Greg Tito Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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StarCraft AI Competition Yields Some Awesome Results

An artificial intelligence competition was held this week which pitted bots against each other in StarCraft: Brood War to see which AI reined ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 15, 2010

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Firaxis Patching Civ V Next Week

Civilization V developers are working on fixing bugs and gameplay issues for its grand strategy game and it may be released next week. ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 15, 2010

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U.K. Devs Say Videogame Courses at Universities Are Bunk

A number of prominent game developers in the U.K. complain that higher education doesn’t teach future designers the skills they really need. Many ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 15, 2010

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Red Dead: Undead Nightmare Release Date, Standalone Pack Announced

As expected, the Undead Nightmare DLC pack for Red Dead Redemption will be out just in time for Halloween. People across the territory ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 15, 2010

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Review: NBA 2K11

The Chicago Stadium is dark. Strobes light up five players, then four, three, two. In the tunnel, you see Michael Jordan’s silhouette. He ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 14, 2010

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DIYer Retrofits an NES Controller to Rumble

An engineering student cobbled together a rumbling controller from the 8-bit era in less than 24 hours. Remember when rumbling was a big ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 14, 2010

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EA Vows to Continue Making First Person Shooters

Despite Medal of Honor getting a critical flogging, Visceral says that EA is committed to winning the first person firefight. Electronic Arts has ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 14, 2010

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Manchester England Police Tweeting Every Distress Call Today

In an effort to show all that “modern policing” does, the Greater Manchester Police force is publishing details of every call that it ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 14, 2010

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Pachter: Valve Will Offer Trade-ins on Steam

Analyst Michael Pachter predicts that Valve will soon let you trade in games that you’ve bought on Steam, for a small fee. Steam ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2010

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Last Two Potter Films Getting 3D Blu-Ray Treatment

Warner Bros. announced today that it will release the last two Harry Potter films in 3D when they come out on Blu-Ray. After ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2010

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Shake Your Jungle Boogie in Dance Central

I’m sure everybody wants to dance to the newfangled pop songs in Dance Central, but I’m psyched for the oldies. The complete track ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2010

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Nintendo Goes Bananas Over Donkey Kong

Nintendo knows how to grab attention: pile up 7000 bananas at a press event for Donkey Kong Country Returns. While it’s certainly normal ...

By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2010

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