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Video Blips: Okamiden, Ghost Trick, Sengoku Basara, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 23, 2010
2 min

During my nightly hyperbaric chamber session, Capcom managed to choke my inbox with a slew of Comic-Con videos, starting with this Okamiden trailer! Video...

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Microsoft's Xbox division posts $172M loss even as slim models start selling

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 23, 2010
1 min

Microsoft‘s Xbox business has been smooth sailing of late, and the lowered cost of production has enabled the company to introduce its new slim...

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RockYou signs five-year deal to support Facebook Credits (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 22, 2010
2 min

Social game company RockYou and Facebook have signed a five-year agreement in which RockYou will exclusively support the social network’s virtual currency. That means...

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Best Xbox 360 RPG: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
6 min

The best Xbox 360 RPG: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Now, some of you dissenters out there sitting at your computers may be saying "There's no way Elder Scrolls can be the best it's way too old." Or "Bethesda released Fallout3, which is an improvement in every way to Oblivion."

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Best Xbox 360 Downloadable Game: Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
2 min

I’ll never play paper Magic again, and the money-trap element keeps me away from Magic Online, but I spent several weeks tapping islands and swinging with drakes into early summer mornings nonetheless thanks to Stainless Games’ Duels of the Planeswalkers.

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Geek Squad or the Devil!

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
2 min

First, I would like to state, that I love my Android. Its the best phone I have ever owned! Its pretty much a little computer for my pocket that can dial out, do radar detecting, police scanner radio, and brew me a fresh hot cup of coffee every morning! Before my Droid, I was a Palm user.

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What Problem With Games Journalism? Part 1

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2010
6 min

Criticism is very easy. There's a self-righteous power to phrases like the "state of games journalism these days" followed by simple indictments, but it's...