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Iowa Aims to Establish International Video Game Hall of Fame

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.eldavojohn writes “Anyone who’s seen King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters knows that Ottumwa, Iowa is the Dodge City of video games. Yesterday, 3,500 people showed up to the kick-off speech that announced the intent to build the International Video Game Hall of Fame right there. [...]

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On Transitioning To an Asian-Style MMO, Such As Aion

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.A. Harvey writes “Ten Ton Hammer has an interesting article about the transition to Asian-style MMO games, specifically Aion. ‘In many ways, the West is catching up to the East in terms of gaming. Per capita gaming … and broadband proliferation is markedly higher in Asian markets. [...]

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Making the Case That Virtual Property Is a Bad Idea

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.pacergh writes “Many legal commentaries on virtual property argue that it should exist. Others argue why it can exist. None seem to explicitly spell out what virtual property will look like or how it will affect online worlds. Lost in the technology love-fest are the problems virtual [...]

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Ultima Online Expansion Sept. 8, WAR Expansion In Near Future

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.IndustryGamers recently spoke with Mythic Entertainment execs about the futures of Ultima Online and Warhammer Online. UO’s newest expansion, Stygian Abyss, was recently given a September 8th release date. As for WAR, they say, “… we just finished up a major patch for Warhammer Online and there’s [...]

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Speaking With the Designer of an Indie MMO Project

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.PsxMeUP writes “Love is a persistent online first-person shooter that will let players build structures, permanently manipulate the environment and share resources — all in real-time. Action will be similar to a real-time strategy game as seen through the eyes of a grunt. The game is being [...]

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EA Looking Into Reviving Classic Games?

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.Gamasutra reports that Electronic Arts has filed for trademarks on several popular old franchises: Populous, Wing Commander, Theme Park, and Road Rash. This, along with comments from Harvey Elliot of EA’s Bright Light Studio, have led many to suspect that we may see new titles for those [...]

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How APB’s Persistent World Will Work

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.Edge Magazine recently sat down with David Jones, creative director for Realtime Worlds, the studio behind upcoming action MMO APB. He spends some time talking about their thinking behind the game, and he also gets into how their persistent online worlds will work. Quoting: “… you absolutely [...]

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Designer Fights For Second Life Rights

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.An anonymous reader writes “A London-based industrial designer has had his work ripped off in Second Life and is now looking to file a DMCA grievance against his client. Commissioned to recreate the French Quarter in New Orleans, the designer, Gospel Voom, spent six months on the [...]

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Mac, Linux Support For Quake Live, Preview of Rage

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.AlexMax2742 writes “Great news for those anxious gamers who have been waiting for a Linux and Mac version of Quake Live. Support for both is being implemented with next Tuesday’s update, according to project lead Marty Stratton, who gave the release date during a press conference held [...]

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Financial Issues May Force Changes On Games Industry

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.krou writes “According to comments made at the Edinburgh Interactive conference, operating costs of making games are spiraling upwards, and there has been ‘significant disruption’ to the games industry’s business model. Games are getting much bigger and taking longer to develop, the console market is fragmented, and [...]

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Are Game Consoles Ruining DLC?

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.A round-table discussion at Gametopius looks into the state of downloadable content for games as it has evolved over the past several years, going from an occasional, welcome supplement to being a common marketing strategy for most of the industry, frequently causing irritation over pricing and availability. [...]

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While My Guitar Gently Beeps

August 17, 2009

News about video games you can leave a comment.theodp writes “As the world prepares to meet the Beatles all over again on 9-9-9, the NY Times Magazine takes a look at the making of The Beatles: Rock Band, and asks a Fab Four tribute band to take the game for a test drive. (Not surprisingly, [...]

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Games Fail To Portray Gender and Ethnic Diversity

August 2, 2009

Game news from Slashdoteldavojohn writes “A new study has found that game characters tend not to reflect cultural diversity. According to the paper from researchers across four universities (PDF): ‘A large-scale content analysis of characters in video games was employed to answer questions about their representations of gender, race and age in comparison to the [...]

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The Ethics of Selling GPLed Software For the iPhone

August 2, 2009

Game news from SlashdotSeanCier writes “We’re a small (two-person) iPhone app developer whose first game has recently been released in the App store. In the process, we’ve inadvertently stepped in it, bringing up a question of the GPL and free software ethics that I’m hoping the Slashdot community can help us clear up, one way [...]

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