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  • Want Lower Crime Rates? Play More Video Games

    Want Lower Crime Rates? Play More Video Games

    Yet another study on the mental effects of violent video games has revealed what game developers have been saying all along. Ever since video game consoles have become commonplace, and game titles became more violent, it seems that youth have become less likely to act...

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  • ‘Blackwater’ Game Makers Face Criticism And Possible Legal Action

    ‘Blackwater’ Game Makers Face Criticism And Possible Legal Action

    505 Games, the developer of soon to be released ‘Blackwater,’ have already managed to get themselves in a heap of trouble. Both members of Congress and attorneys have called on the game maker to cancel its plans to release ‘Blackwater.’ Based on a deadly event...

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  • EA Games To Offer Online Video Game Streaming

    EA Games To Offer Online Video Game Streaming

    Redbox and Amazon have been offering consumers streaming online games and movies for awhile now, and GameStop recently got into the action as well. EA Games, the developer of some of the best selling game titles in the world, just premiered “Origin,” an online game...

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  • Atari Sues Game Developer Zoo

    Atari Sues Game Developer Zoo

    Every gamer in the world knows what Atari is famous for. As the makers of the very first commercial video game, Atari has continued to play a major role in the community. Unfortunately, it seems that game developer Zoo thought that they would be able...

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  • Special Look At Rockstar’s Long Awaited ‘La Noir’

    Special Look At Rockstar’s Long Awaited ‘La Noir’

    Rockstar Games award winning ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series may have a serious contender. ‘La Noir,’ a video game that Rockstar Games has been working on for more than three years is finally due to be released in May of 2011. The game has been described...

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  • Plants Vs Zombies Scores Surprise Hit with Mobile Gamers

    Plants Vs Zombies Scores Surprise Hit with Mobile Gamers

    Although when it first hit the iPhone a short time ago many critics had reviled it, Plants Vs Zombies, the latest title from Pop Cap Games, has managed to score big with iPhone and iPod Touch gamers. The game offers a very simple and easy...

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  • Veterans Hospitals Seek to Rehabilitate Through Video Games

    Veterans Hospitals Seek to Rehabilitate Through Video Games

    The healing possibilities of video games have become increasingly more important to many in the medical professions as research continues to show there are a variety of applications where specialized games can do wonders for patients suffering from a number of physical injuries, diseases and...

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  • New Square Enix and Eidos May Take Different Approach to Development

    New Square Enix and Eidos May Take Different Approach to Development

    In a recent interview with Japanese media, the CEO of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada, has said that he believes the global team work which has gone on between both Square Enix and Eidos has a very strong bond that could well forge a super sized...

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  • New Western Adventure on the Way From Rockstar

    New Western Adventure on the Way From Rockstar

    In what may come as a surprise to fans of the critically acclaimed fan favorite franchise of crime adventure games Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar has set their proverbial sites on a whole new genre that has rarely been done in the video gaming industry. Aiming...

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