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4 games that should be in Kirby’s 20th Anniversary Collection

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 24, 2012
3 min

Kirby's 20th Anniversary Collection for the Wii includes some classic titles in the sidescrolling series, but here are some titles that we wish Nintendo would add to the anthology.

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Follow the bunny-hopping path through PC gaming’s history

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 24, 2012
1 min

Growing up, I plunged myself into the breakneck and keyboard-cracking world of twitch deathmatch shooters. My library consisted of games emblazoned with chest-thumping verbs...

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GamesBeat casts the Need for Speed movie

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 24, 2012
3 min

Dreamworks Studios has acquired the film rights to Electronic Arts' racing-game series Need for Speed. We use our world-class taste to cast the film.

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Left out? Sony franchises we may miss in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 23, 2012
1 min

PlayStation All-Stars celebrates popular Sony franchises like God of War and Uncharted, but obscure properties like Jumping Flash and Blasto may be left out in the cold.

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Video Blips: Spec Ops: The Line, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Krater

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 23, 2012
1 min

I'm glad a certain sand-themed dance anthem made by a certain DJ rhyming with "la nude" hasn't appeared in any of Spec Ops: The...

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Google transforms its homepage into a Turing machine minigame

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 23, 2012
1 min

Google is celebrating the 100th birthday of computer-science pioneer Alan Turing with a minigame based on one of his “thinking” machines.

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Lego Batman 2 tries to redefine the franchise but stumbles (review)

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 22, 2012
4 min

Lego Batman 2 is the first Lego title to implement voice acting and offer a massive open world for players to explore. But the transition to sandbox-style gameplay isn't an easy one for the caped crusader.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox 720, 3DS XL, and surviving the zombie apocalypse

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 22, 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.