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August 6, 2012

Falls from Grace: How Four Creative Game Companies Went Astray

Tragic examples of groundbreaking game creators missing the magic….

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Cover Story: Daring Games and Designers

All this week, join 1UP as we examine the people and experiences that challenge our notions of gaming….

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Zynga Based Board Games Coming

Casual game maker Zynga has teamed with Hasbro and unveiled a line of board games so eager fans of Draw Something, Words…

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Mars Rover Curiosity’s Navigation System “Like A Video Game”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been following the launch and touchdown NASA’s Curiosity rover obsessively. Watching the ship land safely…

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Dance Central 2’s August tracks are down with O.P.P.

Yes, you know them – Jeremih, Kevin Rudolf, and hip-hop greats Naughty By Nature are all headlining this month’s Dance Central 2…

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Gizmondo CEO: rumors of mafia connection were ‘manipulation’

The Gizmondo story was already insane enough on its own – the out-of-nowhere launch, the lavish spending on events and a retail…

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EA Season Ticket expands with ‘over $100 of PDLC’ for use in Ultimate Team mode

Nope, “PDLC” does not stand for “Penguin Downloadable Costumes,” as much as we want it to. Unfortunately, in this instance, it stands…

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No Infinity Engine, Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 13 on Wii U

While the Wii U version of Madden NFL 13 will have some unique features by virtue of the console’s unique touch screen…

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Sackboy celebrates 7 millionth LittleBigPlanet level

More than seven million LittleBigPlanet levels have now been created by the game series’ community. That number includes maps made for the…

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Next-Gen Xbox Confirmed By Microsoft General Manager

The Xbox 720: We all know it’s coming, but it hasn’t been announced. It has, though, been "kind of" confirmed by a…

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Sony introduces ‘PlayStation Collections,’ kicks it off with ‘God of War Saga’ and Infamous Collection [update]

Sony announced two new PS3 collections this morning as part of its “PlayStation Collections” initiative. First: God of War Saga, collecting all…

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Last Story designer: Wii U controller will enhance JRPG strategizing

The Last Story lead designer Takuya Matsumoto believes the Wii U has potential for role-playing games, partly for organizational reasons. “I feel…

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Never Stop Playing With PlayStation Collections

You folks may have read on the internets about our upcoming release of the Ratchet & Clank Collection. Well, we’ve decided to…

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Scourge: Outbreak Infecting PSN Soon

Since our announcement in May about the upcoming release of our third-person shooter Scourge: Outbreak, we’ve been hard at work wrapping things…

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PlayStation Collections Coming For God Of War And Infamous

When Sony releases the Ratchet & Clank Collection on August 28, 2012, it’ll be joined by similar collections covering the God of…

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‘Mr. Dreamer’ Review – A Brief Break from Reality

Mr. Dreamer is a delightful little runner, but for all its charm it lacks in longevity….

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Rumor: Screenshot of Prince of Persia reboot leaked

Prince of Persia forumite blueobelix has posted what he asserts is a “leaked screenshot” from a Prince of Persia game, labeled “POP_ZERO_2.”…

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Report: Source 2 references buried in Source Filmmaker code

Valve fans are getting more than machinima film editing tools in the Source Filmmaker application, apparently – savvy code hackers at ValveTime.net…

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