Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Nintendo Records First-Ever Full Year Loss in 2011

Plummeting sales have resulted in a $531 million annual loss for Nintendo. The 2011 fiscal year was not a good one for Nintendo. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2012

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Cryptic Reveals 2010 Database Hack

Cryptic Studios has announced that one of its user databases was hacked 16 months ago. Cryptic Studios, the publisher of MMOs including Star ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2012

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Japanese Youth Face Game Spending Limits

Japanese game companies are putting restrictions on teenage spending in social games. Facing “growing calls” for action, major Japanese social and mobile game ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2012

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GameStop Goes Big on PC Games

GameStop is “massively expanding” its in-store selection of downloadable PC games. Curious how a retailer can increase its offerings of in-store, downloadable games? ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 25, 2012

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Ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Devs Start Work on New MMOFPS

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is “officially” dead, but mutated post-Soviet hellholes will live on. Rumors of trouble with the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 first came ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 25, 2012

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Hasbro Trips Up Nerf Blogger With Dirty Tricks

Hasbro has unleashed its lawyers on a blogger it claims to love. Martyn Yang of Canberra runs the Urban Taggers: Apartment Warfare blog, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 25, 2012

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EA Unveils Crysis 3 Announcement Trailer

The only thing better than Crysis 3 screens is a Crysis 3 gameplay trailer. I haven’t played Crysis 2 yet so I have ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2012

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“Hundreds of Thousands” May Lose Internet in July

The FBI has bad news for the victims of an online advertising scam. Back in November, the FBI dropped the hammer on a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2012

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Kickstarter Game Project Accused of Lifting Assets

A $10,000 Kickstarter has been accused of using a “cookie-cutter” game-making tutorial. I’m a pretty big fan of Kickstarter. Just ask Brian Fargo, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 24, 2012

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