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Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008 
…Capcom’s marketing team in the US is super-stoked that everyone is getting what we’re doing with the box art (including the Japanese dev team) and I promise you that we’ll have some t-shirts of this beauty available for purchase soon! – Capcom Unity Blog
I’m definitely going to have to get one of those shirts when they come out. It’s just too old-school fantastic to pass up.
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-Justin
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008
U.S. District Judge Ron Clark in Lufkin, Texas, rejected Nintendo’s request for a new trial in the case won by closely held Anascape Ltd. of Tyler, Texas. He said that he would stop sales of the Wii Classic Controller, WaveBird controller and Nintendo GameCube. His ban will be put on hold while Nintendo appeals the verdict to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, according to Anascape lawyer Doug Cawley.
The judge, scheduled to issue his ban order tomorrow, said Nintendo will have to post a bond or put royalties in an escrow account to avoid the halt, said Cawley, of McKool Smith in Dallas. The opinion denying a new trial was issued July 18, the same day as the hearing on Anascape’s request for an order blocking sales of products found to infringe its patent.
“Nintendo was already planning to appeal this case to the Federal Circuit court,” Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta said in an e-mailed statement. “The recent ruling by the trial court does not impact that decision.”
I’m not even going to pretend that I understand exactly how Anascape claims Nintendo infringed upon their patent, but this whole thing strikes me as being absurd. The entire video game industry has taken ideas from each other for as long as I can remember and Nintendo in particular has had more than just a few their ideas show up on the non-Nintendo systems.
This case seems to revolve around the use of the analog stick and rumble on a controller. As far as I know both of those things first showed up on the Nintendo 64. The GameCube and classic controllers seem to be a natural evolution of that. In my mind this totally eliminates the idea that Nintendo stole the idea for their controllers from someone else.
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-Justin
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008 Includes Reforms to Protect Children and Adults in Residential Care and “Jonathan’s Law” Extension
A New Law Will Protect Children by Automatically Revoking Teaching Certificates from Educators Convicted of Sex Crimes
New Law Will Expand Access to Civil Orders of Protection to Victims of Abuse
Governor David A. Paterson signed a package of bills, many of which are focused on public safety and protecting the rights of New York residents. Among the more than three dozen bills signed into law by Governor Paterson, some will enhance protections for children and adults in residential care, revoke teaching certificates for educators who are convicted of sex crimes and ensure the State will explore the negative effects of violent video games.
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Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008 Microsoft has detailed its official plans for the forthcoming XNA-based Xbox Live Community Games initiative, saying hobbyist and newcomer developers will be able to sell games on the service for 200 to 800 Microsoft Points and receive 70 percent of the title’s revenues.
The 70 / 30 split is going to be very attractive to existing and new developers. This is just the sort of thing that needs to be done in order to bring in fresh talent into the industry.
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-Justin
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008 
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Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008
Posted by Justin, on July 22nd, 2008 New deal includes top titles and franchises like Company of Heroes
ATLANTA – July 22, 2008 – GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., announced today a long-term partnership with THQ Inc. that includes worldwide subscription play and digital download rights for a wide selection of the publisher’s games for Windows PC. Additionally under the new agreement, some THQ games will also be made available for free play on GameTap’s ad-supported website www.gametap.com.
“We are excited to be adding THQ’s roster of top content to GameTap,” said Ricardo Sanchez, vice president of content and creative director for GameTap. “With this new deal, subscribers and website visitors will enjoy great games from THQ, including Company of Heroes and Red Faction.”
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