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Florida Attorney General Looking into Wii Version of Manhunt 2

Is Manhunt 2 worse on the Wii?  GamePolitics has confirmed via multiple sources that Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (R) has expressed concern over the impending release of Rockstar’s controversial game on Nintendo’s next-gen console. For McCollum, the issue seems to be the use of the Wii’s motion-sensitive controller. It is widely anticipated that players will be required to simulate slashing, [...] more

NY Lawmakers Argued Over Video Game Bill But Never Came to Blows, Says Report

In yesterday’s coverage, GamePolitics picked up on a Statewide News Service report which said that a pair of New York legislators nearly came to blows while debating violent video game legislation. However, a source who attended the hearing in Albany quickly informed GP that the SNS report was overstated and we made that fact known in an update. The [...] more

Major Layoffs Hit SCEA

Between 80 and 100 SCEA employees paid the price yesterday for the PlayStation 3’s mediocre sales performance. As reported by Kotaku, the layoffs came as a complete surprise. Affected employees were asked to turn in their keys and I.D. cards and escorted from the company’s Foster City headquarters. It was left to spokesman Dave Karraker to [...] more