From Gameswire.net: Hot on the heels of the tenuous linking of Far Cry 2 to the recent shootings in the German town of Winnenden, comes a call to ban violent games from the CDU in Brandenburg.
CDU Acting chairperson, Sven Petke wants a full ban on violent games, as well as a ban on the online play of such titles. According to Petke ISPs should be responsible for policing their networks. He had this to say:
"These sorry efforts deserve to be banned."
"The time for excuses is over. We need corresponding web-filters, that are operated by internet providers."
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
well, i want a ban on all politicians.
Young people become violent because of things like this. Not because of videogames
wrong headline
its not politicianS
its only this moron petke.
ignore and move on.
"Lower Saxony’s Social Minister Mechthild Ross-Luttmann is now pushing for a change in the way such so-called addictive games are classified - she wants them restricted to adults only"
Gotta love that one, how do you classify if a game is addictive or not lol!!
My suggested ratings. :)
Addition ratings:
Low-level: Warning, this game MAY be addictive
Mid-Level: Warning, this game IS addictive
High-Level: Warning, this game is EXTREMELY addictive and you will most likely lose friends and not see daylight again.