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Originally Posted by wraggster

Chances are, the battery on your iOS or Android device won't even last through one "round" of Desert Bus, but don't let that stop you from picking up Penn & Teller's infamous "verisimulator," which tasks players with driving a bus from Tuscon, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada ... in real time.

The game has made a name for itself over the last few years, largely in thanks

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Originally Posted by wraggster

When you're making the obligatory "things I'm thankful for" speech around the table this Thanksgiving, you may silently include Sony among the honorees. From tomorrow through November 28, the publisher is holding a Fall Sale on PSN that drops some recent releases into temptingly affordable territory.

Limbo will be $10.49 (just $7.34 for PS Plus members) during the sale; the lovelyOutland is down

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Having decided that there still aren't enough platforms upon which to playFinal Fantasy, Square Enix recently launched its own marketplace on the Japanese Android app store. The splintered-off storefront allows users to purchase downloadable Square Enix titles like Chaos Ring, Crystal Defendersand the iOS remake of Final Fantasy. The store will be updated with each new mobile release from the publisher,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Indie building title Minecraft now boasts around 17,000,000 registered users, and 1000 logins per hour.
The figures were revealed by Game Front at Minecon Mojang Developers panel.
It was also revealed that the popular title gets 241,920,000 logins per month, and was seeing 4000 logins per second after the launch of version 1.0. So far the launcher has downloaded two billion files.
The game is available on iOS, PC, and Android, and an Xbox 360 version is currently in development.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Though this may not be a surprise worthy of even a single exclamation point, it's welcome news to fans of cardboard camouflage, fateful fistfights, and delicious, convenient Calorie Mates.

There's going to be a Metal Gear Solid 5. And, despite his constant efforts to extricate himself from the series, Hideo Kojima is going to be in charge of it -- though it's currently unclear whether that will be in a higher-level production capacity or as director.

The news comes out

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