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OnLive’s Steve Perlman to keynote at GamesBeat@GDC

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 15, 2010
2 min

Can you really play high-end games on your modest PC, with no downloads? That’s a multi-billion dollar question. Entrepreneur Steve Perlman wants to make...

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The Geekbox — Episode 48

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 15, 2010
1 min

The Geekbox – Episode 48 (2010-01-14) Wherein we discuss Torchwood, Tom Green’s sheer idiocy, Demon’s Souls, the Goonies, Bayonetta, Star Trek Online, the A-Team...

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Down, Up, Circle, Triangle: The History of a Button Masher

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 15, 2010
4 min

Editor’s note: Adara asks us to reconsider our views on button-mashing. Not only can it be helpful, but sometimes it’s actually necessary. I can’t...

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Infographic Invasion: (Semi-)Startling Statistics About Gaming

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 15, 2010
1 min

After delivering a comprehensive timeline of the industry’s development, the folks at OnlineEducation have decided to top themselves with an even more compelling infographic....

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Guess Who: Round Nine

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 15, 2010
1 min

OK, smartypants — ready for another round of Guess Who? Well, ya better be, because the video game character below is ready to rumble....

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That screeching sound? U.S. video game industry sales decline in 2009

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 15, 2010
4 min

U.S. video game sales screeched to a halt in 2009, falling 8.6 percent to $20.2 billion from $22.11 billion as the recession held gamers...

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Game venture capitalist and Electronic Arts trade barbs

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 14, 2010
2 min

Mitch Lasky sold his mobile entertainment business, Jamdat Mobile, to Electronic Arts for $680 million in late 2005. He left the company a year...

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Booyah’s MyTown steams ahead in location-based gaming with 450,000 users

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 14, 2010
2 min

Booyah, the mobile gaming company full of alums from Blizzard Entertainment, just rocketed ahead in the world of location-based gaming. Their MyTown app, which...