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Preloaded creative director Phil Stuart on how games can be used in the health industry
Read More »Game artbook seeks submissions to raise money for ill Blizzard staffer
Proceeds from volume of fan art to go to Blizzard artist and his fight against rare cancer
Read More »Creative Assembly immortalises brave cancer sufferer
Likeness of fan will appear in developer's upcoming RTS game Total War: Rome II
Read More »Street Fighter producer steps down temporarily
Popular Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono says he will be ‘out of the limelight for a while’ following his hospitalisation. Ono was admitted to hospital last week after his physical condition "heavily deteriorated" during a game promotion tour across Asia. "I’ll be out of the limelight as fighting game series …
Read More »US bill wants cigarette-style warnings on game cases
An astonishing new bill proposed in the US argues that video games should carry similar warning labels to those found on cigarettes. TheHill.com reports that The Violence in Video Games Labelling Act is a reaction to what the two members say is increasing evidence that playing violent games can have …
Read More »Doctors say 3DS is safe for kids
US doctors say there is nothing wrong with young children playing the 3DS, despite a health warning issued by Nintendo. The American Optometric Association even suggests that it could be positive for children under six years old to play the handheld gaming console. The group says if kids can’t view …
Read More »Toddlers warned off 3DS
Gamers aged six and under have been advised to avoid the 3D functionality of Nintendo’s upcoming new handheld the 3DS according to a health disclaimer posted on the company’s Japanese website. The platform holder says that "looking at 3D images for a long period of time could have an adverse …
Read More »Now games are blamed for bad teeth
Ahead of the inevitable ‘games give you cancer’ headlines that are surely just around the corner, the latest ill pinned on video games is the accusation that they can give you bad teeth. Specifically, Kotaku reports that a study by the University of Iowa has linked playing games regularly to …
Read More »WHO blames games for obesity
A new study by the World Health Organisation has named video games as one of the major drivers behind the growing global challenge that is childhood obesity. The report says that one third of kids across the world are now classified as obese, blaming what is describes as a sedentary …
Read More »Fitness chain turns to Wii
A retail campaign entitled ‘We know fit….we know fun’ will be launched today in selected outlets, with a full roll-out planned for the spring. Staff have been trained in the art of Wii Fit games. But getting Nintendo on board has been a long slog for the Colorado-based company, which …
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