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UncategorizedDouble Dragon‘s Reboot Needs a Larger Pad
Double Dragon rolled up the garage doors and vroomed onto the iPhone and iPad earlier this week, with a small-size reboot that invoked and updated its arcade ancestor’s main features – bosses, levels, soundtrack, and more. At bottom, it’s a beat-em-up controlled by a virtual pad and stick, with about 30 percent of the screen…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Won’t Release Swinger-Party Game in the U.K.
We Dare, the Wii party game whose marketing suggests it’s much naughtier than it really is, won’t be released in the United Kingdom. Publisher Ubisoft is pulling the game back after a rating found it suitable for kids 12 and up. Politicians and press in Great Britain were, of course, in high dudgeon (is there…
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Dutch Court Orders PS3 Seizures — Including Those In Homes
Several thousand more PlayStation 3s were seized by Dutch customs officials on the eve of Sony’s courtoom showdown with Korea-based LG, whose allegations of patent infringement have effectively halted the distribution of consoles across Europe the past 10 days. LG, which claims the PS3’s Blu-ray playback technology violates patents it holds, got a Netherlands court…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
British Schoolteacher Finks on 600 Kids Over Late Night Gaming
In what sounds like the opening to a Dr. Seuss book, parents of all 600 children in Mr Gribble’s school got a fearful note saying their kids report to class sleepy and distracted, because they’re up as late as 4 a.m. playing video games. Mr Gribble, who teaches primary school in Devon, the U.K., sent…
By Owen Good
