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Chinese Government Wants To Ban Video Game Commercials On Kids’ TV
2Video games in China have long had a bad rep, so it’s no wonder that the newest revision to commercial advertising regulations in China features video games. The only problem with these new regulations: they’re targeting something that, at this time, doesn’t really exist.
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Lawsuit Seeks To Stop New Duke Nukem Game Teased By Original Studio
The studio that spent 12 years unable to finish Duke Nukem Forever and the one that finally did in 2011 are back in court again, this time over a Duke Nukem game for PC and PlayStation that was teased earlier this month.
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Indie Creator Of CandySwipe Fumes Over Candy Crush Saga Trademark Move
The maker of a little-known match-3 game involving candy pieces says he’s being steamrollered by the scorched-earth trademark strategy of the casual gaming powerhouse Candy Crush Saga, despite the fact his game and its name are two years older.
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Judge Throws Out $US11 Million Award To Madden’s Original Programmer
A US federal judge threw out a jury’s award of $US11 million to the programmer of the original John Madden Football, saying there was no evidence Electronic Arts copied his work for use in future editions of the game without paying royalties to which he would be entitled.