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Xbox 360 Owns Nearly Half of Console Market

Own a console? Odds are, it’s an Xbox, says Microsoft Marketing Officer. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer, claims that Xbox 360 makes ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 30, 2012

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Author Drops Assassin’s Creed Lawsuit

Link writer dismisses complaint against Ubisoft “without prejudice.” John L. Beiswenger, author of Link, has voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against Ubisoft. Beiswenger complained ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 30, 2012

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Original Bugs Complicated Silent Hill HD Port

Konami Producer says code used in Silent Hill HD Collection was unfinished. One of the reasons why the HD release of the Silent ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2012

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Sony Could Interrupt Your Games With Ads

Your next PlayStation may hide commercials in its CPU. Sony has patented a system designed to interrupt media content and insert advertisements. According ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 25, 2012

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Epic Games President Says Hierarchies Have Benefits

Mike Capps responds to Valve’s new-hire employee handbook. During a recent Gamasutra interview, Epic Games President Mike Capps rehashed old arguments about long ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2012

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Judge Recommends Banning Xbox Imports to the US

In the ongoing dispute between Motorola and Microsoft, Obama may be the Xbox 360’s only hope. Judge David Shaw has recommended to the ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2012

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New Motion Control Fighter Will Teach You Kung Fu

An ex-Fable developer wants to make you the next Bruce Lee. Kostas Zarifis, Fable veteran and founder of indie developer Kinesthetic Games, announced ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2012

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Left 4 Dead Will Infect Payday: The Heist

Valve has new business associates, and they rob banks for a living. Overkill Software, creators of Payday: The Heist, has announced a joint ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2012

The Customer Doesn?t Care About Your Burglar

I managed a gaming store. No, I won’t tell you its name. This was the late 90s, when collectible card games (CCGs) were ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorNovember 1, 2011

Sing, Sing, Pew, Pew

Julia Seeholzer once woke up in the small hours of the morning to beat the Elite Four on her brother’s Gameboy. She never ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorSeptember 23, 2011

Abracadabra

Pages of Power

According to Pliny the Elder, the first magical books were written by Osthanes, a Persian astrologer who accompanied Xerxes on his failed campaign ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorApril 5, 2011

Box Office Games

Satan, Bad Acting, and Dice

Let me tell you about Skullduggery. Fittingly, the place where we rented it has not merely gone out of business; it has vanished ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorMarch 8, 2011

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