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Elite: Dangerous “Premium Beta” Access Costs $150

Frontier Development is opening its $150 premium beta for Elite: Dangerous up to 10,000 prospective players. Elite: Dangerous look like it’s going to ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2014

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EA Sports Student Athlete Settlement Could Cost $40 Million

Electronic Arts could pay as much as $40 million to a potential 100,000 student athletes according to the terms of a recently revealed ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2014

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The Lords of Midnight – Epic Oldie

Developed by Mike Singleton. Originally released in 1984. Re-released in 2013. Mike Singleton’s The Lords of Midnight takes more than a few cues ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2014

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Rust Dev Thinks Limiting Steam Releases is “Insane”

Game maker Garry Newman believes that Valve should add as many games to Steam as it can. Steam is releasing a lot of ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2014

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Candy Crush Saga‘s Q1 2014 Profits Crush Nintendo

Candy Crush Saga in Q1 2014 has managed to make more money than all of Nintendo’s software during the duration of the past ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 31, 2014

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PS Plus Adding New Rules to Balance Instant Game Collection Releases

Sony has announced plans to limit monthly PS Plus Instant Game releases to two per console. At the risk of sounding like an ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 30, 2014

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Gorgeous Cel-Shaded Indie RPG Nearing $100K On Kickstarter

Ynnis Interactive’s Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom features real-time combat, cel-shaded visuals and its own unique in-game language. You know what the world needs? ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2014

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Community Could Be Saved by Hulu Deal

Hulu and Sony Pictures TV are apparently in preliminary talks that could lead to a new streaming lease on life for Dan Harmon’s ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2014

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Americans Worry More About “Global Warming” Than “Climate Change”

Image Source: Urban Times A recent study from Yale has found that Americans respond more strongly to the phrase “global warming” than they ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 28, 2014

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Dungeons & Dragons Launch Will Include Free Basic D&D Book

Image Source: Wizards of the Coast Basic Dungeons & Dragons will give new players everything they need to make a character and play ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2014

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Ghostbusters LEGO Build Recreates Mr. Stay Puft’s Manhattan Assault

Flickr user OliveSeon has created a huge LEGO diorama depicting the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man’s march through the streets of New York. Ghostbusters ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2014

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Grand Theft Auto V Goes 8-Bit in Retro-Themed Video

YouTuber MajamiHiroz has released a new video envisioning Grant Theft Auto V as an old school Commodore 64 title. Is everything better in ...

By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorMay 27, 2014

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