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Growth of Gaming on Facebook Stalled Out in 2011
For a while now, Facebook has appeared to be an unstoppable juggernaut on the gaming scene. Every year, the number of Facebook users keeps climbing, and the percentage of those users who play games on the social site has increased along with. Until last year, that is. A new report from a major business analyst…
By Kate Cox - Uncategorized
Ten Ways to Make the Next Pokémon Games the Very Best, Like No One Ever Was
With Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 on the way, commenter Daemon_Gildas has submitted a timely list of suggestions for freshening up a franchise that hasn’t changed all that much in the past 16 years. Dear Nintendo and/or Game Freak, I’m going to give you a list that would make the Pokémon series kick SO…
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Grab Your Helmet and Strap On Your 9mm For A Sons of Anarchy Video Game
Kurt Sutter, creator of FX show Sons of Anarchy that centers on an outlaw motorcycle “club,” tweeted on Friday of the possibility of a game spin-off. SOA and the fictional town of Charming are the perfect setting for an open world game, where gun trafficking and fist fights against rival MCs run rampant. Think of…
By Tina Amini - Uncategorized
Pokémon Black and White 2 Catch All the Western Gamers This Fall
Announced this weekend for a June release in Japan, the first pair of main series Pokémon titles with the number two in the title will be hitting North America and Europe this fall. Fans can expect plenty of surprises in Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, the tag-team sequels everyone was certain would be…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Pack Your Preorder Bonuses, Dungeons & Dragons Online Goes to the Forgotten Realms June 25
Can you believe Dungeons & Dragons Online turns six-years-old tomorrow? They grow up so fast. Turbine celebrates with the release date and extensive preorder bonuses for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game’s world-hopping expansion pack, Menace of the Underdark In the six years since Dungeons & Dragons Online first launched (as Dungeons & Dragons Online:…
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For the PS Vita, It’s a Long Hard Road Back to China
The Playstation Vita was released last week in the US and while Sony hasn’t released sales numbers for any region other than Japan, it is evident that China’s “gray market” dealers are stocking up on Vita systems, games and accessories. One vendor Kotaku spoke with in Beijing recommended the Vita over the 3DS and suggested…
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The Three Biggest Gaming Companies You’ve Never Heard Of!
The Big Three, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are names that almost every gamer recognizes. However, in China there are three companies that are just as big as those, and you probably have never heard of them before. Tencent, NetEase, and Shanda, three major Chinese companies that are expanding their reach beyond China. Combined, they capture…
By Eric Jou
