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Nintendo President Steps Down

posted onMay 24, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: kansascity

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Friday that Hiroshi Yamauchi, its president for 52 years who is credited with transforming the company into a global business, is stepping down and will be replaced by a software developer.
Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by Satoru Iwata, a 42-year-old software developer who joined Nintendo two years ago and previously developed game software for Nintendo machines, company spokesman Ken Toyoda said.

Xbox 'Emulator' Front For Online Money-Making Scam

posted onMay 10, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Security Focus

A new fraud by Internet scam artists attempts to tap into video game aficionados' burning desire to play Microsoft Xbox games on their personal computers.
An "Xbox emulator" currently being offered for free on the Web is actually a Trojan horse designed to covertly rack up money for its authors using pay-for-click and other schemes, malicious code experts said.

XBOX hacked!!!

posted onMay 7, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Headliner

According some anonymous sources we got through the news submit, it is possible to copy the games from Microsoft Xbox.

Playing games with free speech

posted onMay 6, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: SALON

A federal judge says computer games don't deserve First Amendment protection. His decision is wrong, stupid and dangerous.

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By Wagner James Au

May 6, 2002 | "[There is] no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to speech. The court finds that video games have more in common with board games and sports than they do with motion pictures."

-- U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr

Kick some bot in IBM alphaWorks Robocode Rumble

posted onMay 4, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Build the best. Destroy the rest. In the Robocode Rumble, you'll program a robotic battletank in Java for a fight to the finish. The game is designed to help you learn Java, and have fun doing it... from a simple 10-line robot to a very sophisticated, intelligent robot that destroys the competition!

PS2 Sales Reach 7 million

posted onApril 29, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: GameFaction

themaddonkey: Micro$oft will be happy. Heh heh gutted Gates

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have announced that it had sold over 7 million PlayStation2 computer entertainment systems to consumers in the territories served by SCEE.