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How Unreal Tournament bots passed the Turing test

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 20, 2012
5 min

A custom-designed Unreal Tournament "bot" has apparently passed the Turing test for artificial intelligence by convincing over half its flesh-and-blood opponents that it was human. This could have huge implications for robotics, gaming, and sci-fi doomsday scenarios.

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The Haunts Kickstarter collapse: Only two backers requested refunds

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 20, 2012
3 min

Haunts: The Manse Macabre found success in a Kickstarter funding campaign, but development fell apart last week. Despite the game's uncertain future, backers aren't backing down.

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Here's how you become an app store millionaire (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 19, 2012
5 min

While the average app store developer might make under $10K a year from his or her apps, Joe Kaufman has managed to generate millions of downloads to his hit Lost City and Secret of Grisly Manor apps, generating massive revenue and making him a self-made millionaire.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye CEO calls out Zynga, new Xbox 360 dashboard revealed

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 19, 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.

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Extra Life charity game-athon starts tomorrow, expects to double last-year's raise

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 19, 2012
3 min

Extra Life has already raised $1 million this year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals across the country.

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EA CEO: 'Consumers won't pay for crap' in social and mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 19, 2012
2 min

Gamers will flock to quality on any game platform, including mobile and social.

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Crash Labs launches Twist Pilot on Zynga Mobile

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 19, 2012
2 min

Crash Labs launches its first puzzle game for mobile, Twist Pilot.

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Development halts on successfully funded Kickstarter game Haunts

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 19, 2012
2 min

The programmers on the game have left the developers and production is at a standstill as the project director already spent all of the Kickstarter funds.