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April 5, 2012

Sonic The Hedgehog Co-creator Joins Nintendo Of America

Hirokazu Yasuhara, the co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has joined Nintendo of America in an unspecified role, Gamasutra reports. Twist! My 13-year-old…

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Just Cause dev: “better looking games won’t save the game industry”

Amid claims the traditional console business is on its last legs and reports about the power of the next Xbox and PlayStation…

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Single user acquires $2.5M worth of land in Entropia Universe

MindArk, the developer behind MMO virtual universe Entropia Universe, has made $2.5 million from a single investor as part of its in-game…

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What Would Molydeux?

For the past day and a half, Kerry Turner has been thinking about swans. She’s been making a game using Flixel –…

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World War Hulk pinball trailer smashes in

The upcoming Avengers Chronicles pinball game includes four tables, each based off a story from the Marvel universe instead of a specific…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Bag It!

Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…

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Watch Pokemon Conquest trailers, lament Nobunaga’s omission

How would you like to be Oda Nobunaga right now? First, you’re turned into a cartoon character who plays second fiddle to…

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Loot Drop deploying Ghost Recon Commander to Facebook, mobile devices

John Romero’s social dev studio, Loot Drop, has signed a deal with Ubisoft to produce a tie-in game for Facebook and, eventually,…

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EA Named ‘The Worst Company in America’

The triple-A publisher went head-to-head with one of America’s biggest banks and came out on top; Electronic Arts is officially the worst…

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‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ Improves Alien 3; Plus Wii U & Multiplayer Details

Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford explains why ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ may be the best on Wii U and how the game’s story clears…

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Joystiq’s new commenting system is live

We’ve augmented the post-post punditry on Joystiq with a new conversation platform called Livefyre. You’ll see it at the bottom of this…

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Shadowrun Returns: Kickstarter for a sequel from Shadowrun vets

The latest in the ever-growing line of Kickstarter-funded games is Shadowrun Returns, a sequel to the original game which hit PC back…

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More Star Wars: Battlefront 3 footage from 2008 hits the tubes

The above version of Star Wars: Battlefront 3 was canceled and will never truly exist outside of the YouTube time portal, but…

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April 4, 2012

OP-ED: EA Being Named America’s Worst Company is Crazy

Consumerist readers found EA to be worse than Bank of America and 30 others….

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Far Cry 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Video, Details, Map Editor & Mobile App

Ubisoft reveals the multiplayer component of ‘Far Cry 3’ by announcing a pair of modes, a companion app, gameplay features and the…

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Coming Tonight: ‘Bug Princess 2’, ‘On The Wind’, ‘Saturday Morning RPG’ and Much More

There’s a bazillion games coming out tonight, so many that I’m not even going to waste time on a witty introduction because…

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Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles — Making Of “World War Hulk”

One of the things that make Marvel Pinball so cool is that the tables look freakin’ awesome. And when Marvel Pinball: Avengers…

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Gameplay Video

X-Play’s Aliens: Colonial Marines preview breaks down this upcoming shooter, as well as show off some sweet Colonial Marines gameplay video. The…

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