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(Retro) game on Wanna spend a night shooting aliens, eating pac-dots or smashing your head against a brick in the hope of uncovering coins or a mushroom? Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2011-08-23 17:05:28

First look at 'Duke Nukem Forever' You wouldn't believe me if I said that I captured the Loch Ness Monster, or I've seen the alien corpses at Area 51, or I rode into work today on the back of a flying unicorn. But believe this: I have played Duke Nukem Forever. Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2011-08-08 20:23:22

New game stolen: Developers Two London video game developers have learned the hard way that the Internet is still like the Wild West. Newspaper: London Free Press Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2011-01-27 00:11:56

'Black Ops' debut sets sales record Activision Blizzard Inc said Thursday it sold about 5.6 million copies of "Call of Duty: Black Ops" for $360 million on its first day, setting a new record for the video game industry. Newspaper: Toronto Sun Region: Toronto and GTA Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-12-06 03:33:04

'Star Wars' repetitive, yet worth playing Unless you're independently wealthy or just extremely picky, chances are there are more great games out there than you have time to play. Newspaper: Toronto Sun Region: Toronto and GTA Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-12-06 03:33:04

Vegas disappoints, Rock Band 3 rocks If you're a big fan of a particular video game series, nothing's more irritating than a sequel that screws around with the fundamentals of the previous game just for the sake of being different. Newspaper: Toronto Sun Region: Toronto and GTA Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-12-06 03:33:04

Music-based video games losing fans DENVER - A fresh batch of music-based video games is hitting stores in the hopes of generating strong year-end holiday sales despite the difficult market for the once-booming gaming genre. Newspaper: Toronto Sun Region: Toronto and GTA Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-12-06 03:33:04

Nolan eyes 'Inception' video game Director Christopher Nolan is branching into the virtual world with a video game based on his sci-fi thriller Inception. Newspaper: Toronto Sun Region: Toronto and GTA Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-12-06 03:33:03

'Pilgrim' video game a delight Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game is a video game tied in with a just-released movie that's based on a series of graphic novels that pays homage to video games. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:13

'StarCraft II' worth the wait Blizzard Entertainment set the PC gaming world on fire when it released the original StarCraft more than 12 years ago. Considered the greatest real-time strategy game of all time to its legions of adoring fans, it's been a long wait for a sequel. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:13

‘Slapshot’ fun with friends I'm not one of those people who believes that hockey is somehow ingrained into our Canadian DNA. But I will say this... there is something intensely and inexplicably satisfying about rifling a puck off a hockey stick and into a net. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

Fall videogame preview Somehow, somewhere, the people who plan video game release dates finally clued in to what gamers have been saying for years: dumping a whole whack of huge game releases in the last few months of the year doesn't do anyone any good. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

‘Mafia II’ in need of espresso From The Godfather to Goodfellas to The Sopranos, a romanticized version of the Mafia has been fertile fodder for TV and movies for years. So why not video games? What genre of entertainment is better suited to guns, gangsters, crime and corruption than games? Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

'Medal of Honor' title stirs controversy British Defence Secretary Liam Fox says he's "disgusted" by a "shocking" game that allows players to pretend to kill British soldiers in Afghanistan. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

'Call of Duty: Black Ops' targets Russia It's an ironic fact of life that success tends to smother creativity. Whether it's a series of books, films or video games, once you have a couple of hits on your hands, the temptation is strong to pump out only slight variations on the formula to keep the paying customers happy. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

Acer's Predator a monster machine I'm not a fan of so-called unboxing videos, in which people film themselves taking some brand new gadget out of the package for the first time. But man, I wish I'd had a camera running when I opened up the mammoth box containing the new Acer Aspire Predator gaming PC. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

Canada overtakes UK in video-game innovation Ontario has become a hub for video-game development and its large talent pool, sound economy and regulation have helped push Canada ahead of the U.K. in gaming innovation, according to the Ontario Technology Corridor. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:12

Dawson College Massacre game sparks complaint A graphic video game that allows users to recreate Dawson College gunman Kimveer Gill’s deadly rampage sparked a heated online debate Wednesday about art, free speech and good taste, as Montreal police try to persuade a U.S.-based gaming site to delete the program. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:11

Shooter games help decision making SYDNEY - Violent video games like "Call of Duty" can help trigger-happy players make decisions faster in real life, according to a study released on Wednesday. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:11

Most parents would support violent video game ban: poll A new poll suggests 72% of parents support a ban on the sale of violent video games to minors, but the the video game industry says other polls show different. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:11

‘Halo’ buzz at fever pitch If offices and schools seem a bit barren today, it's because there's a virulent bug keeping people at home. Call it Halo Fever. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:11

Halo ends with a bang With a bang, not a whimper. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:11

True fans will love ‘Dead Rising 2’ Space aliens come and go, Second World War Nazis wax and wane, but zombies? When it comes to video game foes, zombies never die. Well, in a manner of speaking. Being as they're already dead. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:11

'Wii Party' an odd addition You know what would be amazing? A party game for the Wii! Why hasn't anyone thought of that before? Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:10

'Civilization V' highly addictive Games like Civilization V ought to come with warning labels. I don't mean the Entertainment Software Rating Board letter grades that advise parents about adult content in games, and which said parents ignore and buy Nazi Zombie Disemboweller for Little Johnny anyway. And then complain about how violent it is when they see him playing. Newspaper: Ottawa Sun Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: Video Games Date: 2010-10-22 01:56:10

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