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Street Fighter X Tekken Spawns The World’s First Fighting Game-Centric Reality Show

9:30AM January 24, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Not content with merely streaming live matches leading up to the March release of the Street Fighter X Tekken fighting game crossover, Capcom has teamed with iPlayWinner and Team Spooky to create Cross Assault, a live week-long $US25,000 tournament masquerading as an internet reality show. More »


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Can Minecraft’s Creator Make A Game In 48 Hours?

2:28AM December 9, 2011 | Mike Fahey

What’s next for Markus “Notch” Persson now that he’s stepped away from Minecraft? Find out during the 22nd Ludum Dare game development event next weekend, where Notch will stream creating a game in just 48 hours. [Twitter]


Nintendo

Watch Nintendo Turn Times Square Into Super Mario 3D Land

1:00PM November 15, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Nintendo packed New York City’s Time Square with colourful platforms, warp tubes and piranha plants to celebrate the weekend’s release of Super Mario 3D Land. More »


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3 Minutes Of Capcom’s Fright Club

1:00AM October 14, 2011 | Chris Carolan

Capcom and gaming pub Kill Screen spent the night treating the downtown NYC area to “Fright Club”, a gathering for people to come out and play two new Resident Evil games and one new take on Dead Rising. More »


News

Arkham City Arrives Early At The Times Square Toys ‘R’ Us

7:20AM October 7, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Batman descends upon streets of Gotham on October 17, when Warner Bros brings Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, comic artist Jim Lee and game director Sefton Hill to the Toys ‘R’ Us Times Square launch event, with 500 advance copies of the game in tow. More »


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Tokyo Game Show Soldiers On Despite Looming Identity Crisis

2:00AM September 13, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Japan may not be the birthplace of video games, but it is the heart of video game culture. More »


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Celtic Rockers Dropkick Murphys Performing At Call Of Duty Con

12:20AM August 26, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Kanye West isn’t the only musician performing at the first-ever Call of Duty convention, Irish punk-rockers Dropkick Murphys will be closing the first night of the show, Activision said today. More »


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Practice Is The Brainy Gaming Event New York Deserves

4:20AM August 25, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Those of us who live in New York City are guilty, daily, of thinking that our city is terrific and deserves terrific things. But we in New York City don’t have any awesome big gaming expos nor any whip-smart game design gatherings to make the rest of the world envious, at least not until we get one of the latter in October. More »


In Real Life

This Is Gamescom

4:00AM August 23, 2011 | Brian Crecente

We’ve talked about the games, about the cosplay, the camping and the crowds. But no single story or set of photos can truly encapsulate all that is the world’s biggest video game show. More »


News

Hurry Up And Wait For Zelda Symphony Concert

12:40AM July 22, 2011 | Jen Schiller

In case you’ve been waiting patiently for The Legend of Zelda Symphony Concert, good news! You’ll only have to keep waiting until October… unless you’re not in Los Angeles More »