We imagine whatever “GTA TV” and “Rockstar TV” are to be a lot like either Fox or Spike, so it’s bizarre that Take-Two even bothered applying for a trademark for those names. But that’s just what the publisher has done, as OXM UK discovered. Both applications were filed within the past week with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, though neither has been approved just yet (nor will either be until an examining attorney is assigned “approximately three months after filing date”)

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‘GTA TV’ and ‘Rockstar TV’ trademarked by Take Two

Uncharted 3 is getting a new “Co-Op Shade Survival” mode in March.

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Co-Op Shade Survival mode coming to Uncharted 3

It seems everyone’s got a Kickstarter nowadays. Double Fine just surpassed $2 million , inXile is going to use Kickstarter to reboot a classic and now the Idle Thumbs video game podcast is using the site to finance its future.

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Idle Thumbs Kickstarter includes exclusive game, neat artwork

Alan Wake for PC took the road less traveled to launch, but all those yellow bricks are made of gold from here on out. Developer Remedy, which was also the publisher of the PC version, revealed the game recouped its development and marketing expenses during “the first 48 hours” after launch on February 16. “We are very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam at launch was nothing short of amazing,” Remedy’s Aki J

So, that Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter . You know, the one you contributed to.

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Double Fine Adventure surpasses $2 million on Kickstarter

Dungeon Defenders will protect new digital realms when the indie hit makes its way to Mac on March 8.

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Dungeon Defenders protect Mac on March 8; President’s Day DLC features Obama, Romney

The supplemental toys surrounding Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure have become the latest in a long line of collectable merchandising campaigns to reach “You paid how much?! ” levels, following in the proud footsteps of Pogs, Pokemon cards and Beanie Babies. An eBay auction for 6 apparently rare Skylanders figures has sold for

Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at Joystiq believe no one deserves to starve, and many indie developers are entitled to a fridge full of tasty, fulfilling media coverage, right here. This week, Sean Wilson of international indie studio Button Mash Games explains how his iPad title, Forbidden Island , is contributing to the tabletop game’s renaissance

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Forbidden Island

Final Fantasy XIII-2 players will have a little more afro in their lives come February 28, when Square Enix releases its latest episodic DLC event, “Sazh: Heads or Tails?” Players take on the role of Sazh Katzroy in an adventure that takes place concurrently with FFXIII-2 ’s main story.

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New DLC brings afros and bikinis to Final Fantasy XIII-2

Ever since Double Fine snagged publishing rights for Psychonauts back in 2011, we’ve all hoped the studio would work on a sequel. Actually, no past tense about it — we still hope Double Fine cranks out a sequel

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Notch reels in Psychonauts 2 talk