CA game restriction law disputed
Industry associations file suit alleging new law would have a chilling effect on free expression, unlawfully compels retailers to speak in the form of warning labels.
Industry associations file suit alleging new law would have a chilling effect on free expression, unlawfully compels retailers to speak in the form of warning labels.
PA's Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins give $10,000 to ESA children's charity after antigame activist dismisses his own game challenge as "satire."
[UPDATE] Florida attorney Jack Thompson fires back after National Institute on Media and the Family president asks that he stop invoking the group's name.
Measure won't become California law until January, but the ESA is already planning a suit.
Rockstar packaging GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas together for Xbox; special PS2 San Andreas comes with two new features.
GameStop Web site lists M-rated game as available; source at brick-and-mortar store confirms 2nd Edition is on shelves.
[UPDATE] Company officials and online retailers date Mature-rated Xbox, PC version of GTA: San Andreas for later this month, PS2 version by Halloween.
Hot Coffee guts GTA publisher's sales; Bully pushed back, Civilization IV moved up, new Xbox 360 game, and "extensions of the Grand Theft Auto franchise" announced.
NCAA Football 06 tackles the console competition as Battlefield 2 stays on the PC-chart point. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is first PSP game to crack top 10.
According to Wikipedia, the name Easter egg comes from Dan O'Bannon's horror spoof, Return of the Living Dead. In the film, a container of zombies goes missing and is referred ...
A Hot Coffee-free and M-rated version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be in stores before the end of the month.
Rockstar outhacks hacks with the release of a patch that makes San Andreas' sexual content dry up.
Dems take online petition live; Governor adds voice to movement that seeks greater authority in game sales.
Latest Grand Theft auto joins Rockstar siblings Manhunt and GTA III on the censor-board blacklist of the antipodean nation.
Gran Turismo 4 was top console game; portables boom as consoles and PC games slide.
[UPDATE] As the feds circle, San Andreas TV ads are pulled, and a class-action lawsuit against the publisher is filed in US District Court.
Xbox San Andreas rocks, Battlefield 2 rages, Revenge of the Sith soars, Madagascar runs wild, and Batman Begins busts.
[UPDATE] Hot Coffee scandal intensifies as legislators vote 355-21 to support a Federal Trade Commission probe seeking answers from the Take-Two subsidiary.
As retailers pull games from shelves and eat the cost of used copies, money gets left on the table...or goes to other games.
$388 million at retail adds to year-to-date increase of 12 percent growth, despite across-the-board slowing of console sales.
GameStop lowers earnings forecast, takes $1.1 million charge as it dumps used inventory of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
To get an insider's view of how the industry reacted, GameSpot speaks with ESRB president Patricia Vance about the industry-shaking Grand Theft Auto controversy.
Pols, analysts, and critics react to new AO sticker; most see limited downside for Rockstar as a "buy on the dip" attitude prevails.
[UPDATE 4] ESRB slaps dreaded rating on controversial best seller; Take-Two lowers guidance; Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target pull game from shelves.
This week: US populace clamors for adoption of the Blu-ray Disc format---film at 11.
Cheat unlocks preexisting code in controversy-rocked Grand Theft Auto game, undermining Rockstar Games' claims of hacker mischief.
California assemblyman reacts to the latest wave of debate concerning game violence--a wave he likely set in motion.
Crusading attorney Jack Thompson blasts lobby in general, its "thug" president in particular in open letter to game industry.
[UPDATE] Senator expresses doubts industry can enforce ESRB ratings--asks for legislation that will make selling M- or AO-rated games to minors a federal crime; Rockstar, ESA, ESRB respond.
Washington, DC press conference Thursday will see the New York Senator call for a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the San Andreas mod.
Controversial publisher breaks silence, says San Andreas sex-minigame mod is the work of external parties.
NCAA Football 06 maker closes above $60 for first time since February, as other publishers post less-robust gains.
Aussie ratings board opens ESRB-like investigation of its own; game's distributor is "cooperating," says group.
San Andreas sex-scene mod has watchdog group barking; Dutch hacker unmasked--claims his patch only unlocks what was already in the code.
[UPDATE] Ratings board embarks on investigation of claims the Rockstar best-seller had explicit content hidden in code--claims the publisher denies.
California assemblyman and game-restriction advocate Leland Yee claims ESRB's "conflict of interest" is behind Rockstar game's M rating.
This year's event takes place July 27, show airs August 9; fans vote for the winners.
[UPDATE] This week: XXX San Andreas minigames confirmed, Sonic gets his own MMORPG, and LucasArts pledges to support all three consoles (or does it?)
Rockstar Games confirms that two more versions of its previously PlayStation 2-exclusive crime epic are now on the market.
The developers of San Andreas discuss some of the technical workings of the game.
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