You have to love how vague this stuff is; to me, leaving off the ‘And they were playing a video game‘ part wouldn’t diminish the story at all.
A 15-year-old boy from Marble Falls is at Austin’s Brackenridge Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. [...]The boy was playing a video game with a friend when that friend loaded a gun and shot him in the head.
Police said the 13-year-old shooter is being held at the juvenile detention centre in Belton and is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The newspaper said the boys were playing a video game called “God of War”.
Hopefully this won’t lead to a media frenzy – news is sparse right now, but we’ll see how it continues to develop.
13-year-old shoots friend in the head [News 8 Austin]
What, buying Harmonix and hooking up with Jerry Bruckheimer aren’t enough for you, MTV, you’ve gotta go looking for more dev studios to buy-up? Fine. It’s your money. You do what you want with it. MTV Networks’ Mika Salmi has told MCV that while they’re deliriously happy with how the Harmonix deal’s worked out, it’s probably just the start of a long, serious move into games publishing:
This is one of those flyers that I wasn’t able to find much info on, but after checking it out I think you’ll understand why I featured it this week.
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core’s been a long time coming for Europe. Still going to be a while, actually, with the game not due to hit until much later this year. As a half-hearted compensatory offer, Square Enix are offering British customers a special edition of the title, which will come in a fancy box and include a 48-page art book. No word on whether continental Europe can expect the same deal. As for interested Britons, Eurogamer reckon the bundle will be the same price as the standard edition, but will only be available for pre-order customers, so if you’d fancy one best get your pre-purchase skates on sharpish. Crisis Core FFVII SE for UK [Eurogamer]