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ESRB Opposes Utah's Violent Game Legislation

By Chris Faylor, Mar 06, 2009 2:42pm PST

Entertainment Software Rating Board president Patricia Vance has penned an open letter to Utah citizens, urging them to oppose legislation that...

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"No offense to you personally... but Utah is the most backwardsly repressed state in the Union. ..."

- vertdang see all 5 comments

California Violent Game Law Again Deemed Illegal

By Chris Faylor, Feb 20, 2009 1:22pm PST

The U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld an earlier ruling that found a 2005 California state law, meant to restrict the sale of violent games to...

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"Only on this site can a serious discussion about video games and the law turn into a discussion ..."

- blathsarman see all 33 comments

SimBin a Little Angry with Slightly Mad

By Chris Faylor, Feb 18, 2009 3:10pm PST

Slightly Mad Studios' claim that it "includes developers and designers that worked on the critically acclaimed games GT Legends and GTR 2" hasn't...

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"maybe they have a patent for 'transmission of information from reality to end users by means of ..."

- 60days see all 8 comments

NFL Union Ordered to Pay $28M in Madden Royalties to Retired Players

By Nick Breckon, Jan 28, 2009 4:40pm PST

The National Football League Players Association has been ordered to pay retired NFL players $28.1 million following a legal dispute over...

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"The EA/NFL exclusivity deal has really hurt both the NFL and EA. It has cost everyone involved ..."

- chunkenmaster see all 14 comments

Disappointment Over Wii Gift Ends in Christmas Brawl

By Nick Breckon, Dec 29, 2008 9:56am PST

A couple in Portsmouth, New Hampshire were arrested on Christmas Day when disappointment over the gifting of a Wii led to an open brawl. Heath...

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"I think it would of been awesome if she put the wii inside a RC plane box."

- SlingBlaze see all 75 comments

Harmonix Responds to Latest Rock Band Lawsuit, Labels It 'Opportunistic and Baseless'

By Chris Faylor, Nov 24, 2008 1:32pm PST

Rock Band developer Harmonix and owner MTV Games have responded to a $5 million-plus lawsuit regarding defective Rock Band kick pedals, labeling...

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"and since most people that play these games are NOT musicians.... tada! broken pedal."

- vertdang see all 20 comments

Harmonix Gets Rock Band 2 Class Action Lawsuit

By Blake Ellison, Nov 21, 2008 10:27am PST

Everybody involved in the making of music-rhythm phenomenon Rock Band--developer Harmonix, publisher MTV, MTV owner Viacom, and distributor...

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"not a conspiracy, just u cant make a good solid pedal for the cost of what they wanted to make ..."

- chilln see all 15 comments

Capcom Wins Dead Rising Trademark Lawsuit

By Blake Ellison, Nov 19, 2008 11:48am PST

Capcom has won a lawsuit over film production company MKR Group, who alleged that Capcom stole from MKR's Dawn of the Dead (1978) to make Dead...

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"It is one of those situations where you have to take a little time to accept and work around the ..."

- snot3353 see all 26 comments

Brash Sued by Two Studios for Unpaid Work

By Blake Ellison, Nov 18, 2008 9:40am PST

Brash Entertainment, the licensed game publisher which shut down last week, has been sued by two of its contracted studios for work that has gone...

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"what a bunch of retards. who thought making games based off of movies did so well. There have ..."

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Nintendo Served With Motion Control Patent Lawsuit

By Blake Ellison, Nov 12, 2008 5:00pm PST

Nintendo, which has been hit with a plethora of patent lawsuits in the last few years, has been served another: a "small Ohio technology company"...

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"They got no hope like you said nintendo have worked on this for year's there is no way they ..."

- Twin--Sword see all 15 comments

EA Hit With Two More DRM Class-Action Lawsuits

By Blake Ellison, Nov 10, 2008 10:13am PST

Electronic Arts is the recipient of two additional lawsuits related to SecuROM DRM technology, this time in relation to Spore Creature Creator and...

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"See that's why I said "I never INTENTIONALLY buy anything from these companies" Other than my ..."

- pixelateddoc see all 45 comments

Illegal California Game Law Faces Appeal Wednesday

By Chris Faylor, Oct 27, 2008 2:51pm PDT

This Wednesday, California lawmakers will attempt to resurrect the violent video game legislation that cost the state $282,000 after it was ruled...

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"Damn you, Leland Yee! Stop wasting my tax dollars on this crap!"

- crackhed see all 12 comments

Distributor Steals Unreleased Games, Arrested

By Chris Faylor, Oct 21, 2008 7:01am PDT

Over 900 unreleased video games and DVDs were found in the apartment of a Technicolor employee on Friday, according to a Memphis Commercial Appeal...

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"LOL, here's some games that were more than likely a part of that list Fracture, Saints row 2, ..."

- Julino see all 18 comments

ESA Spent Over $1 Million Lobbying American Government in Q3

By Blake Ellison, Oct 20, 2008 3:14pm PDT

The Entertainment Software Association, known more simply as the government lobby for the video games industry, spent $1,090,000 in the...

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"Democracy in action: An apathetic public elect officials who spend their time trying to please ..."

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Blizzard Wins $6M in World of Warcraft Bot Case

By Chris Faylor, Oct 01, 2008 9:31am PDT

Adding to its existing mountain of money, World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has been awarded $6 million due to MDY Industries' sales of the...

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"another guy going bankrupt because of WOW, blizzard are horrible nazi hitlers"

- Ruaerikoholic see all 76 comments