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Mario who? Why Nintendo needs to create new characters

Posted byby Jason Wilson
November 12, 2012
3 min

Kids today don't associate Nintendo with gaming -- they're more likely to know the Angry Birds than Mario or Link. Nintendo needs to follow the examples of the WWE and Disney to remain relevant to other generations.

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Angry Birds Star Wars tests just how far those funny birds can fly (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 11, 2012
6 min

Rovio is figuring out how it will reach its next billion game downloads -- and how to become a huge entertainment brand.

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Wreck-It Ralph’s film crew discusses bad guys, cameos, and portals inside toilets (interview)

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
November 8, 2012
6 min

We interview the director, screenwriter, and producer of Wreck-It Ralph find out just how an animated film about a video game villain got made. Warning: some parts of the interview contain spoilers.

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Jedi, fedoras, and carpal tunnel: A history of LucasArts

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 2, 2012
6 min

What if LucasArts never existed? What if the irascible filmmaker, beloved (and despised) the world over for his invaluable contributions to the pop-culture lexicon, had stuck to making space operas and juvenile fantasies about archeologists in fedora hats? What if George Lucas never entered the arena of gaming 30 years ago?

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney buys LucasArts/Lucasfilm, Halo 4 reviewed, and Valve dislikes Windows 8

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 2, 2012
3 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye CEO calls out Zynga, new Xbox 360 dashboard revealed

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 19, 2012
3 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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Aaargh! KingsIsle Entertainment’s Pirate101 online game world to launch as early as Oct. 8

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 1, 2012
3 min

Online game Pirate101 is launching soon, and if you're a kid or a parent, it might be time to start talking and acting like a swashbuckler.

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4 things gamers will appreciate in the new Wreck-It Ralph trailer

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 12, 2012
2 min

Gamers will find a lot to like in the new trailer for Disney's animated love letter to arcades, Wreck-It Ralph.

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The ‘King of Kong’ star is out to set a new record in a Donkey Kong-inspired game

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
August 31, 2012
2 min

If you happen to be in Seattle this weekend, Disney is inviting the public to try and beat the high score from Steve Wiebe, a former Donkey Kong world record holder,in the 8-bit Fix-It Felix Jr. arcade game.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: OnLive, layoffs, and how spoilers influence buying decisions

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 24, 2012
2 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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