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UPDATE 2: Voting is now closed! Thanks to everyone who has submitted their choices. We will be publishing the full top 50 list on 31st December, along with many of your comments. Oh, and while any votes cast from now on won't count towards the outcome, if you have comments to make about the games then we will consider including those, so the forms below should still work for that.

People are really angry with Rare. Read any features or news items about the once-beloved developer, and you can safely bet that the comments below will feature indignant demands for a new Killer Instinct, more Banjo Kazooie or Perfect Dark. Keep reading and someone will probably use the word "boycott" or actively wish the studio out of business, punishment for making games for them rather than us. "Why doesn't Rare make proper games any more?" is the pleading subtext.

Well fancy that, I've become an extra playable character in console MOBA Guardians of Middle-earth. And since it's not-so-serious Christmas week I thought I'd tell you about it.

The official store for the Raspberry Pi, the credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard, launches today.

UPDATE: GameStop has pulled its incredible Far Cry offer.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has taken the top spot for a fifth week on the trot, equalling Lego Batman 2's 2012 top-spot tally.

The Total Recall Extended Director's Cut Blu-ray includes a God of War: Ascension demo, Sony has announced.

Street Fighter x Mega Man, the free PC crossover game created by fans, is now live.

A game, Sid Meier once famously said, is a series of meaningful choices. There'll be those who'd argue that Virtue's Last Reward - an extension of Chunsoft's visual novel series that began with 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors - isn't really a game at all. But its choices, when they eventually arise, are as meaningful as any you're likely to come across in the medium.

The original Samsung Galaxy Note was a concept that really shouldn't have succeeded; a phone with a finger-stretching 5.3-inch screen by rights should be a laughable spectacle, yet it found a receptive audience and at the time of writing has sold five million units worldwide. Such was its popularity that Samsung has released a successor in double-quick time and true to form has equipped it with an even larger display. We can hear trouser pockets all over the globe groaning with discomfort already.

It's very rare that we come across a console conversion that radically improves the experience to the point where swathes of text in the original review - not to mention the score - no longer seem relevant, but that's exactly the state of affairs we encounter with the release of this new "Razor's Edge" edition of Ninja Gaiden 3.

As you may have noticed, it's almost Christmas, which can mean only one thing: there are no new video games coming out until at least mid-January. But we haven't let that put us off over on Outside Xbox, and we've had a week full of fun and interesting stuff we'd like to share with you.

At the time of writing, Peter Molyneux's Project Godus, a new god game, has raised £247,044 towards its £450,000 goal on Kickstarter. There are 10 days left to go. Meanwhile, over in Cambridge, Peter's buddy David Braben has raised £699,729 out of £1.25m to make Elite: Dangerous with 24 days left to go. Neither project is guaranteed to be fully funded, but the point is that these grand old men of the British games industry have attracted almost £1 million of support from random people on the internet by promising to return to their roots.

Kyle Gabler, the musical mastermind behind World of Goo, has struck again with his latest epic score to Little Inferno, a Wii U and PC game he co-created at Tomorrow Corporation.

Naughty Dog has revealed a new character in its highly anticipated post-apocalyptic survival game The Last of Us.

Valve has bought a tiny studio set up by former Plants vs. Zombies developers, ValveTime reports.

Hawken's already made a splash, even before its open beta began earlier this week. When the trailer for Khang Lee's vision of a future corrupted by nano-viruses and patrolled by angry, sexy mechs debuted last April, the world watched in awe. And the games industry watched in envy, beginning a long courtship period between several publishers and the independent developer Adhesive.

Valve has launched Steam Game Guides.

Splash Damage has released the first gameplay footage of Dirty Bomb, its free-to-play online PC exclusive shooter.

Microsoft has finally lifted its ban on 18-rated games such as Dishonored, Mass Effect 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 within the Windows Store.

One of the most genuinely exciting playable demos released in recent times, Rayman Legends on Wii U combines beautiful artwork, animation and audio with some innovative GamePad integration - and it all runs at native 1080p with a nigh-on flawless 60 frames per second update. Exclusive to the new Nintendo console, it's an interesting example of how third parties can put the hardware through its paces without having to worry about cross-platform conformity. The GamePad features aren't optional extras but instead form an integral part of the whole proposition: it's a release that simply wouldn't be the same on any other home console.

HMV is pinning its hopes on big Christmas sales of FIFA 13 and Skylanders as it battles through the toughest winter in its history.

Square Enix's 3DS game Final Fantasy Theatrhythm is now freely available for iOS devices, the developer has announced.

The Oliver Twins have admitted defeat in the Dizzy Returns Kickstarter.

UPDATE: Ubisoft has just announced a 1st March 2013 UK release date for Rayman Legends.

The Metro : Last Light Limited Edition includes the Ranger Mode difficulty, THQ has announced.

THQ has released a new trailer for World War 2 real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2 showing multiplayer for the first time.

PlayStation 3 and Vita title Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will be released in Europe on 27th March 2013, publisher Sony has announced.

The Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance demo that launched with Zone of the Enders HD launches on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live next month, Konami has announced.

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