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Extra Lives: Preserving the History of Video Games

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 3, 2012
6 min

[I am a student of Stony Brook University, the institution at the center of this article. This was originally written for a journalism...

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Shame is plastic: 6 gaming accessories of dubious quality

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 3, 2012
12 min

Bitmob has a writing challenge this month; the challenge is to revisit some of your worst gaming peripheral purchases and write back with your...

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Video Blips: Dragon’s Dogma, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 3, 2012
2 min

I've seen the standard "burning home village" and "chosen one prophecy" reasons for embarking on a grand adventure plenty of times — but "poked...

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Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley launches mobile-game startup with Atari arcade veterans

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2012
7 min

Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the Xbox, passionately believes that gameplay will triumph in the game business. That is why he and his new...

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6waves Lolapps chief denies violating NDA in copyright dispute with Spry Fox (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2012
2 min

Rex Ng, chief executive of 6waves Lolapps, denied allegations that his company violated a non-disclosure agreement in a case related to allegations of copying...

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THQ CEO admits confidence was “misplaced” on children’s video games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2012
3 min

THQ chief executive Brian Farrell ate some major crow on his company’s analyst conference call today. “We anticipated our third fiscal quarter would be...

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Gene Simmons says a KISS Angry Birds game is coming

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 2, 2012
1 min

KISS frontman Gene Simmons has revealed that he’s in talks with Rovio to develop a KISS/Angry Birds game. In what specific capacity the two...

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PSN to get new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 maps on Feb. 28

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 2, 2012
1 min

Video game publisher Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s content season for Call of Duty Elite members on the PlayStation...