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Iran’s Growing Nintendo Scene Pins Hopes On Smash Ultimate
In the early hours of March 9th, 2018, Amir Badvipour, a university student and admin of the fan-run group Nintendo Iran, watched a new Nintendo Direct on his laptop. His closest gaming friends, all locals of Tehran, Iran, had stayed up to watch as well. With each new reveal and game update they shot messages…
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US Game Developer Sentenced To 10 Years Gaol In Iran
Briefly: Amir Hekmati, US born one-time game developer jailed in Iran since 2011 for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has been given a 10-year prison term following a secret retrial which took place in December. He had originally been sentenced to death, a ruling overturned in 2012.
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Female League Of Legends Characters Banned At Iranian Tournament
League of Legends’ female characters wear revealing outfits — too revealing for Iranian hardliners. And thus too revealing for an Iranian eSports tournament. According to Iran’s World Cyber Games Facebook page (via LoL Forums), the tournament has banned female League of Legends characters. They were banned to comply with Iranian customs.
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America Scared Of Iran’s Video Games, Says Iran
Iran’s mastery of the Unity engine may not have gotten the attention of the United Nations Security Council, but games like Gando (pictured above) sure have spooked ‘Murica, according to Iranian government sources quoted in a report published by Iran.