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ELSPA renamed UK Interactive Entertainment Association

March 19th, 2010
ELSPA renamed UK Interactive Entertainment Association

ELSPA, The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, has announced that it intends to change its name to the UK Interactive Entertainment Association.

The decision was made by its membership today at the trade body’s Extraordinary General Meeting.

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Switzerland Moves To Ban Violent Games

March 19th, 2010
Switzerland Moves To Ban Violent Games

Switzerland’s government has pushed through legislation that may eventually see a ban put on the sale of violent videogames.

Late last year, the government passed legislation making the PEGI ratings mandatory, with a second amendment that threatened to ban the production and sale of mature games outright.

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Ubisoft Denies Steam DRM Conflict

March 19th, 2010
Ubisoft Denies Steam DRM Conflict

Key Ubisoft titles are no longer available on Steam in what has been rumoured to be a move by Valve in protest of the publisher’s restrictive DRM.

The digital distributor is not offering Assassin’s Creed 2 or Silent Hunter V and the root cause could be an objection to the use of DRM.

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Analyst: Lack of Twilight Adaptation Has Cost “Millions”

March 19th, 2010
Analyst: Lack of Twilight Adaptation Has Cost “Millions”

According to Games Investor Consulting analyst Nick Gibson, the absence of a video game adaptation of Summit Entertainment’s Twilight series has cost “millions” in lost opportunity for revenue.

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Little Big Adventure Creator Teases New Project

March 19th, 2010
Little Big Adventure Creator Teases New Project

Alone in the Dark and Little Big Adventure creator, Frédérick Raynal, is apparently at work on a new title for Ubisoft that may be set for release later this year.

The as yet unannounced title is being teased on the developer's personal site, with the message scrawled in French on a chalk board: "The name of the next game is on the back of the slate."

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Judge Tosses Out God Of War Lawsuit

March 19th, 2010
Judge Tosses Out God Of War Lawsuit

A court has ruled in favour of Sony Computer Entertainment America and David Jaffe in a lawsuit brought by screenwriters who claimed that God of War was based on their original work.

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The Friday Game: Keeping It Brief

March 19th, 2010
The Friday Game: Keeping It Brief
Almost anybody you ask will tell you that these are strange days for videogames. What happened to certainty? The revenue of five-year mega projects costing tens of millions of pounds are now regularly eclipsed by throwaway mobile apps retailing for 59p a shot. Meanwhile, get-rich-quick developers scurrying to capitalise on the success of a social networking phenomenon like FarmVille decide that the lesson to learn is that the audience is craving games about agriculture.

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Nintendo Calls On Consumers To Support Core Titles

March 19th, 2010
Nintendo Calls On Consumers To Support Core Titles

Reggie Fils-Aimé, president of Nintendo of America, has said it is up to third-party developers to bring mature titles to the Wii and DS and called on consumers to support the releases.

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GDC: Play As Excavation

March 19th, 2010
GDC: Play As Excavation

Game researcher and designer of IGF Nuovo award finalist A Slow Year, Ian Bogost presented to the audience of the GDC Microtalks session that players play games  can be crafted with meanings that players can interpret through play.

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BioWare: Cerberus Is Not Anti-Used Games

March 18th, 2010
BioWare: Cerberus Is Not Anti-Used Games

BioWare founders Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka have said they don't view their DLC system, the Cerberus Network, as a move against second-hand buyers of their games, but rather wanted to use it do build a "good relationship" with customers.

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