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Block by block: How Roblox is building one of gaming’s biggest platforms

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 12, 2012
3 min

Everyone loves building structures but Roblox is capitalizing on people who love to build games. Its online gaming network already has already grown into the millions of players.

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Linden Lab grabs its second life with creativity games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2012
3 min

Linden Lab is releasing new "shared creative spaces" outside of its Second Life virtual world.

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3 min

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Famo.us describes how it created a magical user interface for the web

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2012
3 min

Can Famo.us make the web run faster? A cool demo suggests yes.

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3 min

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The DeanBeat: The pace of disruption from physical to digital gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2012
6 min

Technology matters, but so does chronology. Disruption is happening in games, but at what pace?

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6 min

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Xbox Live tells us who won the vice-presidential debate

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2012
1 min

Who won? Vice President Joseph Biden or GOP candidate Paul Ryan? Hint: It was a very clear result.

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1 min

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How big is League of Legends? 12M daily users play for 1B hours each month, and 75 die every second (infographic)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 12, 2012
1 min

Publisher Riot Games released an infographic to GamesBeat with some very specific factoids that illustrate just how large of an audience plays its League of Legends.

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Vehicles are the real stars in the chaotic world of team-shooter Ravaged (hands-on preview)

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
October 11, 2012
4 min

With a combination of deadly vehicles, homemade weapons, and large battlefields, independent developer 2 Dawn Games wants to deliver an unpredictable multiplayer experience.