In addition to the Skyrim creation kit coming out today you can also find a HD texture pack up on Steam. Yay for more Skyrim!

The Internet blacklist legislation—known as PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House—invites Internet security risks, threatens online speech, and hampers innovation on the Web. Urge your members of Congress to reject this Internet blacklist campaign in both its forms!

I noticed over at PC Gamer that Valve's team based shooter TF2 is now going to be free to play. Developer online has an interview where the F2P decision was announced.

Microsoft will be launching a Xbox 360 TV service this fall. The service will include DVR functionality and can be controlled using Kinect voice recognition.

Also coming for the 360 is YouTube and UFC content. You can read more at ARS via the clicky above.

Major League Gaming's 2011 Columbus StarCraft II tourney has come to a close. Hit read more to see the winner.

Blizzard has up an interview with Dustin Browder and a pair of trailers for the upcoming StarCraft II expansion. TeamLiquid also has a informative writeup on what they saw of the expansion at Blizzard HQ.

InsideGamer has up a gallery of 30 Hearth of the Swarm screenshots. More info on the StarCraft II expansion should come out tomorrow all around the web.

While the supposed end of days has passed, a sign has shown that we are not yet in the clear. That is right, Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold. According to creative director George Broussard "Duke Nukem Forever and its journey to store shelves is legendary. It's an epic tale of four game development studios that banded together and did the unthinkable and shipped the unshippable.

inc gamers has trove of screenshots of Diablo III items and UI bits. Well worth a look if you are eagerly awaiting info on Blizzard's next hack 'n slash RPG.