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News Blips: New XCOM strategy game, Epic Games against SOPA, and BioWare’s Old Republic patching dedication

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 6, 2012
2 min

Remember that freaky XCOM display at last year's PAX? Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction face to today's first News Blip. Yes, including...

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Video Blips: Mass Effect 3, Final Fantasy 13-2, and The House of the Dead 3

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 6, 2012
1 min

Today's Video Blips brought to you by the phrase "here, have a gun." Video Blips: • Plunk down some reservation bucks for Mass Effect...

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The game within the game: Making mobile gaming work for developers and consumers

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 6, 2012
3 min

2011 was a banner year for mobile gaming. We’re now seeing 60 percent of smartphone users regularly playing games on their devices and surveys...

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Blizzard: Diablo 3 ratings delay in Korea won’t hurt global launch

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 5, 2012
2 min

A delayed approval and classification process for Diablo 3 in Korea has caused anxiety about the release date of Blizzard‘s action RPG, one of...

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Japanese game industry’s revenue falls 8 percent

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 5, 2012
1 min

Japanese game industry revenue fell 8 percent in 2011, due primarily to a lack of software hits and a steady decline in a major...

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Epic Games: “We do not support the current version of SOPA”

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 5, 2012
2 min

Video game developer Epic Games has officially taken a stance against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). In a brief statement on the Epic...

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Epic’s Infinity Blade series has sold more than $30M on iOS

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 5, 2012
1 min

Epic Games said today that its Infinity Blade series of iOS games has sold more than $30 million to date. That suggests that console-quality...

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Sony’s PlayStation Vita gaming handheld sees weekly sales declining in Japan

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 5, 2012
2 min

Sony’s PlayStation Vita handheld games console has only been out for three weeks in Japan, but its sales figures are already giving cause for...

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The Atari iPhone game copycat battle zone heats up (exclusive)

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 5, 2012
4 min

Apple has offered many copycat games on its iTunes App Store for years, but decided to pull a number of apps in December due...

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4 min

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Aeria Games buys game portal Ijji Games and raises money

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 5, 2012
2 min

Aeria Games has acquired free-to-play online gaming portal Ijji Games, the company announced today. It has also received funding from Ijji parent company NHN Corporation, a...

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