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Splatoon teams up with SpongeBob in the most appropriate crossover ever

Nintendo and Nickelodeon have partnered to bring a touch of SpongeBob SquarePants to Splatoon, its aquatic creature-starring multiplayer shooter on Wii U. The game's next Splatfest event, beginning...

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LittleBigPlanet moves into a pineapple under the sea with SpongeBob SquarePants DLC

Sony released a new expansion pack for LittleBigPlanet 3 today, adding content based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants into the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 game. The...

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Who is protecting gaming's most valuable artifacts?

As video gaming reaches an age when it can be said to have a past, questions are being asked about how we curate and care for the important artifacts that tell the story of this art form. Earlier...

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Game industry pauses to say thanks to the father of gaming

"Thank you Ralph Baer!" It was a heartfelt unifying moment in an evening of video game fellowship, a Vegas theater filled with the talented men and women behind not just the year's best games, but...

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Polygon's 50 admirable gaming people of 2014

Who are the people who contributed to gaming the most in 2014? Who made the positive changes that helped make it such an extraordinary year? This is Polygon's list of 50 people who we think...

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Crosswalk Pong is exactly what it sounds like

Two years ago, Sandro Engel and Amelie Kunzler came up with an idea to create smart crosswalk buttons that let you play Pong with people on the other side of the street as you waited for the light...

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Texas city approves creation of The National Videogame Museum

After years of trying to find a home, the Videogame History Museum now has one: The Frisco, Texas Discovery Center, whose board has committed 10,400 square feet now and nearly $1 million to cover...

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What does Apple Watch mean for gaming?

Uhh, not much right now! Sorry, should have saved you a click. As Apple discussed during today's keynote, there's plenty in theĀ gaming pipeline for iPhone. But Apple was a little less clear about...

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Thailand's military rulers ban Tropico 5 as threat to national security (update)

Thailand's military government, which seized control of the country in May, banned a video game that allows players to take on the role of the dictator of an island, citing concerns for the...

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A list of every video game ever made: 43,806 names, and counting

It's 43,806 names long, and it's not even close to being finished. It's a project to name every single video game, ever made, for every platform. Pastebin user Data_Baser is leading the project,...