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    Xbox Live April schedule: Bad Company 2 DLC, Comic Jumper discounts

    Sales & Specials: April 1: Fallout: New Vegas "Dead Money" add-on - 400 MS Points ($5) April 1: Comic Jumper - 400 MS Points ($5) April 1: Deadliest Warrior - 200 MS Points ($2.50) April 1: Fable 3 "Understone" add-on - 200 MS Points ($2.50) Xbox Live Arcade: March 30...
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    Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday

    Okay before anyone speaks, I had to find a link for this cause the one I was provided didn't work. I know Fox News sucks. So focus on the main topic here. Anyways, trading Labor Day for Eid? Thoughts? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397645,00.html
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    Former Sony company inventor sues Sony for $5 million yen.

    Former Sony employee 58-year-old Hidehiro Kume invented a small optical pickup that is used to read and write discs in the PlayStation 2 and the original PlayStation. He didn't feel Sony recognized his contributions, so he took it to court. A lower Japanese court rejected Kume's claim he...
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    GameCrazy's leftovers went to the wolves. Fight brews over remains.

    A doggie dog world! Game Crazy went belly-up earlier this year, removing one more retail alternative to GameStop from American shopping centers and malls. The sell-off of its remaining stock is on hold while two liquidators battle over who's bidding the most for it. Movie Gallery, the parent...
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    GameStop returns to report recording breaking sales.

    After reporting its first non-record holiday quarter in January, GameStop is back to posting chart-shattering financial results, breaking $2 billion in sales for the first quarter of 2010. With new software sales up 13% and earnings per share growth of 14% over the previous year, GameStop and...
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    Nintendo: It's not game over for the Wii since sales are down by 21%!

    In fact, Nintendo gives the WORST answer possible! Nintendo Wii sales are down 21 percent. 21 percent! That's a lot. But Nintendo certainly hasn't given up on the Nintendo Wii. In a recent financial briefing, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated that Nintendo is "always" developing new game...
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    What's going on at Infinity Ward? Are they trollin'?

    http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/702911/Security-Appears-Unannounced-At-Infinity-Ward-Studio-Heads-Missing-Staff-Freaked-Out-.html I feel like it's just a publicity stunt but, I could be wrong. Thoughts?
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    What Company Do You Support The Most?

    I'm curious. It seems that Nintendo is the biggest company when it comes to gaming, but Sony makes all kinds of electronics and so does Microsoft. So what company have you spent most money on? And what company have you bought more items from? (You can vote twice, once for Money Spent on, and...
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    Battlefield BAD COMPANY 2. March 2nd and 5th in Europe and America

    http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/29/ea-details-battlefield-bad-company-2-limited-edition-same-pric/ BAD COMPANY!! TILL THE THE DAY I DIE!! :D Bad Company 2's Limited Edition retail release. The BFBC2 "while supplies last" edition will contain six special game unlocks -- only four of which are...
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    Besthesda parent company buys id Software!

    You got DOOM in my Fallout cereal! Besthesda parent company buys id Software id Software, the game studio behind Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, and the upcoming Rage, has just been acquired by ZeniMax, parent company of Fallout 3 developer Bethesda Softworks. Wild, because I had no idea id Software...
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    How Important Is A Companies Rep To You When you can't decide whether you want

    Greetings, Have any of you bought a game that you weren't sure if it was a good one or bad one,but decided to get it anyway,because of the reputation of the company who made it? I have.When I'm unsure,I look to the creator of the game.For example,if I ever come across a game that I'm not sure...
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    Next company to go rock bottom? Empire Interactive.

    Not again! The recession is even effecting this publisher! Empire Interactive (Pipemania, FlatOut) is the next game company to be hit hard by the global recession. MCVUK reports the British developer has fallen into administration and its entire staff is expected to be laid-off. Sources tell...
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    Lionhead studios graphic designer sues Microsoft for harassment!

    The Surrey, UK resident is suing his employer, Microsoft (owner of Lionhead Studios), for £45,000/$66,000, money which will make up for "lost earnings and injury to feelings," according to the report on Telegraph.co.uk. A variety of names, laden with derogatory terms, were purportedly circulated...
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    I caught Microsoft in a lie.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/20/xbox-360-repairs-should-always-have-the-option-of-a-coffin/ With all this talk of the Xbox 360's E74 error, and the continued presence of the RRoD, we are reminded of former Microsoft executive Peter Moore's request that we not focus on the Xbox's problems, but...
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    Namco Bandai now owns 95% of D3 Publisher

    http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/18/namco-bandai-now-owns-95-of-d3-publisher/ Namco Bandai has gobbled up 19,990 shares of D3 Publisher, giving them ownership of 95.02% of the company. Siliconera reports the house that Pacman built has purchased the majority of the company at a combined buyout...
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    Analyst: THQ has a 50-50 shot of going bankrupt

    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173046 Over the past few months THQ has had to deal with a number of cutbacks, from restructuring its wireless division to closing a number of internal studios, both of which contributed to the hundreds of layoffs the company has suffered. With a stock price...
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    Sony reorganizes business tactics. Big plans for the future.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/27/sony-reorganizes-divisions-has-big-plans-for-the-future/ Like two lovers caught in a seductive tango, chief executive Howard Stringer has taken the lead as president of Sony's electronics division, taking on a more intimate and hands-on role with the company's...
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    The most ridiculous lawsuit I've ever heard of.

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/NCsoft-Hit-with-Patent-Infringement-Lawsuit-101021.shtml First off, the reason I'm not putting this in the PC section is because I am not discussing a PC game, but rather a legal controversy surrounding it. This topic is about the lawsuit, not the game. Anyway...
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    "Free Radicial" was sold to Crytek! *update*

    http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/26/confirmed-free-radical-lays-off-140-for-sale-sign-posted/ The makers of HAZE, have to put their awesome suits away. Such a sad Holiday for them :(
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    PSP losing third parties support slowly

    http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/24/the-psp-losing-third-parties-and-loving-it/ OK, so maybe not "loving it," but it doesn't seem to be phased: Despite the emphatic urging of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida, it seems that third-party support for the PSP is continuing to dwindle. That said...
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