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The Best of Big Download: May 10-16

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Mac , PC , Meta (about Joystiq) New game announcements, lawsuits and lots of news kept us busy this past week. You’d think that we’re building up to some big event next month or something, right?

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EGM Now hires industry vet Billy Berghammer as group EIC

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Aside from having an excellent last name that gives us the impression he’s really into smashing hamburgers, longtime game industry veteran Billy Berghammer was announced late this past week as the group editor-in-chief of EGM Media . In his new role, he’ll be overseeing both the print version of EGM Now and EGMi: The Digital Magazine

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DJ Hero Renegade Edition half off or more at Amazon

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 04:30:00 +0000

Amazon has the DJ Hero “Renegade Edition ” at a deep discount for the moment. The set, regularly priced at $200, has had its price scratched and dropped like a beat to something slightly more reasonable. The bundle is avaiable on all the major consoles at various discounts: Wii — $75.49 PS3 — $77.88 Xbox 360 — $101.45 The Wii Renegade Edition is even cheaper than the regular version ! The sale has no specified end date, but don’t dawdle if you’re interested

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Mario, Sonic, and Profits in Sega’s fiscal 2010

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:28:00 +0000

Despite recent troubles in the North American and European branches, Sega overall had a good fiscal 2010, which ended March 31, financially speaking. The company as a whole saw its operating income rise to ¥36.7 billion ($397 million), a huge increase over fiscal 2009’s operating income of 8.3 billion ($89.8 million). Operating income refers to profits minus expenses incurred in running the company — in case you wondered why we picked up on that random statistic

‘Chocobo Panic’ hits European trademark office

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:03:00 +0000

Square Enix has filed for another Chocobo-branded trademark in Europe. Adding to the still mysterious “Chocobo’s Crystal Tower” trademark application, the Final Fantasy publisher recently filed to secure “Chocobo Panic.” In addition, Siliconera notes that the “chocobopanic.com” domain is registered to none other than Square Enix president Yoichi Wada. Chocobo Panic sounds like a name for a downloadable puzzle game, but until we know for sure, it’s more fun to imagine a game in which Final Fantasy characters become terrified to ride the giant birds after a series of Chocobo attacks.

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Impressions: Bulletstorm

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Epic Games and Painkiller dev People Can Fly have finally taken the wraps off Bulletstorm , their FPS collaboration for EA, and it’s looking like a brutal yet beautiful love note to fans of over-the-top action. Epic’s design director Cliff Bleszinski and Bulletstorm producer Tanya Jessen (who also produced Gears of War on PC) flew in to San Francisco last week to debut the game

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OnLive headed to the UK through BT partnership

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:45:00 +0000

Streaming games on demand spearheader OnLive has announced a partnership with BT, whereby the British communications firm has taken a 2.6 percent share in the company and will have the exclusive rights to bundle OnLive service with its broadband packages in the UK. “We’re really excited about OnLive’s potential in Europe, and looking forward to kicking it off in the UK through our partnership with BT,” OnLive CEO Steve Perlman said in a post on the company’s blog . “Today we are announcing that BT, the largest broadband operator in the UK, has formed a partnership with and has made an investment in OnLive

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iPhone It In: Sketch Nation Shooter

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:00:00 +0000

The iPhone App Store is littered with small-minded games.

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ECA: Supreme Court case is ’single most important challenge’ ever for game industry

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This October is the earliest we could possibly see some movement on the US Supreme Court appeal of AB 1179 , the California-based violent game bill that would fine retailers who sell M-rated titles to kids. But that’s not stopping the Entertainment Consumer’s Association from submitting an amicus brief to the court, not to mention a recently recreated online petition “which will be attached and submitted along with the brief, both formally becoming part of the official court documents,” the lobby group announced today. “The gaming sector, as a whole, has arrived at perhaps the single most important challenge it has ever faced in the US,” ECA prez Hal Halpin notes in the release

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‘Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light’ classified by OFLC

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:00:00 +0000

Further evidence of Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light leaving Japan came recently in the form of an OFLC rating . The Australian classification board gave the title a PG rating, deeming its mild fantasy violence safe for the masses — with parental guidance, of course.

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