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Forty years ago, one addictive computer game pioneered a subgenre

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gensek July 5, 2025 Fighting Games, History, In the News
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VIdeo Games in the News

  • Hackers breach Canvas learning platform, exposing data on millions of students
  • Apple’s 1991 Macintosh shipped with a bug that should’ve stopped it from booting, but no one ever knew…
  • YouTube will ‘strengthen’ enforcement around violent and gambling games in November
  • How Grand Theft Auto legend’s new studio blew $270 million on a flop
  • Game On!

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  • Hackers breach Canvas learning platform, exposing data on millions of students
  • Apple’s 1991 Macintosh shipped with a bug that should’ve stopped it from booting, but no one ever knew…
  • YouTube will ‘strengthen’ enforcement around violent and gambling games in November
  • How Grand Theft Auto legend’s new studio blew $270 million on a flop
  • Game On!

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