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Sega closes multiple offices worldwide and focuses on digital
In a mark of the further decline for a once-formidable video game company, Sega announced the closure of several global offices, the relinquishment of distribution duties in the affected regions, and...
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Aliens, Prometheus, and even Spaceballs: Spot the references in Colonial Marines
You expect Aliens: Colonial Marines (the spiritual sequel to 1986’s Aliens movie) to have some connection to its source material, but Gearbox Software went out of its way to include as many references...
View ArticleI can’t stop playing this Roswell alien tribute Google Doodle game
“I can’t get the horse to let me up to get that thing and I can’t get to the man!” said my coworker. We’re smack in the middle of another busy news cycle on Monday, and we’re both dinking around with...
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Alien: Isolation is a survival-horror game from Sega's Total War developer
The last Sega game based on the Alien movie franchise wasn’t exactly a winner, but that’s not stopping the publisher from trying again. The company revealed Alien: Isolation today. Total War developer...
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Games of the Alien series, Part 2: The 'must play' edition
I can’t speak for anyone else on the GamesBeat staff, but I’ve definitely bought a ticket on Sega’s hypetrain for Alien: Isolation. Like riding any form of high-speed transportation, however, in the...
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SETI is hopeful yet skeptical that Russians found aliens
The world of astronomy lit up in the past couple of days with a report that Russian astronomers may have received a signal from a distant star. Above: Bill Diamond, president and CEO of SETI...
View ArticleSega shutting down games, laying off people
Sega said today it will restructure its Western operations as it deals with the transformation from a maker of retail games to digital distribution. The restructuring will result in an unspecified...
View ArticleCan we panic now? — Core gaming has a problem
The core-gaming market has a problem: A single mistake is costlier than ever. Meanwhile, the mobile/online/social-game market provides an alternative model that cuts down on that risk. From a purely...
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Alien Blackout hands-on: Don’t assume mobile is a bad idea
With Alien Blackout, developers Rival Games and Theory Interactive and publishers FoxNext/D3 Go! remind us that the platform doesn't dictate the quality.Read More
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Alien: Blackout review — This is how you do a mobile spinoff
Alien: Blackout is a cleverly crafted piece of work that shapes itself around the limitations of its mobile canvas.Read More
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AI Weekly: Is AI alien invasion imminent?
Is the potential for artificial general intelligence a sign of an alien invasion on the horizon? Or is there even such a thing as true AGI?Read More
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Aliens: Dark Descent announced for 2023
One of the first reveals at the Summer Game Fest is the newest game in the Aliens franchise, called Dark Descent.Read More
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Kaser Focus: It’s all space horror, Boss
The Summer Game brouhaha kicks off with a show saturated with space-based horror titles. Saints Rows Boss Factory is a breath of fresh air.Read More
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Survios, 20th Century Games collaborate on new Aliens game
Game developer Survios is collaborating with 20th Century Games to bring a new story, set in the Aliens universe, to life.Read More
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