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Russia Creates National Games Commission
By the end of October, Russia will have created a government sponsored trade organization for the games industry, and also hosted a national conference on the games industry, Gamasutra reports. The body, called the National Russian Association of Game Industry, will be created by October. There’s also an All-Russian Conference on Game Industry taking place…
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Watch Major League Pitcher Play Wii Fit
Remember that baseball player who wanted to slim down his Mii and wound up losing 25 pounds in real life? The Wall Street Journal chronicled his success story in a video. San Diego Padres pitcher Heath Bell bought Wii Fit for his 11-year-old daughter, originally, but hijacked the game for himself as part of his…
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Turbine Swept Up in Infringement Lawsuit
Turbine, maker of Dungeons & Dragons Online, has a busy legal department of late. In addition to suing Atari, it’s being sued – along with Sony and Blizzard – by a holding firm alleging infringement of their patented realtime technology. The company, Paltalk Holdings Inc., has successfully settled claims against Microsoft, alleging it infringed the…
By Owen Good
