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The Most Innovative Companies In Gaming
Business magazine Fast Company has released a list of the 10 most innovative companies in the gaming industry. Where do Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony rank? Well we can pretty much guess where Nintendo ranks on the list, can’t we? While Fast Company does note the fact that Nintendo hasn’t done well by the hardcore, it…
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Madden Monopoly Case: Trial By Video Game
The Madden Monopoly case could come down to trial by video game, rather than jury. Pecover vs. Electronic Arts is set to go to trial on September 14th in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, according to GamePolitics. At issue is whether or not EA has a monopoly after securing an exclusive EA-NFL-NFLPA deal that…
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GameTap Remembers Sonic The Hedgehog’s Better Days
Did you know that Sonic the Hedgehog‘s boots were inspired by Michael Jackson? You will after watching all four parts of GameTap‘s exhaustive retrospective on everybody’s favorite spiny blue mammal. From his birth as a desperate attempt to steal some of Nintendo’s thunder by artist Naoto Ōshima and programmer Yuji Naka, to his latest rash…
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Scout Update Delivers Two New Team Fortress 2 Maps
In the second daily reveal of new content coming in the Team Fortress 2 Scout class update, Valve reveals two new player-made maps being added to the game’s atlas – Watchtower and Junction. Following up yesterday’s announcement of the Scout’s new ranged weapon, The Sandman bat, Valve introduces fans to the two new player-created maps…
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Sega Escalates War With New Stormrise Units
Things get ugly in the latest series of screenshots revealing the units of Sega’s upcoming console real-time strategy game Stormrise, as both the Sai and the Echelon bring out their heavy hitters. Compared to the sheer amount of power contained in the seven new units for Stormrise released today, the first and second unit updates…
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Jonathan Blow Lowers Price On PC Braid
A day after Stardock started accepting preorders for Jonathan Blow‘s Braid for the PC at $19.95, the independent developer has announced a five dollar price drop in the interest of reaching a wider audience. Worried that the $19.95 price point for the PC version of the popular and innovative Xbox Live Arcade title Braid would…
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See The Burnout Legendary Cars In Action
Check out the new Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars in action, with four new videos showing off the vehicles inspired by Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Knight Rider, and The Dukes of Hazzard. If you weren’t sure about picking up the Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars when they hit the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow,…
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Frankenreview: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And The Damned
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned expansion takes the all new Liberty City that Rockstar Games introduced last year and gives it a biker gang makeover. Not so much a makeover, but a whole new story from a different perspective, with the main character Niko Bellic replaced by Johnny Klebitz, a member…
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Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag
Microsoft is investigating a problem with expiring email addresses that is causing some Xbox Live users to abandon their Gamertags and start fresh, losing any progress they’ve accumulated over the past few years. It seems that certain Windows Live ID email addresses that you need to have in order to set up an Xbox Live…
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Raiden Makes The SCENE In New Metal Gear Online Expansion
Konami has just announced the third expansion pack for Metal Gear Online, SCENE, which delivers new maps, new gear, and everyone’s favorite reformed bad ass cybernetic ninja to the popular online shooter. Yes, Raiden makes his appearance in the SCENE update for Metal Gear Online, bringing Vamp along with him for the ride. The dynamic…
By Mike Fahey