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Accessories (39)

• Samsung's new TV remote for 2014 has a new pebble shape, 80 percent smaller touchpad

• LG's new Pocket Photo 2 printer is incrementally smaller, better

• HP Chromebook 11 now ships with an all-new charger after official recall

• Olloclip runs its 3-in-1 lens through the color machine for the iPhone 5c

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 10: Let the power flow with the iTap

• Wren Sound Systems goes Bluetooth with the fabulous V5BT speaker

• Single-charger standard proposed for laptops to reduce e-waste, frustration

• Satechi's X-Presenter Smart is a perfect stocking stuffer for your favorite businessperson

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 9: A banana to plug into your Apple

• Logitech Z600 Bluetooth Speakers giveaway

• KUBI telepresence robot arm for tablets now shipping, starting from $399

• LG launching its first 4K monitor in January with 31-inch ultra-widescreen panel

• Samsung's Galaxy GamePad brings precision Android controls to Europe first

• LEGO 'Mac Classic' is a do-it-yourself iPad dock (video)

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 7: This iPhone case will crack you up

• BearExtender Turbo equips older Macs with 802.11ac WiFi

• BearExtender Turbo starts shipping today for $80, brings 802.11ac WiFi to older Macs

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 4: You'll be a fan of this accessory

• Eye-Fi's Windows desktop receiver means you can say goodbye to the SD-card reader

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 3: An iPhone case that could get you arrested

• The Monkey Kit adds a tail to your iPad so you can go hands-free

• TUAW video tip: How to "double-wrap" your MacBook power adapter (updated)

• Former Apple accessories engineer is behind Square's new svelte credit card reader

• Pop Dongle makes your iPhone smell like popcorn: Get it while it's hot!

• 45 years ago today, the computer mouse was unveiled to the world

• Square credit card reader loses weight, gains accuracy

• Nikon camera users say third-party batteries don't work after firmware update

• G-Technology G-DOCK ev: Thunderbolt and two removable drives for ultimate flexibility

• Olloclip's Macro 3-in-1 Lens is a powerful little stocking-stuffer

• NeatConnect Cloud Scanner: Computerless scanning and digital filing

• I want a printer that is 'Designed in California'

• HP adds Leap Motion control to select PCs just in time for the holidays

• Fine, you can have a physical keyboard on your iPhone

• Next-gen USB connector will be smaller and reversible

• This iPad cover might be the perfect solution to quiet tablet speakers

• Joli Originals iPad Air sleeve is all style

• InkCase i5: A very unique iPhone 5/5s case you can't buy (yet)

• Dell's UltraSharp 32 and new UltraSharp 24 4K monitors are available now, 28-inch model on the way

• Dell preparing to squeeze 4K resolution onto a 24-inch monitor

Amazon (11)

• Amazon Storybuilder beta puts your screenplay ideas in the cloud

• Amazon shooting 2014 original series lineup in 4K

• Amazon puts Kindle Fire HDX on interest-free payment plan, starting at $57

• Amazon tipped to launch online wholesale store called Pantry in 2014

• Amazon opens digital PlayStation store in the UK

• Amazon Cloud Drive Photos gains video, iPad support

• Amazon finally upgrades iOS cloud storage app with video, iPad support

• Amazon's MP3 Android app gets a makeover, now lets you share to Facebook

• Amazon celebrates another 'best ever' holiday weekend, still won't make with the specifics

• BMW and Mini connected cars now support Amazon Cloud Player

• Amazon mocks Jony Ive, iPad Air in new Kindle Fire HDX ad

Apple (96)

• Apple officially denies helping NSA spy on iPhone users

• Apple's iconic '1984' ad originally premiered on December 31 in Twin Falls, Idaho, not during Super Bowl 18

• Apple claims it 'has never worked with the NSA' to create backdoors in any of its products

• Price comparison between Apple's new Mac Pro and a comparable DIY PC

• Apple files Preliminary Proxy Statement with SEC, urges shareholders to oppose Carl Icahn's share buyback proposal

• TUAW suggests New Year's Resolutions for Apple

• The man behind NYT Magazine's gorgeous covers is headed to Apple

• Help family members keep track of Apple ID/iCloud details with TUAW's fill-out form

• Daily Roundup: Taiwan fines Apple, LG HomeChat, Siri photo-tagging patent and more!

• When Steve Jobs danced on stage

• Apple may let you tag iPhone photos using your voice

• Taiwanese FTC fines Apple for interfering in iPhone handset and contract pricing

• Report Card: Grading Apple in 2013

• A look back at when Apple Christmas commercials were still funny

• Apple bought Catch and Broadmap in 2013, beefs up its note-taking, cartographical chops

• Contextualizing Apple's iPhone deal with China Mobile

• Time Machines: Apple's attempt to sell the future at CES

• Apple's holiday ad: Heartwarming or everything that's wrong with society?

• US Apple Stores holding different holiday hours

• EU may force Apple to change Lightning connector

• Apple's new Mac Pro now on sale, will ship by December 30th

• Apple brings warranty in line with Australian laws after watchdog cries foul

• China Mobile deal with Apple still not official

• Apple dresses up its homepage for the holidays

• Apple's new Mac Pro will finally go on sale December 19th

• Australian watchdog forces Apple to offer 24-month warranties as standard

• Mac and iOS users can now gift iBooks

• Siri requests that make you want to fist-bump your iPhone

• Apple's Christmas ad is great, but this parody shows the one aspect it got wrong

• Apple's War on Christmas continues! Next victim: the Christmas tree.

• Apple patents 'desk-free computer,' but you'll still need a place for your keyboard and mouse

• Let's all take a moment to remember Apple's utterly amazing 1980s foray into fashion

• Apple posts 'Best of 2013' section on iTunes, highlights the year's best apps, songs, movies and more

• Apple airs new holiday ad 'Misunderstood' featuring iPhone 5s and more

• Tim Cook and other Silicon Valley luminaries set to meet with Obama tomorrow to discuss Healthcare.gov, NSA surveillance and more

• New Apple patent hints the company may be entering the restaurant-reservation market

• Apple releases OS X 10.9.1 with Mail fixes, more

• Apple's headquarters recreated in Minecraft is a sight to behold

• Apple offers '12 Days of Gifts' free single from Lorde 11 days early

• Tim Cook talks equality and human rights while receiving Lifetime Achievement Award from alma mater Auburn

• Caturday: Finn and Catniss enjoying the designs of Jony Ive

• This is the most important Mavericks keyboard shortcut you'll discover all day

• CalPERS exec criticizes Icahn's plans for Apple stock

• Document signed by Steve Jobs, Robert Friedland earns $40K at auction

• Apple is the 16th best tech firm to work for, but here's how it could be number one

• 33 years ago today, Apple launched its IPO

• Independent medical team finds no link between employee death and Apple supplier Pegatron's working conditions

• Tony Fadell, the Podfather himself, appears to have purchased the red Mac Pro and gold EarPods from Jony Ive's auction

• Book criticizes Apple's recycling program, consumers in general

• Stonestown Galleria Apple retail store grand re-opening set for December 14

• Apple ranks 35th in Glassdoor's 'Best Places to Work 2014' survey

• Apple hires radio sales exec Michael Pallad to work on iTunes Radio

• Troubleshooting Apple's fingerprint reader

• Apple's 12 Days of digital gifts comes to the US for the first time

• Apple's spent upwards of $60 million in legal fees during its first trial with Samsung

• Apple adds Sharp 4K monitor to EU Apple Online Store, then yanks it

• iPhone 5s stock at most Apple retail stores nears 100%

• Apple, others call for government surveillance reform

• Apple stores taking part in Hour of Code to teach people to program

• Home page of Apple.com displays Mandela tribute

• Apple Campus 2 construction begins... with some demolition

• WSJ slams judge in Apple e-book trial

• Apple patents 'smart dock' that auto-activates for voice recognition

• Apple's US smartphone share climbs to 40.6%

• Apple now using iBeacon technology in its US retail stores

• Apple says iOS 7 adoption is at 74%

• Apple Stores now using iBeacon tracking for app-enhanced personal shopping

• Analysts have high expectations for iPhone sales on China Mobile

• Apple says 74 percent of App Store users are running iOS 7

• Jony Ive's first design project at Apple

• AAPL hits 52-week high

• "Apple Picking" crime wave targets watch-less iPhone owners

• Apple's desktops overtake Dell as most sought-after PC for the holidays

• Apple officially inks iPhone deal with China Mobile (Updated)

• Apple reportedly strikes deal to launch iPhone on China Mobile later this month (update: or not)

• iBeacons will deliver location-based access to Newsstand publications

• Apple is giving away a Holiday Playlist album full of holiday hits

• Judge Denise Cote responds to Apple's concerns over court-appointed monitor

• Top App Store game dev says Apple is the gatekeeper to success

• Map shows iPhone prices around the world

• Apple stores now price matching iPads, iPhones and Macs

• Apple and its court-appointed e-books monitor

• The Lego Apple Store pops up in Christmas Village to help items for Toys for Tots

• Thief arrested for snatching copper pipes at site of Apple's new campus

• Apple's second Netherlands store opens December 7

• Apple snags patent for face detection and recognition

• Apple's online store now offering refurbished Late 2013 27" iMac models

• Apple offering free shipping until December 22, posts shipping timetables

• Apple buys Twitter analytics firm Topsy for over $200 million

• Apple stepping into social with acquisition of Twitter analytics firm Topsy

• Hunter S. Thompson's '90s Macintosh ad is exactly what you'd expect it would be

• Apple offering 0% financing on hardware in European online stores

• AAPL in the black for 2013, shares expected to climb

• Apple's court-appointed antitrust compliance monitor Michael Bromwich responds to Apple's objections

• How "Find My Mac" helped track down two murder suspects

• Apple recognizes World AIDS Day 2013

Apps (201)

• Microsoft's OneNote Android app updated with native sharing and widgets

• Fitbit app lets you track activity with just your iPhone 5s, no Fitbit device required

• Enter The Cave on Android for free via the Amazon Appstore [Update: Nope!]

• 100 Turn Hero to take a turn on iOS on January 17 in Japan

• Nike updates Training Club app to help you keep those New Year's resolutions

• BlackBerry urges BB10 users to roll-back its glitchy Twitter app

• Nokia pulls Here Maps from the App Store, blames iOS 7

• These are the apps you need for your new iPad

• Evernote for BlackBerry 10 updated with sharing, offline notebooks and more

• 'Web' beta promises a modernized browser for the Raspberry Pi

• Get some holiday snow on your computer screen

• App updates you don't want to miss - December 23, 2013 edition

• RuneScape launches companion app

• Roundup of new and notable apps for iOS and OS X

• Pad & Quill Notes: A stylish notebook app from the case and bag craftsmen

• Aviary pauses Windows 8 and WP8 development, focuses on iOS and Android for now

• Snapchat iOS update discreetly adds replay, filters and overlays for weather, time or speed

• AirWeb puts a browser on your Apple TV

• Google Play Music gets a new look for iOS 7 and 'I'm feeling lucky' radio

• Angry Birds Star Wars 2 is free on iOS for a limited time

• Foursquare updates Android app with Ken Burns effect, boosted performance

• Two great astronomy apps for your holiday stargazing

• FaceTime Audio included in OS X 10.9.2 beta release

• Nike+ Running for iPhone now keeps you motivated with a coaching mode

• Fragment lets you get creative with photo prism effects

• Relive Winamp's glory days with a retro Spotify music app

• IMDb's latest iOS update makes it easier to follow movie stars without getting arrested

• Keezy updates allow for multiple soundboards, give users free Reggie Watts-made boards for fun

• Yahoo Mail brings back tabs, makes viewing lots of them easier

• 500px brings its photo sharing to Windows Phone

• Prismatic is an interesting news app with several worthwhile twists

• Daily iPhone App: Ridge Racer Slipstream slides in sideways

• iPhone gets Auto Shazam update, now it's always listening

• Kickstarting an App: Kiddology talks about the benefits and pitfalls of crowdfunding an app

• SwiftKey update simplifies setup process, adds festive keyboard theme

• Dolphin Zero Android browser protects your privacy, hides your shame

• Shazam for iPhone can now listen for songs and shows in the background

• Cut the Rope 2 is a lovable adventure with an interesting take on in-app purchases

• Livestream arrives on bigger iOS screens with new iPad-optimized app

• AMC Yeah! hits iPad today, brings tasty movie facts and extras

• Zeebox update for iOS lets you follow TV show news before the air date

• Final Cut Pro X and Motion updated with support for the Mac Pro

• PPLConnect makes physical phones virtual, is now available via open beta to Android users

• Google's charity donation app comes to iOS for the holidays

• Big update for Final Cut Pro brings improved support for 4K and the new Mac Pro

• 500px photo-sharing app updated with metadata editor and refreshed UI on iOS

• Google Play Music source code suggests browser uploads coming soon

• Fun App Store facts from Distimo's 2013 Year in Review

• Daily iPhone App: The Walk adds some danger and intrigue to your daily routine

• Here are the App Store's 10 biggest money makers of 2013

• Updated Vine for Windows Phone lets you save clips as drafts

• Camera+ 5 adds 'The Lab' in free update (Updated)

• This Chromium experiment takes the URL out of the address bar, because why not?

• Second Gear releases Photos+, a new way to look at photos on your iPhone

• Scout iOS navigation app is updated with hands-free voice commands

• As of February 1, Apple will require all new app submissions to be 'optimized for iOS 7'

• Spotify's Android and desktop apps get a fresh coat of paint and new artist pages

• Viber continues to expand as it rolls out Windows 8 app

• Twitter for BlackBerry 10 scores BBM integration and timeline photo previews

• Evernote for Android graced with refined note editing, external keyboard support

• David Hayter-voiced République sneaks to iOS on December 19

• Kindle for Android adds Collections to help organize your e-library

• Just in time for the holidays, iBooks Store adds the ability to send iBooks as gifts

• Opera Max beta compresses most of the data going through your Android device

• Soundrop's social music listening comes to Android

• Dropbox for Android now lets you share folders with friends

• Mailbox for iOS now handles your iCloud or Yahoo email account

• Just Sing It update polishes the best social karaoke app for singers, fans

• Roku 3 finally snags an official YouTube app, support for additional models is on the way

• Show all Google Calendars on iOS and Mac

• Now TV app brings Sky Sports to Apple TV in the UK

• Opera's Coast browser for iPad gets makeover, ditches back/forward buttons

• Ridiculous Fishing, Badland win App Store's Best of 2013 awards

• Opera's iPad browser loses navigation buttons, gains lockscreen music controls

• Plex Media Server arrives on Windows Phone 8, free for Nokia devices for the first month

• iOS card game Dead Man's Draw sets sail for free-to-play waters

• Nielsen: Users embracing smartphone apps while ditching traditional web services

• Coinpunk swoops in as a mobile Bitcoin wallet app alternative

• TUAW video tip: Creating Contacts groups on a PC

• Twitter for Mac 3.0 is a less pleasant experience (Updated)

• Nokia's all-in-one Camera app expands to entire Lumia range with new beta

• Does iOS have a problem with "Rate this App!" notifications?

• Cali is a clever gesture-based calculator for iOS

• Reports abound of app updates not showing up in iTunes

• Yahoo Weather app comes to iPad, looks crazy beautiful

• Netflix for Android update brings support for individual profiles and queues, better search

• Evernote adds new premium features including business card scanning and presentation modes

• Skitch for Mac adds resolution controls for Retina display captures

• Skype brings picture in picture video calls to Android tablets

• App updates you don't want to miss - December 13, 2013 edition

• Dropbox updates to support PDF annotations and better integration with iWork

• SlingPlayer app arrives for Windows 8, costs $15 after free trial runs out

• Isis Mobile Wallet now supports Wells Fargo Visa credit cards

• Remote iOS app adds iTunes Radio control on Mac and PC

• Twitter for Mac gets design makeover, new photo features, more

• BBC Sport comes to iPad

• Jolicloud 2 gets Feedly integration and a simpler interface for all your cloud services

• Twitter 3.0 for Mac brings in-line photo previews and detailed tweets

• Localscope for iOS gets a solid update just in time for your holiday travel

• Stephen Hawking's first official app teaches the basics of the universe

• Atmospheir launches its bid to make business cards obsolete

• Lego Star Wars - Complete Saga available for iOS

• Daily iPhone App: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is just as fantastic as you remember

• IFTTT now lets iOS users automate their location

• Happy Holidays, Instapaper is currently free to download!

• IFTTT adds a location channel to its iOS App

• Google Maps for iOS update can manage travel plans

• Latest Gmail tweak lets images display in your email automatically

• Fleksy rolls out API, debuts as alternative keyboard in third-party apps

• Latest SwiftKey beta brings more than 500 emojis to Android, makes your texts even more precious

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas out now on iOS

• Fleksy will let developers bake its keyboard into iOS apps

• Mac App of the Week: Hourly News delivers the latest news updates to your Mac

• Waze speeds up its sat nav app with quicker search and simpler interface

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas available on iOS right now, Android and Windows Phone next week

• Steam Mobile app gets new look and social options on iOS

• Southwest Airlines offers iOS users $2 iMessaging

• Chrome Apps get Mac compatibility

• Remote Desktop update brings OS X Mavericks support and improved multi-display support

• Gmail for Android gets a vacation responder, printing and universal attachment support

• Japan tops in Apple, Google app store spending

• Android Device Manager now available for your downloading pleasure on Google Play

• iColorama for iOS can artistically enhance your photos

• Angry Birds Go! kart racer now in the App Store

• Vellum: Taking the pain out of e-book publishing

• Daily iPhone App: Hailo is a no-fuss way to hail a cab

• Apple TV adds Watch ABC, Crackle and Bloomberg apps

• Why government health departments are spending millions on mobile gaming

• Valve revamps Steam Mobile for iOS

• Valve updates Steam Mobile for iOS with new UI and more social options

• SugarSync sends its free cloud storage option out to pasture

• Google Drive iOS app finally lets you sort items and find and replace in documents

• Coursera lets you learn on the go with new iPhone app

• Daily iPad App: The Wolf Among Us turns the comic into a "choice and consequence" game thriller

• Five iOS apps to help you find medical advice anytime you need it

• Google Drive for iOS finally lets you sort files

• Coursera's iOS app expands the reach of online education

• Family Guy is coming to iOS with the help of TinyCo and Fuzzy Door

• Skype for Windows Phone comes to China with app upgrades in tow

• Using Pages to print Christmas card labels

• App claims to be able to improve your vision, and science says it works

• Daily iPhone App: Snapguide helps you dye your hair, fix your car or chef up a great meal

• Emergency Exit a great app idea, but not too useful yet

• Fiverr goes mobile with a gorgeous iPhone app

• Viber announces Viber Out calls for iOS, goes head to head with Skype

• Viber now lets you make calls to any phone number

• Apple releases '12 Days of Gifts' app, now includes US users

• Google Hangouts app update tweaks texts and group messaging

• Daily iPhone App: Radar Cast helps you stay on top of the weather

• New and notable apps for iOS and OS X, December 9, 2013 edition

• Pandora adds alarm feature to iOS app, lets you trade clock radio buzzing for the Buzzcocks

• Visit Museums for iPhone is a handy guide for travelers

• Pandora Radio 5.1: Wake up to your favorite station

• More than 1 million apps are now available on the US App Store

• Cut the Rope 2 gobbles up all the candy on iOS Dec.19

• US app usage spikes on Thanksgiving to the tune of more than 1.2 billion app starts

• Inbox Cube is a promising new mail client for iOS

• Daily iPad App: Deer Hunter 2014 allows you to hunt even when hunting season is over

• App's clever feedback system helps happy users tweet, while angry customers can only email

• Google Play Store update brings better social app recommendations to Android

• Google simplifies sharing and adds microSD storage to Play Music on Android

• CyanogenMod 11 M1 release arrives early for (most) Nexus phones and tablets

• Fuzel is a standout collage creator for your iPhone

• Haiku Deck's web app drops its invite requirement, goes free to use for all

• Verizon's FiOS Mobile app adds Encore, Starz and more for live-streaming anywhere

• Foursquare 7 introduces a scannable redesign and smarter location recommendations for users

• Foursquare redesign for iOS brings you more location info at a glance

• New York Times' Today's Paper web app brings print-like design, offline reading to browsers

• Quip's mobile-native word processing comes to Android

• Daily iPhone App: FunderCloud brings the best of Indiegogo and Kickstarter to your iPhone

• Fleksy predictive keyboard for Android exits beta, multilingual support and iOS integration in the pipeline

• Plex multimedia app gets a new UI to match iOS 7

• 10 million people downloaded Clumsy Ninja in a week

• Plex updated for iOS 7

• Help your kids keep track of Santa while you travel with the NORAD Santa Tracker app

• Daily iPhone app: Seedio lets you send live music to another iOS device

• Google search on Android now finds results within apps

• Daily iPad App: Infuse brings your video library to your iPad and supercharges it

• Adobe extends holiday deal on Photoshop Photography Program until Dec. 8th

• Mint's personal finance app comes to Windows devices with Live Tile support

• Any.DO's Cal app vies for your attention on Google Play (video)

• Chrome OS scores a redesigned camera app that'll soon record video and upload to YouTube

• Yahoo absorbs movie-making app Ptch to bolster its photo and video efforts

• Daily iPad App: The Elements in Action brings the periodic table to life

• RotoView Photo Magnifier for iOS: Using gestures to examine images in detail

• Five apps to help you read faster and remember more

• Daily iPhone App: Moves is the fitness app of the future

• FiftyThree's Paper app updated to play nice with its Pencil stylus

• Sign up now for Mail Pilot for Mac's free public beta

• Realmac introduces free Ember app for iOS

• Popular photo-editing app VSCO Cam makes its way to Android

• Readdle rolls out PDF Expert 5: iCloud support, shared folder with Documents by Readdle

• Lucky 13: new Filemaker Pro 13 focuses on web, iOS database solutions

• PayPal launches digital gift card store, boasts iTunes as its first partner

• WhatsApp Messenger gets its long-awaited iOS 7 makeover

• Spotify iOS update makes it easier to hide embarrassing playlists while on the go

• The most realistic iPad art you've ever seen [Video]

• AllCast app allows Android users to stream video to Apple TV

• Sickweather app will either help you avoid a cold or make you feel ill

• Daily iPhone App: ShopChat

• German police may use a song recognition app to fight neo-Nazi music

Big Tech (28)

• HP woes continue as 5,000 more employees face the axe (updated)

• Taiwan prosecutes HTC's ex-lead designer for fraud and leak

• LG's HomeChat will let you command its latest smart appliances via SMS

• Random Acts of Uberness: Uber-Claus is coming to town

• Nikkei: Sony and Panasonic will end OLED TV partnership to focus on 4K

• Twitter, Square cofounder Jack Dorsey joins Disney board of directors

• BlackBerry CEO hoping to avoid future layoffs, expects to be profitable by 2016

• When Google engineers first learned about the iPhone: 'What we had suddenly looked just so . . . nineties'

• Verizon to publish regular reports on government data requests

• Citing 'racial prejudice,' Samsung wants a retrial of its recent retrial against Apple

• EA scores 100% in LGBT equality, named 'Best Place to Work' by HRC

• Oculus Rift gets $75 million in funding from Netscape founder's firm

• Adobe announces 1.4 million paid Creative Cloud subscribers for 2013

• Foxconn still not in compliance with all local labor laws, but it's getting better

• Seoul court: Apple didn't violate Samsung patents

• Microsoft uses eye tracking to argue that Google distorts search results

• South Korean court rules against Samsung, won't ban iPhone and iPad

• Apple provides detailed listing of Samsung's misconduct during the discovery process

• Law firm investigating EA for allegedly misleading investors with Battlefield 4

• AT&T's 300 Mbps internet launches in Austin, starting at $70 with targeted ads

• Daily Roundup: Samsung's EMC lab, interview with Qualcomm's Raj Talluri, new Chromecast apps and more!

• EU regulator warns Nokia against starting a new career as a patent troll

• Microsoft and Google lead coalition demanding limits on government surveillance

• Huawei files trademark for PhoPad, but shouldn't be worried about anyone taking the name

• Apple seeking $15 million in attorneys fees from Samsung

• Carl Icahn files shareholder proposal in effort to actualize larger stock buyback

• Valve joins The Linux Foundation

• When it comes to supporting older devices, iOS outshines Android by a mile

Business (2)

• Google seeks judgment protecting Android from 'Rockstar' group's patent lawsuits

• Drive the 2014 BMW M4 Coupe first in Gran Turismo 6

Buying Guides (90)

• Best Buy's deal of the day discounts Gran Turismo 6, Saints Row 4

• TUAW Editor's Choice Award Winners for 2013

• Best iOS apps of 2013, as chosen by the Talkcast team

• Humble Store Winter Sale encore discounts best-sellers for 72 hours

• 10 tech non-profits worth donating to before 2014

• These are a few of my favorite things - 2013 Edition

• Insert Coin: 2013's top 10 crowdfunding projects

• Daily Deals for December 31, 2013, featuring the Ultimate WordPress Starter Kit

• The best of WoW Insider: November 2013

• Daily Deals for December 30, 2013

• The best of WoW Insider: October 2013

• The best cellphone deals of the week: 12.29.13

• Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: 2013's best iOS apps + year in review

• The best of WoW Insider: September 2013

• Today's deals on Good Old Games, FIFA 14, Gran Turismo 6 and Steam

• Here is Club Nintendo's favorite Wii U and 3DS games of 2013

• The best of WoW Insider: August 2013

• Ten educational apps for kids with their first iPad

• Daily Deals for December 27, 2013, featuring BioShock Infinite

• The best of WoW Insider: July 2013

• The best headphones: JBL Synchros S700

• Daily Deals for December 26, 2013, featuring the Super Holiday Designer Bundle

• GameStop post-Christmas sale hacks $10 off select next-gen games, more

• Must-have apps for your new Mac, iPhone or iPad

• The best of WoW Insider: June 2013

• Top holiday sales on the best iOS games for your iPhone or iPad

• Top holiday sales on the best iOS and OS X apps

• Daily Deals for December 24, 2013, featuring Stuffit Deluxe

• Save on Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, Need for Speed in Origin End of Year Sale

• Best Mac apps of 2013: Talkcast recap

• Daily Deals for December 23, 2013, featuring the Super Holiday Designer Bundle

• Officers' Quarters: 8 gift ideas that won't break the gbank

• How to gear for PvP right now

• Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET/7 pm PT: Best Mac apps of the year

• The best HDTV deals of the week: 12.22.13

• Today's gaming deals from Steam, Square-Enix, Target [update]

• Target has last-minute iPad, iPhone deals

• Amazon Digital, Green Man Gaming offering discounts for the holidays

• 5 things you still need to buy before Christmas

• The Best of WoW Insider: January 2013

• Daily Deals for December 20, 2013, featuring the HTC Evo 4G

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 11: The undisputed classiest iPhone dock you'll ever see

• Daily Deals for December 19, 2013, featuring CrossOver 13

• Massively's Best of 2013 Awards

• My 5 favorite apps for holiday travel

• EA discounts its premium games for the holidays

• Daily Deals for December 18, 2013, featuring the Digital Artist Mac Bundle

• Target's one-week sale shrinks 3DS XL price to $150

• Daily Deals for December 17, 2013, featuring PhotoDirector 5 Ultra

• Warcraft Kindle ebooks $1.99 today only

• Apple includes Ridiculous Fishing and Wunderlist in its top iOS and OS X apps of 2013

• Beamz by Flo is the perfect gift for those that can't play an instrument

• Daily Deals for December 16, 2013, featuring the Vaultskin Lexx Wallet Case

• The best tablet deals of the week: 12.13.13

• Daily Deals for December 13, 2013, featuring the MacStand Bundle

• Amazon hosts a week of Bethesda PC deals starting with Elder Scrolls series

• Daily Deals for December 12, 2013, featuring the Adobe Holiday Bundle + BioShock

• Daily Roundup: SteamOS release, holiday gift guide for the geek, Z Ultra Google Play edition and more!

• Top 10 must-have rare cards in Hearthstone

• What was the best of Mists of Pandaria?

• Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide 2013: For the Geek who has everything

• Daily Deals for December 11, 2013, featuring the Merry Mac Bundle

• Daily Deals for December 10, 2013, featuring the Cobra iRadar bundle for your car

• Holiday gift ideas for World of Warcraft players

• Daily Deals for December 9, 2013, featuring the Black Friday Mac Bundle

• Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Home Theater

• Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Gift guide edition!

• Ask Engadget: best music player and service to start fresh?

• Daily Deals for December 6, 2013, featuring the Xcode Fundamentals for iOS 7

• Steam sale serves up VGX nominees for cheap

• The best camera deals of the week: 12.6.13

• Daily Roundup: AT&T's new mobile plans, Olloclip debuts new lens, audio holiday gift guide and more!

• Looking for holiday gifts? WoW Mega Blocks on sale at Amazon

• Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Audio

• Daily Deals for December 5, 2013, featuring critically acclaimed indie game Hotline Miami

• Get started with pet battles using this list of the 7 best pets to fight with

• Daily Deals for December 4, 2013, featuring the Mac Productivity Bundle

• Daily Roundup: UPS drone development, peripherals holiday gift guide, a tour of the Vertu workshop and more!

• Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Peripherals

• Daily Deals for December 3, 2013, featuring Xcode Fundamentals for iOS 7

• 6 cases that will make you want to eat your iPhone

• Daily Roundup: Amazon Prime Air drones, Cyber Monday deals, Windows 'Threshold' update rumor and more!

• This Germanmade sleeve is the best MacBook Pro case you can buy

• Daily Deals for December 2, 2013, featuring Roxio Toast 11 Titanium

• Cyber Monday deals for gamers

• Best Cyber Monday deals on hardware, accessories and software for Mac and iOS owners

• Today is your last day to buy WoW for $4.99, or some sweet Halloween snack plates

• Engadget's Cyber Monday 2013 roundup

• Weekly Roundup: Moto G and Nike FuelBand SE reviews, Smartphone buyer's guide and more!

• Cyber Monday starts early for Best Buy, Amazon

Computing (29)

• New Year's Eve server connectivity issues

• Snapdragon 805's desktop-class mobile graphics chops in action (video)

• LG's new Windows 8 PCs include Tab-Book 2 sliders, 'ultra' laptop and an all-in-one

• Chromebooks overtake Android tablets and Macs in US business sales

• Mac 101: How to turn off the "iPad Not Charging" notification

• Feedback Loop: frustrating applications, form factors vs. operating systems and more

• Hello Games says goodbye to PCs, monitors and more after office flood

• Switched On: The desktop dashboard, take two

• US Energy Department outlines efficiency standards for set-top boxes, Verizon already on board

• Daily Roundup: 2013 Mac Pro review, Jack Dorsey joins Disney, Google powered robots and more!

• UK pardons computing pioneer Alan Turing

• Canonical gives developers a preview of a dual-booting Ubuntu and Android future

• Deltaprintr: a quick, tall 3D printer for under $700 (video)

• Ubuntu finally embraces solid state drives as it preps for mobile push

• Steam Machine teardown reveals 1TB hybrid drive, 16GB RAM

• Ship date for built-to-order Mac Pro slips to February; fully loaded config tops $18K

• Mac Pro now on sale with December 30 ship date (Updated)

• LG's 21.5-inch Chromebase all-in-one puts ChromeOS on the desktop

• Fedora 20 targets enterprise and mobile with improved ARM and virtual machine support

• Getting a 27-year-old Mac Plus onto the web

• Friday Face-off: Mac guy at Starbucks with desktop vs. Dell guy at Starbucks with desktop

• Cablevision: Case against Aereo could destroy cloud computing (and our cloud DVR)

• Samsung shrinks its 1TB EVO SSD, claims industry first

• Up-close with a Bitcoin mining powerhouse (video)

• Do enterprise-rated drives really hold up better? Backblaze finds the truth

• Acer's 21.5-inch Aspire Z3-600 all-in-one can move from room to room, costs $779

• Toshiba to buy OCZ's assets for $35 million, eyes solid-state supremacy

• OS X Mavericks adoption reaches 2.42%

• Rumor Roundup: PrimeSense nonsense

Cybersecurity (36)

• Snapchat database leak claims to contain 4.6 million phone numbers and usernames

• Resolve to improve your account security in 2014

• NSA can reportedly bug computer equipment before it reaches buyers

• Hackers get encrypted PINs in Target data breach

• Daily Roundup: Snapchat security exploit, judge okays NSA spying and more!

• Judge rejects ACLU challenge, says NSA telephone data collection is legal (update)

• Report: Snapchat exploits can steal your private info, expose you to spam

• WoW account thieves get fines, two-year prison sentences

• Edward Snowden looks back at NSA leaks, considers his personal mission accomplished

• WoW account hackers sentenced to 2 years in Chinese prison

• Researchers find a way into MacBook cameras

• Computers share their secrets if you listen

• BitTorrent's peer-to-peer Chat service will use strong encryption to protect your identity

• NSA review group tells Obama to ditch bulk phone surveillance

• Study proves that you can secretly hijack an older Mac's webcam

• Encrypted Text: The stealthiest stealth rogues ever stealthed

• Sweden fines pirate $650,000 for illegally sharing a single film

• Tech sector CEOs meet with Obama and Biden to demand NSA reform

• Federal court ruling against NSA phone surveillance isn't quite what it seems

• NSA can decode many GSM cellphone calls

• New BT net subscribers will choose whether to block adult content during setup

• NSA overhaul could see an end to PRISM-style surveillance

• Dear wannabe Bitcoin miners: If it seems too good to be true, it's probably 4Chan

• It turns out iPhone cookies can get you in trouble with the law after all

• The Think Tank: Do government spies scare you away from your favorite MMO?

• NSA reportedly leveraging Google cookies and leaked mobile location data to identify hacking targets

• CyanogenMod to encrypt text messages by default with latest update

• The NSA is still in your WoW, watching you kill internet dragons

• NSA spies infiltrate MMOs to weed out terrorism

• NSA reportedly infiltrated Xbox Live and World of Warcraft in hunt for terrorists

• NSA cites executive order to defend its collection of cellphone location data

• Sony resets some PSN passwords in response to 'irregular activity' [Update]

• President Obama not allowed to use an iPhone for security reasons

• NSA collecting 5 billion cellphone location records per day

• Two million accounts compromised by 'Pony' botnet, bad passwords

• Scientists create malware that communicates using sound, no network required

Entertainment (160)

• Jukebox Heroes: Reader request 3

• Sony's first PlayStation 4 ad for Japan teases the Japanese with everyone's joy

• Must See HDTV for the week of December 30th: Community, Dragonball Z and Downton Abbey

• ToeJam & Earl 3 beta brings funk to the Dreamcast 12 years too late

• Stick and Rudder: 2013's essential Star Citizen stories

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Good ropework

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup wants to know what you gave

• Pokemon the Series travels to Kalos in January on Cartoon Network

• Caturday: MacBert

• Deep Down closes out the year with new trailer, screens

• Natural Doctrine to miss PS4 launch in Japan, now debuting in March

• Cutesy 3DS dungeon crawler Persona Q gets another trailer

• Watch Mario destroy Master Chief, Connor and Lara Croft

• Wolfire's Overgrowth plants itself on Steam Early Access

• Deadman is our favorite Garry's Mod-powered superhero

• Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix spins a new trailer

• Doom mod brings Resident Evil 4's mercenaries to Mars

• The WoW Insider Show LIVE!

• Peggle 2 proposal is the most uplifting thing you'll see today

• Tengami trailer pops up, is gorgeous

• Fangs and fire abound in Nosgoth 'War Is Upon Us' trailer

• Sunday Morning Funnies: I found you

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup says 'Oh hey look, it's that guy'

• Caturday: Matej the multi-purpose cat

• Pyrrha, Astaroth, Nightmare unveiled for Soulcalibur: Lost Swords

• Explore the sea with friends in Oculus Rift-enabled World of Diving

• An Ambitious Pivot: Whitaker Trebella's shift from composer to game maker

• Mafia designer announces Kingdom Come: Deliverance RPG for PC and next-gen

• Two Tribes' retro platformer Edge rolls onto 3DS December 26

• The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:30PM ET!

• Facebook Home update to bring new lockscreen and gestures to select Android phones

• Arcade shooter Killing Floor: Calamity arrives exclusively on Ouya

• Ryse adds free level events, asks you to pay for skins, arenas

• Indie Fund backs comic-style noir adventure, Framed

• Flickr's redesign continues with a new style for embedding pics on other websites

• YouTube explains its expanded Content ID system, rise in claims

• Might and Magic X: Legacy tells its story January 23 [Update]

• Rebuilding Nostalgia: Giving new life to Shadowrun SNES

• AMC's Yeah! interactive streaming movie service comes to iPad tomorrow

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze trailer is cranky, probably needs a nap

• Watch two whole minutes of Mario Kart 8 right here

• Yoshi's Island Zone is one of two Sonic: Lost World DLC stages, out now

• Chibi-Robo returns January 9

• Rosalina, Luma to pummel little ones in Super Smash Bros.

• Dr. Luigi announced for Wii U, hits eShop this month

• 'NES Remix' takes classic NES games and...remixes them for Wii U, available today for $15

• Bravely Default: Flying Fairy to get side-story demo on January 2

• Yoshi's New Island arriving in spring 2014 [Update: Trailer added]

• Watch the last Nintendo Direct of 2013 (probably) right here [Update: It's over!]

• Dying Light hits the streets in nighttime gameplay video

• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z demos high-flying, Goku-powered gameplay in new trailers

• PSA: Terraria lays claim to PS Vita today

• Colbert tackles NSA spying in Second Life

• The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 1 review: Oh, damn it all

• God of War's Blade of Chaos cast in steel by Man at Arms

• Crytek and DeNA partner for F2P mobile game The Collectables

• Listen to the clues in Sherlock Holmes: Crimes And Punishments trailer

• CastleStorm breaks into Wii U on December 26

• Assassin's Creed 4's 'Freedom Cry' heard tomorrow

• Elite: Dangerous single-player alpha released for backers

• Mutant Mudds Deluxe launch trailer gets to the dirty details

• Lego: The Hobbit trailer is looking to share in an adventure

• Natural Selection 2 team announces new game 'Subnautica'

• The Evil Within screens and gore galore

• Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen and The Phantom Menace

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is watching you, flagging you

• Plot your favorite species' demise with this Pokemon Bank trailer

• Furmins line up a path to Vitas, candy on December 17

• Ultra Street Fighter 4 video breaks down new mechanics, modes

• Queer-friendly cyberpunk adventure game Read Only Memories reaches funding goal in final 48 hours

• Fan-made Ghosts 'N Goblins sequel canceled over IP dispute

• Peter Jackson promises improved high frame rate showing for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

• Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z's classic side-scrolling mode spotted in new trailer, screens

• Demons must die in Toukiden: The Age of Demons intro trailer

• Call of Duty: Ghosts skin swaps out Riley for a big bad wolf

• Engadget Podcast 372 - 12.12.13

• Officially licensed Mega Man board game blasts Kickstarter for mega bucks

• Lego The Last of Us video proves someone needs to make this game

• Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD trailers bring Eidolons to a wedding

• Watch Wil Wheaton as a choppin' chap in Broken Age

• Dungeon Defenders dev announces cross-platform shooter Monster Madness Online

• Framed mixes up comic books, noir and action in 2014

• New Soma video tours a creepy abandoned factory

• The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:30PM ET!

• The Walking Dead season 2 premiere trailer throws a lot at Clementine

• Blockbuster to shutter all of its remaining UK stores

• Twitter looks back at 2013, 140 characters at a time (video)

• Get early access to Endless Space developer's roguelike Dungeon of the Endless

• Jetpack Joyride devs unleash Colossatron on Dec. 19

• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 collector's edition announced

• Crowdfund Bookie: $23 million raised in six months

• Project Eternity now Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian debuts trailer to celebrate

• Remastered Sonic the Hedgehog 2 hits Android, iOS tomorrow with bonus Hidden Palace Zone

• Valve's Newell promotes 'Hour of Code' learning campaign, EA gives games to participants

• Take a convoluted trip to North Yankton via this GTA Online glitch

• Comedian bakes iPhone cookies to fool cops, but you probably shouldn't

• Elder Scrolls Online launch dates: April 4 for PC & Mac, June next-gen

• Company of Heroes 2 bombarded by DLC on Two Fronts

• Latest South Park: Stick of Truth trailer is one long fart joke

• Dueling Bushido game Samurai Gunn out now

• Upcoming free Peggle 2 update lets you duel your friends

• 5 amazing iPad paintings that we know are real

• Google's Open Gallery lets others create online exhibitions, but is it art?

• West shoots East, East stabs West in Omerta: The Japanese Incentive

• Google's +Post ads bring full social networking to sales pitches (video)

• APB: Reloaded spawns iOS tactical spin-off APB: Retribution

• Must See HDTV (December 9th - 15th)

• Rayman Origins makes a dash for Mac on December 12

• Thief VGX trailer introduces a character just in time to say goodbye

• No Man's Sky is a sci-fi exploration roguelike in a consistent universe

• Ubisoft shows off Snowdrop engine with help from Tom Clancy's 'The Division'

• Peggle 2 review: Relapse

• Spaceteam might not have been made had money been a priority

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Useless

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is opening presents early

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt seeks VGX trailer

• Ogre class of mechs revealed for Titanfall

• Watch the VGX 2013 video game awards right here

• The Division receives fancy engine trailer during VGX

• Hello Games searches the stars at VGX with No Man's Sky

• Cranky Kong brandishes cane, joins Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze roster on February 21

• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition confirmed for Xbox One, PS4

• Tales From The Borderlands is a Telltale, Gearbox crossover project in the Borderlands universe

• Free-to-play Heroes of Dragon Age out now on iOS, Android

• Pikmin 3 trailer tours new mission mode DLC levels

• Free DLC guides roguelike Eldritch to the Mountains of Madness

• Judge or be judged in new Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc screens, trailer

• Wil Wheaton lends vocals to Double Fine's Broken Age

• Destiny launches on September 9, 2014

• 4X strategy game Star Lords available now on Early Access

• Ryan Seacrest's keyboard case turns your iPhone into a BlackBerry (video)

• Double Dragon Trilogy takes the fight to iOS, Android

• Relive the games of 2013 in just two minutes

• Why the Morgan Freeman finger painting is probably not fake

• Valve worker's controllers let you steer games with your butt and tongue (video)

• Square Enix offers up five Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD trailers

• Toki Tori hatches on PS3 with exclusive content December 17

• Alter Ego: Issue #4 - Kid Critical in the Scarecrow's Lair

• Starbound beta starts today

• Ridge Racer Slipstream overtakes rivals on iOS, Android this month

• The Art of Wushu: Taking all comers with Shaolin boxing

• The wolf is among iOS today

• Tiny Barbarian DX hits Steam following Greenlight conquest

• The Engadget Podcast is live at 2PM ET!

• Zen Pinball 2 springs onto PS4 on December 17

• Award-winning Netflix original series House of Cards returns on Valentine's Day 2014 with a second season

• The Franz Kafka Videogame bugs desktops, mobile in 2014

• Corrupted Super Mario 64 shows the real mushroom kingdom

• Bjorn to Peggle 2: the five Master trailers

• Humble Jumbo Bundle spotlights Orcs Must Die 2, Garry's Mod, Magicka

• Saints Row 4 'Hey Ash' DLC makes homies out of the Burch family

• The Cave hops onto Ouya

• Tiny Brains review: Frankenstein's furballs

• Battlefield 4 patch delayed for PS4, China Rising out today

• Netflix's first original animated series to premiere on Christmas Eve

• Batman: Arkham Origins initiates Bruce Wayne DLC

• Super Hexagon shrinks to 16kb in Commodore 64 demake

• Leaked video shows GTA Online's unreleased content creator

• Drama Mamas: When friends don't behave like friends

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Clock it

EVs and Transportation (15)

• FAA selects six sites for drone testing because flying robots are our future

• French Uber users face 15-minute delay starting next year

• Google, Audi to announce in-car Android plans next week, says WSJ

• Tesla Model S software update guards against faulty wiring

• NYPD's cruiser of the future knows if you're on the lam, can detect radiation

• Ford's Fusion Hybrid research car will explore our driverless future

• Random Acts of Uberness: No more anguish in the amphitheater

• Deutsche Post shows off its Paketkopter drone delivery service in Germany

• UK government scraps the paper car tax disc after more than 90 years

• Mitsubishi cuts price of i-MiEV electric car by $5,000

• Honda introduces 2014 Civic with iPhone-compatible touchscreen in the dash

• New Honda Civic packs multi-touch interface and Here Maps navigation

• UPS experimenting with delivery drones, set to challenge Amazon's Prime Air

• Random Acts of Uberness: Because Monday doesn't have to stink

• Volvo to conduct large-scale autonomous car tests by 2017

Gaming (547)

• To the Moon mini-episode takes flight for free today

• Itagaki: Devil's Third almost finished, launching in 2014

• A legendary chat with Wrathion VA Aaron Phillips

• Double XP event delayed for Battlefield 4 Premium members

• The Soapbox: My MMO resolutions

• Drama Mamas: The case of the evil guild leader

• Joystiq Streams: Split your lungs with Assassin's Creed 4 and thunder

• McQuaid tweets teaser pic for his mystery MMO

• Go for a free Rayman Jungle Run

• The Daily Grind: What are your gaming resolutions for 2014?

• Internet Archive uploads retro games to play online for free

• Snipers confirmed for Titanfall, but quick- and no-scope shots are 'ineffective'

• Lunia goes offline on January 1st

• NBA 2K14 server issues persist, affecting current and next-gen

• Capcom plans for 2014: Fighting games, Ace Attorney and a classic IP

• Community Blog Topic: What are your WoW resolutions?

• Battlefield 4 connectivity issues continue across 'various platforms'

• A very basic introduction to beginners' multiboxing

• UK charts: FIFA 14 on top again, a look back at a momentous year

• Breakfast Topic: Do you do world PvP?

• The Daily Grind: Do you consume all available leveling content?

• Stiq Figures, December 16 - 22: Gaming resolutions edition

• Know Your Lore: A lore guide to dungeons and raids

• Square Enix mistakenly breaks exclusive DLC contract in Japan

• PvP gearing in detail, and what next?

• MMO publisher Perfect World Entertainment bringing 'current and future' projects to console

• Mighty No. 9 co-op character design wins fan vote by less than 3%

• Dragon Quest creator: 'There are no talks' for DQ11 on smartphones

• Around Azeroth: I see strange flashes in the sky up above, and spend the night in the drive-in with the one that I love

• The Daily Grind: What was the highlight of your 2013 gaming year?

• Where's My Water 2 F2P energy system dries up, crumbles to dust

• Make My MMO: Crowdfunding December 15 - 28, 2013

• New story, gameplay details emerge for Breath of Fire 6

• The Mog Log: 2013 in review for Final Fantasy XI and XIV

• PSA: Final Fantasy 3 now available on Windows Phone

• WoW Moviewatch: The Most Dangerous Game

• Angry Birds Rio getting free Rio 2 movie content updates

• Gaming for Good raises over $10m for Save the Children

• Breakfast Topic: Do you still do your dailies?

• The Daily Grind: Is there an ideal patch schedule for games?

• Report: Final Fantasy writer wants to see a Final Fantasy X-3

• WRUP: GOTY next week

• Watch Dogs engine originally built for a racing game

• Report: Battlefield 4 banned in China

• Monster Hunter Frontier GG hits Japan this spring

• Second Wind: City of Steam: Arkadia

• Square Enix tweaks Final Fantasy XIV housing prices

• Create your own papercraft Treasure Goblin from Diablo III

• Super Joystiq Podcast 079: Republique, Don't Starve, embarrassing gaming moments

• GTA Online gets first Rockstar Verified jobs

• Infinite money exploit plagues GTA Online

• Tamriel Infinium: The year before launching the Elder Scrolls Online

• Blood Pact: What makes a 'lock a 'lock?

• Help us design Joystiq Jelly 2014 game

• War Thunder expands Ground Forces beta test

• The Daily Grind: Are MMO beta NDAs counterproductive?

• Internet Archive starts preserving classic game consoles on the web

• Field Journal: Pandaria's pastoral paradise

• Mark Kern addresses his departure from Red 5 Studios

• The Guild Counsel: Making the most of holiday events with your guild

• Ask Massively: The one where we talk about our 2013 awards

• Perfect Ten: Biggest MMO news stories of 2013

• Scattered Shots: Challenge mode tips for hunters

• The Daily Grind: How many MMOs did you play in 2013?

• Black Desert's next closed beta to feature new region

• MMO Family: Setting Sail in Pirate101

• Left 4 Dead 2 is yours free, for a limited time

• MMO Mechanics: Three fair ways to distribute loot

• Leaderboard: What's the best MMO design decision of all time?

• The Daily Grind: Did you get or give any good gamer gifts today?

• Call of Duty: Ghosts update adds new 'Heavy Duty' mode

• Jukebox Heroes: MMO holiday tunes

• Contrast gets much-needed patch in time for Christmas

• Fanmade Gone Home demake given the Fullbright blessing

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 shouldn't replicate Destiny's wedge

• Here's an Elder Scrolls PvP Ask Us Anything

• Massively Speaking 278: Bloopers, outtakes, and tomfoolery

• Rumor: Guacamelee coming to PS4, Xbox One with new content

• The Daily Grind: What would you like for a game present?

• Start digging with The Cave on Android

• Comedian Jay Mohr rejoins star-studded Saints Row cast

• 2K drops huge NBA 2K14 patch on Xbox One, PS4

• Icy Veins opens final voting for annual Christmas Card Contest

• Spelunky, Ridiculous Fishing, more soundtracks now 'pay what you want'

• Captain's Log: A Star Trek Online 2014 wish list

• Neverwinter state of the game talks player feedback and future expansions

• An ode to transmog

• Lara Croft: Reflections card game launches on iOS for New Zealand, Australia

• Report: Battlefield 4 DLC purchase fails to upgrade to next-gen

• Joystiq Streams: Over the river and through the woods to Borderlands 2 DLC we go

• Know Your Lore: Dissecting the lore of Mists

• Snowy Owls now available in Winterspring for pet collectors

• FIFA 14 is UK's Christmas No. 1

• The Daily Grind: Will you be playing EQN Landmark next month?

• Breakfast Topic: Gaming for the holidays

• Time's history of video game consoles stirs up memories, rivalries

• Dark Souls lead developers resistant to mobile version due to controls

• Hearthstone test season 1 ending January 2

• Skullgirls Encore to include 'The Typing of the Skullgirls Encore'

• Breakfast Topic: How hard do you farm the holidays?

• The Daily Grind: Where will your favorite MMO be in 10 years?

• Date Namco characters and the Galaga ship in Namco High

• Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition coming to EU, US in Spring 2014

• Back to Bed sleeping in, will miss Christmas launch window

• Massively's winter holidays MMO roundup

• Pathfinder's latest dev blog outlines reputation, alignment

• The Mog Log: A week of Final Fantasy XIV's patch 2.1

• EQN Landmark video talks procedural content, visits Everfrost

• VGX 2013 drew 1.1 million views, 'exceeded' expectations

• The Light and How to Swing It: Tanking tactics for bringing down the Warchief

• Norrathian Notebook: EverQuest Next Round Table roundup, round three

• Japanese Walking Dead, Witcher publisher Cyber Front dissolves

• The Game Archaeologist: Revisiting the BBS

• EA finds itself in third law firm's iron sights over Battlefield 4 issues

• Breakfast Topic: What Blizzard merchandise would you love to see?

• EA Partners veteran David DeMartini now head of Oculus VR publishing arm

• Dragon's Crown raises level cap, adds massive, randomized dungeon

• WRUP: The GOTY backlog catch-up

• Rumor: Killer Instinct dev now working on futuristic shooter

• Patch 5.4.2 hotfixes for December 19 & 20

• TERA starts snowball war and prepares to invade China

• Trio of gifs paint The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as pretty, eerie

• Looking for Guild: FFXIV

• Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus companion game out now on iOS, Android

• Elder Scrolls dev blog on creating PvP keeps

• MMObility: Rail Nation is perfect for armchair engineers

• Assassin's Creed 4, more heavily discounted in Ubisoft's holiday sale

• Next-Numbers: A fun game from the Star Walk geniuses at Vito Technology

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Ability bloat and the future

• Some Assembly Required: Yet another FFA PvP sandbox

• Arcane Brilliance: Fun and frivolity for mages

• The Think Tank: Massively's 2014 MMO predictions

• Tale of Tales celebrates 10 years with Experiments and Prototypes bundle

• Mark Kern removed as CEO of Red 5 Studios [Updated]

• Oculus VR gets into game publishing with some help from former EA VP

• Drama Mamas: Staying guilded to please someone who's never around

• GAME has Xbox One, PS4 stock for last-minute holiday shoppers

• MX vs. ATV will ride again in first half of 2014

• Around Azeroth: Hordies roasting on an open fire

• Tamriel Infinium: Marketing, modeling, and modding the Elder Scrolls Online

• Voiceover actor Matt Mercer on working in games and comics, plus the "Vezax voice"

• Breakfast Topic: How are you celebrating Winter Veil?

• The Daily Grind: What's your MMO of the year?

• Deus Ex: The Fall drops price

• Dark Souls 2 DLC 'not really being considered'

• Ouya now $59.99 for a limited time

• 10 things to do once you hit level 90

• US connected realms update for December 19

• Win some Gil and more in Final Fantasy XI's latest Mog Bonanza

• Joe Danger Infinity taps into toy-based nostalgia for iOS 'really soon'

• Elite: Dangerous newsletter talks 'accessibility plus depth'

• World of Warplanes' first update brings planes and also planes

• Battlefield 4 targeted in class action lawsuit

• Perfect World putting new resources toward console development

• Trove will rejuvenate MMO worlds by blowing them up

• In-game store and web store inconsistent in currency for some users

• Latency and connection issues on all US Realms

• Field Journal: The true meaning of MMO holiday events

• Defiance now offers unlimited free trial

• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls releases March 25, pre-orders detailed

• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls coming March 25th, 2014

• Nether update delivers on fan requests

• Avenger Reflex aims to improve Xbox One and PS4 input times, looks bananas

• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Release Date: March 25, 2014

• Joystiq Streams: The school of hard knocks and FIFA 14

• The Queue: Let's make a journey to the cave of monsters

• Ace Combat: Infinity pushed back to 2014

• Around Azeroth: Silent night, bloody night

• The Guild Counsel: All's fair in love, war, and MMOs

• The Daily Grind: Are you (still) interested in a Mass Effect MMO?

• Breakfast Topic: The holidays come to Pandaria

• Ludum Dare 28 ends with 2,000 free games: Fountain, Monocraft, more

• Monaco's 'The Architect's Patch' shortens, streamlines the game

• GTA Online receives capture-the-flag themed update today

• Humble Bundle 8: Jack Lumber, Aaaaa!!!, Little Inferno, Gemini Rue

• Star Citizen's Roberts talks dogfighting module, Elite alpha, and more

• Obsidian CEO eyes a quick return to crowdfunded games

• The Art of Wushu: Chasing down Soul Chasing Claw

• Here's a MapleStory 2 teaser

• Skullgirls to be reborn in January as Skullgirls Encore

• Free for All: The rising cost of early access and exclusivity

• SOE offering free Legendary DC Universe Online access

• Russian servers to join EU battlegrounds and arenas

• Strife has entered closed beta

• DayZ moves 172,000 copies in first 24 hours of early access

• Joystiq Streams: Relive the natural magic in our Flower recap

• Touchless music game lets you create jittery drum and bass with your face

• Leaderboard: What's the worst MMO design decision of all time?

• EverQuest Next will feature a longer day/night cycle

• Walking Dead: The Game - Season 2 now chomping brains on the App Store

• MMO Mechanics: MOBAs vs. MMO battlegrounds

• Warhammer Online shuts down tonight

• LEGO Minifigures Online puts together a new site, aims for summer 2014 launch

• Krampus has arrived in The Secret World

• Black Gold Online video shows off action combat system

• Massively Giveaway: Inferno Legend VIP bundle

• Embers of Caerus making 'drastic changes' to its development

• Patch 5.4.2 hotfixes for December 17

• Blade Hunter transitioning to beta tomorrow

• 1979 Revolution: Black Friday falls short of fundraising goal

• Star Wars: Attack Squadrons now accepting beta applicants

• US Connected Realms update for December 17

• GTA5, CoD: Ghosts rank as Raptr's most-played games of 2013

• Jukebox Heroes: Forsaken World's soundtrack

• Marvel Heroes to introduce playable Venom, Magneto, and more in 2014

• Final Fantasy XIV executive producer defends expensive housing costs

• Shado-Pan transmog and player-created games

• PSA: Holiday-themed DLC hits Borderlands 2

• Rovio releases the conclusion to Angry Bird Star Wars with 30 new levels and Death Star showdown

• Star Citizen delays dogfighting module release

• PvZ Garden Warfare digs up 'Gardens & Graveyards' mode

• More World of Warcraft pop culture you should know

• Disney announces Star Wars: Attack Squadrons

• The original Tomb Raider is now available on iOS for $1

• The Queue: Ghostcrawler returns to natural habitat

• Original Tomb Raider sneaks onto iOS

• Fight for evil in Inferno Legend's open beta today

• Patch 5.4.2 hotfixes for December 16

• The Daily Grind: How do you relax in-game?

• The original Tomb Raider game comes to iOS

• Fist of Awesome's lumberjack joining indie racer Super World Karts GP

• Daylight explores an abandoned hospital and its spooky roots

• Aventurine details Darkfall's new Sinspire Cathedral dungeon

• Unearth minecarts, new food in Minecraft: Pocket Edition update

• Get your Winter Veil quests done despite the crowds

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online's reputation systems for the new player

• Elder Scrolls Online shows concept art of the emperor's armor

• Learn more about WildStar's Engineer with this livestream replay

• Mystery female pugilist teased for Ultra Street Fighter 4 roster

• Starbound, Slender: The Arrival featured among Indie DB's top 100 of 2013

• Blood Pact: Weak Auras 2 versus TellMeWhen

• Batman: Arkham Origins unleashes 'Hunter, Hunted' multiplayer mode

• I forgot what class I was playing

• Officers' Quarters: Drawing boundaries with a new raid team

• Smartphone MMO Avabel Online releases new content

• Infinite Crisis trailer introduces Robin

• R2Games goes retro with Magic Barrage

• The Mog Log Extra: Final Fantasy XIV's great housing fiasco

• Jagged Alliance Online starts Spanish open beta

• Drama Mamas: How to deal with an overzealous guildie

• Mythos Global shutting down January 22nd

• Call of Duty: Ghosts tops UK charts for third week in a row

• The Daily Grind: What's your least favorite thing about your favorite MMO?

• Stiq Figures, December 2 - 8: Games that broke us edition

• Mew-Genics will let you influence, mutate cats using furniture

• Dead Man's Draw goes free-to-play, physical version available via PDF

• Nordic Games partners with Uber for release of Planetary Annihilation

• Molten Games is building something called Blunderbuss

• Tower of Elements 2 funded on Kickstarter

• LEGO Star Wars travels to an iOS device not so far, far away

• Zombi HD for iPad: A western-themed zombie shoot-em-up

• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, MVC2 to leave XBLA/PSN, DLC on sale

• Rise and Shiny: Eldevin

• Around Azeroth: Do we fear death?

• Breakfast Topic: Do you have a bank alt?

• The Daily Grind: What NPC factions are a total joke?

• Mad Catz MOJO console now on sale for $250, baby

• Make My MMO: Crowdfunding December 1 - 14, 2013

• Free-to-play Family Guy game coming to mobile in 2014

• Norrathian Notebook: The EverQuest franchise through the ages

• WRUP: Speculation about the release date

• The Mog Log: Preparing for patch 2.1 in Final Fantasy XIV

• Breakfast Topic: The game's silliest quests

• The Daily Grind: What will make you log on to a game every day?

• Humble Weekly Sale: Killing Floor, Zeno Clash, Rock of Ages

• WRUP: Friday the 13th

• Piñatas, UI tweaks among changes in new Plants Vs Zombies 2 update

• NPD: NBA 2K14 is top-selling sports game on PS4, Xbox One

• Well Fed Buff: WoW-themed recipes for your Winter Veil feast

• Declassified: Ubisoft's 'Rainbow 6: Patriots' goes back to the drawing board

• Alexander Gustafsson selected as EA Sports UFC co-cover fighter

• Robotic chimp, metal dragon aid sick kids in Saints Row 4 charity DLC

• Cut the Rope 2 comes out on December 19 exclusively for iOS

• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls closed beta has begun

• MMObility: Legacy of a Thousand Suns goes mobile

• Anarchy Online rolls out in-game holiday events and deals

• New collection tracking feature on Wowhead

• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is $1 on iOS in the name of holiday cheer

• Super Joystiq Podcast 077: Broken Sword 5, Battlefield 4, current gaming landscape

• Linear item squish will continue, right now though 85

• The quest you had to (or wanted to) skip

• Google's Ingress to become a platform for other augmented reality games

• Alien: Isolation screens burst from Creative Assembly's horror game

• Big Huge Games' assets fetch $320k in 38 Studios auction

• Prime World videos show off new heroes and new skins

• Tamriel Infinium: The Elder Scrolls Online is no April Fools' joke

• MMO Burnout: Wasteland 2's early beta

• ARM buys graphics company Geomerics to improve gaming on its mobile chips

• Breakfast Topic: Switching up your gaming role

• The Daily Grind: What MMO slang are you sick of hearing?

• Gamefly Digital sale lets you build your own bundle for cheap

• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls closed beta officially underway

• November NPD: PS4 is 'top-selling' console, Xbox One is 'fastest-selling' [Update: Nintendo boasts big numbers, too]

• PlayStation 4 on top in November next-gen console sales, according to NPD

• The Guild Counsel: Survive the holidays with these fun guild events

• Assassin's Creed 4 Freedom Cry DLC confirmed for next week

• Vendetta adds persistent player mines, better mobile support

• First Firefly Online details revealed

• Elite: Dangerous alpha starts today

• Would you bring back "boss must die!" quests?

• Deconstructing Spelunky: Teaching the next (next) generation of game devs

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 hits Android and iOS with long-lost Palace Zone stage

• Borderlands 2 delivers Christmas cheer in next Headhunter chapter, due Dec. 17

• Next SOE Live hits Vegas August 14 - 17, 2014

• Borderlands 2 mobile app turns QR codes into absurd in-game armaments (update: how it works!)

• Monster Madness Online announced, starts open alpha testing

• Scattered Shots: Mining Celestalon's tweets for hunter information

• The Tattered Notebook Extra: EQ Next Landmark livestream talks tools, demonstrates mining

• Bloodrayne dev Terminal Reality quietly closes its doors

• Wizard101 fulfills a child's wish

• Shroud of the Avatar enters first phase of early access testing

• Plants vs. Zombies 2 gets upgraded map, more 'cool' stuff

• Russians and Neo-Stalinists chew apart The Sun at Night's Soviet past

• Ask Massively: New hires, HEX, and the problem with rogues

• Fable Anniversary set for February 4, 2014

• Unlock The Room 2 on iPad today, play the original for free

• Patch 5.4.2 hotfixes for December 11

• The Daily Grind: What are you getting that MMO fan on your Christmas list?

• Breakfast Topic: Will you miss your favorite daily quests?

• PSA: Free deathmatch, race creation tools join GTA Online

• DC Universe Online's War of the Light DLC and Armories

• First pro-gamer recognized as an athlete by U.S. Government

• The Elder Scrolls Online wages war on April 14, 2014

• MMO Family: Yes, video games are good for you

• Free Character Migrations available for EU players

• Gameplay videos getting flagged on YouTube again

• Layoffs at CCP's Atlanta office confirmed: World of Darkness development affected

• Leaderboard: How many same-genre MMOs can you play at once?

• Drink in Defiance's Arkbreaker trailer

• Choose My Adventure: The weather outside is frightful

• Patch 5.4.2: Accidental Dampening change will be hotfixed, hunter PvP nerfs will not [Updated]

• Indie Royale spawns Daily Royale for quick, frugal gamers

• Aura Kingdom reveals guild towns, endgame

• Side-scrolling Blade Hunter starts alpha tomorrow

• The Elder Scrolls Online to launch April 4, 2014

• Around Azeroth: Sittin' on top of the world

• Dungeon Tours: Wish you were here!

• WildStar unveils its final class, the Engineer

• Hit List Q&A: Gone Home's Steve Gaynor

• Dynasty Warriors Online shutting down in North America

• The Daily Grind: Do you play an off-beat MMO?

• Breakfast Topic: What are your favorite in-game tunes?

• Indie Capsule Bundle: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Blood of the Werewolf, more for $3.49

• Terraria launches Christmas update on iOS, Android

• Humble Jumbo Bundle adds 3: Sanctum, Orcs Must Die!, Cities in Motion 2

• Notch turned down job offer at Valve to create Mojang

• Candy Crush dev delays IPO to prove its worth, announces new game

• Jukebox Heroes: More of Guild Wars 2's soundtrack

• Konami outlines Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes pricing scheme

• Hearthstone Beta patch notes for December 10

• Mega Man designer's Kaio: King of Pirates docks in 2014

• First impressions of Heroes of the Obelisk

• Destiny PvP 'certainly more lethal than Halo'

• Lichborne: The pitfalls of class balance arguments

• Cheaters prosper in Double Fine's puzzler Hack 'n' Slash

• Final Fantasy XI gets a nice juicy patch

• Test drive Neverwinter's Hunter Ranger with an interactive trailer

• Video game champions in the public library

• Even the Candy Crush developers are worried that they're a one-hit wonder

• Cross-realm account-bound mail now live, mailing rules

• Slay some vampires and download Bloodmasque on iOS for free this week

• Patch 5.4.2: In-game store is now live, mounts and pets discounted by 50%

• Flex difficulty smoothing coming soon

• Clementine's life is in your hands in The Walking Dead season two

• Gloria Victis launches new website with latest info

• Telltale's Game of Thrones series to span multiple titles, years

• Black Desert's English client is being worked on by Pearl Abyss

• DUST 514: Uprising upgrades factional warfare, vehicles, and more

• Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition landing on iOS this month

• Inferno Legend moves into closed beta testing

• Guild Wars 2 devs show off Wintersday features

• The Daily Grind: Do visuals change your opinion on classes?

• Breakfast Topic: How legendary should legendary be?

• GTA Online's DIY mission tools arrive this week, story DLC and co-op heists due in 2014

• Bloodmasque shows its face on iOS for free this week

• Awesomenauts: Starstorm brings the McPain on December 12

• Race, deathmatch tools in GTA Online this week; heists and story content in 2014

• Pixel Press wants to turn your drawings into video game levels

• Fez sales surpass 1 million

• Glitch fan remembers Tiny Speck title with massive avatar poster

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online's wacky Winter Event

• The most-funded Kickstarter game, Torment, is now turn-based

• Dorn's Worf the subject of latest Star Trek Online dev blog

• Alfheim Tales launching its first server on the 11th

• Harmonix lets go a 'small number' of employees

• Elder Scrolls Online Ask Us Anything details character progression

• 'Stiq Tips: Peggle 2 Guide

• PSA: Twitch streaming goes public in Minecraft tomorrow

• Chaos Theory: The Christmas devil cometh to The Secret World

• Sega Genesis art book does what Nintendon't, triples funding goal

• No Man's Sky might not be an MMO, but it's certainly a close cousin

• Light yer beards, maties, Blackbeard joins Assassin's Creed 4 tomorrow

• Defiance's Arkbreaker lets players bring down the sky

• Blood Pact: Multitarget DPS and situational awareness

• Shroud of the Avatar releases first chapter of novel and more in latest update

• Around Azeroth: Hey, baby, wanna kill all humans?

• Reminder: Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street joins us live tonight

• Darkfall December patches include cannons, new dungeon, and more

• Patch 5.4.2 hits live realms this week

• The Daily Grind: Are you OK with auction houses?

• Watch the Destiny VGX trailer... now

• Scraps wants you to strap guns to cars, build bringers of destruction

• EA's Origin Humble Bundle brings $1.65 million to American Cancer Society

• Are we ready for WoW: The Musical?

• Tomb Raider, Republic Commando creative director joins 343 Industries

• Planetary Annihilation to launch 'when it's done'

• Rise and Shiny: Zombie Pandemic

• Time Machines: Atari's CES Endgame

• Surgeon Simulator developer launches Time to Live demo

• The Daily Grind: If you were given $100 to spend on MMOs, what would you buy?

• Spike VGX round-up: Telltale's new projects, Cranky Kong, No Man's Sky and more

• And the VGX 2013 winners are ...

• Stryder class mech strides proudly in Titanfall reveal trailer

• Liveblogging the Spike VGX 2013

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: It's my birthday, give warriors some presents

• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition coming to PS4 and Xbox One January 28th, but you can pre-order now

• Remedy working on tablet game, Agents of Storm

• Remnant Knights closing on January 31

• The Mog Log: There's nothing to say about Final Fantasy XI

• Save Millennium City from Black Harlequin in Champions' Winter Event

• Tonight's VGX lineup features GOTY in the middle of a world exclusive sandwich

• Ethan: Meteor Hunter post-mortem laments poor sales, Greenlight woes

• Ad suggests Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for Xbox One, PS4

• The Game Archaeologist: Going forward by looking back at the past

• Konami requests Skullgirls takedown from XBLA, PSN

• Payday 2 update brings PS3 version closer to PC

• Ghostcrawler joins us on the podcast Monday at 8pm PST

• The Daily Grind: Do you prefer games available on multiple platforms?

• WRUP: VGX with us tomorrow

• Joel McHale co-hosting Spike VGX live show tomorrow

• Bungie's Destiny ships worldwide on September 9th, 2014

• Destiny launches worldwide on September 9, 2014

• Report: Ubisoft surveys players about non-Assassin's Creed pirate game

• Dino Run 2 Kickstarter couldn't outrun extinction

• Ultra Street Fighter 4 introduces new challengers this summer

• Inferno Legend begins closed beta on December 10th

• Bayonetta creator: Building new game worlds is 'my purpose'

• Developers respond to Riot's streaming restrictions for pro players [Updated]

• Sega's 3D Classics: making old games stand out

• Indie survival sim Dyscourse secures funding in final hours on Kickstarter

• Starwhal: Just the Tip is a narwhal fencing game in space

• Patch 5.4.2 PTR: Patch notes update for December 5

• The Ghostcrawler Experiment Concludes

• Strider is a re-imagining with that classic feel

• Tamriel Infinium: The true meaning of The Elder Scrolls Online skill lines

• Rockstar Warehouse offers up plush version of GTA5's Chop for adoption

• Razer may be making its first iPhone gamepad

• New Spellcasting Pathfinder dev blog declares game 'half done'

• Rise of the Triad dev working on next-gen 'Project Ascender'

• FFXIV's A Realm Awoken patch sports new website, trailer

• Arcane Brilliance: Putting the brilliance back in arcane

• Some Assembly Required: How EverQuest Next Landmark could redefine PGC

• The Daily Grind: What do you expect from an MMO expansion?

• Breakfast Topic: Where's your in-game home?

• South Park ends PS4, Xbox One wars with a Red (Robin) wedding

• The Guild Counsel: How to lead and still have fun

• Nick Yee's new book delves into the psychology of MMO players

• SMITE's Nu Wa uses the elements to smi... crush her enemies

• Vagrant Story character designer Akihiko Yoshida departs Square Enix

• Here are three Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero vids

• The Eldar invade Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade

• Ouya now accepting bitcoin payments for system purchases

• SOE offers EQ and EQII rewards with Landmark pre-orders

• New Dark Souls 2 screens are looking kind of blue

• BioWare devs streaming SWTOR's Galactic Starfighter on Dec. 6

• Some forum advice for the next Ghostcrawler

• Black Gold Online unveils The Chambers of Greed instances

• Double Dragon trilogy comes to iOS

• Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame launching this year on GameStick

• Fallen Earth adds holiday spirit to the wasteland

• Mobile shooter APB: Retribution announced

• War Thunder Ground Forces closed beta has begun

• The Think Tank: Which MMOs are you looking forward to the most in 2014?

• Around Azeroth: Suppressing the memory

• Scattered Shots: Helpful hunter addons

• GameStick lands first major publisher deal with Ubisoft

• Breakfast Topic: Is it possible to be too helpful in game?

• The Daily Grind: How influential is pre-launch art?

• Ys 5 fan translation released, full series now available in English

• DayZ creator stresses standalone Alpha is 'a platform' for the future

• Typing of the Dead gets free Football Manager DLC

• Persona 4: Dancing All Night story details emerge

• Explore Destiny's early fantasy, sci-fi, and space western art

• EA: Fixing Battlefield 4 a priority for DICE above other projects

• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution plans a trip west

• EA considering free-to-play UFC game for Brazil

• Hit List Q&A: EA founder Trip Hawkins

• Elder Scrolls Online classes won't 'chain you to any one playstyle'

• Pixeljam optimistic as Dino Run 2 Kickstarter runs toward extinction

• Free for All: Ten of my favorite in-game items

• How do you feel about the item squish?

• War Thunder CEO discusses free-to-play's future on consoles

• Report: Assassin's Creed 4 bellows Freedom Cry DLC in two weeks' time

• Xbox One same-day launch clause nudged Nuclear Throne to PS4

• Coming home to Azeroth

• The Queue: Jane Austen for Warlord

• Around Azeroth: It's just a typo

• Leaderboard: What's the silliest game name in the MMO genre?

• Monster Hunter 4 shipments rise to 4 million

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Superhero games across November

• The Daily Grind: Are dragons, zombies, or pirates the most overused?

• Blackwell adventure game series coming to iOS

• Dragon's Crown ships more than 800,000 copies

• RuneScape opens 2013 Premier Club, donates $90K to charity

• Patch 5.4.2 PTR Patch notes

• Hauppage HD PVR Rocket may be the easiest way to record console gameplay footage for Mac users

• Assassin's Creed 4, Rocksmith 2014 half-off on Amazon today

• Potential for another PvP season before 6.0?

• Treasurenauts pushed back to 2014, developer revealing new projects next year

• The Soapbox: Seriously, we have enough fantasy MMOs

• Patch 5.4.2: New chimaera mount video

• The Secret World offers special membership deals

• Totem Talk: Restoration between now and Warlords of Draenor

• Persona 4 Golden shines with 700,000 shipped worldwide

• The Elder Scrolls Online shows off the process of building a character in a new video

• Blizzard's Black Friday sale extended to Jan. 1, 2014

• The Queue: Kerry Gammill

• The Repopulation's housing video offers decorating tips

• Warhammer 40,000 MOBA coming early next year

• Sony says it sold 2.1 million PS4s in November (update: Microsoft issues Xbox One statement)

• Koch Media acquires mobile developer Fishlabs

• Jane Austen-inspired MMO 'Ever, Jane' uses gossip as a weapon

• Enterprising starfleet RPG The Mandate secures $700K in crowdfunding

• Ever, Jane meets Kickstarter goal

• Line of Defense approaches beta test phase

• Final Fantasy XIV livestream details upcoming changes and the Crystal Tower

• Mew-Genics wants you to hoard attribute-boosting furniture

• Star Trek Online creates a gingerbread colony for the holidays

• Officers' Quarters: Celebrating connected realms

• Battlefield 4 update hits PC and PS4 tomorrow, fixes 'one-hit kill' glitch

• Speed up level and reputation gains today by stacking holiday buffs

• Bylos talks Tokyo, new scenario difficulty, and more in TSW's November letter

• The Repopulation improves housing and inquiries in November

• League of Angels announces beta events, releases trailer

• Breakfast Topic: Who's your favorite boss?

• The Legend of Lobodestroyo is a game inspired by Banjo-Kazooie, yo

• Game Music Bundle 6 offers tunes from Guacamelee, Braid and more

• Know Your Lore: Draka, daughter of Kelkar

• Shovel Knight coming in early 2014 - can you dig it?

• Prius Online closes down in South Korea

• Heroes and Villains shares character creator details

• IRL: FIFA 14 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4

• Rise of Dragonian Era sunsets

• Rise and Shiny: Rusty Hearts

• Sega: 'No plans to undertake' Index projects, IPs available to Atlus

• One Shots: Find the chicken

• The Daily Grind: How have you been surprised lately in-game?

Google (47)

• Leak hints Google may shut down its Schemer goal sharing service

• Google wants to make your mundane conversations into quirky online comics

• Google Play Music All Access customers are next in line for Glass

• Google Shopping Express starts selling gadgets, continues same-day delivery until December 24th

• Recommended Reading: Google starts over, sculpture on the moon and more

• Google tightens Chrome Web Store rules to prevent toolbar overload

• Google+ is automatically creating your own year in review video

• Google Play Books for Android temporarily loses PDF upload support

• Google could face heavy fines after EU rejects latest antitrust settlement offer

• Spain fines Google $1.2 million for allegedly violating privacy laws

• Non-profit resource launched in response to YouTube Content ID crackdown

• Google Glass collision detection could one day save you from yourself

• Google Transparency Report: government takedown requests are on the rise

• Google Glass update brings The Wall Street Journal, storm warnings and RSS to your face

• Google expands iOS support for Glass, but pulls MyGlass app

• Google Glass XE 12 update lets you wink to capture photos, adds new Hangouts and YouTube glassware

• Google and HP recall overheating Chromebook 11 chargers

• Google reportedly testing smart thermostats in 'EnergySense' program

• As Google slowly preps the Chromecast ecosystem, waves of new apps are on the way

• Google says Android app permission manager was released by mistake, removes it from latest update

• Google Maps Navigation for Android makes its way to 25 more countries

• Google launches Tips to help you get more out of Gmail and its other services

• Google optimizes web versions of Play Movies and Music for Chromecast

• Google releases Mac desktop Chrome App Launcher

• Google brings flight, hotel and restaurant reservations to Maps for iOS (update: Android too)

• Google updates Keep web app, goes overboard with the Santa references

• Google's Play Books now supports e-book uploads from any Android device

• Aereo could be next on Google's Chromecast support list

• Google Chromecast adds 10 new apps to its streaming arsenal

• Make your own Google Street View scene, giant camera not required

• Google Glass gets unofficial WordPress support

• Google rumored to launch its own TV set-top box under the Nexus brand next year

• National Geographic brings its custom cartography to Google Maps

• Books come to Google Play in five South American countries

• Google expands in-depth article search results, makes it easier to explore relevant topics

• Google voice search on Android and iOS now speaks French, German and Japanese

• Google now lets you download your Gmail and Calendar data

• Google invites Glass Explorer Edition owners to upgrade their eyewear

• Google Knowledge Graph now helps your car shopping with prices and stats

• Google Wallet for iOS update allows adding cards with your smartphone camera, single sign-on compatibility

• Google rolls out extra password security to Chrome for Windows

• Google's next big project is robots, from the man who brought you Android

• Google Calendar updated with Maps location autocomplete and improved events searching

• Google creating a tool to port Chrome apps to Android and iOS

• Square absorbs Viewfinder team, picks up some ex-Googlers in the process

• Google adds Game of Thrones and other hit HBO shows to the UK Play Store

• Google Play Music app officially arrives on Glass

Laptops (5)

• Dell unveils education-focused Chromebook 11, arriving in January for under $300

• Dell's first Chromebook is destined for schools

• HP intros EliteBook Folio 1040 G1 business Ultrabook, refreshes its Revolve convertible with LTE

• MSI reveals two GT60 laptops with 3K displays

• Panasonic adding Haswell and LTE to its Toughbook CF-C2 convertible

Lifestyle (4)

• Thor's Asgardian allies join the fight in Lego Marvel Super Heroes DLC

• Happy holidays from Blizzard

• Payday 2 'Charlie Santa' Heist DLC drops in time for the holidays

• PSA: Saints Row 4 'How the Saints Save Christmas' DLC out now

Meta (2)

• Facebook enables auto-playing News Feed videos in iOS app

• Facebook hires NYU professor to lead its artificial intelligence efforts

Microsoft (31)

• Microsoft reportedly talking to Sony about Windows Phone launch in 2014

• Hello Games not insured for flood damage, Microsoft's Phil Spencer 'going to look into' situation

• Microsoft connects Windows 8 for PCs, phones with new Solitaire, Minesweeper and Mahjong

• Endangered species get helping hand from Microsoft, Zoo Tycoon

• Microsoft Office 2011: Unattended download and installation

• Microsoft's Project Siena lets you create Windows apps with ease

• Microsoft pulls Surface Pro 2 update after reports of battery and installation problems

• Microsoft releases standalone Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps for Windows Phone 8

• Former Microsoft Office exec Kurt DelBene will rebuild HealthCare.gov

• Microsoft will have a new CEO 'in the early part of 2014'

• Microsoft set to launch original programming for Xbox One in early 2014

• Bing broadens Snapshot to include TED Talks, famous speeches and more straight from the results page

• Qualcomm COO reportedly added to Microsoft's list of potential Ballmer successors

• Microsoft joins the FIDO Alliance to put an end to passwords

• Microsoft rolls out tool that makes it easier to switch to Outlook from Gmail

• Microsoft updates Photosynth with ultra high-resolution and 360-degree objects

• Microsoft accounts now let you flag suspicious activity before it's a problem

• Microsoft revamps Bing for iPad

• Bing for Android now refreshes your wallpaper once a day

• Microsoft closes Victoria studio, moves development to Vancouver

• Microsoft Research and University of Melbourne open center to study social natural interfaces

• Bing Maps Preview showcases new mapping experience 'built from the ground up' for Windows 8.1

• Microsoft's immediate plans against NSA 'threat': court challenges, encryption and transparency

• Switched On: Banishing Bing

• Microsoft's Nokia acquisition now a done deal with final EU approval

• Report: 'Threshold' updates to unify Windows, Xbox One platforms

• Microsoft's Studio 99 marries art and science, inspires Kinect tools for non developers (video)

• NORAD and Microsoft team on a touch-friendly Santa Claus web tracker

• Microsoft launches Student Advantage program, brings free Office access to 35,000 schools around the world

• With the DOJ's approval, Microsoft-Nokia deal is one step closer to reality

• Next Windows release reportedly codenamed 'Threshold,' set to further unify Microsoft operating systems

Mobile (42)

• Nokia wins German injunction banning HTC Android devices

• Carrier site helps Americans watch out for data-hungry mobile apps

• SoftBank reportedly closing in on purchase of T-Mobile

• Sony starts rolling out Android 4.3 to the Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z

• T-Mobile prepaid offering free data... but only to access Facebook

• AT&T echoes Verizon with plans to publish reports on law enforcement data requests

• Tizen ready to unveil its newest devices in February at Mobile World Congress

• iPod continues to dominate dying portable media player market

• Select Ting customers can now enjoy Sprint's Spark LTE

• Delta CEO says cellphone calls aren't welcome on Delta flights even if FCC rules change

• You may be able to make in-flight calls next year, but not on Delta

• Dish and Sprint to trial fixed LTE broadband in Texas

• Why AT&T should stop whining about carrier subsidies

• AT&T signs deal with EE to offer 4G data roaming in the UK

• Sprint's LTE rollout gains momentum with addition of 70 new markets

• FCC FTW: wireless telcos agree to more consumer-friendly phone unlocking policies

• O2 reprices 4G contracts, 1GB plans now start at £17 per month

• Alliance for Wireless Power introduces Rezence as its consumer-friendly brand

• UK mobile phone users to get free 0800 calls by mid-2015

• AT&T CEO: We can't afford to subsidize smartphones indefinitely

• T-Mobile eliminates down payments on some iPhone models for the holidays

• NYC mayor unveils plans for massive free public WiFi network in Harlem

• Sony Xperia Z Ultra and LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play editions officially ready to order on Play Store

• Qualcomm releases proximity beacons that track Android and iOS shoppers

• AT&T strikes deal to offer LTE data roaming in Canada

• Square reveals thinner and more accurate mobile credit card reader

• C Spire kicks off pre-registration for its Mississippi gigabit fiber service

• T-Mobile boosts LTE network speeds in Dallas using MetroPCS spectrum (updated)

• FCC's wireless spectrum auction delayed to 2015 to prep bidding infrastructure

• Gazelle saw iPad and iPhone trade-ins jump on Black Friday

• T-Mobile to launch data-free $35 Unlimited Talk and Text plan on December 8th

• Verizon quietly expands LTE capacity and speeds in select cities

• Bluetooth 4.1 to offer improved connections, will be available on existing iOS devices

• AT&T introduces Mobile Share Value plans

• ASUS's 4.3-inch PadFone Mini to debut in Taiwan next week

• AT&T's lower off-contract pricing and revamped Mobile Share plans launch next week

• Three UK switches on its 4G network, gives users free calls, text and data in the US

• China finally grants 4G licenses, but still no iPhone deal for China Mobile

• Three UK offers free data, text and calls while roaming in the USA

• EE's UK LTE network goes live in 10 others areas, coming to 19 more by Christmas

• UK carriers agree to cap bills on lost and stolen cellphones

• Consumer Cellular to offer iPhone to seniors on December 13

News (203)

• Daily Update for December 31, 2013

• News Roundup for December 31

• The Queue: The end of the year

• TiVo co-founders joining forces for yet another set-top box

• Just 24 hours left to win a Sony Xperia Tablet Z, QX10 camera and other great prizes in our holiday giveaway!

• Afternoon news roundup for December 30, 2013

• Daily Roundup: Tech's biggest misfires, Samsung's 110-inch UHDTV, 2013 in review and more!

• Daily Update for December 30, 2013

• New York celebrates a decade of independent design

• The biggest stories of 2013: Console wars, Bitcoin's boom and the NSA's very bad year

• 2013 Rumor Retrospective: 'All the leaks were...'

• Archos previews connected home, health monitoring devices ahead of CES

• Morning news roundup for December 30, 2013

• Tech's biggest misfires of 2013

• Talkcast live at 10 pm ET: Chat along with the show!

• Time Machines: Casio gets smart at CES 2000

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: 2013 the Warrior way

• The Queue: Bub log

• WRUP: Look guys I finally found another picture of a man with a hat edition

• Afternoon news roundup for December 27, 2013

• UPS and FedEx buckle under holiday load, leaving retailers and families in the lurch

• Daily Update for December 27, 2013

• Engadget Podcast 374 - 12.26.13

• Storyboard: Working without /random

• Twenty developers you don't know, but should

• Bitcoin exchanges shut down after threat from India's central bank

• Morning news roundup for December 27, 2013

• News roundup for December 26, 2013

• Daily Update for December 26, 2013

• Add your new toys to your Engadget profile

• Mr. Postman launches smart mailbox Kickstarter campaign

• Help Blizzard Software Engineer Ron Nakada beat cancer

• TUAW TV Live: Holiday Hangout with Doc, 5 pm ET

• Five tech things you can do for your family today

• TUAW TV Live, 5 pm ET: Hanging out for the holidays

• Breakfast Topic: What was under your tree?

• Engadget Eurocast 049 Christmas Edition - 12.25.13

• Among the Sleep dev timelapse sheds light on shadowy corners

• News roundup for December 24, 2013

• The Soapbox: The horror of embargoes

• The Queue: Oh my hero

• You have a week left to enter our holiday giveaway with prizes from Sony!

• Happy holidays from the TUAW staff

• Breakfast Topic: What do you want to see under the tree?

• Afternoon news roundup for December 23, 2013

• Daily Update for December 23, 2013

• Changes at TUAW for 2014

• Morning news roundup for December 23, 2013

• Rumor Roundup: An analyst who actually analyzes

• Wikipedia adds Draft feature to ease pressure on article writers

• Stiq Figures, December 9 - 15: Holiday highlights edition

• WRUP: A gift for a leader

• NYC lumps electronic cigarettes with tobacco-filled brethren, bans vaping in public places

• The Queue: In which Sacco was busy doing something super important

• WRUP: Festivus is almost here edition

• Feedback Loop: computer names, Google Hangout alternatives, cord-cutting and more

• The Daily Grind: Are you talkative in random groups?

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 12: This one is downright eggcellent

• Storyboard: You ruined your own event

• Daily Update for December 20, 2013

• Rhode Island governor calls Project Copernicus 'a lot of junk'

• The Queue: Malibu Sylvie

• Last day to order CleverCards for Christmas delivery

• British Library's web domain archive is now available, just not on the web

• Where there's a Spark Digital, there's Lightning

• Switched On: What's become of the $100 laptop

• UK adult content filters inadvertently block online education and medical resources

• LG's webOS Smart TV tipped to arrive at CES

• British Airways now allows electronics use during takeoff and landing

• Sony QX lens cameras get full HD video capture and boosted ISO in new firmware (update: available)

• Daily Update for December 18, 2013

• TUAW TV Live: 4th anniversary show

• Heartwarming Apple story of the month

• Tips for getting customer support live chat working smoothly

• 3D Systems buys a piece of Xerox to expand 3D-printing empire

• Introducing the new Joystiq Code of Conduct and Community Manager

• Engadget Eurocast 048 - 12.17.13

• The Queue: Silence

• NES Remix mixes up 16 games, available starting today on Wii U eShop

• 'Hyrule Warriors' 3D action game announced for Wii U [Update: Trailer added]

• The Daily Grind: What awesome feature was ruined by its cost?

• Daily Roundup: Samsung's sound lab, the gadgets of 2013, HFR movies and more!

• Griffin wants to dress your iPhone 5/5s in Harris Tweed

• BACtrack iPhone breathalyzer could save your life this holiday season

• Daily Update for December 17, 2013

• On The Gadget Table: the products that defined 2013

• Brad McQuaid delays Kickstarter until January

• The Soapbox: There's nothing wrong with easy

• Fully wearable Iron Man Mark III suit is made to 3D printed order for $35,000

• Alcohoot smartphone breathalyzer shipping now for $119

• Edward Snowden reminds the world that he's still homeless

• Breakfast Topic: Where are the chairs?

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 8: An iPad your dog can really sink its teeth into

• TUG gets a new website

• Daily Update for December 16, 2013

• Random Acts of Uberness: The secret of lending a hand

• San Francisco starts offering free WiFi, but only on Market Street

• Cyrus Lyric plays high-grade audio from seemingly any source

• The Queue: You're imagining things

• Breakfast Topic: What class are you missing?

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Lickspittle-Leech

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: 'Saltygloo,' 3D-printed lingerie and a Christmas tree made from 365 wooden sleighs

• One Shots: Breaking news

• Recommended Reading: inside a sexcam studio, the death of a content farm

• The Queue: Saturday the 14th

• WRUP: Happy happy happy happy edition

• New BMW M4, Ford Mustang get their first drive in Gran Turismo and Need for Speed

• Daily Roundup: New Nexus 5 hardware, Amazon Pantry, next-gen console sales and more!

• Storyboard: Don't fight with /random

• This cooking pot can charge your iPhone

• Daily Update for December 13, 2013

• Project Copernicus remains unsold at auction

• Lomography's Petzval lens ships to Kickstarter backers, pre-order it now for $599

• The Queue: Chilled

• What are glyphs, how can I get them, and why do I want them?

• Daily Update for December 12, 2013

• Get three free Fallouts today in GOG's Winter Sale

• Who are you pretending to be?

• The Queue: Breaking The Chains

• Blockbuster UK closing remaining stores

• Portabliss: The Walk

• Engadget UK Giveaway: Win a Samsung NX2000 courtesy of Ebuyer.com

• Engadget HD Podcast 378 - 12.11.13

• TUAW TV Live: 'Twas two weeks before Christmas...

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas begins assaulting citizens tomorrow

• Daily Update for December 11, 2013

• Monument Valley finds beauty in impossibility, beta sign ups now

• Google Drive Sheets gets offline document creation and editing, speedier calculations, smoother scrolling

• The Queue: Written from an icebox

• Engadget Eurocast 047 - 12.10.13

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 2: Some refrigerator magnets to take you back in time

• US military is using iPad gamers to find bugs in its code

• Twitch exceeds charity milestones, raises $90K for Typhoon Haiyan relief

• Daily Update for December 10, 2013

• Nintendo declares National StreetPass Weekend on Dec. 14-15

• Seattle's high-speed internet project delayed due to money problems

• LG, Sharp, Qualcomm and others team up to make your house even smarter

• Want to know what Scott Forstall has been up to?

• Daily Roundup: Home theater holiday gift guide, Ubisoft's Snowdrop engine, NSA Xbox Live spying and more!

• Officers' Quarters: 20-man misconceptions

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 1: An iPhone flask and a holiday hangover

• Daily Update for December 9, 2013

• Drama Mamas: Giving up on the team that gives up the farm

• Rumor Roundup: Opinions are like *censored*

• Hour of Code campaign teaches programming in 30,000 US schools (video)

• The Queue: Ducks that dress better than me

• Halo: Spartan Assault hits Xbox One on Dec. 24, Xbox 360 in January

• Stiq Figures, November 25 - December 1: Brings me back edition

• The Queue: Short

• One Shots: The storm has passed

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: eco-friendly Christmas trees, Kingdom of Erebor Lego replica and a ring that translates sign language

• Breakfast Topic: What's your biggest fan moment?

• Game of Thrones game from Telltale announced

• Elijah Wood joins the cast of Broken Age, first half coming in January

• WRUP: 'tis the season

• Atari earns court approval to emerge from bankruptcy

• Caturday: Lulù gets an upgrade

• WRUP: Happy non-panicked-shopping weekend edition

• Breakfast Topic: The things you regret losing

• Stick it to the Man reaches its pink spaghetti arm to Steam this month

• Storyboard: Why am I still here?

• Black Friday shoppers, we are sorry

• Daily Update for December 6, 2013

• Supreme Court could produce meaningful patent reform in abstract software case

• Spotify ups its game, plans to offer free on-demand music for mobile

• Engadget Eurocast 046 - 12.5.13

• Last chance to enter the turkey day video contest with FilmThis

• 23andMe stops selling DNA health tests following FDA crackdown (updated)

• Nikon takes first blood against Polaroid's knock-off J1

• HiSense unveils Android-powered H6 Smart TVs and Pulse PRO set-top box

• Stardock creates staffing company to avoid cyclical layoffs

• iSmartAlarm updates its iOS-friendly home security system

• Daily Update for December 5, 2013

• Final Fantasy 8 finds romance, action on Steam

• Smart Power Strip now works with SmartThings WiFi hub to keep your home always connected

• China warns banks against using Bitcoin

• The end draws near for Blockbuster UK, 62 more stores closed

• UK giveaway: Win a Cube 3D printer courtesy of Cartridgediscount.co.uk

• Daily Roundup: Andy Rubin's Google robotics, Microsoft completes Nokia acquisition and more!

• TUAW TV Live: Holiday gifting episode

• Engadget HD Podcast 377 - 12.3.13

• Daily Update for December 4, 2013

• Join us at Engadget Live in San Francisco this Thursday!

• Like Counter Pro is totally probably going to lead to people stealing iPads

• LG's AllJoyn support will let you control Smart TVs from any device

• Time is running out to tell us your holiday IT stories

• Feedback and what it does and doesn't do

• Daily Update for December 3, 2013

• Project Spark closed beta begins today on Windows 8.1

• PayPal starts selling iTunes digital gift cards, sells out of $15, $25 options immediately

• Breakfast Topic: Have you ever been first?

• The Daily Grind: How do you sustain your interest during lulls?

• Canon's EOS M2 mirrorless camera promises double the focusing speed of the original

• Frozen Endzone beta begins December 5, takes the field in new trailer

• Daily Update for December 2, 2013

• The Queue: Rolling into Monday

• The Daily Grind: Are you participating in Cyber Monday?

• Stiq Figures, November 18 - 24: I was wrong edition

• Warhammer 40K: Space Wolf howls in on Q2 2014

• Paradise Lost makes contact with double its requested funding

• The Queue: An ongoing debate

• A guide to street photography: Gavin Harrison's smartphone art

• Time Machines: Dial-a-tune

Nintendo (47)

• Nintendo put limits on 3DS StreetPass sharing so it can add features later

• Sega considering more free-to-play games for 3DS beyond Initial D

• Notch: 'No current plans' for Minecraft on Wii U

• North American, European eShops to close temporarily again [update]

• Bravely producer wants a new Bravely every year

• Nintendo eShop going offline until tomorrow morning to fix connection woes

• Rocky Japanese debut delays Western Pokémon Bank release

• Nintendo Network stutters under holiday traffic, Pokemon Bank and Transporter delayed

• Princess Zelda, Rainbow Road unwrapped for Super Smash Bros.

• Funky Kong returns in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

• Nintendo now selling 'high-capacity' Wii U GamePad battery

• Nintendo's high-capacity Wii U GamePad battery comes to the US, $32 for 8 hours of playtime

• Europeans, whistle for Super Mario Bros. 3 on eShop next week

• Super Joystiq Podcast 078: The Room Two, Device 6, Nintendo announcements, Assassin's Creed 4

• Nintendo warming up to iOS for 'little experiences'

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Castlevania, Streets of Rage 3D, Knytt Underground

• Nintendo Direct round-up: Hyrule Warriors, Dr. Luigi, free Celebi Pokemon

• Use Pokemon Bank by September 30, get free Celebi

• Kirby: Triple Deluxe includes Kirby Fighters, Dedede's Drum Dash modes

• Wii Sports Club adds Golf

• Mega Man X, Game Boy Mega Man $2 each on eShop through Wednesday

• How to Survive still in the works for Wii U, set for 2014 launch

• Heartwarming Pokemon comic will make you experience all the feels

• Pokemon X/Y patch fixes exploits, uses flying type on bugs

• Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen soundtracks now on iTunes

• Wii U Virtual Console games added to Club Nintendo Rewards

• Pokemon FireRed, LeafGreen soundtracks on iTunes, rest to come next year

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Rush, Double Dragon, more Sega 3D Classics

• Sonic: Lost World update adjusts difficulty, adds extra lives

• Nintendo offering refurbished Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk for $20

• 3DS update is live, adds support for Miiverse, combined eShop balances

• Nintendo finally updates 3DS with Miiverse, Nintendo Network ID support and unified eShop wallet

• The Legend of Zelda: A link to the plushie

• Bravely Second details attend magic university

• Nintendo eShop down for maintenance until 8 p.m. PST tonight

• Europe's eShop update Links to a Past Zelda on Wii U

• The Queue: If you need me I'll be in Hyrule

• Call of Duty: Ghosts patched on Wii U, GamePad Scoreboard introduced

• Super Joystiq Podcast 076: Super Mario 3D World, Zelda 3DS, Need for Speed Rivals

• New Nintendo eShop Releases: 3D Sonic, 3D Altered Beast, Donkey Kong sale

• Bravely Default sequel adds new character to a familiar world

• Nintendo's first 2DS bundles include Pokemon, arrive December 6th for $150

• Pokemon X/Y 2DS $150 bundles announced, available later this week

• Mario and Luigi get a Nintendo 3DS XL bundle in silver, shipping now for $200

• Mario and Luigi 3DS XL bundle out now for $200

• YouTube finally arrives on Nintendo 3DS with ironic lack of 3D playback support

• Sega to continue 3D Classics series on 3DS, US release depends on sales

PC Gaming (320)

• Q-Games' income reportedly doubled by Steam Holiday Sale

• The best of WoW Insider: December 2013

• Celebrating the New Year in World of Warcraft

• Hyperspace Beacon: The rest of SWTOR's year-end report

• Bridging the gap between casual and pro at the Chicago Dota 2 Winter Open

• Around Azeroth: Ma'am, can you identify this reindeer?

• Breakfast Topic: What's your greatest WoW achievement?

• The WoW Insider Show LIVE!

• WoW Moviewatch: World of Warcraft lore lesson 84: Winter Veil

• Warlords of Draenor: No primary stat gems

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 326

• Officers' Quarters: Humbling Hellscream

• Steam adds Outlast, GTA 4, Metro to Holiday Sale, breaks 7.6 million concurrent users

• Chaos Theory: Cramming your Krampus in before TSW's holidays end

• There's nothing happening in Karazhan

• Designing Star Citizen's MISC Freelancer

• The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar's year in review

• Around Azeroth: Dinosaurs invade the Vale

• EVE Evolved: Designing EVE Onland, part 1

• Wowhead catalogs pop culture in WoW

• Breakfast Topic: Things you just can't bother to do in WoW

• WoW Rookie Guide updated with what to do at level 90 section

• Norrathian Notebook: EQII's new Frostfell experience

• The Road to Mordor: Lord of the Ring Online's roadmap for 2014

• Steam Holiday Sale Day 11, 12 posts suggest future savings

• Around Azeroth: To the Lizard King, people are strange

• The Stream Team: Questing through TERA's dead zone

• The Stream Team: Tis the season for World of Warcraft dungeons

• Reminder: It came from the Blog's Winter Veil 2013 is tomorrow

• WoW Moviewatch: The Spirit of Winter's Veil

• Steam Holiday Sale day 9: Don't Starve, Assassin's Creed 4, Portal 2

• Around Azeroth: Like a surgeon

• The Repopulation returns to Kickstarter, launches Steam Greenlight campaign

• The Summoner's Guidebook: The allure of new LoL champions

• WoW Moviewatch: The Madness of Winters Veil

• 15 Minutes of Fame: Where are they now? WoW personalities, 2008-2012

• Know Your Lore: Lore summed up part 2 - The Burning Crusade

• Steam Holiday Sale day 8: Hotline Miami, DMC, Dark Souls, Gone Home [update]

• "Invincible" and other great WoW arrangements by June Lee

• Around Azeroth: Viva la lucha libre!

• Breakfast Topic: The creepiest places in WoW

• Free for All: Revisiting EVE Online's newbie tutorial

• Choose My Adventure: Life as an Arisen in Allods Online

• It came from the Blog: Join us for Winter Veil 2013

• Around Azeroth: Fairytale of Orgrimmar

• The best of WoW Insider: May 2013

• En Masse recaps TERA's 2013, looks to 2014

• WoW Moviewatch: Here Comes Dinosaur

• Lichborne: Learning to live with 3 weird death knight quirks

• Hyperspace Beacon: 'Twas the night before Sithmas and all through SWTOR...

• Around Azeroth: Tyrande got run over by a reindeer

• The Nexus Telegraph: Examining the Aurin of WildStar

• WoW Moviewatch: ANN: Winter Veil Special

• World of Tanks update brings Japanese armor

• The best of WoW Insider: April 2013

• Steam Holiday Sale day five: Splinter Cell, Borderlands 2, Amnesia

• Community Blog Topic Results: World of Warcraft expansion ideas

• Chaos Theory: Why TSW's Orochi have an uphill battle for respectability

• Guild Wars 2 video thanks players and reminisces about 2013

• The Queue: Guessing the Warlords of Draenor release date

• Around Azeroth: On the seventh day of Winter Veil my true love gave to me a bunch of pandas in mom jeans

• The best of WoW Insider: March 2013

• EVE Evolved: Unleash your inner space janitor

• Hearthstone open beta pushed to 2014, closed beta opt-in still possible

• Rise and Shiny: Aura Kingdom

• Around Azeroth: Rockin' around the potted plant

• Sevencore is back and in beta

• The best of WoW Insider: February 2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Part of Your Guild

• Around Azeroth: It's a Christmas ganking, Charlie Brown

• Double XP now live in EverQuest II

• WoW Moviewatch: Quest

• SWTOR gives Galactic Starfighter crew member bios

• Camelot Unchained producer: 'Be excited. Be very excited.'

• Time-traveling mech puzzler Reset will support Oculus Rift

• Mortal Online overhauls characters and armor visuals

• EverQuest Next Landmark shows off its first building blocks

• WoW Archivist: The crashin' thrashin' history of Winter Veil

• The Division will be optimized for PC, not a port

• Star Citizen livestream happening right now, and Massively's liveblogging it

• SWTOR on its second anniversary: Winning an uphill battle

• EverQuest Producer's letter talks race/class combos, scaled Heroic Adventures

• Amazon: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance hits PC in January

• ANet talks GW2's Job-o-Tron, uses the word 'accoutrements' in a sentence

• EverQuest Next Landmark alpha coming 'last half of January'

• WoW Moviewatch: The Goblin Who Stole Winter Veil

• Wowhead introduces new sound database

• Pick up MMOs on the cheap in Steam's holiday sale

• Hearthstone open beta pushed into 2014

• The Stanley Parable gets a new cubicle on Mac

• MechWarrior Online's Bullock on golden mechs and future content

• HearthStone open beta delayed, closed beta invites sent out

• Steam kicks off holiday sale with BioShock, Batman, more

• Scattered Shots: Macro your hunter

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Picking a role in League of Legends

• Early Valve Steam Machine easily torn down by team iFixit

• Darkfall gets emotes, chat bubbles, deployable cannons

• Heroes of the Storm Developer Q&A highlights

• Hearthstone: Mage nerfs in latest patch

• WoW Moviewatch: Jingle Bells - Warlords of Draenor

• Choose My Adventure: Against Allods

• In Soviet Russia, ArcheAge betas you!

• Know Your Lore: Lore summed up part 1 - Classic WoW

• Gone Home, Europa Universalis 4, more discounted in Humble Store Winter Sale

• Siege of Orgrimmar: 14 is not the magic number

• The Aethertech class will debut with Aion's Steel Cavalry expansion

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 325

• RIFT celebrates Fae Yule with festivities

• Around Azeroth: So this is Christmas?

• Breakfast Topic: Bizarre WoW dreams

• Steam adds VR support category, Oculus Rift games now easier to find

• Lichborne: Things to do until Warlords of Draenor drops

• O:MFG! It's another PlanetSide 2 performance patch

• WoW Moviewatch: Ya I'm On It

• Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR year-end report on PvP

• Totem Talk: For the Love of Healing set bonuses in Siege of Orgrimmar

• Warhammer Online offers partial refunds

• Heroes of the Storm Live Q&A with the developers

• GeForce Experience update brings Twitch game streaming

• Around Azeroth: Unholy temptations

• Now you can search Steam by games with virtual reality headset support

• Lord of the Rings Online forgoes expansions in 2014

• Flameseeker Chronicles: We will control Guild Wars 2's horizontal and the vertical

• Dota 2 drops sign-ups, now available to all

• Typing of the Dead: Overkill half-off Steam sale plus a filthy DLC pack

• Here's the skinny on SWTOR's Life Day seasonal event

• Battlefield 4 PC update eliminates kill trading

• Winter Veil begins today, December 16

• WoW Moviewatch: Operation MMORPG

• Star Trek Online getting another expansion 'late in 2014'

• The WoW Insider Show LIVE!

• DayZ standalone releases alpha on Steam

• Guild Wars 2 players pledge oath to game in video

• Chaos Theory: A few useful mods for The Secret World

• Preview the Warlords of Draenor soundtrack

• MechWarrior Online's clan warfare bundles now available for pre-order

• The Nexus Telegraph: Talking a bit about WildStar's beta

• Women are a major marketing target for Ever, Jane

• ArcheAge Korea trailer confirms library dungeon

• Around Azeroth: Pandora's guild chest

• Know Your Lore: Mists lore and the art of storytelling

• EVE Evolved: Three exploitable game features

• WoW Moviewatch: How to Tell if Your Alterac Valley Will Fail

• What a Steam Machine looks like

• Star Wars: The Old Republic reveals second anniversary rewards

• DIY your own draenei holiday cookies with Manalicious

• Steam Machine beta testers start receiving hardware, teasing the less fortunate

• Heading out of town for the holidays? Don't get locked out of WoW!

• Community Blog Topic: Pitch your World of Warcraft expansion

• Feast of Winter Veil begins on Monday

• The Road to Mordor: Still waiting for (better) housing in LotRO

• Around Azeroth: Turtles for the unethical treatment of hunters

• Wasteland 2 hits Steam Early Access with Butchers of Arizona trailer

• Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure now on Steam

• SteamOS now available for download

• What was the worst of Mists of Pandaria?

• Valve's SteamOS is ready to download -- only Linux vets are encouraged to apply

• World of Warcraft, complexity, and design vs. sprawl

• Cliff Bleszinski wants to do an arena shooter on PC

• PlanetSide 2 offers massive deals for the holidays

• Neverwinter's Winter Festival is on deck for December 19th

• Second Wind Roundtable: The final days of Warhammer Online

• PSA: Tiny Brains out now on Steam, 30 percent off until December 18 [Update]

• Around Azeroth: The truth behind Mystery Meat

• WoW Moviewatch: Tunnel Snakes Rule

• Steam Early Access adds Secrets of Raetikon on January 7

• Silence: The Whispered World 2 arriving in late 2014 on PC and Mac

• The Witness adds Oculus Rift, 3D TV support

• Proteus patch brings PlayStation content to PC

• The Summoner's Guidebook: When in LoL history has support been first pick?

• Wurm Online launches new loyalty bonus program

• EU Connected Realms update released

• Wasteland 2 beta open to backers; Steam Early Access arrives tomorrow

• Razer Comms for Android keeps in-game chat alive when you leave your PC

• WoW Moviewatch: Blow vs Garrosh Hellscream

• Guild Wars 2 dev blog explains WvW matchup system changes

• LotRO begins selling instant level 50 characters

• The next game from Braid's creator supports the Oculus Rift

• US Connected Realms schedule updated with 15 new connections

• WoW-Playing Actress Michele Morrow: Less Sylvanas, more chaotically awesome

• Perfect World International's New Horizons expansion launches December 18th

• Korean StarCraft pro among first foreign eSports competitors to obtain athletic visa

• Around Azeroth: These foolish games

• Massively previews WildStar's character creation, housing, Engineer, and Medic

• Here's how RIFT's weather works

• The Stream Team: Healing heroics in World of Warcraft

• Free for All: Two weeks on a private Infestation server

• Potentials and pitfalls of Warlords of Draenor's proposed gearing system

• WoW Moviewatch: The Applause

• Valve's SteamOS will be available for individuals and OEMs on December 13th

• Steam Machines ship to beta participants on Friday

• Know Your Lore: The draenei and deep time

• Lord of the Rings Online offers a two-week VIP bonus for subscriptions

• Digital Storm teases hybrid Steam Machine, reveals $1,469 starting price and not much else

• EVE Online's PLEX for GOOD drive raised over $190K to aid The Philippines

• Warlords of Draenor: The return of hard heroic 5-mans?

• EverQuest Next Landmark beta keys available in US PC Gamer

• The Novelist launches on Steam today at a discounted price

• World of Warcraft: Paragons release date announced

• SOE patches Vanguard database fixes, eyes Cave of Wonders

• Around Azeroth: Fist-cubes of fury

• Warhammer Online tribute video takes the bloody cake

• Jon Stewart slams the NSA with World of Warcraft

• World of Warcraft in-game store goes live

• WoW Insider Show Episode 324: The Ghostcrawler Interview

• EverQuest Next to feature a moddable UI

• Hyperspace Beacon: Leveling to max in SWTOR in less than a day

• The Soapbox: World of Warcraft isn't back, and that's fine

• Battlefield 4 PC update addresses server crashes, frame rate issues [Update: Issues tracker added]

• Flameseeker Chronicles: The trouble with Scarlet in Guild Wars 2

• Upcoming EverQuest Next Landmark livestream will discuss harvesting

• Age of Wushu introducing school betrayals

• EVE Online adds Twitch.tv integration

• Space MMO Entropy hits Steam's Early Access

• The WoW Insider Show LIVE with Ghostcrawler

• WoW Moviewatch: Returning WoW Players

• Blade & Soul surpasses 1.8 million concurrent users in China

• Hearthstone upcoming changes

• Camelot Unchained Q&A talks box copies, name reservations, and stretch goals

• Dota 2's Frostivus celebration is coming

• The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar's last two classes

• New Frontiers revamp coming to Dark Age of Camelot

• Breakfast Topic: What's on your Mists of Pandaria bucket list?

• Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Alternate Azeroth

• EVE Evolved: Lowsec isn't impenetrable

• Arma 3 modding contest involves pool of €500,000, potential contracts

• WoW Moviewatch: Broken Hearted 2

• Around Azeroth: Nice day for a Horde wedding

• The Tattered Notebook: EverQuest Next roundtable roundup, take two

• The Light and How to Swing It: Tanking tactics for the penultimate five bosses of Siege of Orgrimmar

• Around Azeroth: Smoke on the water

• Archlord sunsetting on January 1st

• PSA: Free Baktrian faction invades Total War: Rome 2

• More Star Citizen features mean more devs, Roberts says

• Warlords of Draenor: Blizzard's Group Finder will allow leaders to filter applicants

• WoW Moviewatch: The Culling of Arthas

• Safeguard yourself against WeakAuras gold exploit

• Massively's exclusive sneak peek of RIFT 2.6: Dreamweaving, Fae Yule, and the state of the game

• WoW Archivist: 2.4 patch notes

• Star Citizen's first round of guild functionality scheduled for January

• WoW Archivist: Patch 2.4 -- Fury of the Sunwell

• New video explores EverQuest Next Landmark's world and features

• Lime Odyssey to shut down in Korea... again

• How to recruit your friends into WoW for big bonuses

• Episodic XBLIG platformer Oozi: Earth Adventure collected on Steam

• My Warlords of Draenor PvP wishlist, and looking back at Mists

• Around Azeroth: The unwinged threat

• Steam weekend: Sonic & All-Stars, War of the Vikings free to play

• Marvel Puzzle Quest free-to-play on Steam, boosted by priced packs

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Evelynn, League of Legends' new top jungler

• Clarifications on Cross-Realm raiding and Warlords' Group Finder

• WoW Moviewatch: Time of Our Lives

• DayZ alpha will be an actual alpha

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 323

• League of Legends contract for 2014 prevents streaming of other games

• Allods Online unleashes the Wind of Changes today

• PlanetSide vs. PlanetSide 2: The key differences

• How the Sha of Happiness conquered BlizzCon 2013

• Neverwinter's Shadowmantle launches with new class, zone, and more

• The Queue: Stormwind, glyphs, old dungeons, and future expansions

• Steam Greenlights 100 more: Light, Probably Archery, EvilQuest, Saturday Morning RPG

• The Bureau: XCOM Declassified out now on Mac

• Payday 2 on Steam introduces Gage: the weapons dealer DLC

• Velocity Ultra enters Steam's orbit on December 12

• Community Blog Topic Results: What are you doing while you wait for Warlords of Draenor?

• WoW Moviewatch: Back to the Draenor

• Epic celestial adventure game Starbound enters open beta today

• NVIDIA GRID cloud gaming service now in open beta for Shield owners in Northern California

• Encrypted Text: What rogue changes should Warlords of Draenor bring?

• World of Warcraft livestreamer detained by police during livestream

• EVE Online's New Eden Open II boasts $25,000 prize pool

• RIFT shows off its customer service department

• Warlords of Draenor: What CC needs to be cut?

• Choose My Adventure: Neverending Neverwinter story

• Wintersday livestream to offer sneak peek into Guild Wars 2's new content

• Patch 5.4.2 PTR: The mystery of the Karazhan phase

• Breakfast Topic: Your luckiest WoW moment

• Valve now a card-carrying member of The Linux Foundation, 'one of many ways Valve is investing in the advancement of Linux gaming'

• Know Your Lore: The mysteries of Draenor

• EVE dev blog explores balancing player load

• WoW Moviewatch: The Devil's Gun prelude

• World of Warplanes Flight School #4 explains ammo and consumables

• Just Cause 2 gets multiplayer mod on Steam December 16 [Update]

• Jukebox Heroes: Star Wars Galaxies' soundtrack

• Path of Exile going strong a month after launch

• Hyperspace Beacon: Should you subscribe for SWTOR Galactic Starfighter?

• Dungeons & Dragons Online looks back at 2013 and forward to 2014

• Flameseeker Chronicles: November is controversy month in Guild Wars 2

• Around Azeroth: I wanna be your sledgehammer

• Star Wars: The Old Republic launches Galactic Starfighter for subscribers

• Early beta access a perk of Aura Kingdom Founder's Packs

• August Celestials hotfixed to accomodate smaller groups

• WildStar unveils its final two classes

• The Gaul of this new Total War: Rome 2 expansion

• Chaos Theory: A Secret World lexicon

• Nvidia Shield ups PC streaming to 1080p, adds button mapping options

• Raegwyn caps MoP content with solo Dark Animus kill

• Captain's Log: Fleets for new players in Star Trek Online

• The Stream Team: Space mining in EVE Online

• The WoW Insider Show LIVE!

• SOE planning 'additional personal progression systems' for PlanetSide 2

• WoW Moviewatch: Crossing the Chain

• Rymdkapsel sells 200K, enhanced PC version launching in January

• Ashes Cricket 2013 pulled from Steam, publisher issuing refunds

• Warlords of Draenor: All health will come from Stamina

• Neverwinter announces Hunter Ranger booster pack

• The Nexus Telegraph: Examining the Chua of WildStar

• Age of Conan to receive some new world bosses

• Lineage 2 launching Valiance expansion December 11th

• NVIDIA's Shield now streams PC games to your TV in 1080p, has new control mapping capabilities

• China gets late Christmas present of new ArcheAge beta

• Around Azeroth: Pretty drakes all in a row

• Steam rises to 7 million concurrent users over holiday weekend

• Steam sets a new record as over 7 million gamers log in at once

• EVE Evolved: Donate your old spaceships to charity

• WoW Moviewatch: Varian defeats Vol'jin

• Community Blog Topic: What are you doing between now and Warlords of Draenor?

• Massively unboxes EVE Online's Collector's Edition

• Around Azeroth: I believe you have my stapler

• Breakfast Topic: How have you celebrated your Pilgrim's Bounty?

PlayStation (77)

• The Last of Us survivor makes GLAAD intriguing LGBT characters of 2013 list

• PlayStation Plus lays up Urban Trial Freestyle on Vita today

• IRL: A look back at the original PlayStation Vita

• Joystiq Streams: Blazing out of 2013 with Battlefield 4 on PlayStation 4

• Vidzone brings free music-video streaming to PS4

• Alchemy RPG Atelier Ayesha Plus heads to Vita in March for Japan

• Sony dropping online play for Gran Turismo 5, Resistance trilogy in 2014

• PS Plus in January: Don't Starve, BioShock Infinite, Brothers

• Huge PlayStation EU sale on PSN

• Arcade-style shoot-'em-ups Raiden 4, Caladrius coming to PS3 in Japan

• PlayStation Blog reveals Game of the Year winners, as chosen by readers

• Class of Heroes 2G coming to PlayStation 3 in 2014

• Mercenary Kings holds launch until 2014, Vita remote play is a go

• PS Plus members get Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed free on Vita this week

• Killzone: Shadow Fall free multiplayer weekend set for Dec. 28

• PS Europe closes Christmas sale with The Last of Us, Persona 4 Golden

• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace PS3, Vita screenshots are like the real thing

• PS4 most-Googled tech gadget of 2013 in US

• Report: PS4 UK launch boosted Vita sales

• Sony bringing the PS4 to India on January 6

• Zen Pinball 2 delayed to Christmas Eve on PS4

• PSN Tuesday: Walking Dead Season Two, Pinball Arcade PS4 and Minecraft

• Joystiq Streams: Flower in winter and glorious 1080p on PS4

• PS Plus members can trip out on Dyad for free this week

• PSN Christmas Euro-deals continue with Rain, Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut

• Minecraft creeps to PlayStation 3 on December 17th

• Minecraft coming to PS3 on December 17

• Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster gets same-day release on Vita

• Thatgamecompany's flOw swimming to PS4 next week

• Ys: Memories of Celeta coming to European Vitas in February

• PS4 expands to 48 markets

• PS Plus Europe in December: Borderlands 2, DmC, Soul Sacrifice

• PSN storefront opens up shop on Amazon UK

• Gran Turismo 6 tops weekly sales charts in Japan, moves 200,000 units

• PS3 action-RPG The Witch and the Hundred Knight arrives stateside March 25

• Tales of Zestiria unveiled for PS3

• Super Crate Box, Fuel Tiracas free on PS Mobile

• Bit.Trip Runner2 sprints, hops, slides to Vita next week

• PlayStation Europe decks its halls with Saints Row 4, Velocity Ultra deals

• Battlefield 4 patched on PS4, should stabilize 'large amount of the client crashes'

• PS4 system update 1.52 out now, improves system software stability

• Sony patent hints at a touch-enabled PlayStation Move controller

• Sony patents Move-like touchscreen joystick

• PSN Tuesday: Doki-Doki Universe, free Borderlands 2 on PS Plus

• PS4 exclusive Everybody's Gone to the Rapture removes time restriction

• PS4's share button clicked 10.9 million times [Update]

• PS4 creates 100,000 new users, 10 percent of Twitch traffic

• PlayStation Plus serves up free Borderlands 2, cheap Spelunky this week

• Get Payday 2, Dead or Alive 5 Plus for a steal in Europe's PSN sale

• Today's PSN maintenance ups activation slots for portables

• Gran Turismo 6 first week UK sales around five times less than GT5

• Shadow of the Colossus fan art has all colossi drawn to scale in one image - spoiler alert: they're big

• Terraria digging into US Vitas on Dec. 17, Dec. 11 in Europe

• Defiance's Arkbreaker DLC sorta delayed on PS3

• Stealth Inc. finds its lost clones on PSN

• Gun Commando, Mononoke Slashdown free on PS Mobile

• Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus rated for PS Vita in Europe, Brazil

• Battlefield 4 patched for PS3, 'small patch' for PS4

• PS Europe's Christmas discounts continue with F1 2013, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

• Doki-Doki Universe explores worlds, makes friends on Dec. 10

• Blacklight: Retribution launches today for European PS4 consoles

• Blacklight: Retribution arrives on European PS4s following brief delay

• Mutant Mudds Deluxe hitting PSN December 17, sequel on hold

• Rainbow Moon out now on Vita, includes add-on Cross-Buy support

• PSN Tuesday: Tiny Brains, Escape Plan, Rainbow Moon

• Pre-orders open for God of War Collection on Vita

• FFXIV: A Realm Reborn will launch on PS4 in April

• PlayStation Europe wraps up Christmas discounts for Diablo 3, Spelunky [update]

• Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn official PS4 launch dated April 2014

• Sony announces PS4 sales total 2.1 million, 700K in Europe, Australasia

• Take Grid 2 for a joyride on PS Plus this week

• Sony UK has 'pool of stock' to deal with 'dead on arrival' PS4s

• Score FIFA 14 on PS3 for £25 in PlayStation Europe sale

• Sony Online Entertainment offers bonus Cyber Monday cash

• PlayStation 4 enjoys most successful launch week in UK history

• Toukiden: The Age of Demons will start a war on February 11 on Vita

• Europe: Gran Turismo 6 contest will dole out racing pods to lucky fans

Reviews (70)

• Daily Roundup: NSA iPhone malware, Mac Pro teardown, this year in reviews and more!

• Mac Pro teardown reveals simple repair process and upgradeable CPU

• The year in reviews: 2013's best and worst gadgets scored and scrutinized

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online's year in review

• Editor's Choice: SketchParty TV

• The Queue: Gone Home

• How would you change Canon's EOS-1D X?

• Weekly Roundup: 2013 Mac Pro review, judge okays NSA spying and more!

• The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot traps you for hours of fun

• Samson's Go Mic: A capable and compact microphone for podcasting

• Review: VideoCard for Christmas, New Year for iOS

• A super-wide angle, telephoto and macro look at Schneider Optics' iLens Pro System

• Apple Mac Pro review (2013): small, fast and in a league of its own

• How would you change Acer's Aspire V5?

• A look at common tablet gripes

• IRL: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear

• Nest Protect review: a smoke detector for the smartphone generation

• YotaPhone review: LCD on the front, E Ink on the back, unique all over

• Hands-on with Albion Online's alpha

• A closer look at Apple's new Mac Pro workstation (hands-on)

• How the iPhone 5s measures up as a fitness tracker

• iBackFlip TabKeeper 360: The adaptable carrying case for every tablet (Updated)

• Daily Roundup: Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet review, 3D printed speakers, Windows Phone 8.1 and more!

• Phiaton Chord MS 530 Bluetooth headphones: A joy to wear and listen to

• The Nodus Access Case: It doesn't suck (but it does have micro-suction)

• Xmas Camera for iOS adds holiday cheer to photos

• Dell Venue 8 Pro review: a good Windows tablet, but wait for the bug fixes

• Physical buttons make a comeback in Samsung's low-end Galaxy Core Advance

• How would you change Toshiba's Satellite U845?

• Weekly Roundup: Instagram Direct, Jawbone Up24 review, Samsung's EMC lab and more!

• IRL: Trading in the Sonos Play:3 for Korus' V600 and V400 wireless speakers

• Friday Favorite: Handbrake bridges the gap between DVDs and my iPad

• Hearthstone: Rating the legendary cards

• Daily Roundup: Jawbone Up24 review, Instagram Direct announced, Aereo controversy and more!

• Jawbone Up24 review: wireless syncing makes this Jawbone's best fitness tracker yet

• Massively's hands-on with WildStar's Medic

• Massively's hands-on with WildStar's Engineer

• Massively's hands-on with WildStar's housing system and new classes

• Massively's hands-on with WildStar's character creation

• LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play edition hands-on

• Sony Z Ultra Google Play edition hands-on

• This is the white Nexus 7 (hands-on)

• Ship-spinning perfected: Hands-on with World of Warplanes' launch

• PhoneSuit Elite 5 is a beautiful battery case that keeps your iPhone running for days

• Looking for a gift? TUAW reviews three iPad Air cases

• Metareview: Fighter Within

• Doki-Doki Universe review: Love machine

• How would you change Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1?

• Weekly Roundup: Amazon Prime Air drones, LG G Flex review, hands-on with the YotaPhone and more!

• IRL: 18 holes with the Zepp GolfSense swing analyzer

• 3Doodler review: a $99 3D-printing pen

• Recommended Reading: Cool Tools review, drone delivery and more

• Daily Roundup: LG G Flex review, Lightstrap iPhone case hands-on, Verizon LTE expansion and more!

• Prime World launch impressions

• LG G Flex review: a promising phone, but not one you should buy right now

• Lightstrap: an iPhone case that's all flash (hands-on)

• Palette's modular controller brings dials and sliders to your laptop (hands-on)

• Like Moleskine? You'll love the BUKcase iPad case

• Olloclip debuts Macro 3-in-1 lens for iPhone and iPod touch (hands-on)

• Improve your Mac audio with the Audioengine D3 DAC

• NBA Live 14 review: Bricklayer

• Incase Compact Backpack: Perfect for daily life with a 15-inch MacBook Pro

• Hands-on with the YotaPhone: the e-ink Android phone that nobody expected

• Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad Air: Thin, sturdy, and a joy to use

• Luxi light meter: a good stocking stuffer for photographers

• Motrr Galileo: Robotic motion control for iPhone

• Review: Sygic North America GPS

• Massively's first impressions of Trion's Trove

• How would you change Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon?

• ASUS Transformer Book T100 review: a Windows tablet with netbook roots

Robotics (7)

• Put a box to good use with ShoeboxCNC

• Japanese bridge inspection robot has magnetic wheels, shuffles up walls

• Clack-Clack FACE gives a typewriter new life as a text-based portrait painter

• Talkcast, 7 pm PT/10 pm ET: Scary walking robots edition

• Navy launches a drone from a submarine's torpedo tube

• Peripheral Vision 013: Robert Howe on why simplicity is the key to building a better robot hand

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: self-driving tractors, U-CAT robot and the Interceptor police sedan

Samsung (8)

• Samsung's new chip could put 4GB of memory in your next smartphone

• Samsung's 110-inch Ultra HDTV is the world's largest, and it goes on sale Monday

• Samsung's latest developer kit lets you control appliances from your TV

• Samsung's 2014 smart TVs will let you control videos by pointing your finger

• Samsung has its own 105-inch, ultrawidescreen UHD TV to show at CES

• Samsung is reshaping its identity one note at a time

• Samsung's HomeSync media hub will play nice with non-Samsung Android devices

• Testing for electromagnetic interference at Samsung's EMC lab (video)

Science (17)

• The Queue: Acheroraptor temertyorum

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: SuperPier, reversing the aging process and an artificial, self-regulating heart

• Research shows eye-reflections in photos could be used to identify criminals

• The Queue: Tyrannosaur bite strength

• NASA shows off a squishy robot rover that could land on Titan (video)

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: doggie translator, full-size Lego hot rod and skyscraper cemeteries

• Swiss researchers created a cube that can sit, jump and walk (video)

• Researchers use alcohol, Arduino and a desk fan to send molecular text messages (video)

• Yes, this is dog: No More Woof aims to translate canine thoughts into human speech

• Relightable Dome creates interactive images where you control the light source

• Cornell 3D prints a working speaker -- coils, magnets and all

• China's Jade Rabbit rover lands on the moon (Update: pictures)

• Alt-week 12.14.13: who cares if intelligent life is out there, when everything's just a hologram

• NASA underwater testing slimmer suits for spacewalking on asteroids (video)

• Scientists combine magnets with bull semen to create 'spermbots' (yes, really)

• Alt-Week 12.7.13: Wormhole short-cuts, watery planets and history as seen by Google Books

• DARPA tests ground-based prototype of its folding space telescope (video)

Smartphones (90)

• Sony launches dedicated Xperia Z Ultra cases for QX lens cameras

• A year-end roundup of TUAW's most popular iOS 7 video tips

• Huawei Ascend Mate 2 snapped with its predecessor, said to keep 720p panel

• LG makes Knock a standard feature, update coming for L Series II models

• Nokia Lumia 1320 lands in China first

• Official CyanogenMod ROM now available to every Oppo N1

• TCL's $330 Idol X+ boasts 2GHz octa-core chip, Bluetooth activity tracker

• Gionee Elife E7 mini launched with Oppo-like swivel camera, octa-core CPU

• YotaPhone update lets you read more e-books and documents on its energy-saving E Ink display

• Leak hints at Nokia-made Windows Phone with dual SIMs

• HP's new tablets may be its way back into the smartphone world

• BlackBerry's latest casualty: Two unreleased phones

• Oppo R1 smartphone arrives in China with a bright camera and high style

• CyanogenMod downloaded 10 million times as it begins to go legit

• Geeksphone's OS-agnostic Revolution smartphone to use Intel chips

• BLU's Life Pure smartphone delivers 1080p, a 13-megapixel camera and 32GB of space for $349

• The iPhone comes to China Mobile January 17

• iPhone 5s and 5c to reach China Mobile on January 17th, 2014

• iOS 7 gets its first complete jailbreak, with a big catch

• Got Windows Phone? You have 20GB of bonus SkyDrive space for the next year

• Android smartphone made of solid titanium now available for $1,800

• BlackBerry teams up with Foxconn for budget smartphones as sales continue to plunge

• Moto G gets KitKat, improved camera features in the US

• Nokia Black update brings imaging enhancements to Lumia 1020 today

• Some cool camera tricks in iOS 7's Panoramic mode

• Verizon's 2013 Droid line now does KitKat

• Wired's LED-powered Moto X ad lets you try custom colors before you buy

• Meizu plans to begin selling smartphones in the US next year

• Apparently sticking your iPhone in a creepy crustacean is totally cool in Japan

• Vivo Xplay 3S unveiled with a 6-inch 2K display, powerful audio amp and fingerprint reader

• BLU unveils two budget Android phones with 3G on more North American carriers

• EE teases the LG G Flex's 2014 launch with in-store displays across the UK

• Got wood? Moto Maker does and it'll cost you $100 extra

• 'Everything is a Remix' explores the origins of iPhone functionality, skeuomorphism

• Latest Android update for the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition fixes major bugs

• 'iPhone 5s' third most-searched-for term on Google in 2013

• Ex-Oppo exec reveals new company OnePlus, plans to make 'the perfect smartphone'

• US creates the most e-waste, cellphones top the heap

• How to secretly take photos and videos with your iPhone

• Sony Xperia Z1 comes to China Mobile with more memory and minor hardware changes

• Sony begins Android 4.3 rollout for Xperia Z1 and Z Ultra

• Windows Phone 8.1 reportedly getting a Notification Center and personal assistant

• Huawei's Honor brand challenges Xiaomi with 3X and 3C low-cost phones

• LG launches GX smartphone in Korea with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 600

• Check out this cool (and pointless) iPhone lock screen trick in iOS 7

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 5: Is your iPhone full of crap? This should help

• China Mobile begins in-store advertising for the iPhone 5s

• Moto X Touchless Control update lets you speak your unlock code

• iPhone 5s selling like gangbusters in China

• It's official: iOS 7 dominated 2013

• Samsung promises 'differentiated' smartphones based on its camera expertise

• LG and Google tweak Nexus 5 production to fix speaker and loose buttons

• Moto X gets Android 4.4 KitKat and camera enhancements on Sprint and US Cellular

• iPhone 5s is the top selling smartphone at every US carrier

• Nokia releases Motion Tracker beta for Lumia 1520 owners looking to get up and go

• You'd have to be at least a little bit crazy to use this Batman 'Tumbler' iPhone case

• UK court relaxes ban on HTC One mini despite Nokia patent win

• Motorola gets snowed in, delays Moto G shipments due to winter storm

• Despite initial supply woes, iPhone 5s still represents Apple's most ambitious iPhone rollout to date

• ASUS CEO: The PadFone is coming to America in Q2 2014

• Sprint to launch Galaxy S 4 variant with speedy Spark LTE

• Nokia Normandy rumored to be low-end Android-based phone

• Ubuntu gets its first smartphone deal, comes to high-end devices in 2014

• iOS 6 vs iOS 7 icons: A visual comparison

• Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 cracks 10 million sales barrier in just two months

• South Korea may get a Galaxy S 4 Active with LTE-A, processor and camera upgrades

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 to bring LTE and 64-bit support to emerging markets

• iPhone 5s and 5c come to Straight Talk and Net10 on December 13th

• Android 4.4.1 shows signs that mirroring to Chromecast is coming soon

• Samsung Galaxy J coming to Taiwan on December 9th, according to YouTube teaser (update: yessir)

• Motorola's modular phone prototype is almost ready, final product might be sold on Moto Maker

• ASUS PadFone Mini 4.3 pictured ahead of its launch next week

• Flashing iPhone cases are a sight to behold

• iPhone 5s supply is strong for the holiday shopping season

• Android update focuses on Nexus 5 camera improvements

• Pantech adds another fingerprint-scanning handset to its Vega Secret line

• Nokia's outsized Lumia 1320 hits the FCC

• Motorola kicks off its Moto X do-over sale with extra stock (update: sold out)

• iOS 7 hits 70% adoption rate in North America

• LG to launch G Flex in Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand mid-December, coming to Europe early 2014

• Visualized: Inside the Vertu workshop, where phones are made by hand (video)

• HTC One Mini banned in the UK following Nokia patent win

• Motorola botches Moto X Cyber Monday sale, offers buyers 'we're sorry' Wednesday

• KitKat claims 1.1 percent of Android device share a month after launch

• Finished CyanogenMod 10.2 arrives as focus shifts to Android 4.4 KitKat

• BenQ rejoins the smartphone market with two tepid Android models

• Samsung adds red and 'rose gold' colors to its Galaxy Note 3 lineup

• Oppo's swiveling N1 smartphone to be available worldwide on December 10th for $599

• Black Friday research shows big iOS impact

• Quechua's new smartphone aims to tag along on your next wild adventure

Social Media (26)

• Facebook for Windows Phone 8 now lets you pin chats and events to the home screen

• Twitter tweaks iOS app to put photos first when composing tweets

• Vine introduces web profiles, lets you snag vanity URL

• Vine for Android comes to Gingerbread phones, but only for viewing

• Twitter's story coming to a TV near you, thanks to 'Hunger Games' producer

• You can now tweet O2 for account information thanks to #Tweetserve

• Facebook confirms autoplay video ads are coming to your News Feed

• WSJ: Facebook's autoplaying video ads launch this week

• Twitter's promoted accounts might start showing up in your timeline

• Twitter changes how 'block' works, makes it more of a mute button (update: changes reverted after backlash)

• Google+ for Android update brings search and notification improvements, holiday cheer

• Instagram announces Instagram Direct, a new way to photo and video message your friends

• Facebook brings auto-playing videos to mobile devices and the web

• Twitter and Comcast expand their tweet-based TV viewing to nine more providers

• Pinterest outfits iPad app with retooled navigation for iOS 7

• Twitter update takes on Snapchat with direct message photos, improved alerts

• Twitter releases major update for iOS with improved timelines, DMs, more

• Microsoft's Socl social network gets iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 apps

• Facebook is reportedly working on a 'sympathize' button to show support for somber updates

• Twitter and U2opia Mobile bring trending tweets and topics to dumb phones

• Twitter's new targeted advertising hooks up with your browsing history

• Medium brings design and photo improvements to its social publishing platform

• Popular WoW streamer Swifty detained by police during live stream

• UK Facebook and Twitter users warned over sharing court case information

• WhatsApp updated for iOS 7 with new broadcast lists, shared location features

• Facebook's News Feed: now with more relevant and oft-commented articles, fewer meme photos

Space (10)

• Mars One expedition whittles down its applicant pool to just over 1,000

• Defense bill makes US-based Russian satellite monitoring stations 'next to impossible' due to spying fears

• Europe's billion-pixel camera blasts into space to snap the galaxy

• First alien moon possibly spotted 1,800 light years away

• Time Machines: NASA goes virtual at CES

• NASA's Morpheus lander skips the inferno, actually lands (video)

• Mars One to send unmanned probe to Mars, broadcast mission live on earth in 2018

• The Queue: Bound for the stars

• Visualized: Saturn's relentless 'hexagon' storm

• China launches Jade Rabbit rover, kicks off Chang'e 3 moon mission

Sports (14)

• Reset powered with IndieGoGo funding

• Must See HDTV (December 23rd - 29th)

• Gran Turismo 6 gets Red Bull challenge, Mario Andretti's Hornet (Update)

• NES Remix review: Please rewind

• Ninja Theory's F2P beat-em-up Fightback out now on iOS

• Real Racing 3 finally gives players a taste of live competition on iOS

• Need for Speed Rivals offers you the keys to a 2015 Mustang

• Must See HDTV (December 16th - 22nd)

• Soulcalibur won't draw free-to-play Lost Swords until next year

• Good Old Games now offers money back guarantee for games you can't run

• Gran Turismo 6 review: a familiar excellence under the hood

• Gran Turismo 6 microtransactions are 'completely optional'

• Copenhagen Wheel turns any bike into an electric hybrid, ships early 2014 for $699 (video)

• Inaugural Super BR Jam donates 100% of proceeds to help kids in Rio

Streaming (38)

• Netflix is testing multiple new subscription plans, like 3 streams for $9.99

• Want to stream ABC shows the day after they air? Better get cable

• Netflix intros cheaper standard definition streaming plan for new subscribers

• Rdio shutters Vdio movie streaming service, offers Amazon gift cards as compensation

• Netflix outage interrupts streaming in US, Canada and Latin America (update: fixed!)

• VidZone brings free music videos to PS4

• MTV app arrives on Android, brings full TV episodes along -- if you have cable

• LG teases CES home theater lineup including a multi-room music streamer

• Hulu Plus passes 5 million subscribers, plans to double its original content

• TuneCore explains music-based YouTube claims

• Netflix teases 4K streaming straight to UHD TVs, expect details at CES next month

• Google Play Movies expands to Jamaica, New Zealand and ten other regions

• Introducing the TUAW One-to-One podcast, with first guest Brian Mueller

• Sky Sports added to Apple TV in the UK thanks to Now TV app

• Here's how to check your Apple TV's Netflix bandwidth using a hidden built-in tool

• Target won't sell Beyoncé CD due to iTunes-exclusive launch

• BEYONCÉ becomes the fastest-selling record on iTunes in just three days

• 'Breaking Bad' spin-off 'Better Call Saul' will be a Netflix exclusive in Europe and Latin America

• LG finally joins the Spotify Smart TV party

• Rare Beatles recordings launching exclusively on iTunes this week

• Beyonce surprise releases new album, available exclusively via iTunes

• DirecTV mulls online video service that won't compete with Netflix

• YouTube opens live streaming for all verified channels, even yours

• Aereo chief: We're fighting for consumers' rights to watch TV with an antenna and DVR

• Apple TV gets ABC, Bloomberg, Crackle and KORTV channels

• Spotify adds 20 new markets

• Led Zeppelin comes to Spotify

• Rdio launches in 20 new countries, now counts more markets than Spotify

• NimbleTV launches in New York City, streams paid TV starting at $4 per month

• LeAnn Rimes new music video was shot on iPhone and you should really watch it

• Google Play Music All Access gets Handy in Germany

• Spotify reportedly planning free, ad-supported mobile streaming

• Philips adds Spotify to some of its 2013 Smart TVs in Europe

• Beats Music set for US launch in January, but you can claim a username starting today

• Sky opens its movie rental store to everyone in the UK

• YouTube's own subscription music service reportedly won't show up this year

• Spotify tries to win over artists by predicting their future royalties

• Major League Baseball offering gift subscriptions for MLB At Bat 2014

Tablets (23)

• Samsung's got another tablet in the works

• Tegra Note 7 gets updated with Android 4.3 and camera enhancements

• Grippity returns as a transparent Android tablet with two-sided touch (video)

• Samsung's GamePad to arrive in a Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition bundle

• ASUS VivoTab Note 8 leak hints at a cheap, pen-toting Windows 8.1 tablet

• Engadget Giveaway: win an iPad mini courtesy of Numbridge!

• Notion Ink launches oddball tablet with edge-mounted ticker display

• DataWind's 7-inch UbiSlate tablet heads to UK, starts at £30 (update: US too)

• Retina iPad mini shipping estimates improve to 1 to 3 days

• The 12 Days of iMas, Day 6: Play that funky music, iPad boy

• Think an iPad seat for your baby is bad? You've only scratched the surface

• 32GB Nexus 7 now available in white for $270

• LG working on Google Play edition of the G Pad 8.3

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of two Dell Venue 8 Pro tablets courtesy of Mint!

• MMObility: Windows 8 tablets help MMO fans go mobile

• Reality Absorption Field: The iPad triple

• With BlackBerry floundering, iPad is there to pick up the enterprise pieces

• iPad Air activations jump 51% over Black Friday weekend

• Target accidentally sells demo iPad unit, new owner freaks out

• HP's new Android tablets land a little late, but with budget prices intact

• Applebee's putting a tablet on every table, hopes to engage grease-covered fingers nationwide

• ASUS tablet reaches the FCC with options to run Android, Windows or both

• E Ink's new Fina display technology promises lighter, thinner e-readers

Technology (76)

• Dell portrays itself as a feisty startup in its first ad after going private (video)

• Hacktivists and Watch Dogs: How real-world threats inspired Ubisoft Montreal's new open-world

• Leaked documents detail 2008 NSA program to hack and remote control iPhones (video)

• NASA's robot pairs Oculus Rift with Xbox One's Kinect

• Eric Schmidt: my biggest mistake at Google was not anticipating social

• NSA can hack WiFi devices from eight miles away (video)

• Hackers reverse engineer Wii U GamePad to stream from PC (video)

• Roku player software cracked open temporarily, root now to run XBMC later

• GTA Online starts pushing user-created missions, mobile updates arrive for San Andreas and Chinatown Wars

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Dr. Luigi, Super Punch-Out!!, Mario Tennis

• This homemade '3D printer' spikes jello shots with infused designs (video)

• Digitally simulated worm wriggles for the first time (video)

• So, what did you get?

• Cydia update courts iOS 7 jailbreakers with a new interface (video)

• Watch the Steam Controller play more than a dozen games

• Keyboards and mice connect to and control next-gen game consoles with XIM4 adapter (video)

• Meet Atlas, Titanfall's mechanized workhorse

• NASA's JPL maneuvers a robot arm with Oculus Rift and Kinect 2, points to more immersive space missions

• Google-powered machines lead DARPA's Robotics Challenge (video)

• AllCast for Android leaves beta, streams media to your Apple TV, Roku or Xbox (video)

• ASUS teases new dual-boot hybrid with its CES promo clip

• Rocksmith 2014 opens Supermassive Black Hole with Muse DLC

• Alt-week 12.21.13: Rainbow sun, edible batteries and the world's toughest encryption cracked by a microphone

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 197 - 12.19.13

• Engadget Podcast 373 - 12.19.13

• Oppo N1 CyanogenMod phone launches December 24th with Google's blessing

• Creepy puzzle game Year Walk conquers Steam in early 2014

• Call of Duty: Ghosts trailer is a season pass sample platter

• BlackBerry bringing Channels and Voice Chat to BBM for Android and iOS next year

• Atheer Labs wants to make its augmented reality glasses a reality on Indiegogo

• Drivable 500,000 piece Lego car runs on compressed air, insanity (video)

• Smokio electronic cigarette may be the first time 'smart' and 'smoking' have been used in the same sentence

• Flipboard launches direct sharing on iOS, makes magazines from your friends' suggestions

• PointGrab will let you control devices and appliances by pointing at them

• Google's 2013 Zeitgeist includes Mandela, iPhones and a 3D trend map (video)

• Breach and Clear plans Steam Greenlight infiltration

• DayZ hits Steam Early Access right in the head

• Small winged bot flies autonomously for nine minutes, still can't find a mate

• Google acquires Boston Dynamics, the robot builder behind Big Dog and Cheetah

• Cover's context-aware Android lock screen launches on Google Play (video)

• Get a glimpse into the snaking, hovering and pedaling of robots past (video)

• PMD's Nimble UX platform gives computers super accurate touchless gesture controls

• Instagram debuts Direct, letting users share photos and videos with select friends

• Mirror app for Android can record your screen or stream it to Apple TV (video)

• Terraria digs a hole, discovers Vita launch trailer

• MIT's 3D motion-tracking tech can see you through walls, no camera needed

• Rayman Legends heading to PS4, Xbox One in NA Feb 25, EU Feb 28

• JetBlue fills a plane with reporters for the ultimate Fly-Fi satellite internet test

• Spotify goes free on mobile devices through the magic of shuffling

• Spotify tablet streaming goes free, if you don't mind sitting through a few ads

• ASUS PadFone Mini 7-inch tablet / 4.3-inch phone combo launches in Taiwan

• NASA's humanoid Valkyrie robot could lead the way to Mars (video)

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET

• Google Glass mod gives you control over home appliances with one touch pairing

• Completed Firefox 26 brings a new Android home screen (video)

• CyanogenMod 11 Screencast video recording is as easy as taking a screenshot

• Quantum Break takes the time to show a trailer at VGX

• MGS5: Ground Zeroes out March 18, Xbox versions include exclusive mission

• Google Doodle lauds computer programming pioneer Grace Hopper

• Quadrocopter drone recovers from failures without skipping a beat (video)

• Super Time Force shifts to 2014, also coming to Xbox One

• Engadget Podcast 371 - 12.4.13

• Xbox One controller and voice command tips from Major Nelson

• Assassin's Creed Pirates arrrrrrives today, matey

• Double Dragon Trilogy punches its way to Android and iOS (video)

• Action Launcher's custom Android interface gets quick-access home screen and KitKat tweaks

• Google improves its Santa tracking with a Chromecast-ready Android app (video)

• Raspberry Pi-equipped AR.Drone can hijack other quadcopters' WiFi link (video)

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET

• Serenity soon: Eufloria HD blooms on PS Vita later this month

• Chrome DevTools now lets you see how websites behave on mobile devices (video)

• Microsoft begins sign-ups for its Project Spark open beta

• Microsoft advises consumers against enabling dev mode on Xbox One

• How to replace Xbox One HDD for more storage, a voided warranty

• Amazon Prime Air drones revealed on 60 Minutes, aim to deliver in half an hour (video)

• AllCast for Android pushes media to Apple TV and Roku, available for willing beta testers (video)

Tomorrow (2)

• What we leave behind

• Insert Coin: capture 360-degree video with DLSRs and GoPros, viewable on an Oculus Rift

TV & Movies (31)

• One Shots: Get to da Choppa!

• Breakfast Topic: Who's playing what in the Warcraft movie?

• The Queue: Bill, Ted, and movies you should see

• One Shots: Parking the Enterprise

• Voice of Mr. Krabs joins Warcraft movie cast

• Casting for Warcraft movie continues

• Warcraft Movie announces two new actors

• LG's 105-inch, 21:9 curved UHD TV is wide enough to be a tanning bed

• Now Playing: December 16-22, 2013

• Colbert cracks ancient Second Life joke, picks on NSA

• The Desolation of Smaug shows Peter Jackson still hasn't perfected HFR

• Sony Pictures URL registrations point to Sonic the Hedgehog movie

• Peripheral Vision 014: Will Bates on how a viral William Shatner mashup helped kickstart a film scoring career

• The Daily Show touches on the NSA in WoW

• The Queue: I'm a sucker for animation

• Now Playing: December 9-15, 2013

• Five new BBC HD channels to go live on December 10th

• Warcraft movie initial cast revealed

• Netflix's Daredevil TV show will be led by Cabin in The Woods director Drew Goddard

• New URLs stoke rumors of Last of Us film adaptation

• Reelhouse offers expanded bonus materials for digital Warner Bros. movies

• Dolby demos new imaging tech that pushes more light to your television (eyes-on)

• Robert Kazinsky, Warcraft movie actor, reveals he is a huge WoW fan

• Dominic Cooper rumored to be joining Warcraft film cast

• First cast members for World of Warcraft movie revealed

• Warcraft movie cast announced by Legendary Pictures

• Fantastic short film presents a day in the life of an iPhone

• The Novelist juggles career and family on December 10

• Now Playing: December 3-8, 2013

• Must See HDTV (December 2nd - 8th)

• Familiar character returning in The Walking Dead season two

Wearables (30)

• LG Lifeband Touch leak suggests fitness wearable could be imminent

• Archos will debut multiple 'Pebble-like' smartwatches at CES, starting at less than $50

• LG mum on smartwatch rumors, but confirms that a wearable device is coming

• Is Sony working on a new wearable companion for 2014?

• Avegant tests Glyph wearable display prototype, on track for CES debut

• Friday Favorite: Using Fitboard.me to import your Fitbit stats into Status Board

• Samsung Galaxy Gear notification update reaches the US three weeks late

• Motorola shows how it could make smartwatches with flexible displays

• Cyanogen gets serious about its OS aspirations, ponders a future in TV and wearables

• App Store coming to Pebble smartwatch early next year

• New Pebble appstore and SDK 2.0 brings more functionality and ease of use to the smartwatch

• Glyph is a high-res wearable display headed to Kickstarter for $499

• Meta Pro promises Tony Stark-style computing with a $3,000 pair of sunglasses

• Now iOS users can control Google Glass remotely with MyGlass companion app (update)

• Mujjo leather crochet touchscreen gloves keeps you hands looking good, warm this winter

• Rumor Roundup: Year of the iWatch

• Recon's extreme sports gear will now stream your death-defying stats straight to Facebook

• Pebble smartwatch update brings 'do not disturb' mode and snooze alarm

• Oculus Rift makers get $75 million from investors to finish consumer model

• If you're an early adopter, a Pebble makes a nice gift

• Motion made music: AUUG Motion Synth nearing Kickstarter goal

• Narrative Clip lifecasting camera finally heading toward a lapel near you

• Qualcomm's Raj Talluri: wearable displays should always be on

• The Smarty Ring is the laziest piece of wearable tech ever, and it may never even exist

• Nokia intros Lumia-colored, Shuffle-sized Bluetooth headset

• Lumus reveals classy two-tone Glass competitor with in-lens display

• Vuzix's Android-powered M100 Smart Glasses now available to pre-order for $1,000

• These Ray-Ban solar shades can charge your iPhone 5

• Select Explorers can now purchase a second Google Glass unit

• Misfit Wearables releases Shine Android app, outfits Bluetooth 4.0 devices with activity-tracking prowess

Xbox (49)

• Final Xbox daily deal of the year discounts Call of Duty: Ghosts

• Warframe listed for Xbox One by PEGI

• January Games with Gold: Sleeping Dogs, Lara Croft guarding the light

• Xbox Live sale discounts Batman, Assassin's Creed season passes

• Xbox Live daily deal is morbid, weekly sale sets Wolf Among Us free

• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 delisted from Xbox Live

• Halo: Spartan Assault now available on Xbox One

• Xbox end-of-year sale rounds up arcade sportsball deals

• Verizon FiOS app on Xbox One allows for Veri-ception (bwaaaam)

• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood swings onto Xbox One, out now

• Castlevania deals on Xbox: Harmony of Despair, Symphony of the Night, Mirror of Fate HD

• Atari 2600 excavation documentary exclusive to Xbox in 2014

• Battlefield 4 patched on Xbox One, again

• Microsoft's first Xbox-exclusive documentary is digging up Atari's past

• Forza Horizon down to $15 in Xbox Countdown to 2014 sale

• Dead Rising 3's first DLC episode delayed, now coming Jan. 21

• Three Battlefield 4 updates follow Xbox One's bug-squashing lead

• Xbox offers Countdown to 2014 daily deals on Fez, Spelunky, Terraria

• First run of ID@Xbox Games arriving on Xbox One closer to March 2014

• Xbox 360 Time Warner Cable app finally gets video-on-demand

• Xbox One cuts out the middle man, gets live TV directly with Verizon's FiOS app

• Xbox kicks off Countdown to 2014 deals tomorrow

• $10,000 and a bout of madness nets you this gold-plated Xbox One

• How much would you pay for this gold-plated Xbox One?

• Microsoft UK explains price increase for select digital Xbox One titles

• Original Xbox programming coming 2014, 'different animal' from Netflix

• World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition open beta this weekend

• Minecraft tops 10 million on Xbox 360, celebrates with half-off DLC

• Dead Rising 3 demo available now, first DLC out Christmas Eve

• Battlefield 4 Xbox One patch fixes one-hit kills, save file corruption bug

• Forza 5 December update slashes car prices, adds new modes

• Delayed Battlefield 4 Xbox One update may arrive 'late this week'

• Best Buy unwraps five new Xbox One bundles in time for the holidays

• Xbox One sales hit 2 million mark

• Microsoft has sold 2 million Xbox One consoles to date, maintains 'record-setting' pace

• Microsoft adds £5 to the price of exclusive digital Xbox One games in the UK

• Xbox One required update arrives tonight

• Xbox One does not require demos, devs to make that decision

• Xbox One's first post-launch update tackles multiplayer and SmartGlass issues

• The Walking Dead Season 2: Episode 1 - All That Remains dated for Xbox 360

• Halo: Spartan Assault coming to Xbox One on December 24th for $15

• Switched On: Expunging Xbox

• PSA: Xbox One is not backwards compatible in dev mode

• First batch of self-publishing Xbox One developers include Double Fine, Crytek

• Xbox One self-publishing begins in early 2014 with a big list of devs onboard

• Microsoft: Over 50 million hours logged on Xbox Ones since launch

• Microsoft warns against 'unusable' Xbox One with dev kit trick

• PSA: Blood Dragon puts the Cyber into Xbox's Cyber Monday sale

• Report: Peggle 2 juggles balls on Xbox One December 9