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Key To Nintendo’s Success: Don’t Mess With A Sure Thing
Recently, we found ourselves wondering why Nintendo hadn’t gone the extra mile with Mario Kart 3DS , slated to arrive later this year. Sure, the game lets players fly using built-in hang gliders and customize their karts, but for the most part, it provides a similar experience to Mario Kart DS and even Mario Kart: Super Circuit for Game Boy Advance.
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Sonic Generations: Special Edition spotted at GAME
It looks like Sonic Generations will be receiving the special edition treatment. At least, it appears that way in the UK, where retailer GAME has posted PS3 and Xbox 360 listings for Sonic Generations: Special Edition . The PS3 version includes a bonus “Casino Night” level, which recreates the pinball-themed level from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 . In addition to the bonus level, the Xbox 360 version …
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The classic game appreciation section: F.E.A.R.
It’s not a crusty old Sega game this week! Yay!
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Japan’s Gaming Market Sinks 16 Percent in First Half
Japan’s console and portable gaming market sank 16 percent in the first six months of the year as new software failed to make a splash and sales of hardware…
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Five great free, browser-based games like Club Penguin
If you can’t get enough of Club Penguin, you’re not alone. Disney’s web-based MMO is huge, with over 12 million registered user accounts. Still, one game can’t hold anyone’s attention for very long so we’ve rounded up a list of games like Club Penguin. Whether you’re looking for a fun, safe (and free) browser-based game [...]
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Japan’s gaming market sinks 16 percent in first half
Japan’s console and portable gaming market sank 16 percent in the first six months of the year as new software failed to make a splash and sales of hardware fell, according to data released on Thursday.
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Video game researchers weigh in on Supreme Court ruling
Two researchers who have built careers studying the effects of violence in video games support the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, but they don’t believe the debate over its role in psychology is over.
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Sonic the Hedgehog, This Is Your Life
Sonic turns 20 today, and we celebrate two decades of Sega’s iconic character.
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VIDEO: Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20
The Sega video game character Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating his 20th birthday.
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SEGA fully on board with Kinect, PS Vita and Wii U
They held off on showing Aliens Colonial Marines running on the Wii U at E3
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Sega Pass hack exposed 1.3 million accounts, LulzSec denies responsibility
The Sega Pass hack has been upgraded from “temporary loss of some service to which we weren’t really paying attention,” all the way to “reasonably serious business.” In a statement to Reuters, Sega revealed the scope of the data breach: over 1.3 million user accounts, including dates of birth and passwords. The publisher made it clear when it initially announced the breach that payment …
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Fulton Thermal adds jobs as it prepares to open its expanded operation near Pulaski
Michelle Gabel/The Post-Standard Doyner Inc. masons work earlier this year on expansion that will triple the space at The Fulton Thermal Corp’s plant in the town of Richland. Richland, NY — While the country faced the deepest recession in…
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Born and Bread at E3 2011
Samuel Wich (Sammy for short), the official GamePro sandwich, is enjoying his first ever E3. Lettuce show you a few pictures of Sam’s exciting adventure through the E3 showroom floor!
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Twin Sonics zip through San-Fran style trailer
A new trailer fleshes out Sonic Generations’ approach to uniting different aspects of Sonic the Hedgehog’s legacy.
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New ‘Legend of Zelda’ trailer a blast from the past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is arriving on the Nintendo 3DS on June 19, and Nintendo is taking the “remaking a classic” …
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ENT: Tennis anyone?
As I sit here on a Sunday night, Rafa Nadal just beat Roger Federer to win his sixth French Open title, so it seems appropriate to talk about a couple new tennis games on the market.[...]
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Coming to PS Plus: Midnight Club LA, NHL Arcade Discount, Streets of Rage 2 FREE!
As you know, the Welcome Back Program is well underway and we hope you’ve already taken the time to get your two free games, but if you’re yearning for even more content, well – yearn no longer. Today we’re announcing all of the content coming to PlayStation Plus in two publishes on June 14 and 21. As a reminder, PlayStation Plus works on a bi-weekly publish schedule, with the free games (PS3 …
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iTunes hack widespread, and Apple appears to know about it
Since Betanews’ original report last Wednesday , dozens of readers have e-mailed their own reports of account issues, most dealing with Sega’s Kingdom Conquest . Some of these initial reports were detailed in a followup to our original piece, but we have received more since then.
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Nintendo Hacked but Personal Data Safe
One of Nintendo’s servers was recently compromised in a hacking attempt, said Nintendo yesterday. However, customer personal information was not accessed. “The server contained no consumer information. The protection of our customer information is our utmost priority,” said the company in a statement to Reuters. LulzSec, the same hacking group that claimed responsibility for Sony’s recent …
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Born and Bread at E3 2011
Samuel Wich (Sammy for short), the official GamePro sandwich, is enjoying his first ever E3. Lettuce show you a few pictures of Sam’s exciting adventure through the E3 showroom floor!
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If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It
Kinect has taken its lumps for not offering anything for the hardcore player. If your definition of “hardcore” includes dismemberment, profanity, and monstrous human experimentation, Sega has something right up your alley. Rise of Nightmares starts off with main character Josh and his wife on a leisurely tour through Eastern Europe. After their train crashes, Josh awakes in a nightmarish cell …
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