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GSC: STALKER Too Hardcore for American Gamers

GSC Game World Public Relations Director Oleg Yavorsky says S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl failed to perform to expectations in North America because American ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2008

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Ken Levine Wants a Better Deal From Take-Two

Ken Levine is renegotiating his contract with Take-Two Interactive, seeking a bigger slice of the very lucrative BioShock pie.The Cut Scene blog at ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2008

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Postal Takes Top Honors At Film Festival

Postal, Uwe Boll’s controversial magnum opus, was awarded the “Best of the Festival” prize at this year’s Hoboken International Film Festival. “When the ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2008

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The Bling Gnome Cometh

MMOG heavyweight NCsoft is preparing to unleash the Next Big Thing in online gaming: The ultimate evolution of convenience and poop known as ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2008

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Army Recruiters Take Inspiration From Apple Stores

The U.S. Army is stepping up its game in an attempt to boost sagging recruitment numbers with an experimental “concept recruitment center” built ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 16, 2008

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Nintendo Rep Apologizes For “Geeks and Otaku” Remark

Nintendo of Europe Senior Marketing Director Laurent Fischer has apologized for making a crack that only “geeks and otaku” would want a hard ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 13, 2008

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Mod Chips Declared Legal In U.K.

A U.K. appeals court has ruled that the use of mod chips in videogame consoles does not constitute copyright infringement, legalizing their sale ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 13, 2008

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New Canadian Anti-Piracy Bill Stirs Controversy

A new bill introduced by the Canadian government has drawn praise from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, but many other groups are ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 13, 2008

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Science Says Red Beats Blue

The war is over and a winner has been declared: Scientific research now proves that the Red Team is better than the Blue ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2008

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Microsoft Promotes Shane Kim to New Interactive Entertainment Business Leadership Role

Microsoft has announced that Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, is being promoted to the position of corporate vice president ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2008

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Capcom Measures Market Interest Via eBay

Companies with a large back-catalog of games have a wide variety of ways to determine which are the best candidates for porting to ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2008

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Konami Cancels MGS4 Launch Events Following Akihabara Attack

The recent killing spree in Tokyo’s Akihabara district has brought an end to three events planned by Konami to mark the launch of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2008

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