I've worked my fair share of Black Fridays, which has since inspired me to always add "that I don't have to work retail tomorrow" to my list of things for which I'm thankful, right after the part about a healthy family and that I don't have any terminal illnesses.

  John Carmack and Katherine Anna Kang have spoken in a new interview with Gamasutra about the creation of id's new mobile division, Doom RPG and what it's like to be an industry "power couple."

  Securities analyst Michael Pachter expects that the games industry "will crush all records" this holiday season.

  Officials have cleared a modified version of Activision's Soldier of Fortune: Payback for sale in Australia, reversing an earlier ban on the title.

  Jeff "Yak" Minter airs his opinions on the public's lack of interest in original game titles and the frustration is causes developers.

  Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack lamented the way government subsidies are pulling good developers away from Ontario to Quebec.

  The Democratic Party of Missouri has produced a new online videogame in which players must save public documents before Republican Governor Matt Blunt can delete them.

  In an extensive interview, Valve head Gabe Newell spoke of Steam's benefits over boxed game packages and announced his ambition to have every PC title ever made eventually available for the platform.

  The New World Assembly Group, a U.K.-based gaming organization, is giving away its proprietary X-ray anti-cheat software to anyone who wants it.

  After announcing shrinking profits and watching its stock price plunge, The9 enacts plans to purchase $50 million of its stock off the open markets.

  Epic Games Vice President Mark Rein has confirmed that a Nintendo Wii port of the Unreal Engine 3 is in the works, but that it's not his company doing the job.

  Technology blog TechCrunch interviews Chris Collins, the head of Second Life's Linden Exchange, to discover details related to Linden's server expansion and open-sourcing plans.

  Atari Europe has issued a statement saying the troubles plaguing U.S. based Atari have not affected it, and that things are actually looking pretty good on their side of the pond.

  The performance Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction may not be as historically high as its Playstation 2 prequels, but publisher Sony isn't complaining.