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April 19, 2012

Has video game retail become an entirely ‘hits driven’ industry?

Is the video game industry, in particular the brick-and-mortar side of the business, becoming more “hit-driven”? That’s the claim that Wedbush analyst…

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Pre-order Theatrhythm for adorable stylus, and adorable stickers to put on it

To assist with the intense Active Keeping-Time Battle system (you can have that for free, Square) in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Square Enix…

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Payday: The Heist sells 400,000 copies

Payday: The Heist developer Overkill Software picked up quite the haul from its bank robbery simulator, with over 400,000 sales since the…

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2012 is a ‘Relaunching Year’ For PlayStation Move

With the Vita already on store shelves and no PlayStation 4 in sight, Sony will be focusing on content and showcasing a…

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Atelier Trilogy Concludes with Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland on May 22nd

Howdy everyone! Ryan from NIS America here, dropping by to talk about our upcoming PS3-exclusive title Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland!…

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Green Games – D&D Beginner’s Guide

With Earth Week taking place, we thought that it would be a good idea to bring gamers back to their roots with…

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Analysis: Is Zynga’s spending out of control?

Just under a month ago, the games world gasped when Zynga spent $180 million for Draw Something developer OMGPOP (plus a reported…

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PSA: Modern Warfare 3 fires off ‘Content Collection #1’ on PSN today

Patient PS3 players can now purchase the first DLC dump for Modern Warfare 3. Non-premium Call of Duty Elite members and stock…

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SpellTower drops to .99 in last-ditch effort to topple Angry Birds, Draw Something

“Okay internet. It is the last day of my feature,” tweeted SpellTower creator Zach Gage. “There’s no chance I can tackle Angry…

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Touring the Louvre with a 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS debuted in its latest occupation last week, as tour guide at the biggest and best museum in the world,…

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God Of War: Ascension — What We Know From The Trailer

God of War: Ascension  has just announced and all we know is what we learned from the teaser trailer. The trailer lacks…

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Splash Damage Creates In-House iOS Publisher, Announces Turn-Based Strategy Game ‘RAD Soldiers’

You don’t see this often. Brink developer Splash Damage is stepping into mobile, but it’s doing it with a newly created in-house…

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Updating Your Console Could Help Save The Planet

Updating your console could help conserve energy. As you might know, this is "green week" at G4, where we all work together…

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Dirt Showdown shows up May 24 in Europe, May 29 in North America

DiRT Showdown, Codemasters’ spinoff about spinning out, will crash wildly into retail starting May 24. Codemasters announced regional release dates for the…

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Plants vs. Zombies iOS receives hefty update

PopCap has released updates to the iPad and iPhone versions of Plants vs. Zombies, bringing it more in line with its non-mobile…

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Botanicula’s Humbly Bundled Already: Amanita Collection

Well this here is interesting. The latest Humble Bundle, the Humble Botanicula Debut, has just launched. It’s dedicated to Amanita Design, they…

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God of War: Ascension Trailer

Kratos is back on the PlayStation 3…

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PlayStation Suite enters open beta, some details emerge

The PlayStation Suite looks like it’s actually making progress towards life as a bona fide platform/ecosystem for game and app distribution. The…

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