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This 8-Bit Atari Homage Takes The ‘Cake’

10:30AM January 13, 2012 | Pierre Bienaimé

If you can steel yourself for a post-modern jumble of space exploration and robotic sing-song, Upside Down Cake’s “Star Strike” offers a neat walk through Atari antiquity. Some of these games certainly deserve the homage. More »


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The Industry’s Biggest Influence Right Now Is Apple

8:30PM November 4, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

At least, that’s what around 1000 games industry employees reckon, as the results of a survey for the London Games Conference show. Attendees for the upcoming event were asked who they think the most influential people were, along with the most influential products. More »


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How Atari Sent Steve Jobs On A Spiritual Quest To India

2:40AM October 11, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

At his talk at GDC Online in Austin, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell talked about a wide variety of things, among which was Apple founder Steve Jobs, who he hired back in 1974. (For a complete story, see this great article at Gamasutra. “I gave Steve Jobs his first job,” Bushnell said, “That’s an interesting resume line.” More »


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Video Game Creatives Offer Sombre Tribute To Steve Jobs

2:00PM October 6, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

News of the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs spread quickly today via Twitter, with video game developers, designers and executives mourning the loss of the software and hardware visionary. They offered brief, sombre reactions to Jobs’s passing showing the breadth of his influence and impact. More »


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From A Bit Player To A Mobile Force, Apple’s Gaming Legacy Under Steve Jobs

11:00AM October 6, 2011 | Owen Good

Popularly regarded as a distant runner-up to the Windows PC, Apple nonetheless played key and even dominant roles in shaping the history of video games over the past 35 years, emerging from an utterly marginalised brand in home computing to a force almost unilaterally shaping the course of mobile gaming today. More »


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Steve Jobs Has Passed Away

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10:44AM October 6, 2011 | Mark Serrels

We’ve just heard via the Associated Press that Steve Jobs has passed away. More »


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Apple Names New CEO, Pays Tribute To Steve Jobs

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9:30AM August 25, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Steve Jobs resigned from his position as CEO of Apple this morning, and now Apple has named his successor – former Apple COO Tim Cook. More »


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Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple

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8:45AM August 25, 2011 | Mark Serrels

News has just broken that Steve Jobs has resigned from his role as CEO of Apple. More »


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The Things China Endured To Bring You Apple Touchscreens

1:30AM February 23, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Between May 2008 and August 2009, workers at China’s Suzhou industrial park slaved away, cleaning touchscreens for Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The chemical used, hexyl hydride or “n-hexane”, made workers ill. More »


While You Were Sleeping

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9:00AM October 27, 2010 | Mark Serrels

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you! More »