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Fallout: New Vegas Project Director Releases Personal Mod

Now you can whack mutants with golf clubs using the settings J.E. Sawyer intended. J.E. Sawyer, the project director for both Fallout: New ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2011

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Would-Be Skylanders Hacker Handed Cease and Desist

A programmer has been stopped from even posting about his research prior to actually performing it. Brandon Wilson is a graphing calculator programmer ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 29, 2011

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PSP Outselling Vita in Japan

The Sony Vita is off to a rocky start, suddenly generating nearly 150,000 sales less than its debut week. Since its initial sales ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 29, 2011

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Gamer Drops $16,000 on Virtual Sword for Unreleased Game

Snail Games’ upcoming Age of Wulin has brought in over $21,000 before its release by selling virtual goods that don’t exist yet. During ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 28, 2011

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Accountant Claims Viacom Owes $383 Million to Harmonix Shareholders

After a lengthy “who owes whom” dispute over Rock Band profits, a jointly-appointed accountant has determined that Harmonix shareholders are owed quite a ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 28, 2011

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Nintendo’s New Zelda Book Reveals Official Timeline

Nintendo finally explains Link and Zelda’s history, and as you probably imagine, it’s a bit complicated. Piecing together the winding narrative of Zelda ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 23, 2011

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Facebook Adding Advertisements to Personal News Feeds

Soon, you’ll be seeing sponsored ads between pictures of your ex-girlfriend’s cat and posts about how awful that one waiter was at dinner. ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 23, 2011

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New GameFly Service Competes With Steam

Members now have access to games like Assassin’s Creed and Earthworm Jim for free, while able to purchase recent AAA titles at a ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2011

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X-Men Movie Pirate Gets One Year in Federal Prison

Be careful what you do with the bootleg DVDs you buy at Chinese restaurants. It’s easy to snicker at the FBI pirating warning ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 20, 2011

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Minecraft Dev Makes New Game, Minicraft, in 48 Hours

Punch trees and rocks for materials from your browser in Markus “Notch” Persson’s new, slimmer version of Minecraft. Persson, known best as the ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 19, 2011

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Skyrim Becomes Fastest-Selling Game in Steam’s History

Valve reveals some impressive details on the massive RPG’s “spectacular launch.” According to Valve, Skyrim has officially sold mores copies in less time ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 16, 2011

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Witcher 2 Dev Defends Asking €1000 From Pirates

Just because a company hates DRM, doesn’t mean they like pirates. CD Projekt, the Polish studio behind the acclaimed Witcher series has sent ...

By Mike Kayatta Legacy AuthorDecember 15, 2011

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