoming retelling of Godzilla has got a new poster....
New Forza Motorsport 5 Track Available For Free
IGN Insider
Turn 10 Studios has released a new free add-on for Forza Motorsport 5:...
New MOBA Strife Is Having a Free Weekend
IGN Insider
Upcoming free-to-play MOBA...
Keepin' It Reel, Episode 238
IGN Insider
Welcome back to...
Possible KRE-O Magic figures in the future?
The Examiner
With the recent announcements of new types of Magic merchandise, the possibilities seem endless for what spinoff products could be coming out next. One type of collectible in...
What Happened To David's Junk?
Kotaku
Since Mass Effect 2's newest...
Daily Fix Headlines for February 20, 2014
IGN Insider
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It's the End of the World as This Concept Art Knows it
Kotaku
Ioan Dumitrescu is a Romanian concept...
San Francisco beatnik crime hits Steam on March 11 in 1954: Alcatraz
Joystiq
1954: Alcatraz is a gritty, San Francisco-based point-and-click adventure about crime, doing time and the dark side of mid-century American perfection. It's due out for PC on March 11 for $20 on Steam and GOG, published by adventure game veteran...
IGN AU Pubcast Episode 89: The Video Game: The Novelisation: The Audio Book
IGN Insider
According to John Rambo, "to survive a war, you've got to become a war."...
Gravity Director Alfonso Cuaron Explains Why He Didn't Cast RDJ and Angelina Jolie
IGN Insider
With the limited cast of only George Clooney and Sandra Bullock (with a voice-over from Ed Harris), Gravity still packs an emotional punch. But at one point, Clooney and Bullock’s roles...
U.S. GM: No sight in right eye after hit by puck
The Leaf Chronicle
NASHVILLE, TENN. — David Poile may not see again out of his right eye after taking a puck to the face. That’s not stopping the general manager of the U.S. hockey team and the Nashville Predators as he returns to work. “I’m not trying to be a...
Red Dead Redemption: Messin' With Sasquatch?
Kotaku
Posted today on...
Octodad: Dadliest Catch fishing for an April release on PS4
Joystiq
Eight-armed fatherhood sim Octodad: Dadliest Catch is set to make its PlayStation 4 debut...
New Official X-Men: Days of Future Past Character Photos
IGN Insider
The official site for Bryan Singer’s upcoming X-Men: Days of...
The Search is on for a Doctor Strange Director
IGN Insider
Things are getting stranger at Marvel, and we're not just talking about the (awesome) weirdos in Guardians of the Galaxy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the hunt for a...
Kenji Eno's final project to be developed, crowdfunded posthumously
Joystiq
Three of Kenji Eno's former colleagues have banded together in hopes of completing the late D and Enemy...
Ubisoft sale, free dino hunts and Riley time headline Steam weekend
Joystiq
Steam is making a strong case for a mini-staycation this weekend. Festivities kick off today with the Ubisoft Publisher Sale, which lasts until...
Google launches Project Tango 3D smartphone platform
Sydney Morning Herald
Google has announced a new research project aimed at bringing 3D technology to smartphones, for potential...
Spelunky mod drops Metroid's Samus into caverns of Zebes
Joystiq
The Metroid Mod is an impressive recreation...
Game Picks: ‘Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII’
The News & Observer
Nobody really wanted “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII” (Rated T; $59.99). There were already two “Final Fantasy XIII” games, and the public and critical reactions to both were mixed at best. The stories of those...
Introducing WikiBear, the Siri of Stuffed Animals
Mashable
NEW YORK — If Teddy Ruxpin and Siri had a stuffed animal baby, it would be the WikiBear. The WikiBear is a know-it-all toy that can crack jokes, tell you the weather, update you on which team won last night's hockey game or remind you who the 15th...
Wii Remote Wizard Working On Project Natal
Kotaku
You remember Johnny Lee,...
Killer Instinct patch to help fighters avoid Jail time
Joystiq
Spinal's introduction to the Killer Instinct roster hasn't been as smooth as Microsoft would've hoped. After adding the character and a new "Jail" feature, where players who habitually...
Clementine's hammer proficiency tested in The Walking Dead screens
Joystiq
A child's innocence is near impossible to preserve in...
Tony Hawk and Activision ride together again
Joystiq
Activision has confirmed the company is once again collaborating with pro skater Tony Hawk on a new video game. "Activision can...
New Nintendo eShop releases: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Weapon Shop de Omasse
Joystiq
Like the fifth/fourth/sixth world of a Mario, there's an icy theme to this week's list of eShop games. Well okay, that only really applies to Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Ice Hockey, but there are...
The 12 Best Games on PC
Kotaku
PC gamers have got a pretty...
Basement Crawl emerges on PS4 next week in US and Europe
Joystiq
Heads up, Bomberman fans: Bloober Team's PlayStation 4-exclusive competitive multiplayer game Basement Crawl has finally surfaced after a series of delays, and is set to arrive digitally via the PlayStation Network next week in North America and...
Star Wars Rebels: Introducing Hera
IGN Insider
The final piece of the Star Wars Rebels cast has been revealed. As first seen in EW, Hera...
Microsoft invites Xbox One users to test the March update
Joystiq
The March update for Xbox One, which streamlines friends list and party chat functionality, will go into beta testing soon. Microsoft is inviting a select number of Xbox Live users by sending...
Persona 5, Mario Kart 8 Among Japan’s Most-Wanted Games
IGN Insider
Famitsu, the nearly 30-year-old Japanese gaming...
Supernatural: Tribes Spinoff Casts First Two Actors
IGN Insider
Supernatural's spinoff series, Supernatural: Tribes, is getting one step closer to production: they've cast...
New Poster, Videos and Photos for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
IGN Insider
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Tech Fetish Podcast: Episode 190
IGN Insider
Tune in for the new episode of the Tech Fetish Podcast with hosts Scott Lowe...
Danny Masterson and wife welcome baby girl
Entertainment Weekly
That ’70s Show star Danny Masterson and his wife Bijou Phillips welcomed their first child together on...
What Do You Think of Ghost Rider's New Look?
IGN Insider
Ghost Rider has gone through many changes over the years. He's been a man, a woman, and even a Nicolas Cage. Now, with the launch of his new...
'Seinfeld' Meets Mario in a Parody About Nothing
Mashable
If Seinfeld and Mario merged, it would make for sitcom gold. Gold coins, Jerry. Gold coins! The magic of animation brings the Mario Bros. characters to a cereal-filled apartment on New York's Upper West Side. The animated parody begins with Mario...
The 5 Coolest Things We Saw at New York Toy Fair 2014
IGN Insider
The 2014 New York Toy Fair has come and gone, but man was...
DC Comics Solicitations for May 2014
IGN Insider
DC's solicitations for May 2014 are out this week. The big news is that the next weekly series, The New 52: Future's End - kicks off on May 7. But there are some other interesting debuts and changes coming that month. New Series The New 52: Future's...
Prison breakout sim The Escapists picked up by Worms studio Team17
Joystiq
Team17, the UK outfit behind the popular Worms franchise, will publish Mouldy Toof Studios' indie prison break-out sim for PC, The Escapists. This is the second game to be published under Team17's third-party publishing label, the first being indie...
Poster Debut for The Sacrament
IGN Insider
We've got a couple of sweet new exclusives from director Ti West's upcoming horror movie The Sacrament...
Guardians of the Galaxy #12 Preview
IGN Insider
With the Guardians of the Galaxy trailer hitting this week, interest in Marvel's "Space Avengers" is at an all-time high. Currently in...
'Earth Defense Force 2025' - Battling The Big Bad Bugs Again | SPIKE
Spike
9:00am Ink Master: Fresh Meat 10:00am Ink Master: Botched Head Tattoo 11:00am Ink Master: Pasties and A Cameltoe 12:00pm Ink Master: Ink Disaster Piece 1:00pm Ink Master: Game On 2:00pm Ink Master: Permanent Mistakes 3:00pm Ink Master: Picture...
Superman: Lois Lane #1 Preview
IGN Insider
Lois Lane is getting an over-sized one-shot story that focuses on the Daily Planet reporter and her family. Written by rising star...
Farmers fight the power in second Muramasa Rebirth DLC
Joystiq
The second downloadable addition for PlayStation-exclusive 2D action game Muramasa Rebirth has been unveiled, and instead of more samurai combat, players are thrust into the role of a lowly dirt farmer. Entitled Genroku Legends – A Cause to...
Google Introduces 'Project Tango' 3D Mapping Phone
IGN Insider
Google introduced Project Tango today, a prototype Android phone that is built around 3D mapping. It...
These Are the Plants Vs. Zombies Figures You've Been Dying For
IGN Insider
And as yet another New York Toy Fair...
Daylight hits PS4, PC on April 8 for $15, includes Twitch interaction
Joystiq
Winter is almost over. Know what that means? That means more daylight! And starting on April 8, more Daylight. The procedurally-generated horror game for PC and PS4 from Zombie Studios has been given a new release date that...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Best Look at Green Goblin Yet
IGN Insider
Warning upfront: IMAGE...
Dragon's Crown, Saints Row 4 headline GameFly under-$20 sale
Joystiq
GameFly has launched a blowout sale on its used games catalog, dropping prices for a wide variety of...
Tony Hawk: 'We Are Working on a New Game'
IGN Insider
A new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game is in development. While reminiscing about the Pro Skater series on his...
Shadow of Mordor enemies less devious on Xbox 360, PS3
Joystiq
Monolith Productions is doing "whatever we can" to ensure feature parity between the Xbox 360, PS3 versions of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and the Xbox One, PS4 offerings. But the developer admits this may be an impossibility and reveals the...
Twitch Plays Pokemon, but can Twitch beat Pokemon?
Joystiq
"Even when played very poorly it is difficult to not make some progress in Pokemon," the mastermind behind Twitch Plays Pokemon told Joystiq. The Twitch community is putting that opinion to the test. Twitch Plays Pokemon is a social project using...
Fire Hose Games Offers Help to Laid-Off Game Devs
IGN Insider
Fire Hose Games, the Boston-based developer that helped work on Dance Central...
Twitch Plays Pokemon Experiences Chat Issues
IGN Insider
According to a blog post from Twitch’s customer experience director Jason Maestas, Twitch...
Joystiq Streams: Getting surreal with Jazzpunk
Joystiq
Joystiq Streams needs a break from all the high octane shooting action it's been doing in Titanfall....
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