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Game maker Take-Two Interactive says December sales are slow, discloses Icahn stake

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2009
2 min

Take-Two Interactive Software reported an expected fourth quarter loss that was consistent with its earlier warning that game sales were slow. Meanwhile, investor Carl...

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Crispy Gamer Media buys gamer social network GamerDNA

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2009
1 min

Combining its gamer news site with a social network, Crispy Gamer Media said it has acquired GamerDNA for an undisclosed sum. Cambridge, Mass.-based GamerDNA...

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Down Memory Lane: A Complete Timeline of the Gaming Industry

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 17, 2009
1 min

Nowadays, kids have no respect for the games their elders played! Mattel and Atari captivated the hearts and minds of gamers long before the...

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Preview: BioWare aims for its “best game ever” with Mass Effect 2 (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2009
5 min

The video game Mass Effect was a great leap forward in video game storytelling when it debuted on the Xbox 360 in the fall...

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Multiverse’s Remix makes it easy to create Avatar spinoff games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2009
3 min

James Cameron’s high profile sci fi movie Avatar, which hits theaters tomorrow, will be accompanied by a ton of accompanying merchandise and spinoff products....

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Modern Warfare 2 Balaclavas: Hide Your Face in Style

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 17, 2009
1 min

Ski masks have long been the preferred face-covering for people whose heads freeze easily (not to mention bank robbers). Criminals and law enforcement tend...

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SGN launches Skies of Glory and other iPhone games — showcasing new features

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2009
2 min

SGN, a company that is pushing the envelope on special effects for games on the iPhone, has launched three new iPhone games, including its flagship...

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EA to launch three big franchise games on the iPhone

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2009
3 min

Electronic Arts continues its offensive on the iPhone market today, announcing the impending launches of three major games for the device: Need for Speed...

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Sony’s Home virtual world hits 10M users, debuts cool 3-D game and embraces virtual goods

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2009
3 min

Sony’s PlayStation Home virtual world on the PlayStation 3’s online network has built an audience of 10 million gamers in the past year, largely...

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Let’s Go Find El Dorado: Oregon Trail with Bouncy Cows

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 17, 2009
1 min

Oregon Trail was one of the first popular games to insidiously slip education in alongside the fun. If Justin Smith’s all-action reimagining, Let’s Go Find...

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