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Valve has revealed Steam’s latest weekly top sellers chart, with XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders charging ahead of the pack prior to the game’s launch week. Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II continue to occupy the top half, but Dishonored pre-orders stepped in between the two to shake things up a bit …

Developers, journalists and students recognised at the inaugural talent-swap games jam

Andrew Smith reviews a game developed by Keith Stuart and Theo Chin

This dance you have performed is at best a 2-out-of-10 avocado

Lewie Procter and Karn Bianco's game jam effort goes under the critical microscope

48 Hours later and has GI Joyce barely hobbled over the finish line or is it a golden oldie?

Insomnia, short deadlines, stress and equipment failure - so what's the appeal?

I like Japanese games, and here's why you should too

Are you a hateful, meaningless mess of a human being? No? Then you can Game Jam

They just don't know it