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Bethesda reveals Skyrim dragon mounts, house-building, Kinect shouts, and more!

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 9, 2012
1 min

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOUCDIP9uV0] Update: Swapped in a better version of the video. Todd Howard, game director at Bethesda Game Studios, gave the opening keynote at the...

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Help fund Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game, go bowling with them (updated)

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 9, 2012
2 min

Update: Double Fine Adventure collects over $680,000 within first day As of 9 a.m. PST, more than 16,000 backers had pledged a total of...

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Skyrim creator Todd Howard shares secrets of video game design

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2012
3 min

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim co-creator Todd Howard shared the secrets of video game design at the opening keynote of the annual DICE Summit...

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Gameloft Live enters the social mobile fray on Android, coming to iOS soon

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 8, 2012
2 min

Global games publisher Gameloft announced today its new gaming hub service, Gameloft Live. In a move that should surprise no one, the company has...

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Nexon invades Zynga’s turf with plan to launch Kart Rider on Facebook

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 8, 2012
1 min

Nexon and Zynga are dueling to be the darlings of the new game industry. Nexon got big with free-to-play online games that you download...

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Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t hurting World of Warcraft as much as you may think

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 8, 2012
2 min

To what extent has Electronic Arts’ Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) been keeping users away from Activision Blizzard’s cash cow World of Warcraft...

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Lance Tokuda’s SchoolFeed rounds up $1.75M for fast-growing classmates network

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 8, 2012
3 min

Lance Tokuda was looking for an old high school friend, but instead he found his second big social networking startup. The co-founder of game...

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Study: U.S. gaming population has nearly tripled in three years

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 8, 2012
2 min

The number of people playing video games in the U.S. has risen 241 percent since 2008, according to a new study from market research...

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Tips and tricks: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 8, 2012
10 min

At the very beginning of the game you will be given the choice of four different “races,” which are basically just two elves or humans with varying skin colors. However, each race comes packing three racial bonuses, granting an immediate bump to specific skills.

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The Skylanders financial bet gets a lot bigger with Giants sequel

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 8, 2012
3 min

Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure was a sleeper hit last year, a unique cross-platform product that combined a video game with collectible real-world toys. Now, ahead of the...

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