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The free-to-play “StarCraft MMO,” StarCraft Universe, being made with Blizzard’s approval—surpassed its $80,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with a day left in the campaign. A five-player boss raid demo (that’s the video) released in the last week of the drive is credited with pushing the team over the top.
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Activision Hires Big-Time Lobbying Firm as Violent Games Bill Looms
Activision has gone out and hired a lobbyist—one of the biggest lobbying firms in Washington—for representation when Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s violent video games bill, which would order research into any causal links between violent video games and violent behavior, comes to the Senate floor. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is no joke. It’s a…
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Every Game Coming Out Between The PS4 And Xbox One
PlayStation 4: November 15. Xbox One: November 22. But when do the games come out? And don’t forget that they’re still making games for the Xbox 360 and PS3, which we will soon have to refer to as the “old consoles” (can you imagine?). In the one-week span that we’ll be getting Sony and Microsoft’s…
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The All-Android Week In Gaming Apps, As Foretold By Prophecy
What took the promised all-Android Week in Gaming apps so long? If you ask me, I blame Android. You see, while other platforms are standardized and uniform, Android covers a wide variety of devices, and not all of them work with all peripherals. For instance, the new Nexus 7 doesn’t use the older MHL HDMI…
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It looks like the Pilotwings stage will be a great one in Super Smash Bros. Wii U Mario probably freaked out when he realized he’s on a plane, chased by The Villager, who doesn’t seem to care much about the heights. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest…
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Big-Name Developers Team Up For Episodic Survival Game
Several industry veterans have recently formed a new independent game studio. Now, they’re here to tell you about their first title, The Long Dark Hinterland Studio is comprised of veteran developers coming from various high-profile groups, including Relic (Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War), Bioware (Mass Effect), Riot (League of Legends), and Volition (Saints Row). They’re…
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In Japan, the Vita is Getting a Brand New 64GB Memory Card
Today, Sony announced a new 64GB model for their line of PlayStation Vita SD cards. The 64GB model will retail at a price of 10,479 yen—roughly $105. It will be available in Japan starting October 10. The company also revealed that starting tomorrow, they’d be selling their existing Vita memory card models at a reduced…
By András Neltz
