“Bully” has taken a beating in Brazil, where Judge Flavio Rabello suspended sales of the video game on the grounds it is too violent for children and teenagers. The Judge prohibited the game from being imported, distributed, sold or promoted on Web sites or in stores in Brazil, said Rio Grande do Sul state prosecutor [...]

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Konami Digital Entertainment announced today that a limited edition of the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be exclusive to video game retailer GameStop. The Limited Edition will sell for a whopping $84.99 and come packed with exclusive artwork by Kojima Productions illustrator Yoji Shinkawa, an additional [...]

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Here is Rockstar’s statement about this whole “censorship” ordeal for Australia.
The Australian version of Grand Theft Auto IV was rated by the OFLC in December 2007 as MA15+. Unlike the US and Europe, Australia still lacks an R18+ rating for video games and as a result many games are edited for release in Australia, including [...]

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Sierra have announced the launch of the official website for the game Prototype. There you can watch trailers for the game, download screenshots and concept art the usual as far as a game website is concerned. Here is a little video to juice your appetite, hopefully this won’t be all hype and no game, cause [...]

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Epic and EA have announced the extension of Unreal Engine 3 agreement for select upcoming titles, although which titles are going to use the unreal engine is not known yet but EA has used the Unreal engine on titles such as Army of Two and Medal of Honor Airborne so if there are any [...]

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Rock Band and MTV2 Present One of the Hottest Rock Tours This Spring Beginning April 8th
New York, NY - April 7, 2008 - MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), announced today that Rock Band™(www.rockband.com) and MTV2 (mtv2.com) will hit the road as the presenting co-sponsors of platinum-selling rock act, Flyleaf [...]

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It seems Charlie Daniels is not too happy with what Activision has done to a song of his on Guitar Hero, the song “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” is included in the third Guitar Hero game, and this is what Charlie Daniels has to say about all this.
“I had a rude awakening recently [...]

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According to Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst, Rockstar’s game will pretty much beat the whole competition this year and get the Gold medal with 13 million copies of the game sold, Silver will be taken by Nintendo’s Wii Fit with 10 million sold and the Bronze medal also from Nintendo, Super Smash Brothers Brawl [...]

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Sega Unleashed is official, no more speculation besides if it will be any good, it will be released for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2 in late 2008, meaning holiday season. Sega has revealed a little of the game’s plot, “Having been broken apart by the evil Dr Eggman, it’s down to Sonic to [...]

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A report by NPD states that 72 per cent of US residents played at least one video game in 2007, that is an 8 per cent increase from 2006, more than 20,000 people participated in this survey.
40 per cent of Americans according to this survey played  a game online last year and of those 90 [...]

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Sierra announced today that Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy will hit reatail shelves in North America on June 3rd and European Shelves June 27 for Xbox 360 and PS3.
“Wrought with action, combat, elaborate escape scenes and untold story, the Bourne series is making a natural progression into the interactive medium,” said Al [...]

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Ubisoft has signed an agreement with Valve to bring over 40 games to the Steam platform, some of these games include the Tom Clancy series, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, the IL-2 Sturmovik collection and of course Far Cry. This partnership is only for North America, so unfortunately the rest of the [...]

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“The ESRB rating search function is the most popular feature on our website. Parents and others use it to check the ratings of computer and video games so they can make informed decisions about which games are appropriate for their children and family. By offering this feature on your personal web page, you are making [...]

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Today Ubisoft announced Emergency Heroes, a Crazy Taxi type driving game that will be released on the Nintendo Wii in May of this year. Featuring 16 rescue vehicles, 1 or 2 players can race through an open city, causing whatever carnage they need to or desire.

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Electronic Arts has announced today that Madden NFL 09 will be available in stores in across North America on August 12 including a special collector’s edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
Here is the press release from EA.

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EA has released a playable demo of the upcoming footie game UEFA Euro 2008, the official video game for this Summer’s Euro 2008 football championship. The PC and Xbox 360 demos are out now, with the PS3 demo set to appear on the PlayStation Network later today.
You get to play a whole match [...]

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Video games may be forced to carry a cigarette like health warning to protect children from unsuitable digital material. So you can except a hunt on gaming the same way it has been done with cigarettes, I suppose the public health risks are similar so putting a Health Warning on a video game is the [...]

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Five new maps to be exact, they are Co-op, Desolation, Sentinel, Inconclusive Tests and finally A Rivalry Continues. These maps unfortunately won’t be free, they will cost 400 MS Points for the Xbox 360 and for the PS3 the maps will cost $4,99 and starting March 27, 2008 you can buy the maps at either [...]

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TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE BOARD REJECTS ELECTRONIC ARTS’ OFFER AS INADEQUATE
Recommends Stockholders Not Tender Shares at $26 a Share
Company to Begin a Review of Strategic Alternatives After Release of Grand Theft Auto IV
Company’s Presentation at Bank of America Conference on March 26th at 2:40 pm ET to be Webcast

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EA DICE, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that the multiplayer beta test for Battlefield: Bad Company on the Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft. IGN Founders’ Club and IGN Insider will offer keys to members and the public in North America and the UK to participate in the multiplayer beta test, [...]

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The British Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90 in Sri Lanka where he lived since 1956, the author became famous after his short story The Sentinel was made into the movie 2001 : A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick.
He was an enourmous influence in a [...]

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Nokia is sponsoring a contest for Xbox Live where you can design a Live theme, you can go to my360theme.com and register and upload your theme and get a chance to win some prizes.
All submited themes must pass an “internal quality review” before the rest of the world can see your work, this is a [...]

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Microsoft has issued the following press release.
Everyone’s Invited To Experience Xbox 360 As Microsoft Lowers Estimated Retail Price in Europe
With Estimated Retail Price Starting At £159.99, Even More European Consumers Can Enjoy The Definitive High-Definition Gaming and Entertainment Experience
LONDON - Monday 10th March, 2008 - Microsoft today announced it is lowering [...]

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Here is an interesting view from a fitness expert who is probably worried WiiFit will take customers away

“According to Colleen Greene, M.A., wellness coordinator for MFit, the health promotion division of the University of Michigan Health System, active virtual gaming can have a role in a healthy lifestyle but it cannot replace traditional [...]

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Take Two have announced that Rockstar’s Bully: Scholarship edition is out in the USA for both the Wii and the Xbox 360.
 

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There were some rumours a while back about Phil Harrison, it is now official and no longer a rumour, he is now President of infogrames.

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Read this report on the BBC news site , its always good when censorship no matter how mild it could be fails, “A conservative MP has failed in his bid to increase censorship of video games and films containing extreme violence.” 
I know there are a lot of violent games and movies out but to put [...]

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