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Richard “Lord British” Garriott in space: “I might just sit up in my window in orbit and write the next game” (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2012
15 min

GB: Now that you’re back on earth, did the flight change you in a particular way? RG: Well, there’s no question that space travel,...

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100 year old gamer uses Nintendo DS to keep her mind active

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 1, 2012
2 min

Nintendo has certainly broadened the demographic of the gaming community in recent years, as demonstrated by 100 year old gamer Kathleen ‘Kit’ Connell. Kit...

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News Blips: Dragon’s Dogma dated, Angry Birds dev shrugs at piracy, and Final Fantasy 13-2 DLC

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 1, 2012
1 min

It's not often a game's marketability entails the description "fight a giant gryphon that's on fire," but it damn well reinforces my love for...

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Japan’s DeNa moves into Chinese smartphone game market in deal with Baidu

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2012
1 min

Japan’s DeNA is bent on being a global powerhouse in social games on mobile platforms. Today, the company announced it will put its Mobage...

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Video Blips: Mass Effect 3, Hybrid, Crusader Kings 2, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 1, 2012
1 min

Some of these behind-the-scenes videos should tone down the exclusion a bit. Sure, showcasing the marquee talent always works, but where's the exposure for...

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Tips and Tricks: The Final Fantasy XIII-2 game guide

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 1, 2012
11 min

Index Crystarium Historia Crux Serendipity: Casino & Chocobo Races Fragment Skills DLC: Coliseum, Omega, and beyond FAQ & Ultimate Weapons (<–you are here) Review Serah...

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Classic online game EverQuest celebrates 13th birthday with switch to free to play business model

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 31, 2012
2 min

Boy, they grow up so fast: March 16 will mark the 13th birthday of Sony Online Entertainment‘s (SOE) massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORG)...

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Will We Ever Get a FFVII Remake?

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 31, 2012
3 min

Will We Ever Get a FFVII Remake? Today is the 15th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII’s Japanese launch, but I want to know, will...

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Spil Games has 170M monthly visitors who spend as much as $60 a month

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 31, 2012
1 min

Spil Games said today that it has 170 million monthly active visitors to its various teen-girl-focused game sites. People who play the free-to-play social...

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HTML5 versus Adobe Flash (infographic)

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 31, 2012
1 min

One of Steve Jobs’ last major acts before passing was to launch an attack on Adobe Flash. Mobile Apple devices began blocking Flash-powered content,...

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