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Welcome to the first Blog Herding of the year! This massive post
lists our blog picks from over the holiday break. Happy reading!

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer told the BBC that Kinect will be officially supported on Windows PCs at some point in the future.

The popular compilation may have been limited edition, but Nintendo says it may print another run.

As promised, Chillingo and EA have brought their incredibly popular iPhone game Angry Birds to the PSP and PS3 in the form of a PSP Mini.

Today Harmonix dropped the news that six Linkin Park tracks will be
available for download beginning January 11 in the Rock Band 3 music
store (available in Europe January 12).

Artist Sammy Hall of Retro Studios has shared a gallery of “pre-visuals,
concept arts, and production illustrations,” from his work on Donkey
Kong Country Returns.

The game's not even out yet, but Bioware already has some DLC in the works, and we've got the video reveal.

Check out the absolutely adorable opening stages of LittleBigPlanet 2as you count down toward its highly anticipated release on January 18.

New Zealand-based Sidhe Interactive joins the list of game developers
that are shifting their focus from full retail releases to smaller
downloadable titles.

Blink Now provides a handy visual reminder for users to blink more frequently while viewing a screen.

The PacMap Android app (currently in alpha) gives you points for
collecting dots and avoiding ghosts. Basically, that boils down to
driving really fast down every street you encounter. What could go
wrong?

Turbine's fantasy MMORPG has seen a 200% increase in income generated
since going free-to-play with microtransactions last September.

In the latest Bulletpoints video Cliff Bleszinksi reminisces about his grandfather's
encouragement, and how it led to exploding rectums with bullets.

Surefire success Angry Birds is transcending the digital realm,
having been recently spotted at CES fashioned into a board game.

A German court overturned an earlier ruling in favor of Atari Europe that said file-hosting service RapidShare was responsible for piracy of Atari's games.

A job listing at developer Danger Close says the team is looking to hire
an engineer for an “unannounced AAA first person shooter title.”

The Writers Guild of America has announce nominations for achievement in video game writing for 2010.

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New outfits for John Cena, The Undertaker, and CM Punk are coming to THQ's wrassler, and WCW's Nitro arena makes a comeback.