We cannot play an excellent game of tennis if we are all the time questioning the conventions of the game, or commenting on the evolution of the game, or wondering whether we should be trying to defeat our opponent.
When Scotland lined up in a 2-2-6 formation in the first international game against England in 1872, it heralded soccer's evolution from a game dominated by dribbling into one where passing was king.
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It's difficult for results-oriented American sports fans to grasp, but for many soccer fans, the object of the game is never simply to win but to win beautifully and to play a role in the evolution of the game as an organic work of art.
Given the recent evolution of the game, those protective instincts may be more valuable than ever.
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Over the course of their evolution, social game makers have also tended to try and broaden that dynamic with different themes or surface differences in gameplay.
Earlier in 2011, they shuttered Propaganda, the team responsible for the Tron Evolution tie-in game.
In addition to creating the new game, Evolution Studios worked with Sony in designing the new PS4 controller.
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It took that long for technology to evolve to the point where Evolution could make the game they really wanted.
But Sony instead focused on a new game from Evolution Studios, DriveClub, to put front and center for its big PS4 reveal in New York City.
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We see the evolution and progression of the monsters from each game, with little snips of information on each.
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The program is the latest evolution of the CNET Editor five-star-rated IObit Game Booster software, an immensely popular precursor that has been downloaded over 100 million times.
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In July, I wrote about one part of this evolution where mobile games developer Social Gaming Network launched the first game ever to let iPhone and Android users play each other in real-time.
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