As someone who does this game-reviewing gig alongside serving as a real-life mayor of a small town in Canada, I come at a game like SimCity from a different angle than most. Not that different, mind you. The multiplayer focus and always-on Internet demands of Maxis' latest city-builder are beyond irritating. And the cramped borders that force you into constantly demolishing and rejigging your bulging-at-the-seams mini metropolis are almost enough to drive me to adopt the pastimes of another...

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Microsoft confirmed today via Twitter that their Game with Gold program will eventually extend to Xbox One owners. Game with Gold provides two free games each month to current Xbox Live Gold subscribers on Xbox 360.

No specific titles have yet been announced for the service on Xbox One, though it is unlikely to be available for the console's launch. The tweet states that: "Details coming later in 2014."

Current Gold subscribers on 360 can download A World of Keflings until November 15, after...

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The PlayStation 4 been a vocal supporter of indie developers since the console was announced last year at E3, and that support has extended all the way to the midnight PS4 launch here in the US. Sony just announced Towerfall, formerly an Ouya-exclusive combat arena game, will come to PlayStation 4 as Towerfall Ascension.

According to Sony, the game will contain 50 new levels and "all kinds of new modes" for the PS4. A version of the game will also makes its way to PC sometime in 2014, but no...

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