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Square: Final Fantasy XIII Will “Resurrect” Japanese Industry

People may be critical of the state of the Japanese games industry as of late, but the producer and director of Final Fantasy ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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BioShock 2 Dev Calls Console Wars “Silly”

Are you a diehard PS3 fanboy and registered Sony Defense Force member? Are you a member of Microsoft’s legion of Xbots? If you ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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Blizzard Puts Up StarCraft II Beta Forums

Evidence that the long-awaited StarCraft II beta is finally upon us keeps mounting higher and higher – the beta test in question now ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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Miyamoto Made Pikmin for Japanese Schoolgirls

Why did Nintendo’s legendary Shigeru Miyamoto make Pikmin? He wanted to appeal to high school girls, that’s why. When it comes to game ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Will Revisit World War II

Think that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be all about the “modern warfare” all the time? Think again. It’s somewhat of a truth ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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Wii Once Again Experiencing Retail Shortages

Tonight, we’re gonna party like it’s nineteen-ninety-2008: Retailers are once again selling Wiis faster than they can get them in. For a good ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2010

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Would Shakespeare Have Been a Good Game Designer?

The Executive Producer of Dante’s Inferno thinks that if the Bard were alive today, he would have been at the forefront of game ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2010

View From the Road

A View From The Road: Fail to the King

Last week, the best World of Warcraft raiders in the world successfully killed Arthas, the Lich King and main Warcraft villain since 2002’s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2010

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Tetsuya Nomura Says Kingdom Hearts III Will Happen

If you’ve been waiting for Square-Enix to continue the bizarre Disney-slash-Final Fantasy crossover that is the Kingdom Hearts series, then … well, you’re ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2010

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What Are the BioWare Founders’ 5 Games of the Decade?

Do you wonder what Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk, founders of BioWare, consider the five best games of the past ten ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2010

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Pentagon to Rewrite Evolution, Create Immortal Life

The Pentagon’s mad superscience branch DARPA is at it again, announcing plans to tinker with the laws of evolution to create synthetic life ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2010

Alt+Escape

Alt+Escape: Record Tripping

Welcome to Alt+Escape, our weekly pick of browser-based games to help you start your weekend a little early. Check back each Friday for ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 5, 2010

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