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Is Square Enix Slowly Leaving Japan Behind?

November 19th, 2008 by Jamin Smith

Square Enix’s president and CEO John Yamamoto speaks of plans to branch outside of Japan, and we take a look at what this means for the company as a whole. Are they slowly abandoning the Eastern mindset?

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Want a Job in Game Development? Head to Canada

November 19th, 2008 by Justin Fuhr

That’s right, who knew Canada was a hotbed for aspiring game designers. According to a recent study from the Canadian firm SECOR-Taktik, Quebec employs around 4,400 game designers.
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Spoilers? The New ESRB Rules Ruining Your Games

November 17th, 2008 by Jamin Smith

Under fire from parents and politicians, the ESRB has put into place new rules to provide longer and more detailed content descriptors of up to hundreds of words long. The one problem? They may spoil the game for you.

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RUMOR: EA Sports Season Pass Floated; Could Provide Big Savings

November 17th, 2008 by Chris Selogy

We’ve received a tip from an unnamed source that a rumored potential deal may be in the works between EA and GameStop to offer consumers a special deal called the EA Sports Season Pass. Originating from a survey regarding the purchases of sports games, a particular image was sent to us about this deal offering consumers the chance to pay $20 upfront and receive the privilege to save 33% off of many of the upcoming EA Sports games, which would almost pay off the price of the Season Pass with just one purchase.

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