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Massive EVE Online war destroys over $300,000 worth of virtual goods

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EVE eve-online-battleOnline has seen some epic events in its 10-year history, but nothing quite like this.

A huge battle took place in CCP’s massively-multiplayer online space game Monday night, resulting in damages estimated at 11 trillion ISK (Interstellar Kredits, EVE’s in-game currency), according to a CCP representative. Because of the unique nature of EVE’s economy, however, those in-game losses carry a real-world value of up to $331,000. That figure could go even higher, as the developer says it’s still crunching numbers on the battle.

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Shazam CEO’s 5 tips for making it big

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In shazam CEOthe app world, Shazam is a superhero.

The app that started as a music discovery service—and has grown into so many other fields—boasted 86 million active users in December. Last July, Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim invested $40 million in the company. And it’s on the road to a likely IPO.

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Microsoft buys Gears of War series

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Marcus gears-bought-by-msFenix may not be done with his battle against the Locust.

Microsoft has acquired the rights to the Gears of War series from creator and former franchise developer Epic Games, ensuring that the series — one of the tentpoles of the Xbox line — doesn’t wander onto another system.

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Happy 40th birthday, Dungeons & Dragons!

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Dungeons Dungeons and Dragons turns 40& Dragons, the tabletop game that introduced fantasy role-playing to most of the world, turns the big four-oh this weekend — and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.

While D&D is almost a recurring character on some prime time TV shows these days (hat tip to you, producers of “The Big Bang Theory”), it spent years as the calling card of the socially awkward. No matter how fun the game is, toting around bags of polyhedral dice and regularly consulting the Monster Manual for hit-point data was never a way to get in with the cool kids.

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The Elder Scrolls Online taps impressive, geeky voice cast

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Bethesda’s elder-scrolls-online-voice-castnot fooling around when it comes to voice casting for its upcoming online role-playing game.

The developer has tapped a former member of Monty Python, a Golden Globe winner, Dumbledore and Wonder Woman to help bring The Elder Scrolls Online to life.

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Microsoft could be in hot water over controversial Xbox One marketing deal

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Microsoft xbox-one-machinimaand game video network Machinima are defending a recently discovered advertising arrangement between the companies, but experts say they could be facing extended trouble down the road.

Word of the partnership came out earlier this week via Ars Technica. According to leaked documents, well-known Machinima YouTube video creators were paid a bonus by Microsoft for highlighting the Xbox One in their video content. However, the terms of the agreement stipulated that Youtubers not disclose they were being paid to promote the console. In other words, they were getting paid to pimp the system but were told not to tell anybody — nor say anything untoward about the Xbox One.

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Candy Crush Saga makers want to trademark the word ‘candy’

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King, candy-crush-saga-trademarkthe company behind the mobile smash Candy Crush Saga, isn’t content with owning your free time. Now it wants a part of your everyday vocabulary, too.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the company’s application to trademark the word “candy” across a variety of platforms, ranging from computer games to cassette tapes to shower caps.

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Xbox One outsells PlayStation 4 in December, overall games sales down in 2013

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The <> on November 22, 2013 in New York City.Xbox One might have won December, but the PS4 is winning the war.

According to brick and mortar retail tracker The NPD Group, both of Microsoft’s consoles outperformed Sony’s in the final month of 2013 in the U.S. Microsoft sold 908,000 Xbox Ones and 643,000 Xbox 360s in December, surpassing the totals for both the PS4 and PS3, though Sony did not provide specific numbers.

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Apple, Google yank controversial plastic surgery game aimed at kids

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Apple plastic-surgery-app-pulledand Google have both pulled a controversial plastic surgery ‘game’ aimed at children from their app stores after a hailstorm of criticism.

Plastic Surgery for Barbie (on iOS) and Plastic Surgery (on Android) were both removed from the storefronts this week. The games encouraged children to perform plastic surgery on an overweight girl the games described as “ugly.”

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