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Enjoying the Unpredictability of Open-World Games

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 5, 2010
5 min

Editor's note: Richard takes a humorous look at the lighter side of glitching. I have to agree; sometimes a broken bit of code can...

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Video Game Zombies: Different yet Exactly the Same

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 5, 2010
3 min

Editor's note: I'll admit that I find something alluring about zombies — that creeping death now only a shell of its former self intrigues...

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Entertainment

Video game industry is reinventing itself (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2010
2 min

The video game industry is being turned inside out as users migrate online and embrace new platforms from the iPhone to Facebook. Business models...

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Google agrees to buy Slide for $182M as it moves into social games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2010
2 min

As it tries to move into social games, Google has reportedly agreed to buy app maker Slide for $182 million, according to a published...

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Online game service OnLive’s latest filing points to $1.1 billion valuation

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2010
3 min

Online game company OnLive‘s latest valuation is an estimated $1.1 billion, after taking investments from new investors BT and the Belgacom Group this spring,...

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FTC spells out antitrust settlement with Intel

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2010
4 min

The Federal Trade Commission said it has settled charges that Intel used anticompetitive tactics to stifle innovation and harm consumers in the markets for...

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Games: The Gateway Drug to Appreciating Other Media

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 4, 2010
3 min

My historical knowledge and daily intake of pop-culture is limited. I go to the movies, but I don't read reviews or bookmark blogs; I...

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India goes for Facebook games with Zapak-6waves deal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2010
1 min

India’s largest online game portal, Zapak, announced today that it is partnering with 6waves to move into social games on Facebook. Mumbai, India-based Zapak will...