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Valve opens Pipeline to aid budding game developers
Polygon - Colin Campbell
Valve has launched a community website aimed at helping high school students who are seeking a career in the video game industry. Pipeline was created by a group of high school interns working at Valve,
Xbox One chief product officer admits big mistakes in messaging
VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi
Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten admitted that Microsoft made mistakes in communicating its policies on digital rights to its consumers, according an IGN interview. The mistakes started on 21,
US visa bureau says 'League of Legends' is a professional sport
The Verge - Adi Robertson
High-level League of Legends players can now be awarded the same visas as more traditional pro athletes, says publisher Riot Games. On July 11th, Riot e-sports manager Nick Allen told GameSpot that the
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Five new characters coming to Street Fighter IV
GameSpot - Rod Breslau
[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, Capcom confirmed that the new update will be called Ultra Street Fighter IV. It includes five new characters and six stages, among other features, and
The 17 most gruesome decapitations in video games
GamesRadar - By David Houghton
There's no real way to justify this, is there? No 'games are art' excuse. Just the fact that sometimes, just sometimes, gruesome violence in games …
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Day 2: PR Balrog Vs. AGE Chris G - Evo 2013 - IGN Video
IGN - IGN Entertainment
PR Balrog Vs. AGE Chris G and they go head to head in the Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Semi Finals at Evo 2013.
Disgaea 4 heading to Vita in Japan
Polygon - Colin Campbell
Nippon Ichi has confirmed that Disgaea 4 is coming to Vita, according to reports. Representatives of the company announced development of the game at an event in Yokohama to celebrate the firm's 20th Disgaea
Ubisoft says Far Cry news 'soon'
Polygon - Colin Campbell
Ubisoft has dropped a hint that a new Far Cry game could be in its plans. "We're totally psyched from [Far Cry 3]," said senior vice president of marketing and sales Tony Key, in an interview with GameSpot.
Former ambassador to US named Egypt FM
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Nabil Fahmy assigned foreign affairs portfolio as interim prime minister begins to assemble a government. Nabil Fahmy, a former Egyptian ambassador to the United States, has accepted the post of foreign
Dozens dead in series of Iraq attacks
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
At least 33 dead and scores wounded in spate of blasts and shootings across country as violence spikes during Ramadan. At least 33 people have been killed and almost 100 wounded in deadly attacks across
Italy
Italy's first black minister compared to orang-utan by Northern League senator
The Telegraph - Tom Kington in Rome
The vice president of the Italian senate is facing calls to resign after he compared Italy's first black minister to an orang-utan. Speaking on Saturday at a rally held by his party, the anti-immigration
eCigarettes
EU vote on electronic cigarettes 'makes no sense'
The Telegraph - By Martin Banks in Brussels
Smokeless electronic cigarettes risk being taken off the market by a "short-sighted" vote in the European Parliament that will classify them as a medicinal product, critics said. The vote was intended
Kyrgyz president attacks UK for 'hosting a guy who robbed us'
guardian.co.uk - Maxton Walker in Bishkek
The president of Kyrgyzstan has launched a furious tirade against Britain, claiming the UK has undermined democracy by playing host to a fugitive …
Mexico City
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ABC News
Somber homecoming for Army soldier killed in Afghan insider attack At least 79 students kidnapped from school in Cameroon: Authorities Here's a look at …
Syria conflict: why Pakistani Taliban is pledging support for rebels
guardian.co.uk - Jason Burke
The Pakistani Taliban's claim to have sent "hundreds of fighters to Syria" to take part in fighting against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad …
How International Justice Is Being Gutted
The Atlantic - David Rohde
Critics accuse one judge of creating legal precedents that make it impossible to convict senior commanders for human rights abuses. Over the last eight months, a series of surprise rulings at the international
Hitchens wasn’t a philosopher
Salon - Joe Winkler
Christopher Hitchens (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton) His style, the “brilliant uncle talking at a party,” doesn’t always hold up in the trenches of religious argument July 14, 2013 5:15pm (UTC) Welcome to

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Valve opens Pipeline to aid budding game developers

Xbox One chief product officer admits big mistakes in messaging

US visa bureau says 'League of Legends' is a professional sport

Five new characters coming to Street Fighter IV

The 17 most gruesome decapitations in video games

Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Day 2: PR Balrog Vs. AGE Chris G - Evo 2013 - IGN Video

Disgaea 4 heading to Vita in Japan

Ubisoft says Far Cry news 'soon'

Former ambassador to US named Egypt FM

Dozens dead in series of Iraq attacks

Italy's first black minister compared to orang-utan by Northern League senator

EU vote on electronic cigarettes 'makes no sense'

Kyrgyz president attacks UK for 'hosting a guy who robbed us'

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Syria conflict: why Pakistani Taliban is pledging support for rebels

How International Justice Is Being Gutted

Hitchens wasn’t a philosopher