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GOTY 2011: Best Indie Game Award

GOTY 2011: Best Indie Game Award

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- Now that we've given out the award for Best New IP, we're going to move onto more specific awards. First up, is our award for the Best Indie title in 2011. It was a prett...



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GOTY 2011: Best Indie Developer Award

GOTY 2011: Best Indie Developer Award

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- Following on from our Best Publisher award, we're now going to take a look at the Best Indie Developer of 2011. Indie games have been growing from strength to strength th...



Nintendo Offers Digital Game Incentives As Club Rewards

Nintendo Offers Digital Game Incentives As Club Rewards

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- Nintendo of America is now offering free downloadable titles as incentives to customers who register their video games and hardware with its Club Nintendo rewards program....



Ubisoft Purchases Trials HD Developer

Ubisoft Purchases Trials HD Developer

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- Ubisoft has just announced the purchase of indie developer RedLynx who shot to fame following the release of Trials HD and more recently, their games on the WiiWare platfo...



Sonic 4 Episode 2 Should Be Appearing In 2012

Sonic 4 Episode 2 Should Be Appearing In 2012

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- Sega has announced in a recent interview that they aren't planning to release the second episode of Sonic 4 until some point next year. the original came out towards the e...



Chrono Trigger Gets European Virtual Console Release

Chrono Trigger Gets European Virtual Console Release

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- Classic JRPG Chrono Trigger has been given the green light to appear on Nintendo's Virtual Console in Europe, although it will cost slightly more than its North American c...



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The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly - Episode 4

The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly - Episode 4

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- March is off with a bang in the gaming industry! The new episode of GBF is here and we give the quick rundown of titles that we reviewed in the last week. Melissa, Niki, a...




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Top Ten Most Anticipated Downloadable Titles

Top Ten Most Anticipated Downloadable Titles

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- The downloadable games scene on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and, to a lesser extent, WiiWare has given smaller developers an outlet to experiment with creative ...



Sega: Sonic 4 Episode 2 Allows Us To Address Issues

Sega: Sonic 4 Episode 2 Allows Us To Address Issues

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- The first pieces of information about Sonic 4: Episode 2 have been divulged by Sonic's brand manager, Ken Balough, on the official SEGA forums. When speaking to fans abou...



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GOTY 2010: Best Soundtrack Nominations

GOTY 2010: Best Soundtrack Nominations

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- A good game is one thing, but one aspect that takes a good game to the next level is its soundtrack. The engaging tunes that totally immerse gamers into the experiences th...



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GOTY 2010: Best Developer Nominations

GOTY 2010: Best Developer Nominations

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- It's almost 2011 and that means it's now time for Gaming Union's 2010 Game of the Year Awards! We've got a bunch of nominees for various categories so let's get down to it...



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Multi-Chapter Games Create Lazy Developers

Multi-Chapter Games Create Lazy Developers

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- I suppose it sounds good in theory at first, the idea that you could simply release parts of a game over time and if anyone wants to partake in the experience they can sim...




Sega Wipe Sonic 4 Leaderboards

Sega Wipe Sonic 4 Leaderboards

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- Sega has been forced to wipe the leaderboards on Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I because of a rampant wave of cheating that was spoiling it for everyone. Unfortunately,...



Too Many Games Released Today Says BioWare

Too Many Games Released Today Says BioWare

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- Too many games are being released these days and it's making it pretty hard for gamers to keep up and BioWare's quite concerned. Speaking in an interview with Develop, ...



British Library Considers Video Game Archive

British Library Considers Video Game Archive

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- The world's largest library is considering archiving video games. Specialist in digital preservation Paul Wheatley of the British Library has spoken out saying he would li...



Square Enix Sees Drops In Sales And Earnings

Square Enix Sees Drops In Sales And Earnings

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- Square Enix have announced their financial earnings for the first half of fiscal year 2011, revealing drops in both sales and earnings. Sales performed below expected f...



ESA Pleased With Violent Video Games Case Hearing

ESA Pleased With Violent Video Games Case Hearing

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- The Entertainment Software Association have expressed that they are quite satisfied with the hearing today over the violent video games bill in California. ESA president M...



Europe Gets Dedicated Video Game Museum

Europe Gets Dedicated Video Game Museum

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- An entire museum dedicated to the "history and evolution" of video games is set to be unveiled at the Italian Video Game Conference in December. Aptly dubbed ViGaMus, t...