Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Check Out Max Payne’s Sexy “New” Moves

The new Max Payne 3 Targeting and Weapons video explains how the game has been completely redesigned to do the same thing it ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 18, 2012

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Zynga Faces Big Hurdles Just to Break Even

Zynga’s sliding numbers means it will have to add millions of new daily average users every quarter just to break even. Concerns about ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 18, 2012

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Ubisoft Vancouver Closes

Ubisoft has closed its Vancouver development studio. Roughly three years ago, Ubisoft acquired the Vancouver-based studio Action Pants, which at the time employed ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 18, 2012

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SOPA Storms Back

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith says he expects SOPA markup hearings to resume in February. Remember those heady days when we thought ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2012

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PC Upgrades Trigger Ubisoft Activation Limits

PC hardware site Guru3D has discovered that component changes made to PCs count against videogame activation limits imposed by Ubisoft’s DRM. For a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2012

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Proof of Life in New Hawken Images

The Hawken team has released a half-dozen new images as proof that the game is still alive. It’s been awhile since we’ve heard ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2012

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Syndicate Coming to GOG

Syndicate, the hyper-violent mid-90s Bullfrog classic, is coming to GOG on Thursday. You probably know by now that Syndicate is being “reimagined” as ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2012

Suitable for Framing

Are games art? I don’t know. I know they’re artful, and I know there are components to them that, taken individually, certainly qualify; ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2012

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XCom Shooter Delayed to 2013

2K’s new XCom shooter has been pushed back into 2013. This is starting to get a bit weird. First, 2K Games announces a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2012

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ESA Spends Big Bucks on PIPA-Related Lobbying

The Entertainment Software Association spent up to $190,000 lobbying the U.S. government on behalf of the PROTECT IP Act over a six-month period ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2012

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U.S. Congress Shelves SOPA

The U.S. Congress has suspended action on SOPA following opposition to the legislation from the White House. I don’t think any piece of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2012

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Politician Resigns Over Downfall Video

A Scottish politician has been forced to resign his post as a social media strategist after making a Downfall video poking fun at ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2012

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