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News Blips: Black Ops Bans, Halo Waypoint App, Battle.net Dial-In Authenticator, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 11, 2010
2 min

Everyone knows people cheated and hacked in Modern Warfare 2 to become famous, but Treyarch hates our obsession with celebrities. News Blips: Treyarch representatives...

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Social game company Summerlight comes out of stealth (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2010
2 min

Social game companies such as Zynga owe much of their success to Facebook. But they’ve learned the lesson in recent months that they should...

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ARM promises mobile phone graphics that won’t stink

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2010
2 min

In the age of the iPhone, smartphones have beautiful touchscreens. But try to play a 3D game on these phones and the graphics suddenly...

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MocoSpace says its new social game platform already has its first hit

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2010
2 min

MocoSpace recently launched an effort to create mobile games that run on web browsers. The Boston-based company is announcing today that its first social...

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Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2010
5 min

If you’re reading this, you love video games. There’s no other way to explain why you’d click on a link that led you to...

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How Flower Demonstrates “Game Feel”

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2010
7 min

Game theory strives to answer some illusive and nebulous questions, or at least suggest possible explanations. What makes a game compelling? What makes a...

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Turbulenz raises $5M for online game platform

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2010
1 min

UK game developer Turbulenz has raised $5 million for its platform for publishing and making money from online browser games. Scheduled for a 2011...

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News Blips: Black Ops Launch, Xbox Live Indie Games Restored, Epic’s Violent Content, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2010
2 min

Psst, Call of Duty: Black Ops is out today. And be sure to enter Raptr's giveaway for some slick COD Gunnar shades. News Blips:...

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Video Blips: Black Ops, LittleBigPlanet 2, Epic Mickey, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2010
2 min

You awaken in a dark and dank surveillance room. Before you, a flickering screen beckons you to make a choice. You struggle against your...

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The Versatility of Death in Video Games

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2010
3 min

Online battles result in unfathomable amounts of casualties. In-game death both haunts and amuses me. Defining death is pretty hard when it comes to...

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