Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Publishers Wanted Brütal Legend To Go Hip-Hop

It’s hard to imagine Brütal Legend as anything but an all-out head-bangin’ rock attack but designer Tim Schafer says that in the game’s ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

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Russian Teen Killed Over Counter-Strike

A Russian teenager is headed to the big house after murdering his friend over a game of Counter-Strike gone horribly wrong.Alexander, a 14-year-old ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

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Richard Garriott Sues NCsoft

Richard Garriott has filed suit against NCsoft over millions of dollars he lost as a result of his dismissal from the company – ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

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EA “Happy” With Dead Space Sales

Dead Space has sold roughly 1.4 million copies since it was released in October 2008, a figure that makes EA’s Glen Schofield “happy” ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

The Needles

The Six Day Surprise

Six Days in Fallujah developer Atomic Games recently claimed it was “caught by surprise” when publisher Konami decided to withdraw its support of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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BioWare Talks Mass Effect on iPhone

BioWare has tossed out a few details about the upcoming iPhone version of Mass Effect, which was revealed to the public after a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Dragon Age Coming to Pen and Paper

BioWare is teaming up with Green Ronin Publishing to launch a pen and paper RPG based on its upcoming new game Dragon Age: ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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BioWare: No SecuROM for Dragon Age: Origins

BioWare has revealed that the PC version of its upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Origins will not use SecuROM or require online authentication to ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Canadian Videogame Sales Take a Dive

The Canadian videogame industry has been hit with its first quarterly drop in sales in seven years, but analysts say the slide can’t ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Rumor: Apple “Eyeing” EA Takeover

Investor Guy Adami says there’s “chatter” that Apple is interested in acquiring publishing giant Electronic Arts, sparking what may be the most interesting ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Paramount Rolls the Dice on Star Trek

Paramount Pictures isn’t screwing around with Star Trek: The studio has sunk $150 million into promoting the film in an attempt to get ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2009

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Pachter: No New Consoles Before 2013

Industry analyst Michael Pachter says he doesn’t expect a new generation of consoles to appear before 2013, primarily because game publishers don’t want ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2009

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