FIFA 12 Vita walkthrough is more of a run-, pass- and shoot-through

FIFA 12 producer Matt Prior filmed a walkthrough of the game on Vita, and between the PR catchphrases about how easy its new controls will be, he offers insight into how players will most likely respond to the touchscreen handling.

Final Steam Sale of 2011 predicts zombie apocalypse, crime in 2012

The Steam Holiday Sale doesn’t stop for anyone or anything — not the end of a year, an era or the world — and today, New Year’s Eve 2011, is no different.

Crysis 2 for $10 today, Battlefield 3 for $30 tomorrow through Amazon for PC

In addition to Amazon’s EA sale going on now through its PC digital distribution network, there are a couple noteworthy additions to the roster today and tomorrow.

A fresh batch of XBLA titles rated around the world

You go to a fortune teller and ask what will happen in 2012, expecting her to repeat rejected phrases from the Panda Express fortune-cookie line in a wistful, croaking manner. Instead, she busts out this ratings list for coming XBLA titles and you tip her 200 percent, leaving with your mind blown and open to a whole new world of mental planes and spiritual awareness. Little did you know: that fortune teller was Jordan Mallory in a dress.

CCP launching EVE character names and pictures into space via giant balloon

Well, it’s not technically space, but it’s as close as you can get without the help of some Russian rocketeers and their flying machines. As a token of gratitude, the Icelandic MMO moguls at CCP will be placing the names and pictures of every currently subscribed player character in EVE Online (as of 23:59 GMT tonight) into a capsule, which will then be sent into near-space via high-altitude balloon. High-altitude balloons cannot actually leave the Earth’s atmosphere and enter legit outer-space, but they are capable of traveling hundreds of thousands of feet into the air; high enough to see the curvature of the Earth against the blackness of space

The kid succeeds: Bastion sales exceed 500K

It’s been a critical success and now developer Supergiant Games has revealed Bastion is also a commercial success. The recent Steam and Xbox Live Arcade sales helped to push Bastion over that 500,000 mark, the developer’s blog states. “When we set out to make Bastion , a sales number like that seemed astronomical to us, so it feels great to have hit that mark,” creative director (and Bastion writer) Greg Kasavin said.

The kid succeeds: Bastion sales exceed 500K

It’s been a critical success and now developer Supergiant Games has revealed Bastion is also a commercial success. The recent Steam and Xbox Live Arcade sales helped to push Bastion over that 500,000 mark, the developer’s blog states. “When we set out to make Bastion , a sales number like that seemed astronomical to us, so it feels great to have hit that mark,” creative director (and Bastion writer) Greg Kasavin said.

MasterImage 3D to debut glasses-free 720p 3D tablet and smartphone at CES

Glasses-free 3D is hardly anything new (how are you guys digging the 3DS ?) but how about high-def 3D without the frames for your peepers? That’s a bit more impressive, especially considering this isn’t an expensive television set we’re talking about.

Fallout: New Vegas designer makes his own unofficial mod

Among the modders eagerly tinkering away at Fallout: New Vegas , arguably “correcting” what they see as deficiencies in the original design, is … lead designer J.E

WRUP: 2011’s galaxy of games

Here we are at the end of the year two thousand and eleven (it’s so much more majestic without numerals). Over the next few days we will announce members to our Best of Joystiq 2011 game society, along with revealing our staff’s “Best of the Rest.” So, stop on by this weekend for plenty more on those topics. What’s everyone playing?

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