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The Force Unleashed Series Has Turned Me to the Dark Side

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 5, 2010
6 min

Now, if you know me, you'll know that the prospect of me being honest about Star Wars might seem as unlikely as the possibility that someday I'll be come a Boston Red Sox fan – it's simply never going to happen.

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Video Blips: Sonic Free Riders, Dead Space 2, Need for Speed, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 5, 2010
2 min

Intense rivalries, a cocksure protagonist, and hoverboard racing…yep, Sonic Free Riders may as well be called Back to the Future 2. Video Blips: •...

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The Geekbox – Episode 90

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 5, 2010
1 min

The Geekbox — Episode 90 (2010-11-03) Wherein we discuss the World Series, Futurama costumes, The Walking Dead, Star Trek Online, Rock Band 3, Red Dead...

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Gaming Content on TV Doesn’t Work

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 5, 2010
3 min

The Internet has destroyed the need for a game-centric TV network in America. The tech-head and the gamer are two concepts that go together...

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Ahead of two monstrous game launches, Activision Blizzard reports healthy earnings

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2010
2 min

Activision Blizzard, the largest independent publisher of video games, predicted that it will have huge launches for its upcoming Call of Duty Black Ops...

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Appitalism launches a social community for discovering apps (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2010
2 min

Finding the right app is getting hard in an age of app overkill. That’s why Appitalism has started a social community, combined with an...

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Raising $3.5M, Rocket Ninja will blast onto Facebook with 3D games (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2010
3 min

Social game maker Rocket Ninja is coming out of stealth mode today, showing it’s still possible to create social game startups even as Zynga...

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News Blips: NBA Elite 11 Canceled, Shinji Mikami’s Last Game, Microsoft Responds to Indie Community, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2010
2 min

It's a good thing EA tries to release its products to coincide with season openers and not the other way around, because we'd be...

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Microsoft marks launch of Kinect motion-control system with dance party in Times Square

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2010
3 min

Microsoft launched its long-awaited Kinect motion-control system tonight at midnight Eastern time with a huge dance party in Times Square. Hundreds of professional dancers...

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(30) Days of RPGs: November 2010

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2010
4 min

Fans of role-playing games have plenty of options these days — modern RPGs come from most corners of the world and in many different...