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Free-to-Play LOTRO Doubles Revenues

Lord of the Rings Online has become the second Turbine MMO to prove that sometimes, the best way to make money is to ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 8, 2010

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Mail Your Busted Controllers to Leland Yee

The Video Game Voters Network has unveiled a new campaign to tell Senator Leland Yee, the man behind the California videogame law that’s ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 7, 2010

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Online Pass Isn’t Hurting Used Game Sales

U.K. retailer GAME says the introduction of Online Pass and similar programs hasn’t had any impact on the popularity of pre-owned videogame sales. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 7, 2010

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Ex-3D Realms Head Lost “$20-30 Million” on Duke Nukem Forever

Gearbox Software honcho Randy Pitchford estimates that 3D Realms co-founder George Broussard lost $20-30 million of his own money trying to finish Duke ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 7, 2010

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Grab Your Guns and Fight Like a Girl Against Cancer

The guns will blaze at the fifth annual Fight Like a Girl Tournament, a weekend-long online Halo battle to raise money for breast ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2010

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Is Microsoft Nervous About Spielberg and Halo?

Steven Spielberg’s quest for the Halo movie rights may find itself up against a very large and rather unexpected obstacle: nervous executives at ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2010

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BioShock Boss Says Game Industry is Too “Star-Struck” by Movies

The entertainment industry tends to see videogames as the “junior varsity” to film, says BioShock mastermind Ken Levine, because too many people in ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2010

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U.S. Army Maintains Medal of Honor Ban

Despite the last-minute decision by EA to drop the Taliban from the multiplayer portion of the game, the U.S. Army says it still ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2010

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Fallout: Not Like a Real-Life Nuclear Holocaust

Renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku recently took a moment to compare the Fallout universe with the probable reality of a post-apocalyptic world, saying ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2010

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Slash a Squash for Turbine

Sharpen your knives and lobotomize your gourds, because it’s time for Turbine’s 2010 Pumpkin Carving Contest! The days are shorter, the nights are ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2010

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Goes 3D

Call of Duty: Black Ops is bringing a new level of depth to the FPS genre with support for 3D displays on all ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2010

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Langdell Loses His Edge

Electronic Arts has scored a knockout over Tim Langdell’s Edge Games in a courtroom victory that could ultimately leave Langdell facing criminal charges. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2010

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