lawsuits
Well, the Chinese gaming world is certainly turning into a sue-happy place as of late: CDC Games, the same company that has launched an assault on piracy, is now suing South Korean-based MGame Corporation in both South Korea
and Hong Kong. Earlier this week, CDC leveled charges at MGame of providing really crappy tech support for
Yulgang, a popular MMORPG, and failing to back up CDC in their quest to end piracy; after filing those suits in Hong Kong, CDC moved on to South Korean courts, alleging MGame breached a contract and failed to provide financial data. While MGame hasn't commented on these charges, CDC notes that MGame has terminated their contract with the company, citing non-payment (oops):
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beta
CDC, a Chinese company who has a number of wildly popular games in their lineup, is bringing the online RTS/RPG
Battle of Shadows (developed by Korean company N-Log, Inc. and known as
Darkness and Light in Asia) to the US, and the open beta is going up today. The general manager of CDC's American operations says CDC "believe[s] Battle of Shadows will be a well-received game in the U.S. market because it combines the appeal of an easy-to-use and quick to play online game with the depth and intensity of RPG and the fun of MMO games." Full press release after the jump.
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china
Further ensuring that Western gamers will have a hard time escaping the sometimes cool, frequently criticized glut of games coming out of China and other points East, CDC Games - operating 13 games in China - is making plans to expand to the rest of the world through the creation of a new creatively-named subsidiary, CDC Games International (that would be 'CGI' for short). Apparently trying to fast-track their way to global success, they plan to launch some of their free-to-play offerings in the Japanese and North American markets later this year.
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playing doctor
Do you spend all of your free time playing or reading about computer and video games? Ask your doctor about...
It's not as far-fetched as it sounds, especially now that the American Medical Association is looking to get video game addiction recognized as a formal diagnostic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - think of it as a strategy guide for mental disorders. A report entitled
Emotional and Behavioral Effects, Including Addictive Potential, of Video Games (click for HTML version) presented by Dr, Mohamed K. Kahn explores the possible dangers of excessive video game play (over 2 hours a day...uh oh) and makes several recommendations as to how the AMA should handle said problems. In addition to suggesting a formal classification, the paper also calls for the improvement of the ESRB ratings system, an official recommendation that children be limited to 1-2 hours of 'screen time' overall, including television and gaming, and that the CDC and other organizations fund research to further explore the detrimental effects of video games in children.
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cdc
When is an ad not an ad? When it's disavowed by the CDC. Ian Bogost had a little sit down with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about their ill-conceived anti-gaming ads. Yesterday, he bumped into someone at the CDC's Atlanta office who told him they ads were not officially part of the CDC's VERB Youth Media Campaign. Here's the deal:
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cdc
Back in February, Watercooler Games reported on the Centers for Disease Control's anti-ad campaign titled "Give Your Thumbs a Rest, Play for Real."
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