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"Portal Kombat" shows the duality of gamers (poll)
Today saw the launch of two major video games, and they make up a tale of two gamers. Portal 2 is a thinking person’s shooting game, meant for people who like to solve puzzles and outsmart rivals in an...
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Week in review: PlayStation Network's big outage
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Sony’s PlayStation Network suffers big outage — The good news is that...
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Supreme Court strikes down video game violence law on free speech grounds
Arguing that video games qualify for First Amendment protection, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that California’s video game violence law is unconstitutional. The state law restricted the sale or...
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Review: King of Fighters XIII is right where the franchise should be
King of Fighters XII, released in 2009, was notable for administering a much-needed graphical overhaul, something the 15-year-old series was sorely in need of. While it had the looks, it came up short...
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Team Ninja adds Virtua Fighter mascot to Dead or Alive 5 roster
Virtua Fighter series mascot Akira Yuki will be a playable character in the upcoming Dead or Alive 5 game, developer Team Ninja announced today. This marks the first time ever that the DoA franchise...
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How gaming’s biggest blockbusters affect monthly sales (infographic)
If you ever doubted the impact that blockbuster games have on monthly software sales, then this new infographic will convince you of the importance of AAA titles. The image below (created by the fine...
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Didn’t get your PAX Prime tickets? Here are five alternative conventions
Ticket sales for Penny Arcade’s Seattle event, PAX Prime, began on May 2. By May 3, excited convention-goers had claimed every available pass. From the weekend badge that permits access to the whole...
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Mortal Kombat II warriors: Where are they now?
Shao Khan was defeated, Earth Realm was saved, and Bill Clinton was getting “special service” in the Oval Office. It was 1993, and the colorful cast of Mortal Kombat II was unemployed. What happened?...
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Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 6: Arcade)
Facebook’s Timeline doesn’t let you customize your profile the way MySpace used to do, but it does allow users to upload a wide cover image at the top. It’s the perfect excuse to show others your...
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Gravity Rush’s beautiful open-world soars the Vita to dizzying, dazzling...
Since launching in February, the PlayStation Vita really hasn’t had that “must own” title that every new piece of hardware needs. Sure, we’ve seen ports of PlayStation 3 games (like Mortal Kombat and...
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Local developers and students look beyond the stars at Baltimore’s Gamescape...
The universe is innately captivating — even my son at the young age of 2-and-a-half marvels at the rocket ship decals, strung-up planets, and stars projected on his ceiling. Last weekend, I visited...
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Need a statue of Wonder Woman lassoing Batman? The Injustice Collector’s...
The Feng Shui in my entertainment den is slightly askew. I know! I just need a 13-inch statue of Wonder Woman kicking the crap out of Batman with a maniacal grin on her face. The DC Comics fighting...
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Gaming art for your Twitter header (Part 2: Popular franchises)
Twitter has over 500 million users. That’s a lot of potential eyeballs checking out your tweets. Now that Twitter lets you add a header image at the top of your profile, why not show your followers...
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God of War: Ascension multiplayer finds a sweet spot between shooters and...
God of War: Ascension’s multiplayer mode is an interesting blend of first-person shooters, fighting games, and unsurprisingly, the series’ solo campaign. “It sounds cheesy, but we really did look at...
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The DeanBeat: The Newtown shooting will turn up the heat on video game...
The horror is still fresh around the deaths of 20 children and six adults in the Newtown shootings. And with game-playing at a peak after Christmas, the debate on video game violence will be a...
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National Rifle Association blames video games for mass murders
It’s been a week since the tragic mass murder at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., and the United States’ most powerful pro-gun organization came out in defense of weapons and put the...
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NRA pulls bait-and-switch with iOS shooting app
The NRA is an organization of lying hypocrites. That was my first reaction upon seeing that the 501(c) organization had released an iOS shooter app in the wake of its own comments regarding violent...
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Injustice: Gods Among Us is not a reskinned Mortal Kombat (hands-on preview)
Deathstroke was kicking Batman’s ass. The sheer amount of bullets that the supervillain fired into the air juggled Batman as if he were a bowling pin. The Dark Knight had seen better days. But this...
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Show some love with GamesBeat’s gaming valentines
You’ve probably seen gaming-themed valentines before (like the digital cards we received from multiple developers and publishers), but the ones in the gallery below are special. Why? Because I made...
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Injustice: Gods Among Us is superpowered insanity (review)
Injustice: Gods Among Us is a silly name for a game focused on one of the most disastrous “What Ifs” in DC Comics: What would happen if Superman lost his mind? The answer is create a menacing...
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