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November 6, 2006

Razer Tarantula Keyboard Out Now
The $99 keyboard offers gamers five unique profiles stored on-board, audio jacks, 10 macro keys, and illumination light.

The Shipping News
Gears of War, Viva Pinata and Call of Duty 3 to hit Xbox 360, while a little-known title called Guitar Hero 2 will appear on PS2.

Blizzard Launches Warcraft Encyclopaedia
The official Warcraft encyclopaedia is intended to make sense of all those acronyms and weird names associated with the game.

Grand Theft Mario
Last night's episode of Robot Chicken saw Mario and Luigi enter a plasticine world of Vice City. Warning, clip contains drug use, violence, carjacking and other heinous crimes.

November 4, 2006

This Week's Top Games in Japan
A barrage of new titles give some major vitality to this week's charts, including a new number one.

Game Pro Expo is the New E3
The ESA-endorsed Game Pro Expo will carry on the legacy of the large E3 extravaganzas of yesteryear.

Lowenstein: E3 Invitation Numbers Too High
ESA President Doug Lowenstein says that the expected number of 5,000 attendees is a little too generous.

WoW Forum Post Is So Wrong
What should be an incredibly sad post on the World of Warcraft forums gets a mordantly hilarious reply.

EA News Galore
Two next-gen projects delayed, and a huge number of upcoming games are unveiled, including a new SimCity!

October 31, 2006

Jack Thompson Gets It Wrong, Again
The anti-game lawyer is now demanding Midway stop distributing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, but not because he thinks it is too violent...

October 30, 2006

TrackMania United Revving for Release
Special early-purchase offer coming November 17 for the physics-based stunt racing game.

October 29, 2006

Jack Thompson Is Anti-game And Anti-gay
We all know by now that Bully doesn't discriminate when it comes to who you can kiss in the game, be it boys or girls. Thompson is so backwards-thinking he has filed a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission.

UK's Golden Joystick Award Winners Announced
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion wins "Ultimate Game of the Year" in the annual UK gaming award ceremony.

This Week's Top Games in Japan
Pokemon lead the charge again, while two new titles make their chart debut.

October 26, 2006

EA To Promote NFS Carbon with Mazdaspeed 3
The 263-hp Mazdaspeed 3 will be integrated into the video game and will be part of a nationwide campaign in conjunction with GameStop and EB Games stores.

Guild Wars Nightfall Ships
The latest expansion in the popular MMO series is now in stores, and features new features such as Heroes, hero battles, templates and new missions.

October 25, 2006

Judge Files Complaint On Jack Thompson
The judge didn't want to deal with Thompson anymore, so he recused himself from the contempt case and filed a complaint with the Florida bar association.

Liksang Worker Comments On Closure
We received an email from one of the workers at Liksang, explaining how the staff feel about the closure of the company due to the Sony lawsuits.

October 24, 2006

Burning Crusade Delayed
The World of Warcraft expansion has been pushed back to January 2007 to extend the closed beta and "further refine the new content that will ship with the game".

Games In Stores Today
Touch Detective, a new DS adventure game is out, along with the Resident Evil 10th Anniversary Collection for Gamecube, and Stronghold Legends for the PC, with FEAR Extraction Point not far off.

Sony Lawsuits Force Lik-Sang To Shut Down
The latest dark-spot in Sony's history has seen them force one of the game industry's most beloved retailers to shut down, due to multiple legal actions brought against them for selling Sony PSP consoles.

October 23, 2006

Thompson Faces 'Contempt' Jail Sentence
If found in contempt of court over some of his comments in the Bully case, anti-game campaigner Jack Thompson could be sentenced to jail, a fine, or censure.

October 22, 2006

Top Gear Battlefield 2 Parody
A complete remake of the Challenger Tank versus SUV episode of Top Gear, made using Battlefield 2.

Video Games - Blessing or Curse?
That's the question asked by a major new exhibition at London's Science Museum. The display includes an in-depth look at the history of gaming.

World's Oldest Competitive Gamer Dies, 81
Doris Self, the Q*Bert extraordinaire who spent her later years trying to regain her world record score, died of an automobile accident. She was 81 years old.

October 20, 2006

Postal 3 Confirmed for PC, Xbox 360
The next game in the controversial PC action series is in the works, and this time around it will use Valve's Source engine. Release is set for mid to late 2008.

October 19, 2006

Legend of Zelda: "Well, Excuuuuse Me, Princess!"
Video showing every time Link says his catch-phrase in the 1980's cartoon series based on the game.

C&C; to Feature Major Hollywood Actors
Action video sequences from the upcoming Tiberium Wars RTS will feature the talent of well known actors from LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Top Gun, The Wedding Crashers and more.

October 18, 2006

EA Suggest Ridiculous BF2142 Bug Fix
EA released a patch for Battlefield 2142 today, but for players with a certain Windows security update it will crash the game. EA's bug fix? Uninstall the vital security update. Nice.

EA Comment on Battlefield 2142's Spyware
EA are collecting information from computers in order to place ads inside the game in real time. If you don't want your information collected, they say "Do not install or play the software on any platform".

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