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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Making the PlayStation 4 controller, Apple’s new iPad Air, and GamesBeat 2013

Call of Duty: Ghosts' woman soldier character.

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If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

This week, GamesBeat’s Editor-in-Chief Dan “Shoe” Hsu’s exclusive four-part series on the DualShock 4 controller explores how Sony designed and redesigned the controller. This in-depth look at the DualShock 4 reveals how Sony started designing the controller from the beginning of the new console’s development — from how the crazy ideas to how the new trigger buttons work. Seriously, it’s worth reading to understand how the controller people are already playing with at in-store display kiosks took shape.

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In other news, Apple announced its new iPad Air and we look at what that means for gaming, the Xbox 360 approaches $80 million lifetime sales, and the hard drive space crunch continues with the 40GB of space needed to install Call of Duty: Ghosts on PC.

News:

Announcements and reveals:

Mobile news:

GamesBeat 2013:

PlayStation 4:

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Ruh-roh:

Video hoedown:

Above: The iPad Air comes in white (with silver) or black (with space gray).

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Tech:

Earnings:

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Acquisitions incorporated:

Previews:

Above: Power-ups also apply to your doppelgängers.

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Interviews:

Pieces of flair:

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