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Recently, the game industry has disappointingly decided to take a page from the embattled music industry when dealing with the ever present issue of piracy. Game developers consisting of Atari, Codemasters, Topware Interactive, Reality Pump and Techland will reportedly serve notice to 25,000 UK residents who are suspected of illegally bootlegging games.

Every August means a new Madden. And every new Madden means a chance to see some of the wackiest glitches that next-gen gaming has to offer.

The one featured in this video tops them all. You could say it's...haunting.

The demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released today. You can find the 905 megabyte demo in the marketplace on your Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Traveling from nearly 30 countries and six continents, more than 400 players ages 6 to 62 competed for the chance to be crowned the best Pokémon players in the world this weekend in Orlando, Florida.  Hosted by Pokémon USA, Inc., the worldwide leader in trading card games and video games, the 2008 Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) World Championships and Pokémon Video Game Showdown gave the Pokémon TCG and video game players from around the world a chance to show they were the best.  Both championship events emphasized the skill, strategy, creativity and fun involved in playing the Pokémon TCG and video games.

From MC Hammer to metal, Spore fans have brought sexy back like never before with the Spore Creature Creator Dance Off Contest. The contest, currently running on the Spore channel on YouTube, has been a huge success with nearly 2,400 entries - the biggest contest YouTube has ever had!

Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs.  Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.

During a press conference at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Electronic Arts Inc.  today announced the all-star ensemble cast featured in this holiday’s highly anticipated real-time strategy video game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3.  Starring in the Command & Conquer franchise’s trademark live-action movie sequences, the diverse group includes a host of award-winning actors, action stars, science fiction legends, up-and-coming starlets from around the globe and even mixed martial artists.

Now, I don't like babies, as a rule, but this one's got some rad parents. I know that forcing your infant into cosplay is on a par with humiliating your pet with a halloween costume, but there are magenta pants here, people! I can't stress that enough. Look at him, all oblivious to everything. By the time he grows up, Katamari Damacy will be long forgotten (or milked all to hell by Namco).

RPG fans rejoice! According to IGN, one of the most beloved role playing games in the history of gaming, Chrono Trigger, is gearing up for a sweet re-release. On November 25th Square Enix will allow gamers to again take control of Crono and friends, though this time around it will be on Nintendo's hand held system the DS.

First MTV got slapped in the face (but it's MTV so I'm actually okay with that). Then they went after peer-to-peer networks (not okay with that). Then they hunted the internet. Every single time - "they" won. "They" being the music industry. The internet community hasn't been too pleased with the vindictive war music companies have been waging - but it's their right.

But now they're pushing the limit. Video Games. It's not that they've been using the music illegally. It's not even that they've broken any sort of pre-existing contract. This time it's all about the Benjamins. Money. Pure and simple.

Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman says ""The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small."