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Online video broadcasting company Twitch has sent a cheque of $90,000 off to the Red Cross to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Remember APB, the once dead action MMO developed by defunct studio Realtime Worlds? Now it has an iOS spin-off.

Woo! We're on the telly! That was the general mood among gamers on Saturday night when Channel 4 broadcast Charlie Brooker's feature-length documentary on the importance of video games. This mood probably had a little more resonance for the likes of our own Ellie Gibson, who really was on the telly as one of the many expert and celebrity talking heads, but gaming is so rarely given coverage on TV, and so rarely is it covered well, that it was hard not to feel like we were all along for the ride.

Last week we did a postmortem on The Chinese Room's experimental horror sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and as fascinating as it was to hear all the decisions that went into developing that, I couldn't help wonder about the Brighton-based studio's upcoming PS4-exclusive first-person exploration game, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

Borderlands 2 is being added to the US PSN's Instant Game Collection tomorrow, making it free for North American PlayStation Plus members during the month of December.

Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride developer Halfbrick has announced its latest game, Colossatron: Massive World Threat.

Eurogamer's 2012 Game of the Year Fez has sold one million copies, developer Polytron has announced.

Grand Theft Auto Online's content creator may not have an official release date yet, but Rockstar will be trickling out its new features in the form of the deathmatch & race creators beta, which goes live tomorrow as a free update.

Following concerns that government agents can listen in on Xbox Live and other game communication channels, Microsoft has issued a new security measure to bring its users peace of mind.

Halo: Spartan Assault, the top-down spin-off of the popular sci-fi shooter series, is heading to Xbox One on 24th December.

UPDATE: Ubisoft has confirmed a Tuesday, 10th December release date for Assassin's Creed 4 multiplayer add-on Blackbeard's Wrath - that's tomorrow, or Wednesday for European PS3 and PS4 owners.

If playing the recent Zelda, A Link Between Worlds, put you in the mood to revisit a certain classic 1991 Nintendo adventure, you're in luck as A Link to the Past is coming to the Wii U's eShop on 12th December.

If you're on Mars next October you should probably be careful. There's a comet swinging past - comet Siding Spring - and while it's unlikely to connect with Big Red itself, it will bring glittering meteors spinning in its wake. Lots of meteors, actually - some of which - and I shivered when I read this line on the front page of the New Scientist website - "could pose a danger to orbiting spacecraft."

What is EverQuest Next Landmark? Sony Online Entertainment has released a new video that helps explain its Minecraft-inspired exploration and crafting companion to upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game EverQuest Next.

Microsoft's ID@Xbox program means - theoretically - anyone can self-publish on Xbox One. But there are strings attached.

Got any ideas as to how you might improve Peggle? Neither has PopCap, by the looks of it. Peggle 2 is the most straightforward kind of sequel imaginable - it's more Peggle. Quite a lot more, actually. There are 60 levels, 60 mission-type things called trials, multiplayer, and four new masters, each with their own special power. Otherwise, it's the same ball-bouncing, point-scoring charm offensive you might have expected. Is that such a bad thing?

Microsoft has warned Xbox One owners about an internet prank that claimed the console could be made to play Xbox 360 games.

Ubisoft has released a new tech-focused video for upcoming post-apocalyptic open world game The Division.

Downloaded a game and can't get it to run? Digital distributor GOG.com has introduced a money-back guarantee for its entire catalogue.

The creator of Fallout 4 hoax thesurvivor2299.com has held a Reddit AMA to discuss his trolling of the series' fanbase, and explain his aim of forcing Bethesda into showing something of the unannounced project.

UPDATE: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition will launch for PS4 and Xbox One in North America on 28th January and in Europe on 31st January, the game's official Tumblr has confirmed.

Leaked artwork has backed up reports that Creative Assembly's secret Alien game will be called Alien: Isolation and revolve around Amanda Ripley, daughter of the Ellen Ripley character made famous by actress Sigourney Weaver.

UPDATE: CD Projekt Red has released the stunning The Witcher 3 trailer unveiled at VGX, this time in glorious full high definition.

Riot Games will now let professional League of Legends players stream rival games.

UPDATE: Sony has reached into its sack and pulled out another round of festive deals, including discounts on Need for Speed: Rivals for PlayStation 3 and Ubisoft's underappreciated gem Rayman Legends for PlayStation Vita.

For Torment: Tides of Numenera the votes are in, and a decision about whether combat will be turn-based or 'real-time with pause' has been made.

PlayStation 3 racer Gran Turismo 6 has debuted with around five times fewer sales than its predecessor GT5.

Fighting game Skullgirls may be removed from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.

Sony will today bump up the number of PSPs and PlayStation Vitas that you can tie to your PlayStation account.

UPDATE: Developer Hello Games has released a high resolution version of its eye-catching trailer for No Man's Sky.