Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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BioWare: Fully-Voiced Old Republic Was a “Dumb Thing to Try”

BioWare thought that making a fully-voiced conversation system in the upcoming MMOG Star Wars: The Old Republic was a “dumb thing to try” ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 28, 2010

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Science Builds the Bionic Cat

A veterinary surgeon in the U.K. has brought human civilization one step closer to ruin by attaching two bionic limbs to a cat ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2010

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Privates: The Gameplay Trailer You Dare Not Touch

Because you demanded it, Zombie Cow has released the debut gameplay trailer for Privates, the new, anatomically-incorrect action game that lets players boldly ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2010

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Inafune: It’s a “Dark Time” for Japanese Studios

Capcom’s Keiji Inafune says it’s a “dark time” for Japanese game developers as the videogame market today has become “primarily Western.” Inafune is ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2010

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TIGA Chief Blames U.K. Government for Tax Scandal

The head of TIGA, the trade association for game developers in the U.K., says the collapse of planned tax breaks for game companies ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2010

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Take-Two Aims For One New IP Per Year

Take-Two Interactive would like to introduce one new IP per year, which it hopes will help it shed the image of being merely ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2010

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BioWare Says the PC is “Made For Games”

BioWare designer Daniel Erickson says the PC is “made for games” and that despite the never-ending predictions of its imminent demise, it’s the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2010

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Save the Arcades 2 Contest Winner Announced

Stride has announced the winner of the Save the Arcades 2 contest, awarding $25,000 to one of three gamer-nominated classic arcades. There was ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2010

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Fly the Unfriendly Skies in the StarCraft 747

Blizzard and Korean Air have signed a deal for one of the biggest videogame advertising campaigns of all time: StarCraft 2-branded 747 airliners. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 24, 2010

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FrontierVille Breaks Five Million in Two Weeks

FrontierVille is another big hit from Zynga, amassing more than five million daily active users just two weeks after it launched, but will ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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Be a Virtual Sherlock With the Blue Toad Murder Files “Virtual Box Set”

A “virtual box set” of Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle, the hilarious multiplayer murder mystery game, is now available ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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Chevy and Microsoft Kinect the Volts

Chevrolet and Microsoft have signed a deal to use Kinect, the soon-to-be-released motion control system for the Xbox 360, to promote the Volt, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 23, 2010

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