by Rainier on March 27, 2007 @ 6:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Lego Batman: The Videogame, TT Games brings the world of DC Comics' Caped Crusader to life in an entirely new way. Players can explore a richly interactive LEGO Gotham City as Batman and Robin, capturing infamous villains - and even take control of the villains themselves.
by Rainier on March 5, 2007 @ 1:26 p.m. PST | Filed under
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A Nielsen survey revealed that the number of video game consoles in U.S. television households has expanded by 18.5% since late 2004. By late 2006, there were 45.7 million homes with video game consoles, representing 41.1% of all TV households.
by Rainier on Feb. 21, 2007 @ 12:41 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Video Games Live is a concert event featuring music from the biggest video games of all time accompanied by a full orchestra and choir along with completely synchronized state-of-the-art lighting and massive video screens. Nintendo composer Koji Kondo will be making a special appearance at the event and is scheduled to perform one of his favorite melodies from his long and storied career.
by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2007 @ 4:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Blast! Entertainment has agreed a major deal with Little Britain’s licensing agent Granada Ventures, to publish Little Britain The Video Game, based on the long running popular British comedy show on TV.
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2007 @ 5:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In preparation for their potential deployment to Iraq, the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade and other units of the Army's Southern European Task Force based at the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza in Caserma Ederle (Italy) are learning Iraqi Arabic with the Tactical Iraqi Language & Culture Training System game, developed by Alelo, Inc.
by Rainier on Jan. 12, 2007 @ 12:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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U.S. sales figures released by the NPD Group confirmed a red-hot launch for Nintendo's new Wii system, and the crowning of the portable Nintendo DS as the best-selling video game device of any type for both the holidays and all of 2006.
by Rainier on Jan. 11, 2007 @ 12:41 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Hot on the heels of the Rule of Rose debacle, and recent high school shooting, EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said the 27-nation bloc's executive body wants to harmonise the rules restricting the sale of violent video games to children under 16.
by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2007 @ 4:12 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Not sure why there was money spent on this as it seems quite obvious, but
a Mayo Clinic study, the first to scientifically measure the energy spent playing video games, indicated that activity-oriented video games triples the energy expenditure compared to watching TV or playing traditional video games.
by Rainier on Dec. 9, 2006 @ 4:18 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Winners were announced tonight during the 4th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards held at the University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the 2006 Video Game Awards premieres on Spike TV Wednesday, Dec. 13 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
In Superman Returns: The Video Game, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on Dec. 4, 2006 @ 9:12 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The World Series of Video Games announced it has signed deals with major broadcast, cable and satellite networks CBS, CSTV and VOOM HD Networks’ GAMEPLAY HD to air extensive coverage of its 2006 season, bringing professional video game competitions to major U.S. network television for the first time.
by Rainier on Dec. 4, 2006 @ 8:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Blast! Entertainment has agreed a major deal with Little Britain’s licensing agent Granada Ventures, to publish Little Britain The Video Game, based on the long running popular British comedy show on TV.
by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 9:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The State of Michigan must pay the video game industry $182,349 in attorney's fees and costs as a result of successful litigation challenging an unconstitutional effort to enact a law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, Judge George Caram Steeh, US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, ruled yesterday.
by Rainier on Nov. 15, 2006 @ 5:33 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay. EA has released a 900mb demo (five missions contained in two chapters), now available on Xbox Live Marketplace, but only for Gold members, until Nov 22nd.
by Rainier on Nov. 9, 2006 @ 3:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2006 @ 11:13 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2006 @ 3:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on Oct. 12, 2006 @ 1:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Yesterday US District Judge Robin J. Cauthron handed down a preliminary injunction halting Oklahoma’s law which prohibits the sale of video games depicting inappropriate violence to minors, claiming it unconstitutional in various ways.
by Rainier on Oct. 11, 2006 @ 3:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on Oct. 11, 2006 @ 3:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SpaceWorks Entertainment and Circles & Lines have signed a deal with Toronto’s Fast Motion Studios to work with CGI studio, Optix Digital Pictures to create Ice Planet, a new live-action motion-capture/CGI sci-fi television series and video game enterprise, starring Michael Ironside.
by Rainier on Oct. 10, 2006 @ 9:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay. EA announced today that the game will ship November 20, 2006 on all platforms ...
by Rainier on Oct. 3, 2006 @ 2:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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A study, conducted in the UK by education innovator Futurelab, investigating how commercial computer games can be used in the classroom, came to the conclusion that commercial computer games have the potential to support learning in schools, without requiring teachers to be actual gamers.
by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2006 @ 6:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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New reports from DFC Intelligence predict that the worldwide video game and interactive entertainment industry (hardware, software, PC, consoles and handhelds) is expected to grow from about $29 billion in 2005 to as much as $44 billion in 2011.
by Rainier on Sept. 25, 2006 @ 3:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The World Series of Video Games presented by Intel announces today that the upcoming Major event on the World Series of Video Games circuit will be entitled the "UK Gaming Championship". The event will be held at the London Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus, October 6-8, 2006. Hours of operation are 10-10 Friday and Saturday, and 12-5 on Sunday.
by Rainier on Sept. 17, 2006 @ 3:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.