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Federal Judge Rules Video Games are Protected “Expressive Works”
The news here isn’t that Jim Brown, a man who certainly knows his rights, is supporting college players suing Electronic Arts over the use of their likenesses. It’s how he lost his own claim against the Madden series publisher. On Wednesday, a federal district court in Los Angeles dismissed Brown’s claim against Electronic Arts for…
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A Tekken Trailer With Almost No Boobs
I’m tempted to say fighting games are maturing on account of this Tekken 6 promotional video that features only 30 seconds of Tekken to three minutes, fifteen seconds of real people. But then I realize I didn’t see any ridiculous costumes or over-sized breasts. I’ve been trained to expect these things from my fighting games,…
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Star Trek Online Hides Clothes In Star Trek Blu-ray
Star Trek fans who buy the Blu-ray version of The Original Series’ third season will find themselves in the Admiralty when Star Trek Online launches next year. The Blu-ray releases of the original Star Trek come packed with extras, as well they should, because when you make something very old very clear it generally makes…
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Guitar Hero’s October Set List
Activision has laid out an October filled with filled with rock – a Rocktober, if you will – with tracks coming to Guitar Hero from Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother, Billy Squier, and more. Guitar Hero gets three new tracks every Thursday in October, kicking things off on the 5th with the Queens of…
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Llamasoft Lets Gridrunner Revolution Fly
Jeff Minter unleashes another psychedelic shooting experience upon the unsuspecting PC gaming public with the release of Gridrunner Revolutions, with the original 1982 Commodore games available as unlockable extras. Gridrunner Revolutions is exactly what you’d expect from Jeff Minter. There are swirling colors, things to shoot at, and sheep that you must collect to advance.…
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PixelJunk Monsters Storm The PSP This Week
This Thursday sees the release of PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe for the PSP, a faithful port of the PSN original with a new island, new enemies, and the ability to be a PixelJunk voyeur. Q-Games makes the pixels a little smaller on Thursday with the release of PixelJunk Monsters for the PSP and PSPgo. A slightly…
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The Changing Face Of Games Journalism
In this final season two episode of Players Only with Scott Steinberg, Crecente and Totilo join Oddworld’s Lorne Lanning, Cliff Bleszinski, and many more as they discuss the evolution of games journalism. It seems that the vast majority of the industry professionals in the video agree. Games journalism has definitely changed drastically over the past…
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4Kids Grabs Mini Ninjas
It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of Eidos’ Mini Ninjas in the future, as film and television production company 4Kids Entertainment becomes the property’s global licensing agent. The company that owns the North American licenses for both Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh now has a lot more adorable video game characters up its sleeve.…
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The Nintendo Download: Altered Arkanoid Dragon Quest Wars
Between Altered Beast, Arkanoid Plus!, and Dragon Quest Wars, all three Nintendo download outlets are getting games that might be worth checking out this week. Yes, it’s a fine week across the board downloadable titles. Even DSiWare is getting an interesting game that doesn’t have the words Art Style in the title. That game is…
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The Epic Final Fantasy XIII TGS Trailer
Thrilling combat, transforming hot rods, and enough drama to fill your average American high school, all in this Tokyo Game Show trailer for Final Fantasy XIII. After the unwelcome real-time turn that Final Fantasy XII took and the fact that Final Fantasy XI completely doesn’t count, I am more than ready for a return to…
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Are These Super Street Fighter IV Screens?
A French gaming website claims to have the first screenshots of Super Street Fighter IV, the update to the latest game in Capcom’s fighting franchise. Is this our first glimpse of T. Hawk and Juri? Capcom has hinted at news regarding an update to Street Fighter IV sometime this week, with a Japanese teaser suggesting…
By Mike Fahey
