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Jedi, fedoras, and carpal tunnel: A history of LucasArts

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 2, 2012
6 min

What if LucasArts never existed? What if the irascible filmmaker, beloved (and despised) the world over for his invaluable contributions to the pop-culture lexicon, had stuck to making space operas and juvenile fantasies about archeologists in fedora hats? What if George Lucas never entered the arena of gaming 30 years ago?

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Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus revives an age of raw, unfiltered 2D fighting (review)

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 2, 2012
4 min

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus is both a welcome return and a missed opportunity.

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A game without borders: Borderlands 2 ships more than 5M units

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 2, 2012
2 min

Borderlands 2 is handsomely outselling the original 2009 game.

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GamesAnalytics publishes new ‘doctrine’ on player-relationship management for developers

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 2, 2012
1 min

The data-tracking firm claims the key to building and retaining a player base is all about understanding player behavior.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney buys LucasArts/Lucasfilm, Halo 4 reviewed, and Valve dislikes Windows 8

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 2, 2012
3 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.