Daily entertainment news covering Manhunt 2 en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/28/game_review_grand_theft_auto_iv_ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:24:16 EST Entertainment News 85751@http://www.starpulse.com/news Eight hours into ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' (Rockstar Games, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99), I've stolen 17 cars, run over 20 people and killed another 15 (some of whom had it coming). I've shaken down a couple of store owners and beaten up an old lady. I've driven while drunk and, perhaps worse, while talking on a cell phone.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/25/electronic_arts_pursues_2_billion_buyout Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:24:13 EST Entertainment News 79038@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. on Monday urged the publisher of ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' to quickly accept its unsolicited $2 billion takeover bid, saying it's only a matter of time before it declares ''game over'' and pulls its premium offer.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/15/video_game_news_xbox_live_is_5_years_old Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:53:14 EST Entertainment News 68031@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -LIVE WITHOUT A NET: Since its launch, Microsoft's Xbox Live has redefined console gaming. Whether I'm playing ''Halo 3,'' ''Madden NFL'' or ''Catan,'' or downloading pictures, game demos or ''Looney Tunes'' shorts, I spend far more time on Xbox Live than on the competing online services from Nintendo and Sony.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/06/video_game_reviews_they_re_gory_but_are_ Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:15:05 EST Entertainment News 67544@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gory movies such as ''30 Days of Night'' and ''Saw IV'' come and go without much of a fuss. Directors Martin Scorsese and Joel and Ethan Coen can throw buckets of fake blood across the screen. But when video-game companies indulge in graphic violence, watchdogs go ballistic.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/06/week_in_video_game_news_rockstar_gets_ha Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:48:54 EST Entertainment News 67539@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -BLOODY MESS: The initial version of ''Manhunt 2'' was gory enough to earn an ''adults only'' warning from the panel that rates video games. So publisher Rockstar Games blurred out enough of the nasty bits to get the rating lowered to ''mature,'' which is how the game ended up on store shelves last week.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/09/toned_down_version_of_manhunt_2_video_ga Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:42:14 EST Entertainment News 62968@http://www.starpulse.com/news British regulators on Monday banned a toned-down version of the violent video game ''Manhunt 2,'' saying the changes didn't go far enough to alter the game's ''bleakness and callousness of tone.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/08/week_in_video_game_news_grand_theft_auto Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:46:19 EST Entertainment News 55091@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -STALLED AUTO: Rockstar Games, the whipping boy of video-game violence watchdogs, has taken a pretty rough beating over the last year or so. Its ''Manhunt 2'' was, essentially, banned. ''Table Tennis'' and ''Bully'' games didn't exactly burn up the sales charts. Thank goodness ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is right around the corner.

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