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Breathtaking Blade Runner Teaser Uses 3285 Paintings

Swedish artist recreates Deckard as watercolor fantasy. The 1982 Ridley Scott classic sci-fi movie Blade Runner has inspired one man to do the ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 18, 2012

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May Game Retail Figures Slump

People aren’t buying, and recent sales data says why. May’s financial stats contain bad news for the game industry. Retail slumped by 28%, ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 15, 2012

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Resident Evil: Retribution Trailer Resurrects Dead Cast

Not just zombies come back to life in latest Resident Evil flick. Resident Evil movies are a bit like death and taxes – ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 15, 2012

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Civ 5 Mods Now Available via Steam

Civilization 5 mod database gets official distributor. Civilization 5 is one of the premier turn-based strategy titles, with an expansion, Gods and Kings, ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 15, 2012

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Iranian Steam Shooter Sets Sights on Pirates

Iranian game studio brings its own shooter to the West. A new shooter is to debut on Steam – no word as to ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 14, 2012

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Update: Brit Comedian Joins Assassin’s Creed III Cast

Shaun of the Dead actor may be Templar. The guy who was almost Paul McCartney, got turned into a zombie, and was shot ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 13, 2012

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Fatal Frame 2 Scares the Bejeezus Out of Japanese Girls

Watch this teaser, see no gameplay – but that’s the point. Someone over at Nintendo has had an idea so cunning, you could ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 13, 2012

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Update: Diablo 3 Cheater Purge Imminent

Blizzard gets out the banhammer for bot users and hackers. Multiple choice time! If you use hacks, cheats, bots or mods in Diablo ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2012

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Ambitious Blogger Calculates Kickstarter Games’ Failure Rate

A huge number of Kickstarter game projects go down in flames. You may have wondered just how many Kickstarter projects make it, and ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2012

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Angry Birds Dev May Migrate To Ireland

Rovio seeks low tax rates, may leave Finland. It’s not the call of the wild; it’s the siren song of the tax dollar. ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 11, 2012

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First Person Arrested for Selling DS Homebrew Adapters

Nintendo hopes prosecution will discourage piracy. Police in the central Aichi region of Japan arrested a suspect accused of selling Majikon, adapters intended ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2012

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Help Ghouls Kill the Historically Doomed in Dreadline

Time-travelling monsters enjoy cruise, Titanic passengers not so lucky. Being trapped aboard the RMS Titanic is one thing, but being jumped by a ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2012

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