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News Blips: PlayStation Move’s European Sales, Super Street Fighter 4 3DS Hotkeys, Autographed NES Auction, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 16, 2010
2 min

Sony is excited about the popularity of PlayStation Move in Europe, but if you listen closely, you can almost hear America saying "meh" in...

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Demand for Angry Birds game inundates GetJar’s app store

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 16, 2010
1 min

Demand for mobile game Angry Birds almost sunk GetJar, the app store where the Google Android version of the game first appeared today. GetJar...

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DiscoveryBeat 2010: Final agenda at a glance

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 16, 2010
5 min

If you haven’t heard our trumpets blasting over the past few weeks, you may be interested to know that DiscoveryBeat 2010 is coming up...

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Finding Fear: Putting the Horror Back in Horror Games

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 16, 2010
2 min

Ghosts aren't scary — annoying maybe, but not scary. Not in any practical sense anyway. Maybe I'm weird, but the things that terrify me...

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The Geekbox – Episode 87

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 16, 2010
1 min

The Geekbox — Episode 87 (2010-10-14) Wherein we discuss forum ragenautting, attention spans, Dead Rising 2, quick-time events, Heavy Rain, Plants vs. Zombies for...

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Video game investors seek to fund games via film financing methods

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2010
3 min

Two companies hope to bankroll new video games with a financing method that has been used to underwrite billions of dollars for film productions....

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Gamers spent $2.6B to $2.9B in first half on digital online goods

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2010
1 min

While sales of video games in physical stores is declining, the amount spent online on digital goods for games is skyrocketing. Market researcher NPD...