Sony’s acquisition of cloud-gaming provider Gaikai may mean a shift in the evolution of the gaming console.
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Blizzard Responds To Diablo 3 Linux User Complaints
Blizzard has denied banning Linux users for anything other than cheating according to the game publisher.
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‘Dark Blood Online’ Female Character Models Are Ridiculous
Outspark’s upcoming free-to-play MMO ‘Dark Blood Online’ raises an important question: have gamers outgrown blatantly sexist portrayals of women? If so, why haven’t game makers?
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‘Call Of Duty Online’ Goes To China, Activision Blizzard Enters Free-To-Play Market
Activision Blizzard announced a partnership with Chinese publisher Tencent to bring its ‘Call of Duty Online’ franchise to China. The free-to-play shooter will likely serve as a test case for a new business model.
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Bringing Back Tweedpunk With ‘Sir, You Are Being Hunted’
If you haven’t seen it yet, Jim Rossignol of Rock, Paper, Shotgun fame and game developer Big Robot are working on a new title lovingly titled, Sir, You Are Being Hunted from whence the above screenshot is taken. “It is a procedurally-generated first-person, open world game, with some sneaking, some shooting, some tweedpunk adversaries, and plenty of […]
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Vivendi Looks To Offload Activision Blizzard, Death Of Gaming Industry Greatly Exaggerated
French multinational corporation, , has a 61% stake in the massive video game publisher Activision Blizzard, and they’re looking to sell all of it, either to a single buyer or on the open market. According to Bloomberg, ” Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou is under pressure from investors to restructure his company and boost the stock price […]
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Bigpoint Announces Game Of Thrones Seven Kingdoms, Comic Con Trailer On The Way
Game publisher, Bigpoint, has officially announced the name of their new browser-based, free-to-play MMO: Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms. I’ve written previously about why I’m both excited and a bit dubious about Bigpoint’s upcoming MMORPG, Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms. At the time, the game didn’t have an official name. Now Bigpoint, and the game’s […]
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‘Okami HD’ Coming To PlayStation 3
Capcom is releasing its PlayStation 2 classic, Okami, in HD on the PlayStation 3.
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Why Capcom Needs To Bring ‘Monster Hunter’ To North American PS3 And Xbox 360 Owners
The new ‘Monster Hunter 4’ trailer for the Nintendo 3DS illustrates just how badly Capcom needs to bring this franchise to North America.
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BioWare Deserves Credit For ‘Mass Effect 3′ Extended Cut
The series of unfortunate events leading to BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut ends on a happy note, thanks to the fact that BioWare listened to its most passionate fans.
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