Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Codemasters CEO Calls Pre-Owned Sales Model “Destructive”

Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens says retailers and game publishers need to work together to figure out a way to bring the “ridiculous” confrontations ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

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Support a Great Cause, Score Some Sweet Swag

Bethesda is auctioning off some very cool, one-of-a-kind Fallout, Rage and Brink swag on eBay, with all proceeds going to the Brian Wood ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

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“Kill Castro” Mission Leads to Black Ops Boycott Call

The Alliance for Global Justice is calling on citizens to “demand” the removal of Call of Duty: Black Ops from store shelves, warning ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

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It’s Reality or Nothing for Six Days in Fallujah

Atomic Games President Peter Tamte is still hopeful that Six Days in Fallujah will one day be made, but says he won’t “fictionalize” ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

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CD Projekt Nails Down Witcher 2 Release Date

CD Projekt Red has finally slapped an official launch date on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and it’s going to be just ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

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One Million Kinects Sold in Just Ten Days

Microsoft has sold one million Kinect units in just ten days and says that sales are on track to meet its goal of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2010

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Former Spore Dev Still Thinks the Wii is “a Piece of Sh*t”

Chris Hecker, the former Maxis designer and engineer who famously described the Wii as “two GameCubes duct-taped together” and later became known as ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2010

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Games for Windows Marketplace Relaunches

As promised, the Games for Windows Marketplace has relaunched and although it’s definitely better, it’s still not very good. Microsoft announced in October ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2010

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Survey Finds Most Americans Believe Games Cause Violence

A new survey has found that in spite of statistical evidence to the contrary, the majority of Americans believe that violent videogames cause ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2010

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Zynga Loses Lawsuit Dismissal Bid

A federal judge has refused Zynga’s request to dismiss a deceptive advertising lawsuit against it, ruling that the plaintiff has “sufficiently alleged Zynga’s ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2010

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Baldur’s Gate 2 Comes to GOG

The circle is complete: Baldur’s Gate 2 has arrived on GOG. I’m just going to come right out and say it: Baldur’s Gate ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2010

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InstantAction Goes Under

Browser-based online game company InstantAction has gone out of business. It was exciting news when InstantAction went live a little over three years ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorNovember 12, 2010

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