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Singapore video games to carry ratings indicting violence, nudity
Singapore - Video games will carry ratings starting April 28 to help consumers and parents in particular make informed choices about what children play, Singapore's Board of Film Censors (BFC) said on Monday. The games will carry rating stickers sayi...

[Posted on : 2008-04-14 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Home leave - first impressions of the Sims 3
San Francisco - The fans have spoken and the creators of the Sims have heard. It's time for the Sims to get out of the house. Electronic Arts, which produces the Sims, has had its staff hard at work creating Sims 3, the next instalment of the wildly ...

[Posted on : 2008-04-13 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Government may tell German shops to switch off games consoles
Berlin - German authorities are reportedly mulling an appeal to electronics marts to turn off demonstration games consoles in the daytime because they are often a hangout for truants from school. The newspaper Welt am Sonntag quoted Udo Nagel, interi...

[Posted on : 2008-04-12 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Sims3 to offer more individuality and freedom
Cologne, Germany - The Sims is one of the most popular computer game series of all time. Sims 3, the next iteration of the series, is due to hit stores in 2009, according to Electronic Arts (EA), the game's publisher. Among the most important changes...

[Posted on : 2008-03-30 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Three out of every four German youths play video games
Allensbach, Germany - Three out of every four young Germans regularly play games on a console or personal computer, according to a study by the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research. Around 76 per cent of people aged 14 and 19 spend time g...

[Posted on : 2008-03-23 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Not necessarily free: checking out online games
Paris - Many a gamer heads to the store every few weeks to drop another 50 euros (77 dollars) for a new title. Upon returning home, the game gets played until it becomes boring. After that, the cycle starts again with another run to the store. But a ...

[Posted on : 2008-03-16 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Sony's PS3 beats Xbox 360 in US sales
San Francisco - US sales of video game hardware and software in February jumped 34 per cent to 1.33 billion dollars, as Sony's PlayStation 3 outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360 for the second month running. Both consoles still trailed far behind Nintendo's ...

[Posted on : 2008-03-14 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Waiting to start creating: Spore goes on sale in September
Cologne - Spore, an eagerly awaited computer game from Will Wright, the creator of the Sims, is in its final test phase and due to hit stores on September 5, according to publisher Electronic Arts. The game lets players combine strategy, design and a...

[Posted on : 2008-03-02 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

From fashion to time travel - new kids games have got it covered
Hamburg - Whether your child dreams of travelling through space and time, starting a career in fashion, riding horses or working on a farm, this season's computer games for children have something to offer everyone. Children can travel through world ...

[Posted on : 2008-02-24 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

Shooting blanks: Mac games remain a niche market
Heidelberg/Munich - Mac computers have long wowed computer aficionados with their superior graphics. Given those powerful graphics, it would seem that today's graphics heavy games would be a perfect match for a Mac. However, that's far from the case....

[Posted on : 2008-02-10 ] Category : [ Games (Technology) ]

 



 

 


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