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Southington SOS cancels 'violent video game return'

This morning, a collection of representatives of Southington SOS came together for a press conference at Southington's town hall to officially cancel the event.

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aLucidMind4138d ago

Good, this even was completely retarded and ignored the real issue by punishing people taking part in a completely harmless hobby.

474138d ago (Edited 4138d ago )

Damn. I was planning on going to get rid of some M rated games i dont play any more. Amazon was only offering like 4 bux per title, these ppl were offering up 25 dollar gift cards to local eateries and what not. Sounded like an awesome deal to me.

Xklaw4138d ago

Ignorance is a dangerous thing.

Nevers0ft4138d ago

Apparently so are console games! It explains the need for rounded edges on Wii U disks - it stops us spazzing out and slashing peoples throats with them or using them as rudimentary Shuriken ;)

RFornillos44138d ago

perhaps they realized that their offer was way, way better than Amazon/GameStop -- at least the retailers get to re-sell it for a profit. or perhaps they felt that there are better ways of using the $25/game.

the article stated however that they will be "providing gift certificates to families who had 'the violent video games conversation with their children.'" -- now, i'm wondering how that "conversation" goes... "Son, violent games are bad for you (long pause)... Now where's my gift check?!?" -- or what if it turns out that the gift check's for GameStop.

AO1JMM4138d ago

Whats next? Books? Rap music CDs? Rock music CDs? lol

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Helldivers 2 dev acknowledges 'unfortunate' firing of community manager beloved by fans

An existing community manager for Helldivers 2 has acknowledged the 'unfortunate' departure of Spitz following the whole PSN fiasco.

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northpaws3h ago

From what I see on Reddit, a lot of fans also hate him... it is just a guy that like the stir shits up, it is not good for both the Arrowheads and the fans.

Michiel198926m ago

I think he just got fed up by people's complaining and accidentally spilled the beans

northpaws17m ago

Ya, but unfortunately that's the nature of the job, you can't get emotional, he represents the company.

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Xbox Studio Closures 'Eggs Broken to Make Omelet' Situation; Great Show Could Mostly Eclipse Anger

Wccftech discussed the recent Xbox news with MIDiA Research analyst Rhys Elliott, who pointed out that a strong upcoming Games Showcase could help a lot with fans.

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RaidenBlack9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I was hoping for something different from Coalition, not Gears 6 so soon.
Their expertise in UE development could've propelled them to try out other IPs using the new UE5.
But guess, given recent MS' state, Gears 6 was the 'safer' call for the studio. But still hope they venture other IPs or even other genres ... at least FPSs in future?

Alexious7h ago

Microsoft seems only interested in maximizing profits through its biggest IPs at this point.

Fishy Fingers4h ago

So soon? Its been 5 years since Gears 5, longest gap between games in the franchise.

XiNatsuDragnel9h ago

I was hoping for better but Microsoft being safe again....

MrDead5h ago

Why would people be less angry? If MS made it's own games instead of buying up what was already available then we wouldn't be in the situation that everyone is angry at.

MS is the problem.

miyoka4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Just forget what happened and keep supporting Microsoft!

SonyStyled2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Everybody pays for or uses MS in some form personally or professionally. If that’s considered supporting, it hasn’t been helping Xbox.

PRIMORDUS4h ago

Fuck MS and Phil. I already told that shit bag off on Twitter, if the dumb ass responds I highly doubt it, I will go off much worse. What a fucking disgrace MS and Phil are to the gaming community.

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Ratchet & Clank-Inspired Platformer Akimbot Announced for PS5, Xbox and PC

Akimbot is an upcoming sci-fi action-platformer that shows its inspiration from games of the past.

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Relientk773h ago

I love Ratchet & Clank so I will indeed be keeping an eye on this.

DivineHand1252h ago

Same. I am a big fan of the series and feel it is criminally underappreciated by the community at large.