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Vaporware gets its due from Wired

Vaporware makes us feel better about ourselves. We promise stuff all the time, and then find out we can't really follow through. So when a company gets ahead of itself and announces its next big thing to the world prematurely, we like to pounc...

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Big Download awards 2009's vaporware

In response to Wired's own 2009 vaporware awards, our pals at BigDownload have complied their own list of software and hardware that woulda, coulda and shoulda seen the light of day this year. Topping the list is the streaming service OnLive, which ...

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The Game Awards will return, Keighley confirms

Following a year-end debut that attracted 1.93 million viewers, producer Geoff Keighley has confirmed that The Game Awards will return again in 2015. "As I announced this morning at PAX, I'm excited to already be working on @thegameawards for 201...

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Wired News: 2006 vaporware awards

Wired News racks up its annual list of the top 10 vaporware products -- items that have been promised but haven't shipped -- with almost half of them being long-delayed games. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, Gran Turismo 4 Mobile, and Spore earn spots ...

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Phantom may not be vaporware for much longer

You just know the investors are chomping at the bit on this one. The ever-arriving Phantom game console, a lovely looking piece of vaporware up to now, has been derided by everyone from press to gamers. But we're reserving judgment. If the hardware c...

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Video games highly susceptible to becoming vaporware

In an article entitled "Vaporware: Better Late Than Never", Wired News has published their reader's top ten vaporware tech products for 2005. Out of the top ten, four are games and one is a games console (if you must know, it's the Phantom). No prize...

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Xbox One wins an Emmy (but no, not that kind)

The Xbox One may have received an Emmy this week, but don't worry about Master Chief stealing the spotlight from <your favorite actor here>, because these are the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards, and the award was in the category of Tel...

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IGF 2015 finalists: The Talos Principle, 80 Days, Invisible Inc.

Finalists for the $30,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 17th annual Independent Games Festival awards are Klei Entertainment's Invisible Inc., Croteam's The Talos Principle, Inkle Studios' 80 Days, Patrick Smith's Metamorphabet, 11 Bit Studio's ...

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The Game Awards 2014 debuts December 5

The Game Awards 2014, a new independent video game awards show, will take the stage in December. Produced by former Video Game Awards host Geoff Keighley, the show will debut on December 5, airing live from the AXIS Theater in Las Vegas. The Game Aw...

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WRUP: And the nominees are...

The Game Awards are in an hour... here are the nominees. We'll be streaming right here. Join us! What's everyone playing this weekend?...

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With some effort, CNET compiles vaporware all-stars

CNET defines vaporware thus: "Vaporware n: Any piece of technology with equal and excessive numbers of promises and delays. It might be awesome, but you probably won't actually see it." The all-star angle precludes many of the criticisms we'd be pron...

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Monument Valley, Threes! receive Apple year-end awards

It's the year of the puzzler on mobile, as Apple awards the numerical master class of Threes! and visually luxe Monument Valley with game of the year nods. The gorgeous platformer Leo's Fortune was the runner-up iPhone game of the year. If these ...

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GDCA 2015 finalists led by Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

The finalists for the 2015 Game Developers Choice Awards were revealed today, led by Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which received five nominations. Monolith's third-person action game was nominated for Game of the Year, Innovation, Best Design, Be...

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