Video Games
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Puzzling 'indie' games build mysteryApr 24, 2012 6:00 am - The goals in video games are usually well-defined: Kill the bad guys. Rescue the princess. Knock the pigs off their pedestals. But there's a whole underground movement o...
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Man takes Ubisoft to court over 'Assassin's Creed'Apr 23, 2012 11:00 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man is suing the maker of the popular “Assassin's Creed” video game series for copyright infringement and asking a federal court to stop...
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‘Halo 4’ due in NovemberApr 17, 2012 4:55 pm - LOS ANGELES — Master Chief will awaken in November. Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that “Halo 4” — actually the seventh game in the popular sci-fi franchise starring...
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'Xenoblade' pierces Wii role-playing voidApr 17, 2012 6:00 am - In most game-playing households, Nintendo's Wii is the console that gets powered up when the whole family wants to play, whether engaging in the lighthearted antics of "...
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Swing tracking on 'Tiger 13' almost thereApr 10, 2012 6:00 am - With Tiger Woods coming off his first victory in more than two years at the Arnold Palmer Invitational a few weeks ago, "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13" couldn't arrive at a mo...
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'Ninja Gaiden 3' a letdown for fansApr 03, 2012 6:00 am - If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced ...
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'Kid Icarus' spreads wings too farMar 27, 2012 6:00 am - After years of heaping attention on Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Samus Aran and even that fat blob Kirby, Nintendo is finally turning the spotlight back on Pit, the spunky ...
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Zynga buys game maker behind 'Draw Something'Mar 24, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Online game maker Zynga has bought New York-based OMGPop, maker of the popular mobile game “Draw Something.” Zynga Inc. did not disclose the deal's financial...
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'The Show' still swinging for the fencesMar 20, 2012 6:00 am - No video game can duplicate the drama of the end of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. You remember: The historic collapse of the Red Sox. The Rays' late-inning reco...
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'Mass Effect 3' a stellar finish to rewarding trilogyMar 13, 2012 6:00 am - Science-fiction fans love their galactic empires. From the novels of Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert to the multimedia epics created by George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry,...