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GOG Adds Flight of the Amazon Queen As a Free Game

GOG has added the 1995 point-and-click adventure Flight of the Amazon Queen to its library of complimentary titles. Earlier this week we let ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2013

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SOE Will Ban Players For Out-of-Game Offenses

Sony Online Entertainment’s Linda Carlson says the company takes harassment “seriously” whether in-game or over Twitter. We’ve all heard the stories. A studio ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2013

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Sony: Western TV Vita Response “More” Than Expected

Sony needs to “look at each” market before committing to European and America releases. Earlier this month Sony unveiled the Vita TV, a ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2013

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NASA Finds Han Solo on Mercury

Image Source: Yahoo NASA has revealed a picture taken by its Messenger probe that resembles a particular Star Wars character frozen in carbonite. ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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Good Old Reviews: SimCity 2000

SimCity might have disappointed in 2013 but in 1994 it was at the top of its game. Originally launched in 1994 and available ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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Sony Launching Streaming PS3 Library Next Year

Sony will use its Gaikai cloud service to provide a streamable PS3 library for PS4 and Vita. One of the arguable disappointments of ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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Final Fantasy Tactics Dev Working on New Mobile Titles

Image Source: IGN Final Fantasy Tactics writer/director Yasumi Matsuno is collaborating with Playdek on two new mobile games. You could probably say that ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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SimCity Creator Forming New Studio

Image Source: GamesIndustry International SimCity creator Will Wright is forming Syntertainment with five million dollars worth of investor money. SimCity creator and Maxis ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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Fox News Host Wants to Monitor Your Gaming Habits

Fox & Friends host Elizabeth Hasselbeck has suggested that the government monitor game purchases in the wake of the DC Navy Yard shooting. ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2013

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Lone Survivor For PS3/Vita Arriving in “Two Weeks”

Lone Survivor will launch in Europe on September 25th, with an American release coming two weeks later. Back in March it was revealed ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2013

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Sega Buys Atlus Parent Company Index Holdings

Image Source: Giant Bomb Sega Sammy is taking control of Atlus-parent Index Holdings through a deal that cost $141 million. Back in June ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2013

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Creepy Clown Stalks English Town

A Facebook savvy clown has been making mysterious appearances around the town of Northampton, England. Clowns are scary. It doesn’t matter the kind, ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2013

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