ESRB adds summaries to ratings

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126152/ESRB 20mod_qjgenth.jpg?634779 rel=lightbox[article126152] title=Manhunt 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126152/ESRB 20mod.jpg 3F634779 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=Manhunt - Image 1 title=Manhunt - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126152/ESRB 20mod_qjgenth.jpg?634779 align=right border=0/aJust in case parents don’t understand what Adults Only, 18 means, the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/esrb/2337 id=tag title=Entertainment Software Rating BoardESRB/a has helpfully decided to add ratings summaries to the existing ratings system.brbrAccording to the ESRB, their research shows that parents do regularly check a game’s rating before buying it for their children. brbrDespite this, many under-aged gamers are still getting their hands on games better left for older, less impressionable minds. Naturally, the ESRB concludes that parents just don’t quite understand exactly what the ratings mean.brbrTo remedy this, new rating summaries, which provide exclusive and unprecedented insight into the nature of the content that triggered a given rating assignment, will be added in addition to the existing ratings info. The summaries will be searchable via their website.brbrIf you detect an undertone of sarcasm in this article, I do apologize. It’s easy for me to criticize the ESRB for a making a plan that will obviously not prevent parents from spoiling their kids rotten. Irresponsible parents will still be irresponsible parents and I suppose there’s really not much else the ESRB can do about that. At least this way, people will have one less excuse when their kids steal a car span style=font-style: italic;GTA/span-style.brbrWith the Christmas season around the corner and game sales expected to skyrocket, I guess every little bit helps.brbrPS. No, I’d rather not get into the argument on whether or not violent games will cause little kids to rampage the streets, guns blazing. If you must know, I’m actually in the that’s hogwash camp, but I also recognize that I’m no psychologist, hence I tend to listen to the game’s rating on the box unless I know better.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related Articles/span:brullia title=Jack Thompson is back, criticizes ESRB over Fallout 3 trailer pullout href=http://www.qj.net/Jack-Thompson-is-back-criticizes-ESRB-over-Fallout-3-trailer-pullout/pg/49/aid/125618span style=font-style: italic;Jack Thompson is back, criticizes ESRB over Fallout 3 trailer pullout/span/a/lilispan style=font-style: italic;a title=Four big names on four gaming issues: sex, violence, content ratings, and gaming design href=http://www.qj.net/Four-big-names-on-four-gaming-issues-sex-violence-content-ratings-and-gaming-design/pg/49/aid/125373Four big names on four gaming issues: sex, violence, content ratings, and gaming design/abr/span/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=qxmbunimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=qxmbun border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/451148130 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/451148130/126152 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

PS3 keypad officially coming first week of December

brpFiled under: a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 3/a/pdiv align=centera href=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6201088.htmlimg width=490 vspace=4 hspace=0 height=274 border=0 align=top alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/ps3wirelesskeypadmain.jpg //abr //div Even though we’ve pretty much a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/27/ps3-keypad-listed-at-49-99-on-amazon-com/unofficially known/a since August, Sony’s VP of Sales, Ian Jackson, a href=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6201088.htmlconfirmed/a that the PS3 keypad will make its way to retail during the first week of December. The peripheral is currently listed for the rather strikeoutrageous/strike disagreeable price of $50.br /div class=postgallerypstrongGallery: a href=/photos/ps3-wireless-keypad/PS3 Wireless Keypad/a/strong/pa href=/photos/ps3-wireless-keypad/988560/ class=gallerythumbnailimg src=http://www.blogcdn.comwww.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/ps3-keypad-2_thumbnail.jpg alt= title= //aa href=/photos/ps3-wireless-keypad/988559/ class=gallerythumbnailimg src=http://www.blogcdn.comwww.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/ps3-keypad-1_thumbnail.jpg alt= title= //a/divp style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/ps3-keypad-officially-coming-first-week-of-december/PS3 keypad officially coming first week of December/a originally appeared on a href=http://www.joystiq.comJoystiq/a on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:30:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms for use of feeds/a./pp style=clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;nbsp;/ppa href=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6201088.htmlRead/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/ps3-keypad-officially-coming-first-week-of-december/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1372454/ title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/14/ps3-keypad-officially-coming-first-week-of-december/#comments title=View reader comments on this entryComments/a/p pa href=http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TQXnrd8jI547ls8Cy4LPyMJHYyM/aimg src=http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TQXnrd8jI547ls8Cy4LPyMJHYyM/i border=0 ismap=true/img/a/pdiv class=feedflare a href=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=LLoA3D9dimg src=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=LLoA3D9d border=0/img/a a href=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=cWWubzmIimg src=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=cWWubzmI border=0/img/a /divimg src=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~4/I5QAMXWSjDY height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/I5QAMXWSjDY/’Source [joystiq]/abr

Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 27 - Nov 2: Impossible math edition

brpFiled under: a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ds/ rel=tagNintendo DS/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/psp/ rel=tagSony PSP/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/wii/ rel=tagNintendo Wii/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft Xbox 360/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/ rel=tagBusiness/a/pdiv align=centerimg hspace=0 border=1 vspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/gam_divbyzero_490.jpg alt= /br //div We were certain that the release of Nintendo’s new shutterbug handheld, the DSi, would have a rather volatile effect on the Japanese hardware sales numbers this week — and as the dastardly text-skippers among you already know, we were quite correct. The usual suspects played a thrilling round of Musical Chairs, bringing about a comeback for the PS3, and a return to the bottom rung for the Xbox 360. The [Source: a href=http://www.m-create.com/ranking/Media Create/a] text is glad you’re back, 360. It missed you terribly.br /br /The big news of the week, however, was the DSi, which sold like strikehotcakes/strike Pocky to Japanese gamers, who reportedly can’t go a month without buying some iteration of the DS without developing delirium tremens. Unfortunately, my a href=http://www.joystiq.com/bloggers/ludwig-kietzmannpredecessor in the ways of the Japanese hardware sales/a failed to warn me about the caution required when adding a new system to the weekly chart. When typing in the DSi’s sales figures into my trusty Excel spreadsheet, my computer attempted to discern the percentage of change between last week and this week’s sales, divided by zero, then imploded my office.br /br /Don’t fret, dear readers — I’m fine, though I’ll likely lose the damage deposit on my apartment. The fate of my computer, however, is still up in the air. My theoretical mathematics professor seems to think that my laptop might been sucked into a self-sustaining space-time vortex, sending it hurtling on a Bill-and-Ted-esque journey through history. This is, of course, empreposterous/em.br / br /Oh, hey. Thomas Jefferson just added me as a friend on Facebook.br /br /strong- DSi: 171,925 [/strongstrongNew Entry!]/strongbr /- PSP: 50,358 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg alt= / 10,109 (16.72%)br /- PS3: 39,587 img hspace=4 border=0 vspace=0 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg alt= / 35,656 (907.05%) br /- Wii: 23,123 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg alt= / 1,169 (4.81%)br /- DS Lite: 16,369 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg alt= / 6,596 (28.72%) br /- PS2: 6,714 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg alt= / 248 (3.56%)br /- Xbox 360: 6,119 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg alt= / 1,725 (21.99%)br /br /[Source: a href=http://www.m-create.com/ranking/Media Create/a]br / br / strongSee: /stronga href=http://www.joystiq.com/tag/japanesehardwaresales style=The imploding archives/ap style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/09/japanese-hardware-sales-oct-27-nov-2-impossible-math-editio/Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 27 - Nov 2: Impossible math edition/a originally appeared on a href=http://www.joystiq.comJoystiq/a on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:30:00 EST. 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Guitar Hero to be sold in Music Instrument stores across UK

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125983/guitar 20dude_qjgenth.jpg?431404 rel=lightbox[article125983] title=Guitar 20Hero 20Guy 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125983/guitar 20dude.jpg 3F431404 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=Guitar Hero Guy - Image 1 title=Guitar Hero Guy - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125983/guitar 20dude_qjgenth.jpg?431404 align=right border=0/aIt was bound to happen sooner or later. It’s a commonly accepted phenomenon that span style=font-style: italic;Guitar Hero/span and games like it have a habit of inspiring gamers to take up the real thing.brbrI’ve been known to pluck unconvincingly on my brother’s guitar after successfully conquering Cliffs of Dover on Expert so I know this trend firsthand. I’m sure you people who’ve tried the game have similar experiences.brbrIt seems the music instrument distribution industry has finally caught wind to this and is using it to its advantage. Active Music Distribution and a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/activision-blizzard/14851 id=tag title=result of merge between Activision and Vivendi GamesActivision Blizzard/a entered an agreement that will see span style=font-style: italic;Guitar Her/span sold in musical instrument stores across the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/uk/4320 id=tag title=United KingdomUK/a. Took them long enough. I’ve had teenagers suggest this idea to me.brbrThe obvious benefit for the music stores is that they can net those who are either too intimidated or apathetic to bother learning a conventional instrument and weening them on the videogame version first. In theory, this will get them interested to try the real thing… that’s when the sell you their regular stock.brbrActivision Blizzard’s Lee Worsely mentions in his statement concerning the partnership agreement:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;By offering incentives with purchases of span style=font-style: italic;Guitar Hero/span, such as a free lesson or a discount on their first instrument purchase, stores can keep these customers. At the same time they can appeal to existing customers willing to make this purchase for themselves or their family./pbrBottom line - more customers, strong retention value, profit.brbrspan id=iTxtspan id=iTxtspan style=font-style: italic;Guitar Hero: World Tour/span (a title=Activision’s Guitar Hero 4 Xbox 360 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Guitar-Hero-4/cid/5064Xbox 360/a, PS2, a title=Activision’s Guitar Hero 4 PlayStation 3 href=http://ps3.qj.net/category/Guitar-Hero-4/cid/5062PS3/a, and a title=Activision’s Guitar Hero 4 Wii href=http://wii.qj.net/category/Guitar-Hero-4/cid/5065Wii/a)/span/span is coming out on November 14 in the UK so be sure to check your local game retail stores OR local musical instrument stores on that day. Rock on, guys.brbr/hornsbrbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related Guitar Hero Articles:/spanbrullia title=No more rocking out to Mario and Zelda on Guitar Hero: World Tour href=http://xbox360.qj.net/No-more-rocking-out-to-Mario-and-Zelda-on-Guitar-Hero-World-Tour/pg/49/aid/125934span style=font-style: italic;No more rocking out to Mario and Zelda on Guitar Hero: World Tour/span/a/lilispan style=font-style: italic;a title=Guitar Heidi: World Tour TV spot answers quot;Heidi Klum: lace or silk?quot; href=http://xbox360.qj.net/Guitar-Heidi-World-Tour-TV-spot-answers-Heidi-Klum-lace-or-silk-/pg/49/aid/125874Guitar Heidi: World Tour TV spot answers Heidi Klum: lace or silk?/abr/span/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=RwtrZQimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=RwtrZQ border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/445918724 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/445918724/125983 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Gamers would welcome in-game ad exposure for cheaper games

brA study conducted by a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/frank-n–magid-associates/13861 id=tag title=analyst firmFrank N. Magid Associates/a found that gamers are willing to welcome in-game ad exposure in exchange for price cuts in games. We’ve already seen a lot of these in games, especially sportswear in titles such as span style=font-style: italic;NBA Live/span.brbrGamers were found to be receptive to the idea. After all, 60 bucks take a lot of wind from your gaming sails. In fact, only 20 said that they would be less likely to purchase a game at half the price but with more ads. 31 said it won’t make a difference. 15 said they’d be much more likely to do so, while 28 said they’d be somewhat likely.brbrEven more gamers showed favor for the idea if the games were free, but bombarded with ads. 29 were much more likely and 24 were somewhat likely. Again, quite a large group (25 ) said it won’t matter, and only 15 said it would make purchases less likely.brbrp style=text-align: center;a href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125945/FNM 20chart1_qjgenth.jpg?880962 rel=lightbox[article125945] title=Charts 20from 20Frank 20N. 20Magid 20Associates 2C 20Inc. 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125945/FNM 20chart1.jpg 3F880962 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin: 3px; alt=Charts from Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc. - Image 1 title=Charts from Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc. - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125945/FNM 20chart1_qjgenth.jpg?880962 align= border=0/anbsp;a href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125945/FNM 20chart2_qjgenth.jpg?263676 rel=lightbox[article125945] title=Charts 20from 20Frank 20N. 20Magid 20Associates 2C 20Inc. 20- 20Image 202 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125945/FNM 20chart2.jpg 3F263676 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin: 3px; alt=Charts from Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc. - Image 2 title=Charts from Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc. - Image 2 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125945/FNM 20chart2_qjgenth.jpg?263676 align= border=0/anbsp;brbr/pI really won’t mind seeing a Starbucks shop on every block in span style=font-style: italic;GTA/span if the price would be halved. I would even think it adds realism to the game. Heck, it‘d even be funny if a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/coca-cola/3739 id=tag title=a carbonated drinkCoca Cola/a asks Niko Bellic to smoke a Pepsi guy, then you get a a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/coke/2306 id=tag title=Coke/a Trophy. I won’t mind Snake wearing a McDonald’s camo (if it can be called a camo at all), either.brbrBut for pete’s sake,nbsp; publishers shouldn’t go as far as span style=font-style: italic;Tekken /spanmoves being called Quaker Oats cholesterol-free stomp or RPGs getting Coca-Cola Swords, Jolly Rancher fruit bombs, and especially Verizon Wireless Fireballs. Hell no. A LittleBigMac is out of the question.brbrAmount of ads vs. game pricing should be balanced. Publishers would do well to regulate ad volume and appropriateness when it comes to advertising. There are also times when we’d rather pay to get those ads off. Tastefulness and moderation is key.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:br/spanullia href=http://www.qj.net/The-politics-of-in-game-advertisements/pg/49/aid/108801span title=The politics of in-game advertisements style=font-style: italic;The politics of in-game advertisements/span/a/lilispan title=The politics of in-game advertisements style=font-style: italic;a href=http://www.qj.net/Sony-to-open-up-PS3-in-game-ads-coming-to-PS3-games/pg/49/aid/114585span title=In-game ads coming to PS3 games style=font-style: italic;Sony to open up PS3, in-game ads coming to PS3 games/span/a/span/lilispan title=The politics of in-game advertisements style=font-style: italic;span title=In-game ads coming to PS3 games style=font-style: italic;a href=http://www.qj.net/Nolan-Bushnell-says-typical-in-game-ads-do-not-work/pg/49/aid/119264span title=Typical in-game ads do not work style=font-style: italic;Nolan Bushnell says typical in-game ads do not work/span/abr/span/span/li/ulspan style=font-weight: bold;/spanbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=CRutYoimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=CRutYo border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/445084813 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/445084813/125945 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

FEAR 2: Project Origin going digital over Steam, Direct2Drive

brpFiled under: a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/ rel=tagPC/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/firstpersonshooters/ rel=tagFirst Person Shooters/a/pdiv align=centerimg border=1 alt= vspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/10/ca_loki-image238_top.jpg //div Alma just won’t be contained in a box. Warner Bros. sent word that the a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/08/name-change-f-e-a-r-2-project-origin/recently renamed/a emF.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin/em will be released over both Valve’s a href=http://www.joystiq.com/tag/steamSteam/a and IGN’s a href=http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Direct2DriveDirect2Drive/a digital distribution services on February 10, 2009. br /br /If that date sounds familiar, it’s the same day the survival horror FPS will scare up PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 retail shelves as well. Just think, now you won’t even have to leave your home to get creeped out by Monolith’s spooky tiny girl. br /br /[Via press release]p style=padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;a href=http://www.joystiq.comimg src=http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif alt=Joystiq style=float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0; //aa href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/27/fear-2-project-origin-going-digital-over-steam-direct2drive/FEAR 2: Project Origin going digital over Steam, Direct2Drive/a originally appeared on a href=http://www.joystiq.comJoystiq/a on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:45:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms for use of feeds/a.br style=clear:both;/pp style=clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;nbsp;/ppa href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/27/fear-2-project-origin-going-digital-over-steam-direct2drive/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1354473/ title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=amp;fc=1amp;url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/27/fear-2-project-origin-going-digital-over-steam-direct2drive/ title=Linking BlogsLinkingnbsp;Blogs/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/27/fear-2-project-origin-going-digital-over-steam-direct2drive/#comments title=View reader comments on this entryComments/a/pdiv class=feedflare a href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=I14pmimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=I14pm border=0/img/a a href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=wwGHmimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=wwGHm border=0/img/a /divimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~4/434211468 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/434211468/’Source [joystiq]/abr

EA clarifies forums ban, says forums and games access are separate

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125663/EA_logo_psd_qjpreviewth.jpg?877553 rel=lightbox[article125663] title=EA 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125663/EA_logo_psd.jpg 3F877553 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; width: 180px; height: 131px; alt=EA - Image 1 title=EA - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125663/EA_logo_psd_qjpreviewth.jpg?877553 align=right border=0/aIt was merely a misunderstanding, says a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/electronic-arts/784 id=tag title=Game Developer and PublisherElectronic Arts/a (EA), regarding the EA forum moderator’s threat that gamers could get banned from playing EA games for improper forum behavior.brbrThey corrected that the forum and the access to games are different so it doesn’t necessarily mean if you’re banned from the forums then you’re banned from the games.nbsp; brbrSo to those who are turning red from anger, cool down guys and dunk your heads in a bucket of ice cold water.nbsp; EA further explained:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; Players can be banned if they breach the Terms of Service or Code of Conduct in a forum, game or service. Each forum, game and service is managed independently by customer support representatives responsible for that specific forum, game or service./pbrJust like span style=font-style: italic;Spore/span’s issue earlier this year, users were threatened to be banned from the game if they discussed controversial a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/drm/596 id=tag title=Any technology used to protect the interests of owners of content and services (such as copyright owners).DRM/a’s title news on its official forums.nbsp; So now it is not all that bad because we learned something and that is to work on communication skills to avoid misunderstandings.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;br style=font-weight: bold;span style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:/spanbrul style=font-style: italic;lia title=EA submits second info request from FTC about Take-Two acquisition href=http://www.qj.net/EA-submits-second-info-request-from-FTC-about-Take-Two-acquisition/pg/49/aid/118394EA submits second info request from FTC about Take-Two acquisition/a/lilia title=EA acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic completed href=http://www.qj.net/EA-acquisition-of-BioWare-and-Pandemic-completed/pg/49/aid/111166EA acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic completed/a/li/ulbr style=font-style: italic;brbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=BGZELtimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=BGZELt border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/437720771 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/437720771/125663 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Details for Gamestation’s Quantum of Solace Special Edition

brp style=text-align: center;img alt=Quantum of Solace - Image 1 title=Quantum of Solace - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125452/quantum-of-solace-top.png?005632 style=cursor: pointer; align=br/pbrSince a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/james-bond/3503 id=tag title=James Bond/a is the distinctly British brainchild of a British author, it’s only fitting that gamers in the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/uk/4320 id=tag title=United KingdomUK/a gets some special stuff to commemorate the release of span style=font-style: italic;Quantum of Solace/span (a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Quantum-of-Solace/cid/5190 title=Quantum of Solace Xbox 360Xbox 360/a, a href=http://ps3.qj.net/category/Quantum-of-Solace/cid/5188 title=Quantum of Solace PS3PS3/a, a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/ps2/2464 id=tag title=PlayStation 2, second console in the PlayStation series by Sony.PS2/a, a href=http://ds.qj.net/category/Quantum-of-Solace/cid/5187 title=Quantum of Solace DSDS/a, a href=http://wii.qj.net/category/Quantum-of-Solace/cid/5189 title=Quantum of Solace WiiWii/a, and PC), the latest 007 video game.brbrThat’s exactly what Gamestation is bringing to UK gamers via their special span style=font-style: italic;Quantum of Solace/span Collector’s Edition. Here’s what you’ll get:brbrp style=margin-left: 40px;span style=font-weight: bold;Xbox 360 Collector’s Edition:/spanbr/pul style=margin-left: 40px;liCollectible 007 Metallic