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The Joystiq that inquisits together, stays together! This maxim is undeniable as a fearless band of adventurers shall prove on today’s Joystiq Streams. Last week, Alexander Sliwinski gave viewers a guided tour of Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s first hour, but it was a lonesome affair. This week, he’ll have friends with...

November 18 is the new October 7. Last month’s $300 day tamed before it began, as the launch of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor moved up a few days while Dragon Age: Inquisition was delayed to the industry’s new busy day, today. It’s okay, friends, we’re here to guide you through...

Alex Hutchinson, creative director at Ubisoft Montreal, tweeted a message today to people having difficulties with the field of view in Far Cry 4 on PC.   PC players! If you’re online complaining about the lack of FOV control … You pirated the game. – Alex Hutchinson (@BangBangClick) November 18,...

This article is spoiler-free. There’s this scene early in Dragon Age: Inquisition when you, as the Herald of Andraste, gather your advisors around the war table and talk about what the Inquisition’s next move should be. Your council is a pretty savvy lot. You’ve got a Seeker of the Chantry,...

Sometimes you have an itch that simply can’t be scratched. Characters you loved disappear into the recesses of fanfic and Netflix binge watching, long gone plot threads from dead TV shows, comics, and novels dangling in your memory. What you really want isn’t necessarily more of the old stuff. Would...

Glorkian Warrior: The Trials of Glork took Pixeljam four years to create, first Kickstarted in 2010 with $11,200 and finally released on iOS in March 2014. An argument could be made that Pixeljam co-founder Miles Tilmann has spent enough time thinking about that little pink alien with the weird name,...

Something is coming to Valve’s popular multiplayer online battle arena Dota 2, though beyond an ominous, intriguing comic and some cryptic words, it’s not clear what that something might be. “A mysterious figure, a ruthless assassin, and an infinite number of possibilities. The Foreseer’s Contract is coming soon,” reads an...

Sweden-based industry trade group Dataspelsbranchen is researching a new content rating system for video games based on promotion of gender equality. The proposed ratings system, inspired by the Bechdel test, will examine how in-game female characters are portrayed with regard to equality and diversity. The group recently received a 272,000...

Today, Joystiq Deals takes you back to the past with the NES30, a wireless controller for PCs and mobile devices modeled after Nintendo’s classic NES control pad. Featuring compatibility with iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac OS, the NES30 connects via a USB cable or a Bluetooth signal, ensuring hours of...

We knew it was coming. Of course it was coming. As soon as Rockstar said that Grand Theft Auto 5 would be coming exclusively to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2013, the writing was on the wall. The very face of sandbox gaming would blow out the final days...