Andy Chalk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Only Three Of Ten Games Recover Costs, EIF Chairman Claims

The head of the Edinburgh Interactive Festival says that rising development costs and falling software sales means that less than three out of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2008

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Nintendo Muzzles Miyamoto

Nintendo has slapped a gag on legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto over concerns that he may accidentally spill the beans on Nintendo’s next big ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2008

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Parents Worry More About Games Than Booze, Porn

Here’s an interesting tidbit: Two polls conducted by What They Play have found that parents are more concerned about their kids’ exposure to ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2008

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GameSpy Says Sony Beating Microsoft Online

GameSpy Director of Technology Todd Northcutt says Sony is pulling ahead of Microsoft in the online milieu, where it’s “definitely beating out Xbox” ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2008

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Life-Size Gears Lancer Coming To Amazon

Amazon.com will be offering a life-size Lancer Assault Rifle replica from NECA, available in November with the launch of Gears of War 2. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 11, 2008

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id Software Moves To Consoles

Despite being known as a PC developer, id Software says it no longer builds its decisions around the PC market. In an interview ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 8, 2008

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Grand Theft Auto IV Inspires Worldwide Violence, Stupidity

The announcement of Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC appears to have launched a new round of GTA Madness: Idiot kids at ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 8, 2008

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Diablo III Art Director Quits

Diablo III Art Director Brian Morrisroe has left Blizzard, but the company says his departure has nothing to do with controversy surrounding the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 8, 2008

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Atari, Interplay Settle D&D Licensing Dispute

Interplay and Atari have apparently settled a long-running dispute over the ownership of licensing rights for games based on the Dungeons & Dragons ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 7, 2008

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Fable II Dated, Master Chief Drops By For Tea

Microsoft and Lionhead Studios have announced that Fable II, the long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed 2004 RPG Fable, will be released on ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 7, 2008

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Warner Music Wants More Money

Now that music-based videogames have become one of the most successful and lucrative genres in the industry, Warner Music Group wants a bigger ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 7, 2008

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Ubisoft Sues Disc Manufacturer Over Assassin’s Creed Leak

Ubisoft has taken a bit of a novel approach to the problem of piracy by suing the company it contracted to duplicate the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 7, 2008

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