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The Embracer Games Archive Wants To Preserve Video Game Industry History, But Can’t Say How Much The Public Will Be Able To Access
Fresh from its acquisition of quite a bit of Square Enix IP, Embracer Group has announced it has founded a program aimed at video game preservation.
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Extreme Skier Killed In Avalanche While Filming For Ubisoft Game
Pro skier Matilda Rapaport has been killed in Chile while shooting footage for Ubisoft’s upcoming sports game Steep.
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World’s Biggest LAN Party Had Over 22,000 Computers, Looked Awesome
Over the weekend, Dreamhack Winter went down. Beginning in 1994 with a couple of Swedish dudes who rented out a school hall to play some video games, it’s now the world’s biggest LAN party, bringing over 25,000 PC gamers together in the one spot for some games, music, cosplay and sweating.
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Gun Smuggler Uses Xbox 360s To Import Illegal Weapons Into Australia
Joseph Bunger, 34, faces up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling firearms internationally, with the parts hidden inside Xbox 360 consoles. He was arrested last year after Australian customs opened one of the consoles he’d shipped from the US to find “a 9mm pistol, gun parts and two empty magazines”.