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Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 5, 2011
2 min

I played the fan translation of Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (ファミコン探偵倶楽部PartII うしろに立つ少女), or Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind in English last night and I was hooked.

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Sony finally brings PlayStation Network fully online in Japan

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 5, 2011
2 min

Sony has finally brought its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), and its associated services online in Japan — the last region where...

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Social gaming company Ohai sold to unnamed bidder (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 5, 2011
2 min

We hear that social gaming company Ohai has been sold. We don’t know who the buyer is, but there were evidently a number of...

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Indie darling sandbox game Minecraft passes 10M users

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 5, 2011
2 min

Minecraft, an independently-developed sandbox building game, has passed 10 million registered users, according to the game’s creator, Markus Persson, also known as “Notch.” That puts...

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Who outguns the other? Electronic Arts vs Zynga (poll)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 3, 2011
4 min

Updated with poll — so you can vote Social game maker Zynga, developer of games like FarmVille, filed for an initial public offering on...

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And we’re signing up even more great GamesBeat speakers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 3, 2011
3 min

Today we’re revealing the eleventh group of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our newest batch of speakers illustrates the wide variety of...

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How to Make L.A. Noire 2 a Great Game

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 2, 2011
3 min

Prior to its release, I fully expected L.A. Noire to be a smash hit with both reviewers and gamers. Though the game was far...

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The longest blog ever written about Red Dead Redemption

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 1, 2011
13 min

This entry contains heavy spoilers about Red Dead Redemption that include, but aren't limited to, the ending of the campaign. If you haven't finished...