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Sorry, iPad, kids still like their handheld consoles more than you

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 13, 2012
1 min

Kids still prefer their gaming consoles to tablets.

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14-year-old programmer creates iPhone game to help predict the 2012 election

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 13, 2012
2 min

A teenager made an iPhone game that taps into America's divisive political climate and its love of mascots.

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BYOT Episode 1: Gaming’s good, bad, and downright crappy of 2012 (so far)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2012
1 min

Here it is: the first episode of GamesBeat's official podcast, BYOT.

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World of Tanks: Generals is Wargaming’s new card-based strategy MMO for browsers

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2012
1 min

World of Tanks: Generals represents Wargaming's move into browser-based platforms.

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The Neo Geo returns as a portable system that won’t murder your wallet, just kicks it a little

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 13, 2012
2 min

If you have $200 to drop on an expensive nostalgia trip, you could probably do worse than the Neo Geo X Gold, a new handheld machine that plays classic Neo Geo games on its 4.3 inch screen or on your television.

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Hybrid is a fast-paced but thoughtful shooter that suffers from some technical hiccups (review)

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
August 13, 2012
4 min

Hybrid wears its cover shooter heritage with pride, while introducing some genuinely interesting ideas to the genre.

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Coco controller brings traditional video game controls to the iPhone

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 13, 2012
2 min

As big as gaming has become on smartphones, the lack of buttons or analog sticks can make more traditional experiences difficult and clunky. A new device, coco, is aiming to fix that problem.

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Wikipad: The company (and tablet) that is bringing console gaming to Android part 2 (exclusive)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2012
8 min

In part two of our interview with Wikipad's James Bower and Fraser Townley, we learn more about this new Android tablet/game console and how they view the market, Windows 8, and Ouya.