http://www.computerandvideogames.com/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS Providing the latest Game Boy Advance news, previews, reviews, features, tips and cheats for UK gamers en-gn Copyright 2007 Future Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:24:28 +0100 Eden v2.0 http://backend.userland.com/rss 600,000 vote this week. Let's do more!.
We've got more goodies to give away though for whoever casts the 700,000 vote.

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Wii has outsold PS3 and Xbox 360 combined over the last 12 months, while sales of DS make those of PSP look like a drop in the ocean.

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The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 777.68 points (6.98 percent) on Tuesday, its biggest one-day fall in history, while the NASDAQ composite index fell 199.61 (9.14 percent), reports GameSpot.

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The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) will target cyber-bullying, self-harm websites, pornography and violent videogames, The Guardian reports.

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With an eye on the growing videogame market - and the vast volume of sites and blogs that cover the industry's every move - Edge publisher Future has launched GamerBlips.com, a comprehensive news and information site aimed at providing a fresh look at PC and videogame news, previews and reviews as they break.

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The great prize giveaway continues via the Golden Joystick Awards website this week with N96 handsets up for grabs.

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PC Gamer's massive LAN event is almost underway. Those crazy guys have filled the National Agriculture Centre at Stoneleigh Park with a 500 BYOC LAN for multiple tournaments and they'll be giving away huge prizes and offering up a hands-on with new games.

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The Golden Joystick Awards ceremony will be the funniest ever this year. Fact. Frankie Boyle is hosting the show, and he's funny as f**k.

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Think you know your way around the big wide web? Well, now you get your chance to prove it! As part of this year's Golden Joystick Awards, together with Virgin Media, we've set out to find the fastest clicker in town.

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Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association director general Paul Jackson has told attendees at a fringe event at the UK Labour Party conference that PEGI is the only system with the power to protect children online and offline, and expressed his opposition to proposed plans to extend the BBFC's remit for rating games.

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Two boys are charged with killing a woman during a robbery in which they aimed to steal and Xbox.

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Last week Capcom said in a shareholder report that from now on it will develop all titles for multiple platforms, sparking (admittedly overactive) fears that Wii could be left out.

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In the midst of all this recent CVG redesign frenzy, it's been easy to let other happenings slip by, but we passed a bit of a milestone recently on the Golden Joysticks, with the half millionth vote registered as we count down to the big ceremony in October.



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Capcom is abandoning the idea of platform exclusives and has pledged all future titles to be multiplatform, in an effort to get more rich.

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The first Gizmondo may have belly flopped like a drunken elephant over a cliff, but that hasn't stopped the making of the follow-up.

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We've got 250 pairs of tickets to the PC Gamer Showdown LAN gaming event. Bag yourself a pair inside.

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Looks a bit different doesn't it? While Gav and the team have been ploughing away on the news for the past months, CVG's tech and design team has been beavering away in the background, working extremely hard to make the new site which you see before you today.



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Simon Fox told The Sun that he expects music to account for just a quarter of HMV's sales in the near future, while videogames, which currently account for 19 percent of total sales, are forecast to grow rapidly.

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You've probably been following this year's Golden Joysticks closely but did you know that you too could be part of this year's show by entering Channel 4's Grand Master Flash competition and competing for a cool five grand into the bargain?



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Lorne Lanning, creator of the Oddword series and co-founder of Oddworld Inhabitants, has suggested that the latest consoles are "a step backwards" for the industry because of the difficulty and expense of development.

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In an interview featured in the latest issue of men's magazine Esquire, former Xbox 360 top man Peter Moore recalls how he once lost his cool and said "F*** you!" to Sega dev and Sonic creator, Yuji Naka. The boardroom bust-up happened as the Dreamcast's fortunes were plummeting in the face of competition from PlayStation 2.

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A new trailer for Hollywood's live-action adaptation of Max Pain, starring Mark Walberg, has surfaced.

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A new portable dubbed "by far the most powerful handheld in the world" has been confirmed for a 2008 release in UK by its makers.



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Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii topped the German and Swedish software charts during the week ended August 24, while Wii Fit held onto the No1 spot in Spain.

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The Sun newspaper's doctor claims that young males are spending too much time playing videogames at the expense of keeping fit and healthy.

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