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SF4 Boss Talks Mortal Kombat, Western Design Philosophy

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono thinks that Western fighting games are all about the payoff, not the journey. Street Fighter IV has ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2011

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When it Rains in Minecraft 1.5, It Snows

The next update to indie smash hit Minecraft will include weather systems like rain for all your wolf-dampening purposes. Minecraft has quite a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 7, 2011

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Blizzard Wants You to Bug Your WoW Guildies From Your Phone

Want to set up a Blackwing Descent raid or organize a guild session in Warsong Gulch, but you aren’t near a computer? Blizzard ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Physicist Definitively Rules Time Travel Impossible

A physicist at the University of Maryland says that time travel will never be possible, and he has the physics techno-babble to back ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Epic Says Infinity Blade Won’t Be Coming to Android

The Android market is too fragmented and disparate to support a technically demanding game like Epic’s hit Infinity Blade, says company boss Tim ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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Australian GAME Accidentally Outs Second Black Ops Map Pack

We know that Call of Duty: Black Ops‘ second map pack, “Escalation,” will apparently be launching this May – but Activision hasn’t announced ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2011

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The Rock Wants to Do a Black Ops Movie

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wasn’t thrilled with how Doom turned out, but he’d like to give videogame movies another try. 2005’s Doom was ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2011

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Gears 3 Won’t Leave You Hanging, But it Won’t Tell the Whole Story

Marcus Fenix’s story will conclude in Gears of War 3, but the game’s universe will go on. Since the very first trailers for ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2011

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Brink Trailer Gives Players a Ton of New Abilities

Brink isn’t just about guns and shooting people with those guns. Sometimes you need to throw a fire-bomb, too. When I checked out ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2011

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At Last, the Amazing Persona 4 Comic Dub Is Complete

Once upon a time, fans created an animated adaptation of a fan-created comic adaptation of Atlus’ Persona 4. Now it’s done, and it’s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMarch 28, 2011

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Blizzard Considers Creating Its Own “Pixar University”

The studio behind World of Warcraft (et al) has considered creating an in-house “university” to train a new generation of game designers. Blizzard ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMarch 24, 2011

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The 3DS Could (Sort Of) Help Kids’ Eyesight

Optometrists say that Nintendo’s 3DS won’t damage developing eyesight – and in fact, it might do just the opposite. Nintendo has been warning ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMarch 24, 2011

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