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'Heavy Rain' director David Cage challenges game industry to just grow up

By Sean Hollister on February 6, 2013 04:41 pm + 134 comments

David Cage doesn't want you to play games. The man behind interactive experiences like Indigo Continue reading…
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'Grand Theft Auto: Kirk Douglas' and other pirated games from a Nairobi market

By Adi Robertson on February 6, 2013 04:32 pm + 13 comments

The Gameological Society's Joe Keiser, not content with mere torrented or knockoff titles, has Continue reading…
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J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell in talks, tease Bad Robot game and 'Half-Life' or 'Portal' movie

By Dante D'Orazio on February 6, 2013 01:04 pm + 103 comments

J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell have just revealed on stage at the DICE 2013 Summit that the two are Continue reading…
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Google augmented reality game 'Ingress' putting in-game items in Duane Reade stores

By Adi Robertson on February 5, 2013 11:33 am + 12 comments

For all its trappings of aliens and global conspiracies, Google's augmented reality game Ingress is Continue reading…
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Play this: Escher-esque 'Antichamber' upends the puzzle game

By Adi Robertson on February 2, 2013 05:16 pm + 17 comments

Some puzzle games are about giving you simple rules and tools, then asking you to extrapolate how Continue reading…
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How video game purchases help fund gun makers

By Aaron Souppouris on February 1, 2013 07:37 am + 124 comments

When you drive that Honda Civic in Gran Turismo, a small portion of the money you paid for the Continue reading…
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In Tettix's 'Solace,' the concept art is the game

By Adi Robertson on January 31, 2013 02:38 pm + 5 comments

Plenty of notgames and exploration titles already exist mostly to make a philosophical point, tell a Continue reading…
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Optimize 'Far Cry 3,' 'Hawken,' and other PC games with Nvidia's cloud-based settings tweaker

By Adi Robertson on January 25, 2013 06:12 pm + 23 comments

GeForce Experience, an Nvidia tool that automatically detects the best graphics settings for PC Continue reading…
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Play this: 'Gap,' a poem about gender you 'read' by walking through it

By Adi Robertson on January 22, 2013 01:59 pm + 5 comments

What makes a poem, and what makes a man? Artist, writer, and game-maker Sonny Rae Tempest explores Continue reading…
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Valve urges users to get Ubuntu and join Linux beta for Steam

By Adi Robertson on January 22, 2013 09:46 am + 552 comments

Valve has been working on Linux support for some time, first with a Steam beta program for Linux and Continue reading…