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Khloe Kardashian is shutting down today's rumor that the late Robert Kardashian is not her biological father. The youngest of the Kardashian three went ballistic on Twitter today, hacking away at any suggestion that she's anything but ...
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The new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer has only been out 48 hours, but already one UK newspaper is kicking up a fuss because there's an attack on an underground train in the video and ...
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Er, wow. This close-to-the-bone advert for Kaos Studios and THQ's Homefront has been appearing recently on YouTube in Australia, where it's already terrified a fair few users with its claim that North Korea has attacked an unnamed ...
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Fox News just guffed out another piece of nonsensical pish about videogames, this time attacking Bulletstorm (the latest game from Gears of War maker Epic) and interviewing a psychologist who claims sexual content in videogames results in ...
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In what is becoming International Blame Videogames For Everything Day, sections of the Russian media have linked Monday's terrorist attack at Domodedovo airport in Moscow to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The 2009 shooter famously featured a ...
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Germany will soon be indulging in its third favorite pastime, after munching bratwurst and thrashing England in World Cups - overbearing videogame censorship! Next up on the cutting-room floor is Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest ...
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If you've read a story about Medal of Honor over the past few months, chances are it had something to do with the inclusion of playable Taliban fighters.
The storm of controversy around this design decision has provided ...
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UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox has stated that stores should refuse to stock the forthcoming Medal of Honor (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) because the game allows players to kill British troops as the Taliban.
The first-person shooter is ...
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Like a bunch of abusive spouses, some self-labeled conservatives are having a moment of love for the constitution they mercilessly battered for most of the 2000s so far, with the grandstanding release of something called the "Mount ...
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Because Christians and their belief in an invisible sky man must never, ever, ever be offended, forthcoming EA game Dante's Inferno will have its motto - "Go to Hell" - censored when a commercial for the game ...
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While some sponsors dropped Tiger Woods soon after news of his various affairs broke, others have stuck around. Game publisher EA has stood by the stricken golfer, first with a resolute statement of support on December 3, ...
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[UPDATE: Turns out this story came from a dodgy translation, and that Modern Warfare 2 has not been banned in Russia after all. Activision clarified the matter with VG247, stating, "Reports that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ...
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New footage of Nintendo's Mario and Luigi assaulting a cab driver has sent shockwaves through the Mushroom Kingdom.
Or, to be more accurate (if I must), a pair of scumbags dressed as the Nintendo duo beat up and ...
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A German magazine has accused mega-publisher Ubisoft of denying it a review copy of Assassin's Creed II because the mag couldn't guarantee a positive review.
On the cover of the latest issue of Computer Bild Spiele, a headline ...
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Adverts for the notorious "free to play" strategy title Evony are ubiquitous and tacky. We already know this. We know that Evony's makers use images of scantily-clad females in their adverts, cut from stock photos, to market ...
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Brace yourselves for the mother of all media shitstorms, folks. But first, if you want to avoid spoilers regarding Modern Warfare 2, then stop reading ... NOW.
Still here? Good, then I'll start.
Earlier today, a gameplay video of ...
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If there's one thing people have been talking about in the build-up to Dante's Inferno ... it's not Dante's Inferno.
Whether it's the Twittersphere venting about EA's "objectification" of women, or EA mailing replica severed hands to the ...
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Remember the fuss kicked up over Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero 5?
The late Nirvana frontman's avatar could be used to 'perform' any song in the popular music game, leading to numerous YouTube videos depicting Cobain singing ...
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We've all been there: our internet connection slows down, and suddenly we're off doing some murdering. Tsch. Us gamers just can't seem to help it.
That is, if you believe Sweden's Metro newspaper. According to the Scandinavian rag, ...
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[Update: Seems this wasn't actually sanctioned by Sony, after all. A sheepish BBDO has admitted that it sent the advert - a "mock campaign" - to festivals without Sony's permission. Read more here.]
Sony has never been too shy about ...
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In an attempt to not "offend" customers, a Bank of America branch in South Carolina has managed to drive some high-yield ones away.
A branch manager at a Gaffney location ordered the removal of several small American flags ...
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80% of the American public support the public option... but when you think about it, who's really supporting it? Other than 80% of the American public?
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