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If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
This week, a judge allows Rhode Island to continue its lawsuit against 38 studios founder Curt Schilling, Nintendo reveals an new 2D version of the 3DS, and Candy Crush Saga developer King launches a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement.
You’ll also find reviews for Killer is Dead and Madden NFL 25.
News:
The DeanBeat: Can a price cut stop the Nintendo Wii U from sinking?
Jazz Boatman is back to talk you into buying the Paradox Humble Bundle
Slender: The Arrival and more coming from Majesco’s new indie-publishing label, Midnight City
Wargaming’s unified premium account goes live, tying together multiple online games
Saints Row IV sells 1 million copies in its first week
GameBrain aims to aid indie devs with its cloud-based development and publishing platform
Time Warner TV launches on Xbox Live with up to 300 channels
London goes radioactive in free-to-play shooter Extraction from Nexon
Sleep now, sweet prince: Update ends Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 today
Announcements, patches, and reveals:
The Last of Us gets a new multiplayer mode in patch 1.03
Wasteland 2 developer demos the title in 18-minute video walkthrough
Nintendo releasing Zelda: Wind Waker HD early on eShop; Super Mario 3D World moves to November
Nintendo cuts $50 off deluxe version of Wii U, launches Zelda bundle
Nintendo unveils the 2DS handheld, sans 3D, for launch on same day as next Pokemon game
Electronic Arts ‘no longer makes offline games’ but won’t a require connection
Telltale expects to release Android versions of its games ‘going forward’
The Walking Dead shuffles to Ouya this Winter
Rockstar details Grand Theft Auto V Collector’s Edition digital content
Google Play Games boss to devs: Android is a ‘party we want everyone to experience’
Xbox One vs. PS4:
Like the PlayStation 4, Xbox One can download content while you’re not home
Check out how much better voice chat sounds on Xbox One compared to Xbox 360
Xbox One’s touted voice commands will only work in 5 countries at launch
Microsoft plans ‘Day One’ bonuses for Xbox One’s Forza, Ryse, and Dead Rising 3
Microsoft discloses details on Xbox One and Kinect chips — and how they should avoid the ‘Red Ring of Death’
340K attend Gamescom consumer show in Germany to play Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Mobile news:
Dig up pixels on your iPhone: Terraria for iOS out now
South Korea’s Gamevil invests in Relax Games startup
Funcom piecing together Lego Minifigures Online for PC, mobile
The cost of acquiring mobile app users soars to highest level in 2 years
Despicable Me game vaults Gameloft to top of July mobile downloads
Unity embraces the cloud and blasts out a bunch of tools for mobile-game developers
Social, social, social:
Win rolls the dice to be a player in social casino games
Facebook expands ties with Unity to make cross-platform 3D games easier to build
Planet VB
Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting for the Virtual Boy console.
Tech:
Digital Storm launches a monstrous HydroLux cooling system for gamer PCs
Developers can use Mixamo’s Face Plus to capture your facial expressions in real-time
LG teams with cloud-gaming firm Ubitus for game-streaming service for Smart TVs
With Playnomics, data science predicts which players will quit a game in the next month
Autodesk to charge $50 a month for Maya LT 3D animation tool for indie and mobile game developers
Logitech claims its new wireless gaming mouse has 250-hour battery life
Street Fighter II for Virtual Boy is red and amazing
Virtual reality goggles let you simulate skydiving — without falling from the sky
Trailer hoedown:
Final Grand Theft Auto V trailer features explosions and personal submersibles
Treyarch shows off final Call of Duty: Black Ops II maps in new trailer
Ruh-roh:
Court allows Rhode Island to sue ex-baseball star Curt Schilling over failed 38 Studios game startup
King sues 6waves for allegedly copying two social games (exclusive)
Sony apologizes as Grand Theft Auto V assets leak online
Uwe Boll
Film director Uwe Boll
All this funding:
Uwe Boll wants you to give him $500K, so he can make a Postal 2 movie (and give his stars cocaine)
Over-the-top football game Gridiron Thunder hits Kickstarter goal
The controversial Shadow of the Eternals fails to hit Kickstarter goal
Reviews:
Killer is Dead’s strong swordplay almost redeems its problems (review)
Madden NFL 25 is an enjoyable milestone that overlooks its legacy (review)
Pieces of flair:
The GamesBeat community reacts to the Nintendo 2DS
Ganon’s castle would cost $57 million and be located in Tuscany (if it were real)
Who’s got game? Yo mamma: 3 out of 4 moms play video games (study)
Study: Starcraft II might supercharge the brain’s problem-solving agility
Disney Infinity game guide: Level up every character and unlock every item
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