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Nickelodeon Animator Invokes 1980s for Tetris: The Animated Series

The cartoon style of the 1980s can make anything exciting, even a bunch of blocks falling downward. Many videogames made their way into ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 4, 2011

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Shaky Hands Could Ruin 3DS’s Display Effect

The Nintendo 3DS sounds revolutionary, but its eye-popping effects could be undone if players aren’t perfectly still. Now that 2011 has hit, the ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 4, 2011

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Report: Viacom Sold Harmonix for $50

What’s worth more: A night out at Red Lobster or the studio behind Rock Band? Viacom put Rock Band developer Harmonix up for ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 4, 2011

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Meet WAVI Xtion: The Kinect Control Device for PC

The brains behind Kinect’s brains and a major hardware manufacturer are bringing Kinect-like motion control to the PC in 2011. PrimeSense, the company ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 4, 2011

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Recettear Dev Reveals Next J-Indie Project

Carpe Fulgur brought indie-JRPG Recettear from Japan to Steam, and thanks to big sales it’s not stopping there. EasyGameStation’s Japanese-developed RPG Recettear: An ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2011

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BioWare Shuts Down Cerberus Network, Confirms New Mass Effect DLC

The news updates currently streaming to Mass Effect 2‘s Cerberus Network will cease until the game’s last DLC release, and right before Mass ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2011

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Atmospheric Indie Creator Lighting Up NightSky

Indie developer Nifflas has announced the imminent release of his next game, physics-based platformer NightSky. Anyone with an inclination to play games that ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2011

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Street Fighter Characters Dropkick the WWE

A WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 player has recreated many of Street Fighter‘s characters in the game with amazing detail. Street Fighter‘s characters ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2011

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World’s First Videogame Charity Marathon Discovered?

A thirty-year-old Asteroids marathon may have paved the way for the videogame charity events of today. With videogame marathons like Desert Bus for ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2011

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