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Why Nintendo Has No Interest in Mobile Phones
Though Nintendo has, notably, struck an arrangement with AT&T to provide free wireless Internet hotspot access, the company remains adamant that it isn’t entering the mobile phone business. “We don’t want to be in the phone business,” Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, told CNN. “We don’t see that as an opportunity. Phones are…
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Original Madden Developer Sues for Millions in Royalties
One of the developers on the first edition of John Madden Football is suing Electronic Arts, seeking a handsome cut of the estimated $4 billion in profits the series has reaped over more than 20 years. Robin Antonick, a contracted developer who, in 1986, helped Trip Hawkins build the seminal football franchise with consultation from…
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Leaked Forza 4 Video Confirms Kinect Features [Update]
Realizing it is April Fool’s, if this video is a fake, someone went to a lot of trouble to create something that delivers no punchline. Here is a solid three minutes jampacked with in-game footage of Forza 4, touting a lot of features we’d scented from a marketing survey that went out last week. Details…
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Sega’s MLB-Licensed Management Sim Launches
Just to make it official, Sega’s MLB Manager Online had a beta launch earlier this month, not a full launch as some posts had implied. Moot point now as the fully-licensed sports management sim is now available. All 30 Major League teams and over 900 real players are featured in the game. Scads more details…
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Evony Awarded $300K From Hacker Who Probably Can’t Pay It
That Evony hacker who showed up to federal court in sweat pants will likely be wearing them a lot longer – if not a barrel. A judge rather quickly ruled against him, finding that selling auto-playing bots and game maps violated Evony’s copyrights, and awarded the game’s owners $300,000. Could be worse. Philip James Holland,…
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Pirates Of The Caribbean‘s Charm Is Recharged In LEGO Form
The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was a refreshing sea breeze that’s grown ranker with each subsequent sequel. In swoops TT Games with a blast for fresh ocean air in LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean. I’ve grown weary of Captain Jack Sparrow. I am tired of Johnny Depp acting like a fool. I am…
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It’s Your April Fools’ Day Round-Up
Never trust anything you read on the internet, and that goes doubly today. It’s April Fools’ Day, and we’re rounding up the very best and very worst of what the gaming industry thinks is funny. Bookmark this page and keep checking back, as April 1 is generally the longest 24 hours of the year on…
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Atlus’ Fake Rock Of Ages Ripoff Gathers No Moss
If a game company is going to do something silly for April Fools’ Day, we might as well all get a free game out of it, right? Today Atlus accuses developer ACE Team stole the idea for action-strategy game Rock of Ages and used it to make a 2D game that you can play right…
By Mike Fahey
