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Nintendo Online May Only Be Free for Casual Gamers

Nintendo’s president claims subscriptions may be in order for people who “enthusiastically play video games.” Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has stated that, while ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 4, 2012

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Street Fighter Boss Moves to Sony

Capcom’s former marketing chief Seth Killian is now a Playstation All-Star Battle Royale man. Seth Killian – the man so deeply involved in ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2012

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Mount & Blade Dev Returns to the Golden Age of Piracy

Snowbird’s latest wargame sim will crown you pirate king. Snowbird Game Studios, the fine folks behind skirmish combat sim Mount & Blade‘s With ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2012

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Court Upholds Ban on Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Samsung’s Nexus smartphone joins Apple’s Galaxy Tab injunction. Samsung recently faced a ban on sales of its tablet in the US, as a ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2012

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Uncle Sam Wants Your Twitter Data

Twitter has published its first Transparency Report, showing you which governments want your user information. In honor of the 4th of July, Twitter ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 3, 2012

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Harvest Moon Dev Makes Its Spiritual Successor

Ex-Lollipop Chainsaw developer created Project Happiness after seeing gaming’s violent side at E3. This trailer for Project Happiness – Harvest Moon developer Yasuhiro ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 2, 2012

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Apple Pays $60 Million to Use iPad Name in China

A Taiwanese company gets paid twice for transferring trademark to Apple. What’s in a name? That which we call an iPad by any ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 2, 2012

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The Act Combines Classic Animation With iOS Gaming

An ex-Disney animator converts 235,000 sheets of paper into an “interactive comedy.” When Omar Khudari first designed The Act in 2001 he wanted ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 1, 2012

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France Retires First Internet Device

France bids farewell to the Minitel, after thirty years of cybersex and personal banking. In the 1970s, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, France ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 29, 2012

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Secret World Dev Rebuilds Lego MMO

340 million minifigs inspire Funcom’s latest MMO. Lego’s last MMO went down the toilet back in January, but there’s at least one developer ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 28, 2012

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Final Fantasy Could Adopt Western Development Process

The next Final Fantasy could be outsourced to another studio. Final Fantasy XIII had a fraught development process and director Motomu Toriyama – ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 28, 2012

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No Co-Op for The Last of Us

Naughty Dog’s new IP relies on strong AI, and that goes for your partner as well as your enemies. Naughty Dog’s The Last ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 28, 2012

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