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That moment I knew Resident Evil: Raccoon City could be a multiplayer game worth playing was when I turned the…


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The people running the video game League of Legends knew they had a problem. They had the same problem that makes…
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In the video game war against video game cannibals, as depicted in next month's Bulletstorm, extreme measures are…

Students at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program weren't trying to make video games when…

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