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Iowa Looks To Legalize Video Game Tournaments

Iowa law currently limits video game tournaments with prizes to trackball-controlled golf games like Golden Tee. Believe it or not, the state of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 30, 2014

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American McGee’s Spicy Horse Loses $1.7 Million On Akaneiro: Demon Hunters

American McGee says Spicy Horse has no choice but to reduce the development team working on Akaneiro: Demon Hunters to just two people. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 30, 2014

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EVE Online Mega-Battle Breaks $300,000 In Real-World Losses

CCP Games is creating a permanent memorial to an EVE Online battle estimated to have caused more than $300,000 in real-world damages. I ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2014

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Dave Lebling Hosting Zork Postmortem At GDC

Infocom co-founder Dave Lebling will give a one-hour postmortem of the classic text adventure Zork at this year’s Game Developers Conference. You probably ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2014

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Microsoft Renames SkyDrive To OneDrive After Trademark Dispute

A trademark dispute with U.K. corporation BSkyB has forced Microsoft to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service to OneDrive. It’s still called SkyDrive ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2014

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PC Gaming Market Will Hit $25 Billion In 2014, Research Firm Predicts

DFC Intelligence predicts the global PC gaming market will break $25 billion this year, but while MOBAs continue to surge, MMOs are on ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2014

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The Elder Scrolls Online Goes All-Out With Eight-Minute “Arrival” Trailer

The Elder Scrolls Online “Arrival” cinematic trailer probably cost more than the whole of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Bethesda is defying conventional ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2014

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New Witcher 3 Screens Highlight a Grimly Beautiful World

Three new screens from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt make Geralt’s bleak world look more beautiful than ever. The world of The Witcher ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2014

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FPS Warriors Bundle 2 Packages Painkiller, Hard Reset, Zeno Clash and More

The FPS Warriors 2 Bundle offers eight different kinds of virtual violence for less than you’d pay for a decent burger. There are ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2014

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Video Games Live Opens Album Cover Poll

Video Games Live is looking for some help choosing the art for its next album cover. Video Games Live is just a few ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2014

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The String Arcade Game Music Album Launches Next Month

The String Arcade is a unique collection of 15 pieces of video game music arranged for a string quartet. The String Arcade went ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2014

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The Elder Scrolls Online On PS4 Will Not Require PlayStation Plus

The PlayStation 4 version of The Elder Scrolls Online won’t cost any extra to play, but the same can’t be said about the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 28, 2014

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