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Small Worlds and Hi5 combine virtual world and social networking

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 2, 2009
2 min

In a marriage of games and social networks, SmallWorlds has teamed up with social network Hi5 to open up SmallWorlds’ cartoon-like virtual world to...

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The coolest video from the first day of the E3 video game show

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 2, 2009
1 min

The coolest video on Monday at the E3 games conference — one of the video game industry’s biggest gatherings — was this cinematic video...

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E3 2009: Nintendo Press Conference Awards

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 2, 2009
4 min

The first official day of E3 proper kicked off with the Nintendo Press Conference, which had a few surprises…and plenty of horn tooting. Our...

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E3 2009: Fanboys Rage Against Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 2, 2009
4 min

Editor’s note: I had to laugh at this. I can just picture all these keyboard-samurai, white-knuckled with outrage. Must be tough to live your...

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E3 2009: Ubisoft Press Conference

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 2, 2009
1 min

We’ve replaced the Ubisoft E3 2009 press conference live stream with this archived version, courtesy of G4TV and Justin.tv. Video Game – E3 2009...

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After 25 years, Tetris has sold 125 million copies

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 2, 2009
5 min

Twenty five years ago, a 29-year-old Russian mathematician loosed Tetris upon the world. Now the game has sold more than 125 million copies —...

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Ubisoft lives and breathes the convergence of games and movies

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 2, 2009
3 min

Ubisoft showed off its work with one of Hollywood’s most technology-minded directors, James Cameron, at a press conference at the E3 game conference today in Los Angeles. ...