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  1. Minecraft passes four million sales: bit.ly/uGDE6j
  2. BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will give BAFTA's Annual Videogames Lecture in London later this month: bit.ly/s28bN4
  3. REVIEW: The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn is charming, beautiful and packed with too many ideas bit.ly/tbaXyi
  4. Battlefield 3 retains top spot in the UK chart despite the release of Uncharted 3: bit.ly/uI8g54
  5. Warner Bros confirms an unspecified number of layoffs at its Seattle operation - reports suggest 60 staff are affected: bit.ly/ucPhIE
  6. Zynga's profits fall 54 per cent despite an 80 per cent increase in revenue: bit.ly/vd9kaA
  7. Lego Universe will close down on January 31 due to a lack of subscribers: bit.ly/vYC8Td
  8. Following its acquisition by Ubisoft, Trials dev RedLynx tells us other publishers were also interested in it: bit.ly/rxM4P8
  9. Chris Donlan investigates what happens when @spryfox trades town planning for anagrams in Panda Poet bit.ly/vG67wK
  10. Graham McAllister looks at the four factors that make up the ingredients for the perfect demo bit.ly/vZccrR
  11. A new BioWare studio and game, and the return of Alan Wake, will be announced at next month's Spike Videogame Awards: bit.ly/uyiCEV
  12. Ubisoft announces Rainbow 6 Patriots, due in 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC: bit.ly/ukjWou
  13. Joe Danger Special Edition has been confirmed for Xbox Live Arcade: bit.ly/tZnhUR
  14. A lack of direction and leadership led to the cancellation of Steven Spielberg's Project LMNO, says Jason Rohrer: bit.ly/rtlv4p
  15. The social revamp of PlayStation Home launches today: bit.ly/rF88st
  16. We profile Q-Games, the tirelessly creative developer employing a healthy mix of western and Japanese staff bit.ly/v8bVA5
  17. Randy Smith considers the design principles that make Dead Rising stand out from the horde bit.ly/sldVIN
  18. Ubisoft says it will make use of RedLynx's tech in other games following its acquisition of the Trials developer: bit.ly/upf8pi
  19. THQ's losses almost double despite a sizeable increase in revenue: bit.ly/sqJh0L
  20. Angry Birds passes 500 million downloads: bit.ly/vbJbjr