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Capcom celebrates Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary with a huge Collector’s Box set, $500K in tourney prizes

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 24, 2012
2 min

Capcom is offering an excellent collector's box set for Street Fighter's 25th anniversary and is hosting international tournaments with $500,000 worth of prizes.

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Red Orchestra 2’s Game of the Year Edition is a free update

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 24, 2012
1 min

Tripwire Interactive takes a different approach to the "Game of the Year" formula with a free content update and a free weekend for new players.

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Shadow of the Colossus movie will be directed by Chronicle’s Josh Tank

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 23, 2012
1 min

Josh Tank, best known to cinema fans for directing the recent, found-footage superhero movie Chronicle, will take the helm for Sony Picture's live-action adaptation of the popular PlayStation 2 title Shadow of the Colossus.

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GameFly buzzes into mobile publishing

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 23, 2012
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Video game rental service GameFly jumps into mobile publishing and plans an independent Android game store later this fall.

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GREE mobile gaming platform enters open beta, plans two new Moshi Monsters games

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 23, 2012
1 min

Mobile gaming company GREE announces the open beta launch of its mobile-social platform for iOS and Android devices.

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Diablo III sets launch-day record

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 23, 2012
1 min

Despite a rough launch, Diablo III sold more than 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time, according to publisher Blizzard Entertainment.

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Company of Heroes 2 takes the battle to the frozen Russian front

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2012
2 min

On the frozen terrain of the Eastern Front, Germany suffered more than 80 percent of its casualties in World War II. That grim fact...

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Take-Two CEO says product delays signal an “unwavering commitment to quality”

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 22, 2012
3 min

Take-Two Interactive didn’t hit its financial targets for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. But Strauss Zelnick, chief executive of the New York...

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Take-Two disappoints Wall Street with larger-than-expected loss

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 22, 2012
3 min

Take-Two Interactive, one of the biggest U.S. video game publishers, reported earnings that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations for their fourth fiscal quarter...

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SOE announces free-to-play shooter, Bullet Run…which sounds a lot like Super Monday Night Combat

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 22, 2012
1 min

Sony Online Entertainment has announced Bullet Run, a new free-to-play shooter for PC. The game is set in a futuristic reality TV show where contestants shoot kill each other, instantly reincarnate, and kill each other again all in the name of fame.

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