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Nintendo’s Wii U could become the next big home for indie console developers (interview)

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March 25, 2014
10 min

GamesBeat met with Damon Baker, Nintendo's senior manager of licensing marketing, to discuss this new indie content initiative -- and the concept of an open-platform Nintendo blew our minds.

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10 min

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Sony Online Entertainment makes the rules, and the players make the games

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March 25, 2014
6 min

In today’s market, players need to have a hand in guiding that evolution, and that’s the mantra guiding the development of Planetside 2 and EverQuest Next Landmark.

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6 min

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Microsoft open-sources MS-DOS. ’80s kids dance in the streets

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March 25, 2014
2 min

This story takes me right back to 1987, hanging out on the living room floor, futzing with floppy disks and command prompts and the original version of King's Quest.

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2 min

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Live Webcast: Distributed Denial of Service — war stories from the cloud front

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March 25, 2014
1 min

Join Akamai’s security expert Matthew Mosher and GamesBeat lead reporter Dean Takahashi to hear about the latest online attacks and the toolkits companies are using to take worldwide gaming platforms offline.

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1 min

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Deception IV: Blood Ties is sadistic cruelty, but not just for your victims (review)

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March 25, 2014
4 min

It's almost sad how dumb and predictable your victims can be, but that doesn't mean this game is easy.

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4 min

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What one studio says the media, gamers, and developers get wrong about Steam’s Early Access

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March 25, 2014
6 min

We walk through the Early Access process with Tribute Games' Jean-Francois Major, and he shares insights about what everyone -- including pirates -- gets wrong about Steam's experimental program.

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6 min

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Dark Souls II: Kills great, less tedious (review)

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March 24, 2014
6 min

Dark Souls II improves upon the original in almost every way.

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6 min

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The Gauntlet reboot is tailor-made for consoles … but it’s only on PCs

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March 24, 2014
2 min

The lack of planned console releases for the Gauntlet reboot is confusing. This is a game made for control pads, not a mouse and keyboard.

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2 min

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Ken Levine leaving behind linear narratives and ‘going back to the drawing board’

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March 22, 2014
3 min

After nearly 20 years, the master storyteller is ready to give players choice.

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3 min

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Oops: Sucker Punch may have revealed the preloading of PS4 games in April

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March 21, 2014
1 min

PlayStation 4 owners may not have to wait much longer to start downloading digital games before they release, if a tweet by Sony-owned developer Sucker Punch is true.

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1 min

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