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Halo: Reach(es) $200 Million in First 24H

Microsoft announced yesterday that the new released Halo: Reach made $200 million in its first 24 hours on the United states and the European market, according to neowin.Halo: Reach is a prequel to the first Halo and part of a nine year-old saga, and it offers passionate combats against aliens in a wide variety of se...

16 September 2010
08:32 GMT

14% of Households Have MMO Subscriptions

A study conducted by the NPD Group shows that 14% of American households have a monthly subscription to a MMO, more than ever before. This is happening just as more and more people are renouncing subscriptions to magazines and daily newspapers, showing that digital entertainment is replacing traditional media as the ...

19 November 2009
03:04 GMT

Playing Violent Videogames Doesn't Make Gamers Killers

We all know how it goes. Some kid, with obvious issues, marches into the nearest education institution and shoots up the place and the media quickly discovers that he played the “murder simulator” Grand Theft Auto or that he was led to do it by excessive play time with Condemned 2. The social medium, the ...

26 January 2009
05:09 GMT

Another Politician Aims to Limit Videogame Sale

A few days ago, we talked about a Republican Congressman who wanted to add warning labels to videogames, telling potential buyers that there was a significant link between violent titles and increased aggressiveness in individuals. It doesn't matter that there's little real evidence for that link and that a...

15 January 2009
12:11 GMT

Preacher Wants to Burn Videogames to Limit Violence

One of the hallmarks of the rise of the Nazis in pre-WWII Germany was the habit of book burning. When a book was not really in tune with the official line, it got burnt rather quickly. You'd think that now, more than 70 years later, this kind of practices, also enjoyed by such nice organizations as the Communist...

11 June 2008
10:32 GMT

Used Games Market Is Becoming Relevant

The MI6 game marketing conference is known for the way it presents relevant issues to the game industry from a clear business perspective. This year, the focus is on the way the used game is becoming somewhat of an important business element for the videogame industry. According to a report of the consultancy and res...

9 April 2008
03:20 GMT

BioShock Movie Coming

After watching a poor Hitman movie, waiting for the Halo motion picture and contemplating the idea of Gears of War in local cinemas, BioShock seems to get ready to be part of the game-movie tie-in gang. Too bad that the Hollywood screenplay writers' strike goes on and the movie will probably be delayed infinit...

14 January 2008
14:36 GMT

Free Gameplay Video Recording/Uploading Service Available

In case you're a hardcore gamer who feels that YouTube is not enough to satisfy your need for gameplay videos, here's your shot of uploading your own game-related footage, through a new service named WeGame. This YouTube-like service is now looking for testers and its public beta versio is available. WeGam...

14 January 2008
06:46 GMT

"Refugee" - the Videogame for Mobiles with a Cause Launched

Intermon Oxfam and Unkasoft present Aissa, a refugee woman who uses our mobiles to face difficult challenges to survive and eventually, raise awareness.The videogame has the objective of raising awareness on the lack of security and adequate aid suffered by millions of people trapped in forgotten crises. In it, Assia...

17 March 2007
04:06 GMT


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