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Dead Island and indiscriminate violence

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2011
6 min

I stomp my boot against the head of a zombie and feel its skull slowly pressing in and bending. A split-second later, it explodes...

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Call of Duty Elite gamer social network delayed on PC

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2011
1 min

It looks like the Call of Duty Elite gamer social network for the PC will not be ready in time for the launch of...

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Zynga reports a profit for third quarter on eve of IPO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2011
3 min

Zynga reported net income of $12.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 54 percent from $27 million a year ago, according...

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 hits the online auctions ahead of release

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2011
1 min

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is expected to break video game sales records when it goes on sale Tuesday. But it looks like...

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A tale of two launches: Steve Jobs biography and Battlefield 3

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2011
4 min

There’s a tale in two numbers that were released last week. Walter Isaacson’s well-received biography of Steve Jobs sold an estimated 379,000 copies in...

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News Blips: GTA5 in San Andreas, BF3 trails behind COD on XBL, three Silent Hill games next year, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2011
2 min

Most of my friends in the San Francisco Bay Area consider Los Angeles with a significant measure of scorn. I'm sure they're now rejoicing...

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Video Blips: Saints Row: The Third, Call of Duty Elite, Hitman: Absolution, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2011
1 min

I'm sure Saints Row: The Third's city of Steelport has its fair share of quaint properties. Minus the prostitutes. And the zombies. And the...

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Comic: Uncharted Drake’s Sidequests

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 4, 2011
1 min

I just got my copy of Uncharted 3 today and while I was playing it I noticed this little thing about Nathan Drake’s notebook that always bothered me in every game. If you look at it after a puzzle or event, there’s this detailed drawing in there of what just happened.