In the ongoing fight against free speech, New York Governor David Paterson signed a law today on videogame violence. The law makes it a requirement for consoles to have parental controls and for game boxes to carry age restriction labels. Great job, dumbasses — all that stuff is already being done. Read more…

After supposedly stating in an interview that the Mass Effect trilogy would be exclusive to the Xbox 360, BioWare reps claim that CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka, in fact, never uttered those words. Read more…

Peter Moore, the latest to be assimilated.

Every time EA pops up in the news, there is always this negative vibe that goes along with it.  It’s not fair, I say.  Yes, EA is a giant corporation that only cares about how much money they can make… but that isn’t any different than any other company out there, video game or otherwise.  People complain that EA is a monopoly, or that they’re soon going to be, and their power leads to a lack of innovation in the video game industry.  I say, it’s not their fault, it’s yours. Read more…

Color me surprised.  According to women’s fitness magazine Oxygen (which I totally do not have a subscription to), playing videogames burns 50% more calories in a hour than “athletic” sex does.  And that’s not including the Wii or Dance Dance Revolution — I’m talking just regular ol’ sitting-on-your-ass-tapping-buttons videogames. Read more…

Drummania and Guitar Freaks — totally different from Rock Band.

Konami has filed a lawsuit against Harmonix, MTV Networks, and their parent company Viacom over alleged infringement in the Rock Band videogame.

Konami is claiming that Rock Band violates patents it filed way back in 2002 and 2003 that cover simulated musical instruments and a “musical-rhythm matching game”. Read more…