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Game makers will have four more ways to take home a trophy at next year's GAME British Academy Video Game Awards. This week, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced it is powering up its video game categories with new awards for first timers, online titles, and virtual actors...

Were you aware that The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition went live for free download on eShop last week? Here's a timely reminder from the series' celebrity champions, Robin and Zelda Williams. Apparently the paired skills of father and daughter are ample competition against oktoroks, tektites and leevers too – but what about the feel good comedian's terrifying beard?

Though Peter Parker gets the rep of being a bit of a geek, he’s actually one of the best untrained fighters in the Marvel Universe. Thanks to his mix of speed, strength, agility, and (most importantly) Spider Sense, he can beat up goons with the best of them. And his futuristic counterpart from 2099 is no slouch either, thanks to a similar mix of speed and strength along with crazy sharp talons that stick out of the ends of his fingers and toes. In the new game featuring their marvelous team-up, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, they each have their own play styles, particularly when it comes to combat, which this new trailer highlights...

Now you too can live in video game infamy for the price of a day's lunch. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is accepting donations for its upcoming Art of Video Games exhibition, and offering to display the names of its financial supporters in both the physical exhibit and its online counterpart...

A 46-year-old UK man is facing jail time after tracking down and attacking a 13-year-old boy in revenge for taunting the unemployed father of three during a session of Call of Duty: Black Ops on PS3. According to UK's The Daily Mirror, Mark Bradford (no relation) snapped after a particularly frustrating day of online gaming, and proceeded to hunt down and strangle the young player who had been tormenting him from a local friend's house...

The Halo movie never materialized because there were too many cooks in the kitchen. Microsoft had their demands, Bungie had their own, and the movie’s producers had their own creative vision of how Halo could work as a feature-length picture. Things moved at a snail’s pace and it eventually fell apart not because of a lack of interest, but because getting that many people to agree on anything is impossible (also, Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp got antsy and decided to make District 9).

Odds are the same fate won’t befall Mortal Kombat, which is heading back to the big screen after a long hiatus thanks to Warner Bros., who owns both the rights to the Mortal Kombat series and has a massive film division. Well that's convenient, isn't it?...

This morning, at 7:39:43 a.m. EDT, a GOG.com user Dotur purchased Icewind Dale 2, pushing the digital storefront’s nique game sales counter to the 6 million mark.To mark this milestone, GOG will be sending him a gift certificate redeemable for its entire game catalogue — lucky guy. For everyone else, GOG is celebrating by offering Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director’s Cut free for 48 hours. The offer expires October 1 at 7:59 a.m. EDT, and you can get the game here…

Nintendo’s celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Zelda has been going at a fast pace ever since E3 this year. There were live concerts, the re release of Ocarina of Time and Link’s Awakening for 3DS, with Skyward Sword coming capping the whole thing this November. And starting today you can join in on the festivities in the cheapest way possible with a free download. Right now you can download Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition from the DSi and 3DS eShop...

Here's three new trailers for Silicon Knights' upcoming X-Men: Destiny, each highlighting a different set of X-Gene powers that can be gained by donning the appropriate X-spandex. There's a look at some of the powers for Havok, Emma Frost and Juggernaut, as well as the host of better-known mutants who'll be playing supporting roles in your fledgling superhero's saga...

Here's a new gameplay trailer for Sega's upcoming Aliens: Infestation, which is pretty upfront about the game's best selling-point: it's Aliens on your DS with the movie's sights and sounds intact. If you're cultured enough to have a spot in your heart for Metroidvania-style gameplay, get ready for some good times; if not, well, you should have a look anyway. It really looks like the folks at WayForward Technologies, the same studio that brought you A Boy and His Blob for Wii, have put some extra polish on this one…