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Project Glass “Battlefield 5” video details gaming’s immersive and bloody future

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 15, 2012
1 min

Google’s Project Glass could represent the frontier of digital convenience. It also could represent the latest opportunity for looking completely stupid in public. Of...

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How Fez’s first-day sales compare to Braid, Limbo, and other XBLA hits

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 15, 2012
2 min

In just 24 hours, Polytron Corporations' pixelated platformer has sold almost 20,000 copies. This places it among some of Xbox Live Arcade's quickest selling titles.

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My Wife is Retarded producer working on Electronic Arts movie

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April 15, 2012
2 min

Electronic Arts is reportedly working toward a Hollywood adaptation of its long-running Need for Speed franchise. Brothers John Gatins (a writer of Real Steel)...

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Polytron acknowledges “pretty serious” bugs in Fez

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 14, 2012
2 min

Developer Polytron launched its Xbox Live Arcade game Fez on Friday to much critical acclaim. However, many players have taken to Twitter and message...

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Valve researcher focuses on wearable computing

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 14, 2012
2 min

Michael Abrash, a top video game technical expert, has begun a research project to create “wearable computing” for video game publisher Valve. Valve’s Abrash...

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10-year-old makes Quacky’s Quest audio game for his blind grandma

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 14, 2012
1 min

Fifth-grader Dylan Viale has a blind grandmother. So the 10-year-old made her a game that uses audio cues according to a story in Kotaku....

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News Blips: Epic demands “face-melting” graphics, ex-THQ exec rails against used games, and Valve’s possible hardware plans

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April 14, 2012
2 min

I'll forgive CliffyB's use of a tired cliche only because I finally pulled off a double kill in Gears of War 3 multiplayer before...

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Retake Final Fantasy 7: An outraged fan demands change

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April 14, 2012
2 min

The ending to Mass Effect 3 received an unprecedented onslaught of rage from longtime fans of the series. Many critics warmly embraced the ambiguous...