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CBT seeks "enable [addicts to control] their behaviour"
Read More »Researchers believe they’ve identified treatment for video game addiction
THQ Nordic acquires German studio Piranha Bytes and the IPs Gothic, Risen, and ELEX
"There are situations in life where you think to yourself 'This feels right'"
Read More »Devcom developer conference ‘reassigns’ organisers to ‘better utilise the huge potential of the conference’
"Our aim will be to make Devcom the most important meeting point of the European and international developers’ scene"
Read More »TwitchCon is coming to Europe next year
"TwitchCon was created to celebrate and inspire everyone who plays a role in the Twitch community"
Read More »German stance on Nazi iconography in games softens
Titles featuring Nazi imagery will be considered by ratings board
Read More »Ubisoft Berlin will open in early 2018 to help develop Far Cry games
Istvan Tajnay will move from Ubisoft Blue Byte to take up the position of Studio Manager
Read More »Chancellor Merkel opens gamescom 2017
German Chanceller speaks to jounalists and invited guests as Europe's biggest games show opens its doors
Read More »German Chancellor Angela Merkel to open Gamescom 2017
This is the first time a German Chancellor has opened the event.
Read More »Half-Life finally gets an unedited German release
Almost 20 years after its original release, German gamers can now legally play an unedited version of Valve’s Half-Life for the first time. Polygon reports that the game has finally been removed from Germany’s ‘list of objectionable media’, which is compiled and managed by the Federal Review Board for Media …
Read More »Germany’s Red Faction ban to be lifted after 13 years
THQ shooter Red Faction will this year be available in Germany for the first time since its release in 2001. Red Faction was originally placed on Germany’s ‘index’ of potentially harmful media in 2003 due to its then graphic 3D depiction of violence. Even a resubmitted version, stripped of all …
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