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News Blips: Gaming Addiction, Insomniac/EA Partnership, Console Exclusives, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 26, 2010
2 min

If video games are being equated to taking drugs, then Bitmob must be one well-mannered crack house. News Blips: A British therapist compares two...

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Pixel Revolt 25: Community Question Reminder

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 26, 2010
1 min

By your power combined, we are Pixel Revolt! …or something. Ahem. It's that time of the week again, Bitmobbers. We're ready to record again...

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Mansae! How Korea Shaped the Gaming Landscape (Part 1)

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 26, 2010
3 min

Editor's note: Davin's story is as much about Korean characters in games as it is about how games helped him appreciate his own cultural...

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Video Blips: Halo: Reach, Blur, Backbreaker, and More

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 26, 2010
1 min

While the skills showcased in this Halo: Reach video are formidable, I'm sticking by my multiplayer mantra, summed up by this classic line from...

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Video game industry to hit $70 billion by 2015, but growth will slow

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 26, 2010
2 min

The worldwide video game industry is poised to reach $70.1 billion by 2015, thanks to the combined growth of console, portable, PC, and online...

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The rise and fall of Microsoft’s Xbox champions, Robbie Bach and J Allard

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 25, 2010
11 min

Microsoft has initiated one of its biggest management shakeups in years, as it announced today that Robbie Bach and J Allard, the masterminds behind...

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A Few Florins Short – Assassin’s Creed 2 Review

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 25, 2010
3 min

Assassin’s Creed 2, the sequel to 2007’s tumultuously reviewed Assassin’s Creed, picks up immediately where the original ends. From the onset of the game, players step into the shoes of Desmond Miles, Assassin’s Creed’s present day protagonist.