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ECA Launches Opposition To Health Warning Label Bill

The Entertainment Consumers Association has launched a campaign against H.R. 231, the bill introduced by California Congressman Joe Baca that would require health ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2009

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BioWare: PC Gaming Is Doing Fine In “Other Forms”

BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka says the PC gaming industry is actually doing very well for itself, but that the platform’s growth is happening ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 19, 2009

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Screwing Up Batman

Kotaku Australia has an “insider” report about how the Dark Knight videogame being developed by Pandemic’s Brisbane studio quickly went from a hotly-anticipated ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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Miyamoto, Spore Win Jim Henson Honors

Nintendo guru Shigeru Miyamoto and Spore have each received a Jim Henson Honors award, acknowledging their “commitment to creativity and innovative application of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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Circuit City Broken

The ugly struggle is over – Circuit City, the second-largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., has failed to find a buyer and ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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Nintendo Responsible for 99 Percent Of Industry Growth In 2008

Nintendo says it is almost entirely responsible for the revenue growth experienced by the videogame industry in 2008, which surged 19 percent despite ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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U.S. Army Goes On A Booze Cruise

The U.S. Army has invested in the development of a drunk driving simulator to help soldiers adjust to the stresses of returning home, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2009

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Microsoft Launches Get Game Smart Campaign

Microsoft has launched a new public awareness campaign called Get Game Smart, designed to help parents manage their children’s gaming in “safer, healthy ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2009

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Award-Winning Author To Write Doom 4

I’m not sure what the point is, but id Software has hired award-winning British sci-fi author Graham Joyce to handle the writing duties ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2009

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Grand Theft Auto V In 2009?

From the Wild and Unsubstantiated Rumors Department comes word that Rockstar North is already well into development on the next Grand Theft Auto ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2009

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South Carolina Senator Wants Swearing Outlawed

Remember the news about the New York Assemblyman who wanted to ban the sale of games that contained “profanity, racist stereotypes or derogatory ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2009

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MadWorld Gets Past U.K. Ratings Board

Despite the best wishes of the Daily Mail and Mediawatch-uk, the upcoming Wii bloodfest MadWorld will be hitting U.K. shelves uncut. Back in ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2009

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