Can’t Afford Minecraft or Notch’s Other Video Games? Just Pirate them says Notch

Shiver my timbers.

Minecraft creator Notch believes that if fans can’t afford Minecraft or any of he’s other games they should just download it illegally. The following contains my thoughts on piracy and what actually happened in regard to Minecraft.

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Three New Screenshots and Seventeen Concept Artworks of XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Planes galore.

The US video game magazine Game Informer have released a video showing some artwork from XCOM: Enemy Unknown. I have taking some screenshots of the art shown in the video to show a quicker look at the various art featured and I have also added the three new XCOM: Enemy Unknown screenshots.

Is it called XCOM: Enemy Unknown or X-COM: Enemy Unknown? All the other games are called X-COM except UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Read more to see the seventeen XCOM: Enemy Unknown concept artworks and three new screenshots from the game.

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Video Games to Watch Out For in 2012 Part #6

How times change.

As it’s a start of a new year, new video games are coming out to look forward to. Over the next few days or so I will be listing nearly thirty games that you should watch out for this year.

Each part will have around six games that you should look out for. In no particular order.

This is likely the last part unless I think of some more.

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Video Games to Watch Out For in 2012 Part #5

How times change.

As it’s a start of a new year, new video games are coming out to look forward to. Over the next few days or so I will be listing nearly thirty games that you should watch out for this year.

Each part will have around six games that you should look out for. In no particular order.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Demo is Now Available

Japanese hair styles. What they like?

A demo of Final Fantasy XIII-2 is now available on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. The free download is 1.29 GB.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is being produced by Square Enix’s 1st Production Department, with help from external developer tri-Ace. It is a direct sequel to the 2009 role-playing game, Final Fantasy XIII.

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The UK Best Selling Video Games of 2011

Why is Call of Duty always top?

The following show the sales for the various platforms and overall top-selling video games. Unsurprising Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and two EA games are the top three overall selling video games of 2011 with EA’s and Activision Blizzard domination of the industry and the popularity of Call of Duty. However that’s not a good thing.

Digital sales are not counted, although they will be soon.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.1 Notes

Dueling yourself.

I havent played Star Wars: The Old Republic but apparently it is supposed to be ok for a World of Warcraft clone. Despite what you feel about the game it can’t be argued that it is with Rift one of the best and solid massively multiplayer online game releases. Usually MMOs take about six months to get to where SWTOR is now.

This patch adds more content and bug fixes and it is due soon but Its only available on the test servers at the moment.

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X-COM: Enemy Unknown First Screenshots and Details

X-COM bases are apparently underground.

The first new screenshots and details about the new X-COM remake X-COM: Enemy Unknown have been revealed in Game Informer.

From Game Informer “The shooter takes place earlier in the fiction, chronicling the aliens’ first attacks in the United States. The strategy game we’re talking about here deals with the global response to the later full-blown alien invasion of Earth.”

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