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Nintendo announces 3DS folders, new Animal Crossing, and New Super Mario Bros. 2

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2012
1 min

Nintendo announced an upcoming firmware update and a number of games coming soon for the 3DS in the latest installment of its every-once-in-a-while Nintendo Direct video briefing tonight.

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News Blips: Diablo III open beta weekend, Apple didn’t meet Valve, and SimCity Internet requirement “worth it”

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2012
2 min

Some sort of devious sorcery exists at Blizzard for it to lavish a playable morsel of Diablo III upon our eager computers on this...

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Trials Evolution breaks XBLA record with highest day-one sales

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 20, 2012
1 min

Trials Evolution, the first title in Arcade Next promotion, just broke the Xbox Live Arcade record for the highest-grossing day-one sales.

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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 20, 2012
2 min

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

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Diablo III open beta weekend begins today

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 20, 2012
1 min

Say goodbye to your weekend plans...

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Author David Kushner tells the inside tale on Grand Theft Auto and the video game violence wars (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 20, 2012
16 min

David Kushner has been on the front lines of the video game culture wars. In 2004, he published Masters of Doom, a portrait of...

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Can minors buy Facebook Credits? Parents demand refund in class action suit

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 20, 2012
2 min

Social media giant Facebook is facing a new class-action lawsuit that involves minors purchasing Facebook credits without parental consent. Facebook Credits are the currency...

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The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 to focus on crossover strategies

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 20, 2012
4 min

GamesBeat 2012 is going to be all about crossover strategies. The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross...

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The top 25 technology books of all time

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 20, 2012
14 min

Technology teaches us to forget the past. Last year’s tech news seems like it has no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and...

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Fez Review: The gaping maw of madness

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 20, 2012
3 min

One of the many secret messages in Fez reads, “Trapped in a fez factory. Please send help.” This is a plea straight from the mouth of the game’s creator, Phil Fish, who for nearly five years, was trapped within the padded walls of his own creation.

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