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Electronic Arts Adds Microtransaction to Real Golf
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Last week’s DICE summit kicked off with a game of golf in the Nevada desert. To keep things interesting, and raise a bit of cash for charity, Electronic Arts added microtransactions to the game. More »
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GameStop COO: Used Game Sales Don’t Hurt New Ones
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | J. Paul Raines bravely faced a roomful of video game developers at this year’s DICE Summit, letting them know that the used game sales that butter the retailers bread do not hurt new game sales. More »
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So, Why Did Ensemble Studios Close Up?
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Bruce Shelley is an industry legend. Helped Sid Meier make Civilization, created Age of Empires, then joined Ensemble. Now, though, Ensemble are gone. And Shelley is trying to explain why that happened. More »
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EA Announces New American McGee’s Alice Title
5:34AM Brian Crecente | Talking at DICE 2009, Electronic Arts John Riccitiello announced that there would be another Alice game coming from American McGee to the PC and consoles.
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Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi on the Rise of Western Gaming
4:00AM Brian Crecente | Speaking at this week’s DICE conference in Las Vegas, Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi talked about Japan’s shrinking importance in the global gaming market. More »
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Gabe Newell’s DICE Keynote: Left 4 Dead Sales, Valve Comic Books
1:00PM Luke Plunkett | Valve boss Gabe Newell just got done with his keynote address at this year’s Design Innovate Communicate Entertain conference in Vegas. It was great! Here are the highlights. More »
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