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Things could get far worse for the gaming industry. People complaining about government regulation for videogames in America should look no further than Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox) has been withdrawn from sale after the Office of Film and Literature Classification revoked its … Read more

After yesterday’s depressing news for the Palm world, the Zodiac’s official death, today brought some bright news to Palm gamers all over the globe. Astraware, a leading publisher of Palm software, has partnered with Revolution Software to bring classic games to the handheld platform. Astraware and Revolution Software are excited to announce a new partnership … Read more

The Nintendo DS continues to be the handheld system of choice in Japan. For several weeks, dating back to the Nintendogs release of April, the DS has seen strings of #1. Nintendo continued to beat Sony’s PlayStation Portable this week with over double the market share. Game Boy Advance sales are also relatively strong. The … Read more

We are sorry to inform you that the Zodiac business was discontinued and service and support are no longer available as of July 25th 2005. Resources that may still be helpful to you can be found at http://www.tapwave.com/resources and http://www.tapwave.com/support. This includes links to websites where you can find a variety of useful tips and … Read more

CDV Software Entertainment announced today that Codename: Panzers, Phase Two, the sequel to CDV’s critically acclaimed WWII real-time strategy title, Codename: Panzers, Phase One, has shipped to US retail outlets. Codename: Panzers, Phase Two has players fighting as the Anglo-American Allies, the German-Italian Axis or the Yugoslavian resistance as they traverse the war-torn battlefields of … Read more

Nintendo reported a 78.5 percent decline in quarterly operating profit Thursday. Still, the company kept its forecast for a full-year profit increase of 3.1 percent. Nintendo is enjoying strong sales of its DS portable game machine, launched late last year, but sold 60 percent fewer GameCube consoles compared with a year earlier. The company was … Read more

Players can showcase their creative skills in one of the year’s most unique and entertaining games as Graffiti Kingdom for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system is now available in retail stores nationwide. Developed by TAITO Japan and published by HOT-B, Graffiti Kingdom is an Action / RPG like no other. Nominated for “Game of … Read more

GameFreaks365 has yet another giveaway for you! This time we are going to give a copy of Act of War for PC to one lucky person and because I’m feeling kind, I’ll even throw in an Act of War tshirt! All you’ve got to do is send your name in an email to [email protected] – … Read more

The successor to the GP32 has finally been announced. The GP32 was a powerful but unsuccessful rival to the GBA until somebody cracked the firmware. The fact that the device had a fast CPU and used SMC cards for storage lead to a very active community with a lot of homebrew development. It soon became … Read more

THQ is celebrating the success of it’s original property Destroy All Humans! as it teleports up the charts. Crypto, the most feared alien in the universe, has led THQ to new sales heights and has delivered above and beyond projected sales figures. Released on June 21st for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, Destroy … Read more

A woman upset that she bought the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox) for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide. Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in … Read more

Electronic Arts today announced that the development team at Hypnotix has joined EA’s Tiburon studio to develop action-oriented games, the first of which will be Arena Football, based on the Arena Football League license. Hypnotix is best known for developing the popular Outlaw Golf and Outlaw Volleyball series of games. The team has relocated from … Read more

From Quarterback Vision Control and Precision Passing to the new NFL Superstar Mode and the Truck Stick, Madden NFL 06 will revolutionize the way you play football. This year’s game is so groundbreaking and innovative EA Sports built a whole new web site to get you ready for the Madden experience. But beware — once … Read more

Game Freaks 365 would like to hear from our readers on the recent controversy involving Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox). The Hot Coffee mini-game has caused quite a stir in the gaming community, and has even gotten the attention of Congress. Please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Be sure to … Read more

Death Jr. fans rush to your local GameStop or EB today and put in your preorder for Death Jr (PlayStation Portable)! That’s the only way you’ll get your hands on the Limited Edition version of Death Jr. What do you get in this limited edition you ask? Well it’s a cornucopia of deathly goodness that … Read more

Electronic Arts announced today that model and actress, Josie Maran, will star in Need for Speed Most Wanted launching in November 2005. EA has created a new process that takes Hi-Definition footage of live actors and coverts them into synthetic-looking videogame characters. This revolutionary new process delivers never-before-seen character, motion and facial fidelity with seamless … Read more

Electronic Arts saw first quarter net revenue (March to June) come in at $365 million (we like that number), down 16% from 2004’s $432 million. Sales were driven by Medal of Honor: European Assault (Nintendo GCN, Sony PlayStation 2, and Xbox), and Battlefield 2 (PC). Both titles have reached platinum status with over one million … Read more

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive said Tuesday that the Federal Trade Commission was investigating advertising claims made about a blockbuster game pulled from major retailers last week because of hidden sex scenes. Take-Two said that it was cooperating with the FTC inquiry and believed it had acted “in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.” … Read more