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Legendo has announced a new telling of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure tale, The Three Musketeers . The new publisher/developer will be making the title to be "the only modern jump 'n run game available for PC" and should be hitting the shelves this winter, with consoles versions set for 2006. In Legendo's adaptation you will take the role of Porthos as you try and save your musketeer buddies from the evil, sinister Count Xavier and hook-handed Count Orsini. Legendo claims that t

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Perpetual Entertainment has announced that their upcoming MMORPG, Gods and Heroes , has been delayed. The Roman Empire based game is still working with their unnamed publisher on a release date and has pushed beta testing to November. Official Site: Gods and Heroes

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Koei has announced that they will be bringing Dynasty Warriors to the PC with Dynasty Warriors 4 Hyper set to hit Europe on December 9th. Hyper will be the first Dynasty Warriors game to be brought to the PC in Europe and will include all the massive battles that players have come to expect from the Dynasty Warriors franchise. The North American PC market will also see Dynasty Warriors 4 come to their machines this November according to EBGames and Games

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Gamecloud has confirmed rumors that Electronic Boutique and its associated branches, EBGames and EBX, will stop accepting used PC games as of today. The change in policy can certainly be linked to the company's merger with Gamespot, a game retailer who's stores, more often than not, didn't even carry NEW PC games, let alone accept used ones. Theres another surprise that we discussed in the linked thread.<br

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The key politicians behind California's anti-video game bill have voiced their defense and criticized the Entertainment Software Association for "failing to protect the interests of children," said California Assemblyman Leland Yee, the creator of the bill. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the man who signed the bill into law also defended his decision, stating "I will do everything in my power to preserve this new law and I urge the Attorney General to mount a vigorous defense of Califor

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Black Widow Games has announced development of They Hunger: Lost Souls which will follow up on the Half-Life modification, They Hunger . The sequel, which will be Source-based, will be a first-person survival horror game set in Eastern Europe in the 1960's. Players will take the role of a tourist who, after recovering from an accident, stumbles into a local monastery. As the monastery becomes overrun with the walking dead you will become involved in all of t

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10TACLE STUDIOS AG has announced that they have purchased the majority of shares in the Belgium development firm elseWhere Entertainment. elseWhere Entertainment is best known for their work on Outcast before they founded elseWhere and have since worked on the development of their own "NeoReality"-engine. The firm will be renamed to 10TACLE STUDIOS Belgium and was purchased largely for their new engine technology. "The investment in elseWhere is a big step for the future of 10T

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Gamespot has announced that they will be giving away Beta keys to City of Villains to their Gamespot Complete subscribers, starting this morning at 9A.M. PDT. City of Villains tasks players with taking on the forces of good as they develop their super-villain to create an empire of crime. Keys will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis so if you want a guaranteed key you better camp the sign-ups. Source: <A href="http://www.gamespot.com/promos/2005/cityofvill

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Jack Thompson has filed a harassment charged against Penny-Arcade creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins and the site's business manager, Robert Khoo, today. Gamespot was on the list of people and companies that received Thompson's latest threat, stating that he seeks help in shutting down the site and arresting its employees. The e-mail claims that the folks at Penny-Arcade contain "certain personnel who have decided to commence and orchestrate criminal harassment of me by various mea

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So, at $49.99 with 10 hours of gameplay it's about $5/hour to play. That's rather expensive, but about par for the action genre. At least it sounds like it was a good game. Well if you goto a bad movie its like $4/hr for 2 hours that you want your life back of.

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G4TV via Gamecloud has word that Raven Software will not be going it alone with the sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein . Instead the company will once again have Nerve Software take over the multiplayer aspect of the game, as they did for the previous iteration of the WWII horror title. Source: Gamecloud Article

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Got Game Entertainment has announced that their upcoming "pure-puzzle first person adventure game" for the Mac and PC has been delayed, again. Rhem 2 was already delayed two months but has been pushed back to a bit more to November 1st, 2005 in hopes of getting the game to more retailers all at once. Got Game founder Howard Horowitz proclaimed, "We know we've made adventure gamers wait for this one, but this new release date provides for maximum retail exposure for 'RHEM 2</

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Focus Multimedia, a UK budget software publisher, has announced that they have acquired the rights to THQ's back catalog of Windows PC games. The first series of titles will retail for less than $10 and will be part of "Focus's Revival, PC Fun Club and Essential ranges between now and Christmas." Focus will add "many more" titles to the mix over the next two years, adding to its portfolio that already includes Ubisoft and LEGO properties as well as various educational titles. Craig

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The Entertainment Software Association and Video Software Dealers Association have joined forces by filing a lawsuit protesting California's AB1179 bill that Governor Schwarzenegger signed ten days ago. The new law will go into effect this January and will hold retailers liable for $1,000 fine if they sell 'M' rated games to minors. The suit claims that the bill violates First Amendment rights by restrict

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So I stumbled upon this site the other day and have been surfing it for giggles the last few days. If you are an avid online auction users you definitley should check it out for even better deals, it searches common mispellings of whatever you ask it to (Nintendo, Microsoft, varios game titles) etc. Chance for an even better deal! Note: You do need to allow popups for it or it won't work.

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Electronic Arts has announced a new title to use its exclusive NFL license, NFL Head Coach (working title). The game will be available to players in the Spring of 2006 and is being developed by Orlando, Florida based EA Tiburon, makers of NFL Madden and NFL Street . " NFL Head Coach , the third pillar in our NFL portfolio, was developed to satiate all those Monday morning quarterbacks and fantasy football fanatics," said Dale Jackson, Executive Producer,

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Funniest part of all of this? Since Jack didn't make good on his word... Tycho & Gabe of Penny Arcade donated $10,000 to the Entertainment Software Assoc. Foundation... IN JACK'S NAME! He's gonna be LIVID when he finds out about that. I was just about to post that myself, those guys are always good for a laugh. Baby vs Rhino!

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The Grand Theft Auto Mod Community has answered Jack Thompson's challenge to "create, manufacture, distribute, and sell a video game in 2006" that allows players to play the violent scenario he laid out in the open letter. GTA Modders who call themselves "The Fighting Hellfish" have released Defamation of Character: A Jack Thompson Murder Simulator feat

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Vision Studios has announced a new Reality-engine multiplayer shooter, Strike Force Red Cell , where the player's next mission will be based on the previous mission's outcome. The Reality-engine will enable both the multiplayer and single-player aspects of the game to change regarding victory conditions and completed objectives. The outcome of the previous battle will also affect the rank players receive as well as the weapons they can wield. Strike Force Red Cell will challenge

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Attorney Jack Thompson has responded to Dr. David Walsh's open letter which asked the attorney to stop using his name and his foundation's name, National Institute on Media and the Family, in correlation with Thompsons' campaigns against video games. Thompson responded with what could be considered a character defamation campaign, "Dr. Walsh's efforts are funded by Target and by a foundation run by Best Buy

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