Sony introduced its downloadable PS2 Classics line at the beginning of this month, and it's gearing up to release another three titles onto the platform. This set includes vampires, farmers, and spaceships to brighten your post-Halloween candy malaise.

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An Xbox Live Arcade release of the splendid Torchlight and the opportunity to hold eerie chat shows with your friends Live Avatars via Kinect are amongst the goodies revealed yesterday by Microsoft at the ongoing 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show.

Torchlight will arrive as part of Microsoft's 'House Party' event on Xbox Live Arcade, which will see five big releases over five weeks. The others will be Ubisoft's revamped Beyond Good & Evil HD, Contra prequel Hard Corps: Uprising, Microsoft's Full House Poker and PopCap's Bejeweled Blitz Live. It all kicks off on February 16 with Hard Corps. Read more »

[Update: 11:05am] Shack user acare84 reminds us you can activate your Torchlight serial code via Steam, which should give you access to both the PC and Mac version of Torchlight via SteamPlay.Shacknews tested this method with an older serial code received by purchasing the game on Runic's website, on a new Steam account. It did work for us; however, some users report issues with this method and that serial codes are appearing to be invalid. Read more »

This week's refresh of Sony's PlayStation Store has arrived, bringing with it Psychonauts developer Double Fine's Halloween RPG Costume Quest along with a demo for the anime adaptation Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage plus the usual assortment of other demos, downloadable content, trailers, themes and discounts.

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Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Dead Space Ignition, The Hunter, Gun Loco, Cities XL 2011, DC Universe Online, Flip's Twisted World, NBA 2K11, Sonic Colors, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, Empires in Arms, and Ion Assault. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes new media for Medal of Honor, Dynasty Warriors Online, Dinner Date, Dead Rising 2, Knights in Shining Armor: Our King's Tale Episode One, Ultima Online, the X-series Superbox, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, and Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage. Read more »

Runic Games is hoping to bring its isometric dungeon crawler Torchlight to the PS3 and Xbox 360 through PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade respectively. In an interview with Joystiq, Runic CEO Max Schaefer said "We're trying, we're talking [to Sony and Microsoft] and we hope to get that done quickly."

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Torchlight 2 is already sounding like a much larger game than the original. "People felt a little claustrophobic with the structure - Torchlight is just one town and a series of dungeons underneath. So the obvious remedy for that is to make big overworlds and different cities, so we're doing that," explains Max Schaefer, CEO of developer Runic Games in an interview with Gamasutra.

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The new issue of PC Gamer UK (out tomorrow) will have details on the Torchlight MMO project, which is a free-to-play version of Runic Games' awesome action RPG. While you wait for it to hit newsstands, PC Gamer was kind enough to tease out some details from the issue.

Runic's president Travis Baldree talks about the vision for the game: Read more »

The Perils of Summer continue and, like clockwork, we continue to evade them, thanks in small part to Steam's ongoing sales. Today's highlights include Mass Effect 2 for 40% off, Shatter for $2.50 and the obligatory Torchlight price drop to $5.00.

For today, your complete options are:

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Ever wanted to hit someone so hard that they'd just disintegrate into a chunky crimson spray? The barrel-chested pugilist Kenshiro from Tecmo KOEI's upcoming manga-based brawler 'Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage,' can make your dreams come true, provided that your dreams involve punching tons of dudes in the grill.

Previously released in Japan under the name 'Hokuto Musou," the Dynasty Warriors spin-off will have players practicing extremely violent crowd-control methods on big groups of enemies. Read more »

Runic Games' indie action RPG Torchlight has sold 500,000 copies at retail and digitally on the PC. It was also recently released for the Mac along with the release of the Mac version of Steam.

Additionally, China-based MMO publisher and developer Perfect World has just announced (via Joystiq) that it has acquired a majority stake in Runic Games for around $8.4 million. Runic is currently working on an MMORPG version of Torchlight, which is slated to be a free-to-play game likely supported by micro-transactions. This is a popular business model in China and should be a successful partnership for both parties. Read more »

[Update - 2:10pm CST] The Steam Mac Games Store is now open, offering over fifty games and various launch day discounts, such as half-off Torchlight--making it $9.99--and 70% off Quantz, which brings that game down to just $3.00.

In addition, Valve's clever shooter-puzzler Portal is free on PC and Mac until May 24. Read more »

With Valve's digital distribution platform Steam slated to launch on the Mac platform tomorrow--Wednesday, May 12--the company today issued a few more details.

New "collections of Mac titles" will be available on Wednesdays, Valve explained today, with "each designed to highlight specific functionalitites of Steam on the Mac."

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In a double-whammy of awarding goodness, the winners of the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards were revealed yesterday evening at Game Developers Conference 2010 following the twelfth annual Independent Games Festival Awards.