Thirty-eight percent of gamers are female, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, sourced by CNN technology. According to the ESA, girl gamers spend 7.4 hours a week playing games, in-between hiding every television remote and moaning that we've left the toilet seat up. Studies and sales data have shown that women are more likely to play casual handheld games such as Nintendo DS titles, along with "social games" ...
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25 Feb 2008

Harrison quits Sony... for Atari?

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Sony has announced that Phil Harrison will resign from his position as president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios on February 29. ...

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22 Feb 2008

EA: Metacritic rating a 'very big deal'

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In a meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA head John Riccitello has lashed out at the company's average metacritic score, which last year dropped from 77 to 72. "There is nothing acceptable about that," Riccitiello says. "Our core game titles are accurately measured and summarized by these assessments, and that is a very big deal." ...
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7 Feb 2008

Mature-rated games declining rapidly

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) says that the percentage of Mature-rated games released halved from 2005 to 2007.In a winter newsletter, Patricia Vance, president of the ESRB, said that the amount of Mature-rated titles is declining each year despite the fact that more and more games are being released."The ESRB also had the biggest year ever in 2007, having assigned 1,563 ratings, a 22% increase over the prior year. And, as ...
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6 Feb 2008

The new look GamesRadar is HERE!

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

Welcome to the new look GamesRadar. Firstly, and most importantly, we hope you like it. The entire GamesRadar team has worked extremely hard to deliver this redesign and we hope you'll agree it's a massive leap forward for the site. ...
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1 Feb 2008

The End of Games: 2007

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

We've compiled a group of 22 endings of games from last year and paired them with our professional quality breakdown, so that you dont have to bother actually playing the game to figure out what's going on. After all, now that it's 2008 you shouldn't be spending time going back to play through last year's games (youve got more important things to do). In case you missed an ending or two, you can now cheat and watch them here. Don't think about how you're ruining the entire experience of ...
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1 Feb 2008

E-rated games that are evil

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

Censors exist to protect vulnerable youngling minds. They are upstanding guardians fighting valiantly to keep unsavoury adult gametertainment away from innocent little Johnny and Jane Couch Potato. And, generally, they do sterling work. Virtual re-enactments of murder, foul-language, filthy dirty sex and other such heinous stains on humanity's under-gusset are correctly branded as suitable only for a mature audience. An audience that is righteous and incorruptible. But sometimes ...
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31 Jan 2008

Visit Paris, Hawaii, and the Moon

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

Sometimes planning a vacation feels like too much work. Even if you manage to score enough time off, finagle a passport and find affordable deals for your flight and lodgings, theres still a good chance that youll get screwed by delays, lost luggage, overbooked rooms and locals with a powerful disdain for your loud Hawaiian shirts. While nothing can replace the thrill of visiting famous sites and learning about them via overpriced headset tour guides, weve noticed that some games have done an ...
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29 Jan 2008

DVDstruction: 5 horrific monsters in HD

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

By now, youve probably seen the motion sickness-meets-whale/parasite monster hype machine, Cloverfield. And like us, youre probably still scouring internet forums feeding off bare morsels of factoids like that radio transmission you have to play backwards. Its probably ‘cause we cant get enough of giant monsters wrecking your shit. We started thinking of more tantrums of gargantuan proportions and came up with five of the most heinous nasties that look the best in 1080p. These arent in ...
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28 Jan 2008

The Top 7... Damsels You DON'T Want to Save

PS2 News | PlayStation 2

You know the formula. A pure-hearted beauty falls into the evil grasp of some snarling, spitting, mustache-twirling megalomaniac. A noble hero, driven by honor, courage and - let's face it - hormones, rushes to her aid. A brief kiss ensues and, before you can say sequel, the hapless lady has stumbled into imminent danger all over again. Tale as old as time... classic "damsel in distress." Except sometimes, the damsel isn't worth the damn trouble. ...
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