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The documents supporting THQ’s filing for bankruptcy have shed light on the firm’s upcoming slate of games. Most intriguingly, we have the first details of the game Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets is working on for the company, plus sales expectations for both announced and unannounced games. He left his …

A confident letter from THQ president Jason Rubin to company ‘fans’ says its bankruptcy filing "does not mean the end of the THQ story". Far from it – he describes last night’s Chapter 11 filing in the USA as "a new start for our company". Yesterday the publisher filed for …

39 games including Team Fortress 2, World of Goo and Frozen Synapse now available for download

A New York initiative called Operation: Game Over has closed 2,100 online gaming accounts associated with known sex offenders living in New York. Publishers such as Sony, NCsoft, FunCom, THQ and Gaia Online have participated in the scheme. The drive has been made possible thanks to New York’s Electronic Securing …

Maybe one day it’ll be regarded alongside festive hits like Merry Christmas Everybody, All I Want For Christmas Is You and Fairytale Of New York? Anyway, there’s a song called Minecraft Christmas. The Official Charts Company has it at number 52 in the midweek UK charts. English Band Area 11 …

Nintendo’s Tvii app will launch in the US and Canada tomorrow on the Wii U, but don’t expect it to be fully functional. The previously delayed app will arrive sometime in the next day, but won’t include Netflix or Tivo program guide support as originally promised. It won’t initially offer …

After a launch marred by a string of controversy, The War Z has been completely blocked from purchase on Steam. While the game remains listed on the PC digital distribution hub, you can no longer buy it. Valve has decided to offer a refund for any customers who felt they …

22 Cans’ Kickstarter effort for Project Godus, what was thought to be a lost cause less than a week ago, has reached its goal with just under two days to spare. The 450,000 mark was met around 44 hours ahead of the December 21st deadline. The campaign gained quite a …

Peter Molyneux's crowd funding experiment succeeds with less than two days to go

Minecraft creator Markus Persson and entrepreneur Mark Cuban contribute $500,000 to EFF