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Analyst Warns Against Investors Getting “Carried Away” With Take-Two

Following Take-Two’s recent jump in share value, Nollenberger Capital Parnters analyst Todd Greenwald has said that BioShock is “not the next GTA,” and ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 23, 2007

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Microsoft Announces Fix For Defective Xbox 360 Wireless Wheel Controllers

Microsoft has announced that it will be providing a free retrofit to owners of its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel. The move comes ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 23, 2007

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No Price Cuts, No New Games for PlayStation 3 at Leipzig

In an interview with Eurogamer at the Leipzig Games Convention, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe President David Reeves said the company has no plans ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 23, 2007

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Shader Model 2.0 Hack for BioShock

A couple of enterprising BioShock fans have begun a project to make the game run on video cards that don’t support Shader Model ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 23, 2007

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Ubi’s Guillemot Predicts 50 Percent Jump in Game Market in Four Years

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has predicted the videogame market will expand by 50 percent over the next four years. Speaking while in attendance ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2007

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Crytek Threatens to Leave Germany

German development studio Crytek has threatened to set up shop in another country if violent videogame production is banned is banned in their ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2007

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Take-Two Shares Jump 10 Percent

On the strength of a strong BioShock release, Take-Two’s stock jumped 10 percent on Tuesday, to $14.80 per share on the Nasdaq. The ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2007

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BioShock Widescreen Supposed To Be Like That

A flood of complaints about BioShock’s poorly-implemented widescreen has led to an unexpected place: It turns out it’s supposed to be that way. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2007

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BioShock: Wonky Widescreen, Busted Big Daddies

Widescreen-owning gamers starting BioShock for the first time today were met with a nasty surprise: The game’s widescreen support appears to be a ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2007

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Epic Buys People Can Fly

Unreal developer Epic Games has announced the purchase of a majority interest in Warsaw-based studio People Can Fly. People Can Fly, best known ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2007

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Arm Wrestling Machine Breaking Arms

Japanese arcade distributor Atlus Co. said it will recall 150 arm-wrestling machines that are breaking players’ arms.The machine, known as Arm Spirit, has ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2007

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Scientists Using World of Warcraft to Study Real-World Pandemics

An epidemiologist at Princeton University is using the Corrupted Blood outbreak in World of Warcraft to help her study and predict behaviors of ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorAugust 21, 2007

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