The Microsoft Xbox Series X and Sony PlayStation 5 are here ( assuming you can get one ), and so is the price hike on triple-A video games that the industry has been threatening consumers with for more than a decade.
Big titles will now cost $70, up from $60. Some aggressively dedicated fans have said that this is fine, even long overdue. In reality, it's the latest cash grab from an industry that has proved to be cartoonishly greedy, even to its own detriment.
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Pandemic brings renewed interest in classic video games
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A massive collection of rare and retro video games – going all the way back to the 1970s – can be found right in St. Petersburg .
M&M Video Games is a gamer’s paradise and claims to be the largest retro video game store in the U.S. with more than 40,000 games. They buy, sell, and trade all titles, from Atari to Xbox.
"We have the biggest Playstation 2 selection you will ever find," said Gregg Lonkey, a co-owner of the store. "You can hold me to that."
CRIME STOPPERS: Man wanted after 10+ video games stolen from Moline Walmart
MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - Police need your help identifying a suspect after multiple video games were stolen from the Walmart in Moline.
Officials with Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities say on January 9 the suspect entered the store, picked up seven video games, hid them in his coat and went to the family restroom.
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Then on January 11, police say he was seen entering the store again and stole eight more video games.
EU Commission Fines Gaming Platform, Valve, and Five PC Video Game Publishers €8 Million For
A key findings of the E- Commerce Report was the increase in the number of restrictions which manufacturers were putting in place to divide up markets within the EU (usually on the basis of national boundaries). These restrictions included restrictions such as not delivering outside a certain territory or redirecting orders to a customer’s own country or refusing to take payment on credit cards outside the territory in which the website was based.
The Valve case had very different facts and was part of a coordinated pattern of behaviour between two or more undertakings to partition the single market through geo-blocking restrictions. In this case there was a network of agreements between the owner of a gaming platform, Valve, and the Publishers which could be investigated under Article 101(1) TFEU. The Commission took early steps to start this investigation in the aftermath of its E Commerce Inquiry.
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Professional video-gamer, 25, hangs up controller over thumb injury
A professional video-gamer aged just 25 is hanging up his controller and has announced his retirement, due to a thumb injury.
American Thomas Paparatto who goes by the name "ZooMaa," was known for competing in "Call of Duty" — a best-selling warfare game series — and said in a heartfelt note Thursday that he would bow out for the "foreseeable future" due to a wrist and thumb injury.
"It breaks my heart to step away from a game I put my heart and soul into every single day for eight years," he said in a statement posted on Twitter.
White Sox' Tim Anderson featured on cover of video game - Chicago Sun-Times
Tim Anderson is the first White Sox to be featured on the cover of the popular baseball video game R.B.I. Baseball 21.
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Major League Baseball made the announcement Thursday, making Anderson the first White Sox to be featured on the cover of the popular baseball video game.
Cover athletes for R.B.I. Baseball since 2015 include Mookie Betts, Alex Bregman, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Francisco Lindor, Anthony Rizzo, Corey Seager and Christian Yelich.
The best presidents in video games - The Washington Post
Presidents in video games don't serve the public, they serve the game. If presidents are often thought of as figureheads for a political party, video game presidents are stand-ins for many different functions. Most often, they're figures of authority and order. Sometimes, they're dudes in distress who needs rescuing. All the time, they're a bit goofy and not at all representative of how presidents actually behave.
More function than human, Mr. President isn't exactly the American president, but he is the commander in chief of the United Federation, which I guess is the "Sonic" equivalent of America, mostly because he also resides in the White House.
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