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Video Blips: Dragon’s Dogma, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and more

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February 3, 2012
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I've seen the standard "burning home village" and "chosen one prophecy" reasons for embarking on a grand adventure plenty of times — but "poked...

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Gene Simmons says a KISS Angry Birds game is coming

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February 2, 2012
1 min

KISS frontman Gene Simmons has revealed that he’s in talks with Rovio to develop a KISS/Angry Birds game. In what specific capacity the two...

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Liberation Map

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PSN to get new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 maps on Feb. 28

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February 2, 2012
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Video game publisher Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s content season for Call of Duty Elite members on the PlayStation...

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Ubisoft server transition will make always-on DRM games unplayable

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February 2, 2012
2 min

Many of Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft’s online services will be offline starting Feb. 7 as it moves its servers from a third-party data center...

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Sony patent application shows control method that resembles Wii U

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February 2, 2012
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Sony filed for an interesting patent in 2010 that shows it has technology that resembles Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U game console. Titled Position-Dependent Gaming...

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Apple hires former Xbox Live marketing head

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February 2, 2012
1 min

The latest top executive to land at Apple is former head of Xbox Live marketing Robin Burrowes, who joined the company earlier this month....

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It’s time for a Shaq Fu revival

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February 2, 2012
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Is it time for Shaq Fu, the mid-'90s 2D fighter featuring the 4x NBA Champion, to make a comeback? On January 18th I noticed...

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Microsoft launches Kinect for Windows aimed at developers and businesses

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February 1, 2012
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Microsoft today launched the Kinect for Windows commercial program, bringing the Xbox 360 motion-sensing peripheral’s hardware and software to the PC platform. The company...

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Report: THQ cutting 170+ staff, including VP of technology

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February 1, 2012
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[Update: THQ confirmed in a filing that it is cutting 240 jobs.] Game publisher and developer THQ is set to announce their financials on...

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Trion Worlds announces Rift Lite, offers first 20 levels of online game for free

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February 1, 2012
1 min

Video game publisher Trion Worlds is trying to draw new players into its fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift by offering “Rift Lite,”...

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