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The rise of clicker games

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 28, 2015
4 min

Codename Entertainment has seen significant success in the clicker game market with Crusaders of the Lost Idols. We sit down with CEO Eric Jordan to discuss the fan-lead initiatives the studio has made within this nascent genre.

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4 min

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The art and legacy of the ’90s console war

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 28, 2015
6 min

Two rival machines with competing ad campaigns set much of the groundwork for gamer-to-gamer relations, both then and now.

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6 min

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How to turn Fallout 4 into ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 27, 2015
2 min

Fallout 4 is a wonderful game. But it is also silly, and I discovered that when I accidentally re-created the 1989 morbid comedy Weekend at...

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2 min

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Pro Evolution Soccer gets free-to-play version so Konami can sell you microtransactions

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 27, 2015
2 min

Konami’s future as a triple-A publisher is in doubt, but the company is continuing to embrace the free-to-play business model. The company revealed that...

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2 min

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Lenovo hopes Razer will give it an edge in gamer PCs

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 27, 2015
3 min

Lenovo has become the world’s biggest PC maker, but it hasn’t had much of a presence in the lucrative market of gaming PCs. The...

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3 min

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Diving into the Samsung app store: sewer gators and flying lint balls

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 27, 2015
4 min

Once again we find ourselves adrift in the Samsung app store, with five more games that demand our attention. This time, we're under the sea, in a cheap casino, and wherever Badland takes place.

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For the gamer who has everything: custom-designed wood console covers

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 27, 2015
2 min

Toast, the company that brought you custom-designed hardwood veneer covers for phones and laptops, has now started doing cases for gaming consoles — and they’re...