05 Nov 09 Playfish sees social games as industry driver
LONDON (Reuters) - The video games sector has yet to gain from a downturn where consumers stay home to play, but social games creator Playfish says the industry is just beginning a new growth spurt.Tagi: growth spurt, games creator, social games, reuters, downturn, ld, video games, industry driver
19 Dec 09 2009 Game Of The Year
As the year draws to a close a critics mind wanders back across the titles he has paused to look at. In the ever moving world of video-games the...Tagi: game of the year, video games
25 Feb 10 EB Games army makes 46,000 R18+ submissions
Video games retailer EB Games today revealed it had received over 46,000 submissions from customers in support of a new R18+ Australian classification category for games.Tagi: eb games, video games, submissions, army
03 May 10 Boy Scouts Develop "Video Game" Merit Badge
A video game badge? It's the latest creation from the Boy Scouts of America organization that, while technically a "belt loop" instead of a full-fledged merit badge, nevertheless awards scouts for demonstrating an active interest in video games.Tagi: boy scouts of america, games boy, merit badge, belt loop, video game, video games, creati
28 May 10 Blizzard Boss Says Restrictive DRM Is a Waste of Time
Stoobalou writes "Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce reckons that fighting piracy with DRM is a losing battle. His company — which is responsible for one of the biggest video games of all time, the worryingly-addictive online fantasy role player World of Warcraft — is to release StarCraft 2 on July 27th, and Pearce has told Videogamer that the title won't be hobbled with the kind of crazy copy protection schemes which have made Ubisoft very unpopular in gaming circles of late. StarCraft 2 will require a single online activation using the company's Battle.net servers, after which players will be allowed to play the single-player game to their hearts' content, without being forced to have a persistent Internet connection."
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