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News Blips: Square Enix financials tank, gaming blamed for tugboat accident, social gaming will “crash,” and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 13, 2011
2 min

In solidarity with Square Enix's current plight, I pledge to purchase 3,000 copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Wait, never mind…that means I'll be...

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Sony tries to reassure game makers about PlayStation Network

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
4 min

Sony knows that the 100 million members of its PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment services aren’t making any online purchases now, as...

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Video Blips: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Soul Calibur 5, Lord of the Rings, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 13, 2011
1 min

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning reinforces a crucial dogma of any fantasy-themed hero: No matter how idyllic the countryside is, always keep a giant hammer...

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A blockbuster month: video game sales rise 20 percent in April

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2011
2 min

Video game sales rose 20 percent in April as a series of big titles finally pumped some life into the core console game business....

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Filling in the blanks: Recovering lost gaming memories

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 12, 2011
3 min

After 27 years of playing them, it seems like I've forgotten more games than I can remember. Many may have been instantly forgettable, or...

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3 min

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At last, Sid Meier readies Civilization World social game for Facebook

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2011
4 min

Sid Meier’s Civilization World is finally close to coming out of an insane development cycle. Sid Meier, the acclaimed game developer at Firaxis and...

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Howard Marks’ Gamzee will focus on social-mobile HTML5 games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2011
3 min

Howard Marks has developed pretty good cred in video games. Over the course of 25 years, he helped revive an ailing Activision, which is...

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Why I (and probably 600,000 others) stopped playing World of Warcraft

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 12, 2011
3 min

Blizzard’s flagship online game, World of Warcraft, shed around 600,000 players in the last quarter even though it released one of its most successful...