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12 Jul 2010Google has “secretly” invested an undisclosed amount of money (estimated to be between $100 million and $200 million) in virtual Ville creator Zynga Games, TechCrunch claims. Why would one highly profitable company dump such a large amount of duckets into another successful company’s coffers? TechCrunch believes that it’s part of a strategy to partner with [...]
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27 May 2010East Carolina University’s Psychophysiology Lab recently published some promising findings from a study on the effect casual games can have on the cognitive abilities of older players. According to Gamasutra, the study, which has run for almost six months and counting, has measured certain mental functions of 40-some participants over the age of 50 as [...]
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29 Apr 2010InstantAction’s new streaming service has debuted, allowing select games to be played not only in a browser window, but in an embeddable applet if desired (for those of you running Windows, anyway). The selection of games is currently limited to just one, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. The service allows the game to [...]
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15 Jan 2010Do you like Alexey Pajitnov’s timeless puzzler Tetris as much as you like succumbing to unrelenting waves of nausea? You’ll probably want to check out the new Flash-based sensation, First-Person Tetris. There’s not much of a learning curve, here — it operates pretty much exactly like the block-dropping puzzler you know and love, only with [...]
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26 Dec 2009Scott Miller, the 3D Realms cofounder who came out looking somewhat better than eternally dithering partner George Broussard in Wired’s recent profile of Duke Nukem Forever, claims that “numerous other Duke games” are in development, some meant for casual gaming. Miller, quoted in the “first printed issue of Gamesauce,” says “the next few years should [...]
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6 Jun 2009Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov plays the first version of his world-famous game, which turns 25 years old on June 6. Image courtesy The Tetris Company When Alexey Pajitnov put the finishing touches on Tetris 25 years ago today, he had no way of knowing his modest videogame would become Russia’s most entertaining export. Yet June [...]
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4 Jun 2009Version 1.4 of Johan Peitz’s popular jumping game Icy Tower was released today, and features a number of improvements, including new graphics and options for stat-tracking and customizing your experience. The last version of the game came out at least 3 years ago, but Icy Tower has maintained its large and loyal fanbase since its [...]
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27 May 2009A week and a half after reaching the million player mark, Sony Online Entertainment‘s Free Realms has gone and doubled it. The player population of Free Realms continues to grow at a ridiculous rate, hitting the two million player milestone within a month of the game’s official launch. According to SOE, the game is a [...]
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21 May 2009Breakout Panic is an arcade game that plays like all other Breakout clones, but in GameDesign’s version you are pressured to destroy all blocks as quickly as you can. Blocks are pushed downwards continuously, and the game ends immediately if you run out of balls to use or allow any block to cross the dashed [...]
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19 May 2009It has fallen on Asami to carry on her family`s tradition and become a master at making sushi! Follow Asami`s grandfather`s recipes to keep your diverse clientele happy and full of delicious sushi. Use your Match 3 and Time Management skills to earn tips and enough money to improve Asami`s Sushi Shop. Buy powerful upgrades [...]