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Appeals Court Deems Nintendo Controllers Patent Infringement-Free
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned the 2008 verdict of an East Texas jury that would have resulted in a ban on sales of the Nintendo Gamecube controller, Wavebird, and Classic Controller due to patent infringement. In 2006, Anascape Ltd. took Nintendo and Microsoft to court over the technology used to…
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A Link To The PlayStation 3 Zelda Homage
Using 3D Dot Game Heroes’s built-in character editor, Game Informer’s Tim Turi takes the Zelda “homage” full-circle. As I’ve mentioned previously, Atlus’ PlayStation 3 exclusive 3D Dot Game Heroes is highly reminiscent of the original Zelda games on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo. So much so, that when Tim Turi creates his own…
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Here’s The Final Fantasy XIV Alpha Tester Guide
Upset that you aren’t in the alpha test for the second Final Fantasy MMO? We’ve got what looks to be a chunk of the Final Fantasy XIV alpha tester handbook and some videos to help you pretend you’re in it. A player posting on the FFXIV Journey blog over at Blogspot is documenting his entire…
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Another Dead Space Prequel, Only This One You Read
Acclaimed writer B. K. Evenson delves into the history of the Church of Unitology and the origin of the mysterious “Black Marker” in Dead Space: Martyr, a prequel to Visceral Games’ sci-fi horror spectacular. Dead Space and its Nintendo Wii prequel, Dead Space: Extraction, left far too many questions unanswered, and those questions and more…
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How Much Money Can You Make In The Video Game Industry?
Everybody wants a job in the video game industry, but which job? The 2009 Game Developer Salary Survey can help you decide, breaking down pay by industry discipline, and making McWhertor’s beloved The Tester seem even sillier than it already was. Looking over this year’s report, which we briefly touched on last month, the best…
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In Case You Missed It, Yu-Gi-Oh! Is Coming To Xbox Live Arcade
Konami debuted a new Yu-Gi-Oh! title last week, but Konami brings out a new Yu-Gi-Oh! game every other week. What’s different about Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels? It’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade. I have to admit, I completely skipped over Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels news earlier this week, because as I mentioned previously, it…
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Gears 3 Doubles Up On Co-Op Campaign Mode Multiplayer
Two-player campaign mode co-op? Please, that’s so Gears 2. According to an update from designer Cliff Bleszinski, the recently revealed Gears of War 3 will feature twice the multiplayer co-op campaign mode of its predecessors. Marcus and Dom are going to have to keep their feelings in check during the Gears 3 campaign, as two…
By Mike Fahey
