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Microsoft's Patent Uses Camera To Police Entertainment Content Licenses

Microsoft has apparently filed for a patent that uses a camera device to determine how many people are watching a given piece of entertainment to make sure the consumer isn't abusing the license they...

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GTA: Vice City Temporarily Pulled from Steam

Rockstar Games was forced to pull Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from Steam, according to reports from The Sixth Axis and Cinema Blend.read more

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South Park Assets May Not Be Part of THQ Auction Today

While THQ is going through an auction today to decide what happens with its various assets, one of those asset partners says that it is not part of the deal. Filing a formal complaint with the U.S....

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Report: Take-Two Secures WWE License, Plans First Release This Fall

ESPN is reporting that Take-Two Interactive has signed an exclusive five-year deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to create and publish WWE-based wrestling games. The new WWE-based games will fall...

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Slitherine Secures Warhammer 40K License for Upcoming Strategy Title

Indie strategy developer and publisher Slitherine has signed a licensing deal with Games Workshop to develop a new strategy title set in the popular Warhammer 40,000 universe. While Slitherine says...

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Mojang Inks Global Minecraft Toy Deal with Jazwares

Mojang has inked a deal with North American toy maker Jazwares to produce a line of action figures, plush, and papercraft items based on the ultra-popular Minecraft game franchise. The new deal covers...

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Netflix Removing Over 1700 Titles This Month

It looks like Netflix is about to take a chainsaw to its catalog of content, according to information collected by content cataloguing site InstantWatcher. With several licensees set to expire, Netflix...

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Report: EA Will No Longer License Brands From Gun Manufacturers

Electronic Arts had decided that it will no longer "officially" license specific models of guns from gun manufacturers, according to this Reuters report. EA will continue to use various gun designs...

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Former EA Producer: NCAA Games Designed to Replicate Players Without Using...

A former EA Sports producer says that the NCAA games developed by EA Sports over the years were designed to replicate actual players without using their names. This is according to a deposition given...

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Beyonce Settles Lawsuit with Game Developer Gate Five

Singer Beyonce Knowles has settled a lawsuit with videogame company Gate Five. The $100 million lawsuit alleged that the singer backed out of a deal to create a dance video game called Starpower:...

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The Powell Group Signs Licensing Partnership with IDW Publishing

The Powell Group has inked a licensing partnership with IDW Publishing, America's fourth-largest comics publisher. The company will serve as the primary liaison between licensees in the video games...

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EA: We Will Continue to Make College Football Games

On the heels of yesterday's announcement that the NCAA would end its licensing agreement with EA Sports - which is set to expire in June of next year - EA has assured fans that its NCAA college...

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Law Firm Representing Former College Athletes Comments on NCAA's Decision to...

Attorney Steve Berman has issued a brief statement on the NCAA's decision to let its licensing agreement with EA expire next year. Berman is the managing partner of law firm Hagens Berman and co-lead...

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Six Current College Players Join Lawsuit Against NCAA and EA

Six current college football players have been added as plaintiffs to the anti-trust lawsuit that claims the NCAA owes billions of dollars to former players for allowing their likenesses to be used...

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More College Sports Organizations Walk Away from EA

The Big Ten, Pacific-12, and Southeastern conferences will no longer allow EA Sports to use their respective league logos in the company's college football video games. The organizations join the NCAA,...

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Top Connecticut Lawmaker Urges Industry to End Licensing Deals with Gun...

Connecticut Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) has sent a letter to top executives at the ESA, Activision Blizzard, Take-Two Interactive, and Valve urging them to end the practice of...

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LEGO Challenges Skylanders and Disney Infinity with LEGO Minifigures Online

It looks like LEGO is going to get into the toy-game crossover business established by Activision's Skylanders and adapted by Disney's Disney Infinity game with a game of its own. Luckily for both...

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EA Ends Partnership With Tiger Woods

Electronic Arts announced via its official blog this morning that it is ending its long-standing partnership with pro golfer Tiger Woods. The company said that the split was a mutual decision between...

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Report: Tiger Woods Already in Talks with Unnamed Video Game Company

While EA Sports has announced that it has broken its long-time relationship with golfing sensation Tiger Woods, it looks like Woods may already be talking to other game companies about putting his name...

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Warhammer Online Shuts Down

EA Mythic's Warhammer licensed MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning was shut down last night after the license held by EA Mythic from Games Workshop expired. Former Warhammer Online producer Josh...

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