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OnLive adds better games like Borderlands to its all-you-can-eat PlayPack game library

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
3 min

OnLive, the online games on demand service, is announcing today it has added Borderlands to its all-you-can-eat subscription service known as PlayPack. The PlayPack...

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OpenFeint expands free-to-play model to Android games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
2 min

With Google’s Android mobile platform adding 400,000 new devices a day, it’s clear the platform is becoming a lot more attractive to developers. In...

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Sony Online Entertainment offers deal on PC online gaming outage

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
2 min

Sony Online Entertainment, the PC online game branch of the Japanese company, offered its 24 million gamers a deal to entice them to come...

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Pitch your startup at the “Who’s Got Game?” contest at GamesBeat 2011

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
1 min

Our GamesBeat 2011 conference is coming up on July 12-13 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This year’s conference is focused on the...

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Sony’s online outage starting to take toll on PS 3 sales (poll)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
2 min

Retailers are starting to report increased trade-ins of PlayStation 3 consoles for Microsoft’s Xbox 360s as gamers run out of patience with Sony’s online...

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News Blips: Square Enix financials tank, gaming blamed for tugboat accident, social gaming will “crash,” and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 13, 2011
2 min

In solidarity with Square Enix's current plight, I pledge to purchase 3,000 copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Wait, never mind…that means I'll be...

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Sony tries to reassure game makers about PlayStation Network

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2011
4 min

Sony knows that the 100 million members of its PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment services aren’t making any online purchases now, as...

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Video Blips: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Soul Calibur 5, Lord of the Rings, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 13, 2011
1 min

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning reinforces a crucial dogma of any fantasy-themed hero: No matter how idyllic the countryside is, always keep a giant hammer...