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Video Game News
China to set new rules to vet online game content (AFP)
AFP - China is to release a set of new rules to vet the content of online games as part of a campaign to combat what it sees as harmful influences on the young, state media said.
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Tech-Minded Kids Hike to Computer Camp (AP)
AP - With the summer camp season fast approaching, kids across the country will be stocking up on hiking shoes, bug spray and other necessities for adventures in the great outdoors. Thousands of others, however, will be enjoying adventures of the indoor variety: creating video games, building robots and designing Web pages.
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Ill. Lawmakers Seek Video Game Sales Ban (AP)
AP - Lawmakers voted Saturday to ban the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors in Illinois, a move other states and cities have tried but federal courts have repeatedly struck down.
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Japan State Bans 'Grand Theft Auto' Sales (AP)
AP - A state in Japan has decided to ban a U.S. video game from being sold or rented to minors, after officials deemed it harmful and capable of inciting violence.
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It's a Video Game, and an Army Recruiter (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - The Army's flagging recruitment numbers are serious business. So Army officials increasingly are turning to a game for help.
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Wayans Brothers Creating Trading Cards (AP)
AP - Yo mama's so poor, you asked for a PlayStation and she took you to the bus station and said, "Go ahead, play."
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Students Collaborate on New Video Game (AP)
AP - The next-generation Internet proved the perfect virtual sandbox for developing a video game completed this week by students from eight universities in four countries.
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Nintendo Posts Fiscal-Year Profit Gains (AP)
AP - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co.'s net profit more than doubled for the latest fiscal year, lifted by strong sales of its newly launched portable game player Nintendo DS and gains from foreign exchange fluctuations, the company said Thursday.
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Xbox 360 peripherals get their close up
If you've been pining for some high-resolution shots of Xbox 360 accessories for desktop wallpaper then you should get help. Then head on over to Team Xbox where they have some shiny pics of the camera, headset,memory card and remote. I'll admit the remote is a nice piece of hardware. If it's programmable it could be the only one I use. The site also has a good run-down of the devices' features. I don't know about you, but the original list of Xbox 360 features was a
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UN game appears to be a success
According to the UN's own news service, their recently released video game, Food Force, is soaring. The site claims that over a million people worldwide have downloaded the game. That's an impressive number, especially considering it's only been out for six weeks. The title is meant to be an educational product, where kids can negotiate their way through rebel blockades of humanitarian supplies and rebuild devastated areas.
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Halo 3 on pre-sale
Well, this is a nice treat to wake up to. According to Gamespot, Halo 3 is on pre-sale at Gamestop. The retailer has the 360 title listed for a June, 2006 release at 60 bucks. They also list DOA VolleyBall 2, Theseis, Metronome, and [eM] for the 360 (11/01 release dates and 60 bucks each). The pic above is from Halo 2.
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Battlefield 2 golden
Battlefield 2 is about to blow us away. The game has gone gold, and is expected to be on shelves in late June. The official shipping date is June 21. The online war game has looked really impressive for a while now, and continued to wow us at E3 this year. According to VE3D, Gamespot will have the exclusive demo on June 10th.
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Catalogue of NES clones tops 300!
Who woulda thunk it? The old grey box has spawned over 300 bastard children--but most look like they came from the PlayStation womb Luckily Hawanja.com is around to catalogue all those NES (or Famicon) babies--currently 316. Our personal favorite: The Red Star Super Smart Genius. Rock on! [Thanks, Howard]
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Final Fight Streetwise interview
When Capcom debuted its remake of the classic arcade brawler Final Fight at E3 this year a lot of us started salivating. And this remake is definitely not the same game I readily pumped quarters into during birthday parties at the roller rink, nope, Streetwise takes a turn for the mature "Our level of brutality while executing game-play actions is not for the faint of heart. I would not recommend a game like this for kids under the age of 18. Our dialogue contains humor lingo clearly
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Introducing Grandpa's Xbox...
Aren't we all suckers for that vintage look? Worth1000.com recently held a Photoshop contest that asked contestants to merge modern technology with vintage machinery. The winner was Grandpa's Xbox (pictured above), which doubles as a retro radio. [Thanks, Bill] A vintage-look PSP and GBA SP were also in the mix...
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Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Ban Sale of Violent Game to Minors
Lawmakers in Illinois worked overtime this Memorial Day Weekend, as they voted to ban the sale of violent and/or sexually explicit video games to minors. The bill will hold clerks personally responsible for sales of such games to minors by...
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Download E3 DS demos
If you missed out on all of the DS demos Nintendo was broadcasting at this year's E3, now is your chance to check them out. It's a bit of a process (they'll have to be multibooted to your unit), but with a little patience you'll have them up and running in no time. Enjoy. [Thanks, Shizzle]
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More E3 Awards
The usual round of post E3 awards is in full swing. Today, we get the Game Critics Awards which represent game critics from such publications as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, EGM, etc. Leading the pack with four...
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New "Chaos Theory" Maps Coming Soon
Gamespot is reporting an announcement from Ubisoft stating that new multiplayer maps for Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory will be available for download "soon". The three new levels will be released over Xbox Live intermittently, beginning with "Squat", a versus level,...
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Rockstar Releases "The Warriors" Trailer
Rockstar Games has just released its first trailer for the upcoming game The Warriors. Honestly, as is the case with most things Rockstar (excluding GTA), I'm not impressed, but I will reserve judgement until the game actually hits store shelves...
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"Advent Rising" Ships for Xbox
Majesco today announced that the sci-fi thriller, Advent Rising, has shipped for the Xbox. "Advent Rising thrusts players into an intergalactic tale punctuated with innovative game play, stunning visuals, and a gripping storyline created in collaboration with award-winning sci-fi novelist,...
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SOCOM 3 Site Launches
Sony has launched its official SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALS site for your viewing pleasure. Granted, it's pretty bare bones at the moment, and features the trailer already shown at E3, but the fact that they officially have a place...
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Hideo Kojima Uses Dinner Metaphor for Next-Gens
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series and esteemed video game guru recently gave an interview to Boomtown where he discusses MGS4 for the PS3 and goes on to discuss his impressions of the next gen consoles. He...
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Gamespot's E3 Editor's Choice Awards
Now that E3 has wrapped up the folks over at Gamespot have their E3 Editor's Choice Awards feature section up for your reading pleasure. Receiving "Best of Show" honors (among others) are The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Soul Calibur...
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