mikesd81 writes “A manager at a GameStop has been suspended for instituting a ‘games for grades’ policy. ‘Brandon Scott says he started a unique new policy in his store to promote good grades in school but now his employer has sent him to detention for speaking out of turn. Scott says he’s been suspended by […]

Though Microsoft’s $10 million Halo 3 hype machine would have you believe otherwise, other games are actually coming out during September. Foremost on real-time strategy fans’ lists is World in Conflict, an alternate-history real-time strategy game depicting World War II between the US and the Soviet Union. Developed by Massive Entertainment (Ground Control), the game […]

Though Ubisoft’s headquarters is located in Paris, one of its most successful internal studios is halfway across the world in China. Opened in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai has been behind several critically acclaimed Tom Clancy titles, including Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and the PS3 version of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. The […]

Colin McRae, titular cover athlete of Codemasters’ long-running World Rally Championship series Colin McRae Rally, was involved in a fatal helicopter crash on Sunday. The 39-year-old rally car driver was killed, along with his 6-year-old son and two family friends, when the aircraft he was piloting crashed in a wooded area near his home […]

loserMcloser writes “Another Chinese man has died after spending three days in an internet cafe for an online gaming marathon session. He apparently fainted and died at the cafe from exhaustion. ‘The report did not say what the man, whose name was not given, was playing. The report said that about 100 other Web surfers […]