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Final Freeway 2R: a heartfelt homage to '80s arcade racer Out Run
In an apps industry rife with instant clones of the most successful games, it's heartening to see an indie tribute to a near-forgotten genre: the sprite-based arcade racer.
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The 15 best free games for your PC, just hit download!
It doesn't matter whether you like sims, first-person shooters, racers or strategy, our list of the best free PC games has you covered.
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Name your price! Humble Bundle brings pay-what-you-want gaming to Android in style
Pay whatever you want for three acclaimed Android games -- Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos and EDGE -- and in the bargain you'll score desktop versions for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Android increasingly got game as its entertainment platform matures
While it still doesn't offer as robust a gaming market as iOS, Android's overall gaming scene is becoming increasingly sophisticated as more and more users flock to the platform.
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Making the case for gaming: how do games help the world?
The theme for Imagine Cup 2011 is imagining a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems, so, um... how does the game design category fit into that... exactly?
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Top 10 3D games right now - plus what you need to play them
With Call of Duty: Black Ops built for 3D, the list of 3D-enabled games has reached a respectable number. So which ones are the best and what gear do you need to play them?
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Dramatic surround sound improvement for gamers blows Dolby away
Software that generates an audio profile of your ears and improves gaming surround sound piped to your headphones is now available for subscription. Get set for amazing sound.
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StarCraft II region lock angers Australian gamers
Blizzard has decided Aussie players of Starcraft II will only be able to play online with other players from South East Asia -- not Europe or the US.
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Australia to miss out on Nintendo 3DS launch?
Nintendo's handheld console will pack 3D effects that won't require players to wear glasses -- but it's a bit of a mystery when it will hit Australia.
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Microsoft leads off Windows 7 gaming campaign with Fable 3
Remember using your PC for games? Apparently, those days are here again as Microsoft tries to gee up the Windows 7 gaming market
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New Xbox360 Slim will hit AU on July 1
The newly designed "whisper quiet" XBox360 is set to land in Australia in just two weeks. But there's still no Blu-Ray.
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PlayStation Move hits Australia September 16
The much-hyped motion sensing PS3 controller is set to go on sale in a few months for $70, as Sony works to fend off the Wii and Xbox Slim threats.
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‘Scareware’ scam bluffs BitTorrent users into paying bogus fine for violating copyright
Malicious software scans a hard drive for .torrent files, fires up a “copyright violation alert” and stings innocent users for an on-the-spot US$4,000 fine.
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ATKINSON: are gamers celebrating too soon?
There is at least one other attorney-general standing in the way of an R18+ rating for games -- we just don't know who they are.
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Gamers4Croydon hails ‘fantastic’ Atkinson resignation
Gamers4Croydon has hailed the decision by SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson to quit as 'fantastic', as the party nervously waits to find out its own results in the election.
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