Game|Life Podcast: Xbox Tablet Surfaces and Gamemaker THQ Sinks

Rumors of a 7-inch tablet with Xbox branding and a gaming-centric spec sheet and the downfall of console game publisher THQ are the big topics on this week’s Game|Life audio podcast.
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Rumors of a 7-inch tablet with Xbox branding and a gaming-centric spec sheet and the downfall of console game publisher THQ are the big topics on this week’s Game|Life audio podcast.

Wired senior editor Peter Rubin and editorial fellow Bo Moore join me this week to report and analyze the big stories in the games industry. We also run down some new game releases that you might have missed, including Pixld from Portal designer Kim Swift, Curiosity from Peter Molyneux and of course Angry Birds: Star Wars.

Game|Life’s podcast is posted on Fridays, is available on iTunes, can be downloaded directly and is embedded below.

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