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Much like Dwarf Fortress, space MMO EVE Online can be an absolute treat to hear tales from but an absolute pig to get into yourself. As part of its renewed commitment to Internet spaceships, CCP is working to make it less intimidating to new players. Read more

OS X Mountain Lion will continue adding features now standard on Apple's other operating system, iOS. Perhaps the most important addition is Game Center, which will enable cross-platform multiplayer. Read more

Spies and religion are returning to Sid Meier's Civilization V in its first expansion pack, which will also bring revamped combat and bags of other new things. Named Gods & Kings, is due to emerge from developer Firaxis on PC in "late spring." Read more

Valve has confirmed both a LAN mode and mod support for Dota 2 as it continues to add enough servers to support the community at launch. Read more

Telltale had been awfully quiet about The Walking Dead for yonks, but it's starting to talk as it winds up to launch the first episode this spring. Today brings lead designers Jake Rodkin and Sean 'Famous' Vanaman chatting about it in a 13-minute video. Read more

Valve poked a bit of fun at Valentine's Day yesterday, with a Team Fortress 2 engagement ring gift that costs too much and is functionally useless. Read more

How much would Notch have to cough up to make Psychonauts 2 a reality? $13 million--a sum the Minecraft creator "can do." Read more

As promised, Angry Birds is now available on Facebook--just in case you can't get enough of the suicidal bird bombers on your iPhone, Android device, PS3, etc. Read more

This past Friday, the winners of the 2012 Indie Game Challenge at DICE were announced, with Eyebrow Interactive's monochromatic platformer Closure taking the grand prize. Read more