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News Blips: Deus Ex lawsuit, Hideo Kojima on L.A. Noire face tech, Wii U’s online presence, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 7, 2011
2 min

Lawsuits come and go, but this one holds special significance: I can finally joke that Square Enix's neural net got broken by rebellious hackers. Wait,...

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Video Blips: Soul Calibur 5, The Secret World, Dead Block, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 7, 2011
1 min

At this point, I'm tempted to write off every Japanese development studio as the epitome of grace and humility — a status certainly better...

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Tomb Raider wants to take you to a dark place

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 7, 2011
3 min

I thought I had turned my back on Lara Croft. Then she gored herself in the opening sequence of Crystal Dynamics’ new Tomb Raider...

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Don’t cry about the likes of Farmville: We asked for pop gaming!

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 6, 2011
4 min

A phenomenon is sweeping the video-game realm. I've avoided it so far — mostly because I want to pretend like it doesn't exist —...

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The Big V: The great games market split

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 6, 2011
5 min

We are entering a world where the games market is fundamentally splitting in two, like the media market of a decade ago. Back then...

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Long-awaited Civilization World launches public beta on Facebook

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 6, 2011
6 min

Sid Meier’s Civilization World is available today to all Facebook users as the social game enters its public beta test. After more than 22...

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Global games business to hit $112B by 2015

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 6, 2011
1 min

Spending on video games around the globe will grow from $74 billion in 2011 to $112 billion by 2015, according to market researcher Gartner....

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Sony plans to redesign PlayStation Network

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 6, 2011
2 min

Sony is planning a redesign of its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), following a hacking attack that brought the network down for...

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Happy 15th Birthday NiGHTS!

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 6, 2011
2 min

I have many fond memories with NiGHTS into Dreams. Many of them involve spending the entire day playing and begging for just ten...

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Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 5, 2011
2 min

I played the fan translation of Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (ファミコン探偵倶楽部PartII うしろに立つ少女), or Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind in English last night and I was hooked.

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