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February 28th, 2013, 00:16 Posted By: wraggster
PS4 and the next Xbox are 8 to 10 times the power of the current generation consoles and games are expected to cost around $69, EA executives Rajat Taneja and Blake Jorgensen have said.Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, Jorgensen also explained why EA wasn’t part of last week’s PlayStation Meeting. EA’s global chief technology officer and executive vice president Rajat Taneja described PS4 and the next Xbox’s tech as a “gigantic leap for our industry”.“I won’t go into the nitty-gritty of every component, but if you look at it in an aggregate basis, the new consoles are between 8 and 10 times the power of the current generation,” he said.“The architecture of the consoles is based on standard PC components and technologies. So our own investments in our back end engine like Frostbite, our libraries, our tools will very smoothly run on this and make it easier for us to innovate to the new console technologies themselves. What used to take months in the past will now take days to do.”Next-gen software pricing was also discussed at the event, with Jorgensen anticipating a price rise with the launch of the new consoles.“I think, typically, at the start of a cycle, you’ve seen the pricing raise, say, to $69 for a core piece of software,” he said. “And then over the life of those, that’s drifted down to introduction price, typically now around $59. We haven’t yet set pricing on our gen 4s, but you probably see a similar trend to that during the start of the next cycle.”Jorgensen was also asked why EA wasn’t part of PlayStation Meeting last week. “I think it’s more about timing of our own slate, as well as trying to maintain a good balance of power with all the parties out there and choosing when to unveil certain pieces of software,” he explained. “I’d say between now and E3, you’re going to see a lot of stuff from us and we just choose, on our marketing cadence, as to when to start to announce stuff.”
http://www.edge-online.com/news/next...st-69-says-ea/
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February 27th, 2013, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster
More powerful consoles will free developers from memory and bandwidth constraints, says publisher
The next generation of consoles is coming, and EA is eager for the shift.
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference about the new PlayStation 4, CTO Rajat Taneja and CFO Blake Jorgensen said their company was more than prepared for the transition to new consoles.
"We have never been as prepared or more ready for the start of a new console cycle," said Taneja.
One reason for excitement about new consoles is quite simple: a more powerful console means fewer constraints on development teams regarding bandwidth and memory.
Taneja said this would lead to and "unprecedented" gameplay experience for consumers.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...ole-transition
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February 25th, 2013, 21:22 Posted By: wraggster
FBI profilers don't view video games as a cause of shootings and other violent crime, a former profile said yesterday morning on CBS' Face the Nation.
Profilers still include an interest in games when making their threat assessment of whether a person is at risk to act out violently, Mary Ellen O'Toole (above) told the public affairs show. Profilers also examine if an offender used video games as a kind of planning tool for carrying out an attack. However, "We don't see these as the cause of violence," she said. "We see them as sources of fueling ideation that's already there."
O'Toole's remarks align with the finding of another study performed by the U.S. Secret Service, albeit 10 years ago, which found that 12 percent of those who had committed violent crimes at a school had an interest in violent video games. More of them—37 percent—wrote things that expressed an interest in violence.
Christopher Ferguson, the professor of psychology at Texas A&M International and a critic of those who blame video games for violent crime, also appeared on the panel, warning against the "moral panic" that scapegoats new media for societal ills. Ferguson repeated the oft-cited statistic that violent crime among youths has actually receded to its lowest point in 40 years, despite games becoming more sophisticated and ostensibly more violent over that span. Ferguson added that this has no causal relationship to violent crime, either. In January, henoted to Kotaku that there have been more than 100 studies of video game violence and aggressive or violent behavior, and "most of them are horrible."
I'm still cynical that any of this moves the needle on the actual policy debate, however. Once politicians have identified what they think is the cause of a problem, it's difficult to budge them off it, especially if it involves a wedge issue such as gun control.
"We're in a mode of worry about—or panicking about this type of media," Ferguson cautioned. "We may do some putting the cart before the horse, and we may see some people sort of starting with a conclusion and trying to assemble data in a very selective way to try to support that conclusion." I think that's exactly what we've seen.
http://kotaku.com/5986706/fbi-profil...cause-violence
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February 25th, 2013, 19:40 Posted By: wraggster
Obviously games will look impressive on the PS4 and the upcoming new Xbox, but don’t expect the same sort of graphical leap we’ve seen in the past.
The reason, according to BioWare’s director of art and animation Neil Thompson, is that the expenditure needed to do so is simply too high.
“In the last generation the perception was that it was going to be a ten times improvement over the previous generation,” he told OXM. “For the next generation there will be a big leap, but it won't be as obvious.
“People will do things in a cleverer fashion – and I have to be careful here as there are non-disclosure agreements involved. I think they'll be better prepared, shall we say – but we can't see a ten-fold team increase again as the budgets would just be ridiculous. You'd have to sell 20-30 million copies before you broke even.”
Indeed, Thompson also warns developers that they should be preparing themselves now for the financial challenges that await.
“Clearly we still hammer up against the limitations of the hardware on a daily basis and if you push those parameters back, as I'm sure the next-gen will do, we'll hit them again,” he added.
“I think the main thing is that the industry doesn't get itself into a corner where it becomes economically unviable to make a game. The last technology iteration caught folks by surprise - especially the number of people you needed and the skillset jump that was required to do the work that people expected.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/next-...bvious/0111396
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February 25th, 2013, 17:26 Posted By: wraggster
Controversial US analyst Michael Pachter slammed the UK games market last week, insisting that it's impossible for retailers to make money. Was he right?
Predicting anything in this industry can be a dangerous game.
After Farmville, Zynga was going to be the biggest games corporation in the world. During the GameCube era, Nintendo’s demise was a forgone conclusion. OnLive was going to change the world in 2009.
But despite the industry’s habit to change radically on a regular basis, US analyst Michael Pachter has made his name out of predicting the future of games.
He, like the rest of us, is wrong more often as he is right. But there’s no denying that he knows his stuff. And when he decided to look beyond his US homeland he had some critical things to say about UK games retail.
In a Digital Spy article on games retail (which reheated stories that MCV?has been running all year) he said that UK games retail was a ‘joke’, that it can’t make any money due to price discounting, and that US retailer GameStop has avoided the UK market for that very reason.
We asked him to clarify his statement.
“By ‘joke’ I mean that the competitive landscape has put conventional specialty retailers in a position of being unable to make a profit,” he explained.
“Some of this is due to operating costs, some due to the price of games relative to average income, some due to slowing traffic in light of the lingering recession. The larger impact is that used games aren’t as popular in the UK as the US. GameStop averages over 20 per cent of sales as used. GAME averages around 10 per cent. The margins make up the difference between profit and loss.
“By joke, I was referring to supermarket pricing, and how that plus high costs have prevented GameStop from expanding into the market. Eventually, consumers will have fewer choices if specialty retailers go away.”
"The larger impact is that used games aren’t as popular
in the UK as the US. GameStop averages over
20 per cent of sales as used. GAME averages
around 10 per cent." Michael Pachter
It’s easy to dismiss Pachter’s opinion. He’s a US analyst for one, what does he know of our market? And his information is out-of-date. The days of supermarkets cutting prices to sub £30 hasn’t happened to years.
But his point does stand.
“He is 100 per cent correct, as he quite rightly points to the debris left on the High Street as proof of his argument,” says CHIPS boss Don McCabe, who has had to close many of his shops during the recent market downturn. “But will it make a difference?”
John Lewis has also found selling games a challenging task. Games buyer Robert Hennessey told MCV: “I agree with Pachter. Profitability threatens the long term viabity of UK games retail.”
It’s certainly not easy for games retail. But impossible to make money? ‘A joke’?
ShopTo has grown in recent years, but the online firm’s CEO Igor Cipolletta insists success should not be restricted to etailers.
“Some retailers may choose to retail below cost. But to say UK retail is a joke is to oversimplify the situation.
“Stating that it’s impossible to make a profit suggests a retailer’s inability to provide the expected service level, coupled with appropriate pricing, stock level and variety, or it suggests that their overheads are too high.
“If etailers are still able to turn a profit, there’s no excuse for a High Street retailer not to, especially as we survive without the cash cow of preowned.
“Many High Street chains may finally be waking to the realisation that overpaid executives are a millstone around the neck of large. And they’re notoriously slow to react to market changes and customer expectations.”
Michael Pachter’s point about the popularity of pre-owned in the US and the low prices in the UK may be linked. New game prices are low in this country, but surely that’s because consumers don’t agree with the current pricing? Hence why so many US gamers are buying used.
And if pre-owned really is being blocked with the next consoles, then software pricing will likely come under even more pressure, and not just in the UK
“Historically, the release of next gen has reinvigorated the industry,” added Cipolletta.
“But gamers have reacted negatively to whispers that the new machines may not be capable of playing preowned titles. And coupled with the stagnating economy, moreso than ever the price of the hardware as well as the software will dictate whether the new generation will ensure retail enjoys a healthy holiday season.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/is-uk...a-joke/0111404
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February 25th, 2013, 17:20 Posted By: wraggster
 Crysis 3 has pipped fellow new entry Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to the number one spot this week, as last week’s biggest seller Aliens: Colonial Marines slides to number five.Though it was a strong first week for both, neither Crysis 3 or Revengeance outsold Aliens or Dead Space 3 in their first week on sale, says charts authority GfK ChartTrack. Crytek’s shooter sold 5,500 more than Revengeance to claim the number one spot. 57% of Crysis 3’s sales were mostly on 360, while 61% of Reveangeance’s sales were on PS3.The GfK ChartTrack UK all format top ten for the week ending February 23rd 2013 is as follows, with week-on-week sales rise or decline in brackets where stated.1. Crysis 3
2. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
3. FIFA 13 (+25%)
4. Call Of Duty: Black Ops II (+0%)
5. Aliens: Colonial Marines (-84%)
6. Dead Space 3 (-54%)
7. Far Cry 3 (-21%)
8. Need For Speed Most Wanted (+13%)
9. Assassin’s Creed III (-5%)
10. Hitman Absolution (-2%)
http://www.edge-online.com/news/uk-c...e-to-top-spot/
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February 25th, 2013, 17:12 Posted By: wraggster
Studios could have to sell 20-to-30 million copies to break even if game budgets and team sizes increase
The industry should be wary not to back itself into a corner and make game development economically unviable on next generation consoles, BioWare’s director of art and animation has warned.
Speaking to OXM, Neil Thompson said that the last generation of hardware caught many developers off guard with the required skillsets to make games.
He stated that the industry cannot afford another ten-fold team increase in development costs and team sizes, as studios would likely have to sell 20-to-30 million copies of a triple-A title just to break even.
Thompson added however that although next generation consoles would be a big leap from the current hardware, it wouldn’t be as obvious graphically.
“I think the main thing is that the industry doesn't get itself into a corner where it becomes economically unviable to make a game,” said Thompsom.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...iable-next-gen
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February 24th, 2013, 20:14 Posted By: wraggster
Hi all, the last few days i have unmerged all the news forums so that news forums now only support one console or maybe a few for the likes of the Open Source Handhelds. I had to go through thousands of threads trying to sort them out into the right forum.
That was a massive task but due to googles rules about duplication its unavoidable, to understand better the PSP/PSvita news forum was supplying both the PSP and PSvita site so duplication all over. So by spliting the news forums back to supporting one site only i hope that google will eventually move us back up the rankings, but if not at least news on a certain console is a lot easier to find.
From now on ill work on site by site adding links of interest to each site that corresponds to that console etc.
Thanks for your time
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February 23rd, 2013, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.romhacking.net/
Stand Guard is now version 4.0. Text has been overhauled from version 3.1 and many lines were edited. Look specifically in this version for the full libretto to Aria Di Mezzo Caraterre.
Additionally, the Sprint Shoes were changed to the Wingboots, which give stat boosts, and Tina starts with a Ward Bangle equipped, so there is an option for reduced encounters.
There’s an LP going on here.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/794/
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February 23rd, 2013, 22:44 Posted By: wraggster
Games jumped from $49.99 to $59.99 in the last generation - analysts discuss whether $70 will become the next standard for AAA titles
With the PlayStation 4 unveiled and rumors swirling that Microsoft is preparing to announce a new Xbox in April, next-gen is all the buzz right now. These are massive investments from the respective platform holders, and under the old "razor and blades" model the hope is to make back much of the money on software. And since some of that software is going to cost a good deal more to develop (although not as much as some think, says Hermen Hulst) should consumers be worried that $69.99 will become the new standard AAA game price?
GamesIndustry International posed that question to a few analysts. The consensus seems to be that $59.99 should be able to hold, but some big budget titles like Call of Duty and others could get away with higher.
"I think that games should be priced based on the value proposition, so some games should be priced higher, but I don't think the publishers have the collective will to charge more. My guess is that $59.99 will be the price point. I would applaud the publishers if they tried to charge $69.99, although gamers would probably get upset," said Wedbush Securities' Michael Pachter.
"I would applaud the publishers if they tried to charge $69.99, although gamers would probably get upset"
Michael Pachter
Sony Computer Entertainment America boss Jack Tretton told AllThingsD that PS4 will support a variety of prices from $0.99 to the $60 range (of course, "range" could imply $69.99). But the bottom line is that in this digital era, a variety of content will lead to all kinds of pricing. And as EEDAR's Jesse Divnich pointed out to us, publishers can maintain the $59.99 price but bring in much more revenue with additional DLC.
"The $59.99 price point in the United States for next-generation games are unlikely to change. As we've seen through the years, however, revenue per game has increased gradually as publishers have been able to capitalize on additional in-game and digital content," he said. "With publishers focusing on fewer, yet bigger and longer lasting titles, I'd expect publishers to keep the $59.99 price point intact, but expand on their digital offerings with more in-game content and expansion packs."
He added, "And I don't think this is a scenario where publishers ship a 'base' product and gauge on digital offerings. We believe these digital offerings, like they are today, will expand upon the player experience and offer even more value than they do today."
David Cole of DFC Intelligence agrees. While he thinks the "super AAA" games may test out the $70 price, most content will come in much lower than that. "I think we will see an incredibly wide range of prices. Premium games command premium prices. Think Skylanders, Collector's editions, Guitar Hero and Wii Fit in their day. What gets squeezed is the stuff in the middle that must compete with high-end development on one hand and low cost/low price games on the other," he pointed out. "So you have fewer big budget titles but those will have even bigger budgets and that will be cost passed on to the consumer. Of course, very few games will be able to do this."
Even if there is a slight bump on AAA game pricing, the average selling price (ASP) will beging coming down as the cycle advances, according to IDC Research manager Lewis Ward.
"While there will always be collector's and limited edition console game discs that cost $80 or more, I'm not projecting that the PS4 or next-gen Xbox will raise the typical 'AAA' game disc to $70. 7th gen disc ASPs have trended down a couple dollars per year since 2006-2007. 8th generation discs will come in closer to $60 - which we're already seeing with Wii U - and then start trending down a few dollars per year. So there will probably be a ~$10 gap in pricing between 7th and 8th gen discs, but due to ASP slippage over time, the overall console discs ASP through 2016 should remain in the low to mid-$40s range," Ward explained.
An ASP in the mid-$40s is palatable for many hardcore gamers, but the console business is still going to have to face the fact that mobile, tablets, and free-to-play are changing the gaming landscape and the business of games. With PS4 supposedly being more open than any console before it, hopefully developers will being able to offer more free-to-play games and titles at more attractive prices.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...l-pricing-hold
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February 22nd, 2013, 21:31 Posted By: wraggster
It's a second week at the top of the Japanese software chart for Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden, and while the sales might not be high as last week's 872,922, it's still over 10,500 ahead of its nearest rival, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
- [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden - 184,993 (Total sales - 1,012,916)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 78,178 (2,591,602)
- [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 11,784 (1,922,492)
- [Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii Super Wonderful Edition - 10,076 (396,225)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) - 9,138 (227,235)
On the hardware chart all the consoles kept their places, with the Nintendo 3DS still reigning supreme, despite a slight drop in units sold. It'll be interesting to see if next week's chart shows any significant change in sales of the PS3, now that its successor has been announced.
- 3DS XL - 66,139 (Last week - 89,050)
- 3DS - 31,832 (38,645)
- PlayStation 3 - 16,934 (17,004)
- Wii U - 10,744 (12,185)
- PSP - 10,501 (11,056)
- PlayStation Vita - 8,044 (8,762)
- Wii - 1,655 (1,945)
- Xbox 360 - 506 (593)
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...apanese-charts
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February 22nd, 2013, 21:10 Posted By: wraggster
Remember those times when developers would lash out at console transitions? It seems like a lifetime ago now.
And all Sony and Microsoft had to do to change their opinion was make them wait seven years before releasing a new console.
So delighted at the belated PS4 reveal is EA that EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has declared that “transition is our friend” and promised that the publisher will hit the ground running when the PS4 arrives later this year.
“Yesterday Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4, signalling that after seven years, gamers will be treated to a massive leap in technology, creativity and fun,” he wrote.
“For EA’s creative teams, this transition comes as no surprise. We’ve been investing and innovating on new technology for months. Console partners who have seen our early work agree, EA’s next-gen software is nothing short of astonishing.
“And every bit as impressive as the console initiative is the way our teams have pivoted to capture the mobile phenomenon. EA has established a clear leadership position on both the iOS and Android systems and we’ve set new standards for business models and gameplay.
“Console transitions are a complex and challenging experience. I’ve helped navigate several and agree with an old saying we have at EA: Transition is our friend. All the trend lines are converging to reward the creative and financial investments we have made in mobile and console technology.
“We have never been more ready or more excited about what comes next.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ea-s-...ishing/0111347
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February 22nd, 2013, 02:00 Posted By: wraggster
Handheld arcade platform NeoGeo X is adding 15 more retro games to its roster this April with NeoGeo X Classics: Volume 1, manufacturer Tommo has announced.NeoGeo X Classics: Volume 1 is the first of five anthologies that will contain umpteen games on one cart. This first volume includes: - Art of Fighting 3
- Blazing Star
- Breakers Revenge
- Fate Fury: Mark of the Wolves
- Kizuna Encounter
- The King of Fighters '96
- The Last Blade 2
- Metal Slug 2
- Samurai Showdown 3
- Savage Reign
- Sengoku
- Shock Troopers
- Super Sidekicks 3 - The Next Glory
- Top Hunter
- World Heroes Jet
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...s-due-in-april
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February 22nd, 2013, 01:16 Posted By: wraggster
You've blasted your way through the 20 games that come built into the Neo Geo X, so what's next? Last month, rumors the handheld had been discontinued suggested that was your lot, but the truth was less worrying: the limited edition Gold bundle run had come to an end. Now, Tommo Inc has detailed the first of five additional game cartridges for the portable. Neo Geo X Classics: Volume I will add 15 titles for you to wear your thumbs down on, including Metal Slug 2, King of Fighters '96and Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves. The cart is due to hit North America in April for an unspecified price, and those that pick one up will get a "Rocket" high-speed data transfer and charging cable gratis, as well as the Neo Geo X System Update 1.0, which we expect to hear more details on shortly. A travel case for the handheld is also in development, and is expected to be released the same month. Hit up the PR to see the full games list for Volume I, although chances are, some of you areplaying them already.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/21/n...ase-and-cable/
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February 22nd, 2013, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster
You can look and look, but you won’t find a Super Nintendo inside of this retro gaming rig. [Webrow] is giving his vintage hardware a rest, and taking this all-in-one game emulator suitcase wherever he goes.
The machine at the heart of his build is of course a Raspberry Pi. You really can’t beat the ubiquitous board for cost, power, and hardware extensibility. An LCD panel from a broken laptop comes along for the ride having been mounted in the lid. For a long time there was no hope for reusing these panels, but [Webrow] found an adapter board (for nearly the same price as the RPi) which converts the DVI from the Pi to the LVDS needed by the screen. The connections and mounting scheme for the screen were where most of the project work was done. Connecting the controllers simply involved soldering some SNES controller sockets to an RPi breakout connector. We do have to compliment him on the red bezel which hides all of the power cords and other unsightly bits. The case look sturdy and ready to play!
http://hackaday.com/2013/02/21/retro...-just-in-case/
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February 21st, 2013, 15:18 Posted By: wraggster
Hi all, heres just a small bit of news concerning the network as a whole.
Recently we have condensed a lot of the smaller sites down to single sections over at www.dcemu.com, the Joypad news, DCEmu Interviews, DCEmu Console History, DCEmu Gadgets and Import Gaming, DCEmu Tutorials, Amazon releases and Ebay Releases and Daily Deals have all moved to single pages over at DCEmu.com.
I did move DCEmu reviews but its now been reinstated as 2 full sites again and we hope to see many new reviews.
The forums have been reduced massively and as you can see the news forums are now seperate from the discussion forums, this will hopefully please all those who hate news items on discussion forums and hopefully one day get the site buzzing again (it will). Theres still some work to do with descriptions but the basics are there.
My next project is the hardest and it involves a mountain of work, i was going to redirect and kill off all the subdomains but that would make it too hard to find news on the subject you want, So the plan is to make each forum go back to supporting one site, so the Wii/Wiiu News forum would be split into Wii News and WiiU News and so on, this way its easier to find news for the console you want to read about and for later years for homebrew etc etc.
Ive Split the Android news from the Apple forum today and theres lots more to do, over the next week or two all news forums will be split and sorted better. Thanks for your patience and time.
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February 21st, 2013, 00:23 Posted By: wraggster
Connecticut State Senator Toni Harp proposed a bill in January that would ban anyone younger than 18 from playing "violent point-and-shoot" video games in arcades or other public establishments. The bill defined "violent point-and-shoot" games as any entertainment device that used the "facsimile of a firearm as an essential component of play," which would include games such as House of the Dead, Area 51 and Duck Hunt.
The bill also called for research into the effects of violent video games on young minds, through a committee called the Violent Video Game Task Force within the Department of Children and Families. The task force would advise the Governor and General assembly on state programs that "may reduce the effects of violent video games on youth behavior," suggesting before the research was done that violent video games have an effect on children's actions.
The bill's Statement of Purpose offered a clear position on violent video games' impact on young minds, again presented before any research began: "To prevent minors from using violent point-and-shoot video games in public arcades and to create a task force to study the effects of violent video games on youth behavior."
This bill joined an influx of attention on video games in relation to real-world gun violence, following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Senator Harp's suggestions mimicked and magnifiedPresident Obama's proposal to research violent video games and enact other forms of potential gun-violence prevention.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/20/ct...uns-in-arcade/
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February 20th, 2013, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
Sometimes Amazon is left home alone with too much J-U-I-C-E, gets a bit tooexcited, and chucks around a whole bunch of quick-fire gaming deals throughout the day. Today is just such a day, and if you head over to the Gold Box page you can see all those deals just waiting to be hurled into your discount-loving arms.
One deal is ongoing through the day: Dead Space 3 for $39.99, a touch cheaper than other recent offers. As for the Lightning deals, discount sleuthGamerDeals reckons they'll see StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty swoop to $17.99,Battlefield 3 Premium bomb to $39.99 (confirmed), and the Professional Edition of Hitman: Absolution takendown to $35.99.
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February 19th, 2013, 23:57 Posted By: wraggster
Tottenham Court Road store will be home to accessories, networked PCs and free-to-play games
[h=3]Dixons Retail[/h]
Currys PC World has today opened a new retail space at one of its London stores which will be dedicated solely to PC gaming.
"We're incredibly excited to unveil the Gaming Bunker at our Tottenham Court Road store. The store has a great track record for hosting launches and events, so it's the perfect place for the UK's newest PC gaming destination; the most interactive space of its kind," said the chain's Simon Urquhart.
But what will PC gamers find in the 500sq foot of bunker? 10 networked PCs, PC gaming accessories and a range of free-to-play and triple- A titles to test them out with. The retailer is promising all the tech, from brands like Razer, TurtleBeach, SteelSeries, Corsair, MadCatz, Roccat and Logitech, will be constantly updated to make sure it's offering the latest products.
"We look forward to introducing gamers to the best mice, keyboards, headsets and other essential PC gaming gear. But as well as being the best place to try out these superb products, we hope the gaming community will enjoy coming to events, launches and tournaments and get involved in making the Gaming Bunker a hub of PC gaming and eSports in the heart of London."
Currys PC World is the largest electronic retailer in the UK and is owned by Dixons Retail plc.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-gaming-bunker
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February 19th, 2013, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster
William Volk may not be the world's oldest game designer, but he's up there. He started out as a play tester for Avalon Hill in 1979, and since then has worked for Activision and other major players in the game space. His current job is with PlayScreen, where he's working on their Word Carnivale iOS game, which is not violent at all. But over the years Volk has worked on slightly violent video games and has watched public outcries over video game violence since 1976. He's also tracked how much less violence we've seensince lead was removed from gasoline. (Editorial interjection: Aren't most remaining pockets of massive gun violence in cities where many poor kids grow up in apartments that have lead paint?) Due to technical problems during the interview, some of the conversation is missing, primarily about the recent spate of multiple murders. It seems, for instance, that Newtown shooter Adam Lanza was heavily into violent video games, which is sure to spark plenty of new discussion about how they affect players. But then again, as Volk reminded me in an email, "If people were influenced by video games, a majority of Facebook users would be farmers by now," a meme that has been floating around Facebook since last year, if not earlier.
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