Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Crytek CEO Predicts the End of Free Game Demos

Crytek co-founder Cevat Yerli says the era of free game demos could be coming to an end because they’ve become “prohibitively expensive” for ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 16, 2010

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Man Finds Marijuana in Used Game

A father of a four-year-old boy in the U.K. got a bit of a surprise when he discovered that a used game he ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 16, 2010

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More Losses Predicted for Infinity Ward

Industry analyst Michael Pachter blames the Infinity Ward blowup for a recent slip in Activision’s share value and predicts that as many as ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 16, 2010

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Classical Music Goes Guitar Hero in Music Master: Chopin

Get ready to rock out with your Chopin out: The Polish composer and pianist is getting a Guitar Hero-style music game to celebrate ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2010

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7500 Gamers Sell Their Souls to GameStation

If you made an online purchase from GameStation on April 1, 2010, you may be surprised to discover that the company now legally ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2010

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Study Finds Gaming Isn’t Bad for Sleeping After All

A new study has found that videogaming before bed may not have as much of an impact on the sleep patterns of teenagers ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2010

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Assassin’s Creed 2 Sets Record for “Most Covers”

Assassin’s Creed 2 has set a new and rather unusual mark for videogames: It has become, according to Guinness World Records, the “most ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2010

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InstantAction CEO Says Retailers “Horribly Abuse” the Industry

InstantAction CEO Louis Castle says videogame retailers are “parasites” who have “abused the industry horribly” with videogame rentals and used game sales. The ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2010

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Woman Falls Off Wii Balance Board, Turns Into Nymphomaniac

Sit up straight and listen closely, kids, while I tell you the tale of the woman who fell off her Wii Balance Board ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2010

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Syndicate Remake Gets a “Triple Confirmation”

Superannunation has dug up what it calls a “triple confirmation” that Project Redlime, the mysterious title in development at Starbreeze Studios, is in ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2010

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New X-Com Shooter Coming From BioShock 2 Studio

It’s official: 2K Marin, the team that brought you BioShock 2, is working on a new FPS based on the classic X-Com franchise. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2010

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Dead Space: Martyr Novel Coming This Summer

Dead Space fans might want to keep an eye on their local bookstore this summer as Tor Books releases Dead Space: Martyr, a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorApril 13, 2010

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