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Nintendo stakes claim on ad revenue from user generated YouTube videos

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On: 16 May

Nintendo has made a lot of questionable decisions lately, but their latest gaffe might just be their worst: multiple YouTube users are reporting that Nintendo has staked a copyright claim on videos featuring footage from Nintendo games. While Nintendo hasn’t removed the videos from YouTube, ad revenue from those videos will now be directed to [...]

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Sony Japan Teaser Site Reveals New Game

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On:

Viral marketing has become pretty standard fare leading up to new announcements in the entertainment industry in general, but the video game industry always seems to take things one step further. Everything will seem like a normal day, until Google happens to offer an unfamiliar search result. Scurrying down the rabbit hole, a slave to [...]

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Final Fantasy 11 is 11 years old today, still profitable

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Today marks the eleventh anniversary of Final Fantasy XI’s original launch in Japan. Since the game’s launch more than a decade ago, FFXI has faced fierce competition from newer, flashier, and more accessible MMO’s, but despite all that, the game has remained a profitable title for Square.

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EA gives up on Online Passes

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On:

Online Passes — one-time use codes that users have to enter if they want to access a game’s online features — have been one of the most maligned “features” forced onto modern games, and gamers have been protesting their use ever since they were first introduced a few years ago. Today Electronic Arts, the company [...]

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Humpday Bump: Valve Unveils Digital Trading Card System Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Tech On: 15 May

Valve has announced a new digital trading card system to compliment their all powerful digital distribution platform Steam. The system sounds a bit those old paper tickets players could turn in for prizes at their local arcade, only instead of winning large stuffed animals, players can turn in their cards for additional customization to their [...]

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Ubisoft Posts Profits of $83.3 Million

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On:

During a year of financial crisis or, at the very least, sub-par performances for many big name publishers, Ubisoft stands head and shoulders above the majority of their peers. While studios like TimeGate and THQ file for bankruptcy and dismantle their staff, and Square Enix deems what should be sure-fire commercial successes such as Tomb [...]

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Instruction manual for terrible game sells on eBay for over $1,000

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On:

Hardcore video game collectors want the games in their collection to be complete — original case, cover artwork, instruction manual, hell, some even insist on saving the registration and precautions cards that come with certain games. Today some truly hardcore collectors showed just how dedicated they are to completing their collections, as an eBay auction [...]

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EA Opens DICE Studio in L.A. To Develop Star Wars Titles

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On:

When news broke last week that EA had partnered with Disney for an exclusive contract to develop all upcoming Star Wars games, the world clamored for more details. EA announced that the first new Star Wars game, which will run on Battlefield 3‘s Frostbite Engine 3, won’t be out until 2015; presumably to coincide with [...]

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Scribblenauts Unmasked features over 2000 DC heroes and villains

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, PC, Wii U On:

How many DC Universe characters can you fit into one game? Over 2000 apparently, as Scribblenauts Unmasked’s developers are bragging that their upcoming DC-themed puzzle-platformer will feature thousands of characters spanning DC’s entire history.

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Take-Two posts slight loss despite strong performance of BioShock Infinite

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Take-Two Interactive announced today that they’ll be posting a loss $31.2 million dollars for the last fiscal year. Despite not quite meeting their goals for the year, the company still has a surprisingly positive outlook: the company’s revenue actually rose quite a bit from the previous year, and with the upcoming release of GTA V [...]

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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is the Pac-Man reboot you didn’t ask for

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 14 May

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is one of the best downloadable titles of this generation — it’s fun, it’s accessible, and it’s insanely addictive. It’s what a retro revival should be: true to the original game, while at the same time making it feel fresh and new. Today Namco Bandai announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, [...]

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Konami E3 livestream promises MGS5, Lords of Shadow 2, unintentional laughs

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On:

Konami has announced that they will host a public livestream for their E3 press conference this year.

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