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How Smooth McGroove quit his day job to record a capella versions of classic gaming tunes (interview)

Smooth McGroove is the one-man a cappella group that loves video game music.

EA appoints New York Times digital-product expert to its board

New York Times vice president of digital product Denise Warren joins the publisher's board of directors.

Amazon taking Madden NFL 25: Annivesary Edition preorders — bundled with NFL Sunday Ticket

EA's $100 special edition of Madden can save you a ton on DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket football package.

Nintendo brings E3 to the people … well, people who go to Best Buy

Nintendo wants to give consumers a taste of E3 at over 100 Best Buy stores in North America.

Nintendo releasing retail version of New Super Luigi U in August

Luigi is headed to retail and the eShop in a remix of New Super Mario Bros. Wii U -- without Mario.

April 2013 NPD: Injustice tops software chart as console industry continues to shrink

Sales across the industry dropped by 25 percent. Few people are buying software and even fewer are investing in new hardware.

Nintendo of America started localizing Animal Crossing: New Leaf in 2010

Nintendo of America's Treehouse localization team sat down to talk about Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Crytek’s Warface invades Japan under Nexon’s management

Crytek's free-to-play shooter expands to a new Asian market with the help from a South Korean publisher.

10 Android apps that already use Google Play game services

We found a bunch of games that already have multiplayer, leaderboards, achievements, and more thanks to Google Play.