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UK Prime Minister Calls For In-Game Knife Ban
17 years ago

UK Prime Minister Calls For In-Game Knife Ban

 

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spoken of his desire to stop video game designers from enabling playable characters to use knives, following continued public concern over both …
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Nintendo Appoints Two New Marketing Executives in Bay Area

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NINTENDO APPOINTS TWO SALES & MARKETING EXECUTIVES TO BAY AREA OFFICE

VP and GM Bring Strong Credentials to Keep Nintendo’s Momentum Going

REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 14, 2008 – Nintendo of …
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GamerSwagg.com, allows members to sell products inspired by Halo, Guitar Hero, Super Mario, and more.

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Boston, Massachusetts (January 3, 2008) – The word “swag” is commonly known among circles of niche communities as a word referring to collectable items. GamerSwagg.com aims to deliver the first …
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CAPCOM®’S APOLLO JUSTICETM: ACE ATTORNEYTM COMING TO NORTH AMERICA ON FEBRUARY 12

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Test the Compelling Court Room Adventure Yourself with Free Online Demo

SAN MATEO, Calif. — January 9, 2008  Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that the latest installment of its highly popular courtroom drama series, Apollo Justice™: Ace Attorney™ is scheduled for release in North America on February 12, 2008. The first Ace Attorney game developed specifically for Nintendo DS™, this is the fourth title in the series and will feature all new characters, including new defense attorney Apollo Justice. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney has been rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB).

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Cake Mania 2

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BRISTOL, U.K., January 9, 2008 – Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, and Sandlot Games, a leading developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, today announced Cake Mania® 2 for the Nintendo DS™. Developed by Digital Embryo, Cake Mania 2 is the follow-up to the award-winning Cake Mania game that originally debuted on PC and has achieved more than 50 million downloads worldwide and sold over 280,000 units worldwide on the DS.

“Cake Mania’s fast-paced, addictive gameplay has created a tremendous following of franchise fans,” said John Merchant, Marketing Manager, Majesco Europe. “With a wide range of feature enhancements, Cake Mania 2 for the DS offers tremendous depth while retaining the same core gameplay mechanic that made the original a handheld success.”

“We are continually inspired by the legions of fans of Cake Mania that simply can’t get enough of Jill Evans and her baking adventures,” said Daniel Bernstein, founder and CEO, Sandlot Games. “We’re pleased to once again partner with Majesco Entertainment and Digital Embryo to provide the fans of Cake Mania 2 another way to flex their flour power on the Nintendo DS.”

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Harvey Birdman Ships

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The Greatest Winged Third-Rate Superhero-Lawyer Finally Hits Shelves…In Game Form

SAN MATEO, Calif. — January 8, 2008 — Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today …
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UK McDonald’s: We Don’t Make You Fat, Video Games Do!

“I don’t know who is to blame,” Mr Easterbrook says. “The issue of obesity is complex and is absolutely one our society is facing, there’s no denial about that, but …
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DID YOU KNOW? REMARKABLE WII AND NINTENDO DS CONTROLS EARN NINTENDO A SECOND EMMY AWARD

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Jan. 8, 2008

For the second year in a row, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has honored Nintendo with an Emmy® Award for excellence in engineering creativity. …
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Majesco Entertainment Announces ‘Our House,’ The First Home Design Game Built From The Ground Up Exclusively For The WiiTM System

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BRISTOL, U.K., January 7, 2008 – If you can dream it, you can build it as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass …
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One Piece: Unlimited Adventure Finds Gold In North America

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Leading video games publisher and developer, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that One Piece™: Unlimited Adventure™ has gone gold for the Wii™. Based on the hit animated TV …
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CNN: Video game industry capitalizing on writers’ strike

NEW YORK (AP) — Who says there’s nothing new on your TV? Not video gamers.

As the Hollywood writers strike drags toward 2008, the video game industry is hoping …
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Playing Video Games Mak U dubber (make you dumber ;)

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I think it’s just worth posting the whole article here, and seeing what you guys think.

People who spend much time playing video games, especially violent video games, may …
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The Bowling Duel Of The Senior Citizens

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84 year old Nacy Davis won a game of Wii bowling against 79 year old Hal Winters. This may not be a great feat by its self, but did I …
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Amazon.com Wraps Up Its 13th Holiday With Best Season Ever

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SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 26, 2007–Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the 2007 holiday season finished as its best ever, with its busiest day being December 10. On that day, Amazon customers ordered more than 5.4 million items, which is 62.5 items per second. In addition, the company wrapped up its second year of Amazon Customers Vote, with more than 4.6 million votes cast during the promotion.“We are very grateful to our customers,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “On behalf of Amazon.com employees around the globe, we wish everyone happy holidays and best wishes for 2008.”

Amazon Worldwide 2007 Holiday Facts (Includes www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.jp, and www.amazon.ca)

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PC Worlds: The Year’s Most Offensive Video Games
17 years ago

PC Worlds: The Year’s Most Offensive Video Games

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With such a successful year, as the gaming industry has had, there is always going to be some controversy. PC Worlds has put a list of the most Offensive games …
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Congratulation Winner!!!

The answers are in and the Winner has been chosen in the first ever “Give Me a VC Game For X-mas.” Drum roll please, the Winner (name given to me) …
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Ends Midnight Tonight: Receive A VC Game On Christmas Day From Niwifi.net

With news beginning to slow down for the holidays, I thought it was time for another Niwifi contest. When the Wii gift giving capability was launched in the Wii shop …
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