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In a tersely worded press release, ZeniMax Media – parent company of Fallout 3-dev Bethesda Softworks and, as of June, FPS hall-of-famer id Software – has "announced today that it has picked up the publishing rights for Rage, the video game under development at id Software." First announced in July 2008 during Electronic Arts' E3 press conference, Rage was to be published under EA's successful EA Partners program, home to other major titles from outside developers, like Rock Band, Left 4 Dead 2, and Brutal Legend.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/15...

Company considered removing the harddrive in favor of remote storage.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1055085p1.html

While it hasn't quite reached Duke Nukem Forever status, Polyphony Digital's full-fledged Gran Turismo follow-up for PlayStation 3 is a long-time coming. But according to SCEA Associate Producer Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, the wait is nearly over.

http://www.destructoid.com/gran-turismo-5-gets...

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first game add-on for its co-operative zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), is in development and targeted for release in early 2010.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/3237/

It’s okay; I know what you’re thinking: The title of this feature alone has “troll” written all over it, and I’m just another PC gaming zealot who’s somehow deluded his blinkered bundle of synapses into believing that console gaming is about to join the dodo’s ranks. So, before I start, I’m going to anticipate any potential flamewar by laying my gaming cards on the table.

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/ps3/2009/12/14...

BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts, and TransGaming, Inc. today announced plans to release Dragon Age: Origins for the Mac on December 21. The critically acclaimed, dark fantasy epic will be available to Mac Players as a digital download where they can choose between the Standard or Digital Deluxe version.

http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea...

We've already reported that Cryptic Studios and Atari will have a special retail box Collector's Editon of their upcoming MMO Star Trek Online. Now comes word that there will be a Digital Deluxe edition of the game specifically for download services like Direct2Drive, Steam and Atari's own online site. The Digital Deluxe edition will cost $59.95.

http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/12/11/star-trek-onlines-digital-deluxe-edition-lets-you-emote-like-sh/

The latest issue of Gamasutra sister publication Game Developer magazine includes a postmortem of Double Fine Productions' Brutal Legend, written by studio executive producer Caroline Esmurdoc.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/25799/Postmortem_Behind...

Atari today announced a change in management at the top. David Gardner, who had been serving as CEO of Atari worldwide, will step down but retain his Director functions. Taking his place as CEO will be Jeff Lapin, who joined as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in May 2009 and has been a Director of the company since December 2007. Lapin's experience prior to Atari includes various executive functions at RazorGator Interactive Group, Take-Two Interactive Software and THQ.

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/atari-appoints-jeff-lapin-to-ceo-replacing-david-gardner/

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity today. Trinity is a compilation bundle which includes the award-winning Sins of a Solar Empire along with the Entrenchment and Diplomacy micro-expansions. As a special incentive, those who pre-order Trinity will gain access to the current Diplomacy beta via Impulse.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/105/1053910p1.html