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Gamer Banned from Playing Dragon Age 2 for Using ‘Profanity’
A player was reportedly banned from playing Dragon Age 2 which was released last week, after insulting the game in a forum posting. Developer BioWare later responded saying the ban was a “glitch.” According to Kotaku, the player posted “Have you sold your souls to the EA devil?” which is not considered profanity. EA Games…
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Pokémon Black/White Sells More than 1 Million in First Day
According to Nintendo, the newest installment of the hit global gaming franchise, Pokémon sold over 1.08 Million copies of the Black and White versions in the first day, breaking a US one day sales record previously held by Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version games which sold more than 780,000 on the first day…
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Schilling Reveals World Premiere of ‘Reckoning’ Video Game
Former Red Sox pitcher, Curt Schilling, unveiled the trailer of his studio’s first video game Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning yesterday at Boston’s PAX East 2011. The game which is being developed by Schilling’s Studio 38 and Big Huge Games is due to be released in 2012. Schilling told the audience at the convention, “This game…
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‘Angry Birds’ Maker Rovio Raises $42 Million
The makers of the hit smartphone game ‘Angry Birds’ raised $42 from investors to expand the brand and create more games. Finnish game developer Rovio is a long way from bankruptcy which it faced before launching the popular ‘Angry Birds’ game. It has secured $42 million from Accel Partners who are also the venture capital…
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Microsoft Kinect Breaks Record with 10 Million in Sales
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it sold over 10 million units of the Xbox Kinect motion-sensing device worldwide since its launch last November. This number propelled the Microsoft Kinect to break a Guinness world record for the fastest-selling, consumer electronics product in its first 60 days, when it sold an average of 133,333 units a…
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Is Microsoft Preparing the Xbox 720?
Microsoft may be preparing its next generation Xbox gaming console. Several job listings posted on LinkedIn reveal that the company is looking to hire employees to work on the “next-generation console” architecture. The software giant is looking to put together a team “responsible for defining and delivering next generation console architectures from conception through implementation,”…
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Exercise Video Games Burn Calories
A new study finds that ‘exergames’, or video games that allow for exercise provide real calorie-burning power and energy expenditure, often higher than walking 3 miles on a treadmill. Researchers, Bruce W. Bailey of at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and Kyle McInnis of the University of Massachusetts in Boston studied energy expenditures of…
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New ‘Batman: Arkham City’ Details Revealed
Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. unveiled details about the upcoming Batman: Arkham City, to be released during the third quarter of this year at the Game Developers’ Conference. The single player game will feature the Dark Knight as he tries to restore security and order in Arkham City, reports USA Today. This highly anticipated sequel…
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Crysis 2 Game Demo Revealed
EA Games has released a trailer and demo for Crysis 2 that will be released on March 22 for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The Crysis 2 website reveals that the multiplayer game is set in 2023 as the world faces climatic disasters and is on the verge of a breakdown, and alien invaders…
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Battlefield 3 Video Game Trailer Released
The trailer for first shooter game, Battlefield 3 was released at the San Francisco Game Developers Conference yesterday. Publisher EA Games showed a 3 minute trailer of the game that will be released later this year for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, reports USA Today. The trailer itself is set in 2014 along the…