After a long time in various states of completion, Minecraft's official release is available. Shacknews contributing writer Steve Watts Read more

After months of closed beta testing, PixelJunk Monsters Online is officially open to all on Facebook. After a number of successful games on PlayStation Network, this is developer Q-Games' first foray into social games with the PixelJunk brand. Read more

Blizzard is introducing a new unified friends system which uses player-chosen nicknames, BattleTags. You'll be able to stay friends with people across games and WoW realms without sharing your real name. Read more

Valve's Australian Christmas celebrations will begin tomorrow in Team Fortress 2, with a new map, new steampunk toys from Dr. Grordbort for the Engineer and Pyro, and more. Read more

Minecraft developer Mojang Specifications is hoping to launch the first playable alpha version of Oxeye Game Studio's action-y platformer Cobalt this Friday--assuming all goes to plan. Read more

Social online game provider Exent asserts that social game companies will be forced to downsize and work on fewer projects in 2012, due to an over-crowded marketplace. Read more

Indie Royale unleashes yet another 'pay-what-you-want' indie game bundle that includes The Blackwell Trilogy: Remastered, Eets, The Oil Blue, and Dino D-Day. Read more

This week, I take a look at the tricky, unique, and aesthetically-slick puzzler called English Country Tune by Increpare, and try to keep my head from exploding. Read more

The opening cinematic for Diablo 3 was a surprise no one expected from the Spike VGAs, but it's the one we'll all walk away happy with. Watch it here! Read more

Does Peggle no longer thrill you the way it once did? A new job listing reveals that PopCap is looking to give the series a "stylistic reboot." Read more