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Despite confirmation from previous publisher Vivendi Interactive, Ubisoft has apparently canceled the console versions of World in Conflict’s upcoming Soviet Assault expansion, reports CVG.

Ubisoft purchased WiC developer Massive Entertainment last November after the firm was inherited by Activision and subsequently put on the auction block. Until now, nothing had been said of World in Conflict’s console iteration by its new publisher.

Presumably this has no bearing on the PC release of Soviet Assault — a game that Ubisoft has recently confirmed plans to ship later this month.

Still, it should be seen as sad news for console strategy game fans. World in Conflict is one of the most inventive, cleverly polished and gorgeously rendered real-time strategy games of the last decade, even if it lacks the branding power of efforts from Blizzard or EA.

(GM) - This picture is issuing game schedule of GameStop – the biggest video game seller of the world has center in Grapevine, Texas. It’s not hard to realize Starcraft 2’s issuing on 2nd June. It means about 4 months later.

According to information of Blizzard, Starcraft II will be issued in the end of this year not June as announcement of GameStop. Blizzard hasn’t given any comment about this information. Besides Starcraft II, many famous games are decided issuing schedule.

If this information is exact or not, or because of printer’s mistake. Let’s expect.

Now here’s a subject that gets beat to death (pun intended). We hear about this from angry parents, the media, and certain disbarred Florida attorneys (looking at you Mr. Thompson). What about the gamers? How do the people who play the games feel about the violence in video games? Well, let’s see.

I talked to a few of my fellow gamers while writing this article, in order to attain an understanding of what the majority thinks. What I found is that it ranges from them being fine with it, to downright loving the blood and guts. No one seemed to be bothered by it at all, and why should they be? I wouldn’t consider gore or violence in games to be a problem either. I’d be willing to bet that 95% (if not more) of the people on the news who complain that violence is a serious problem in today’s gaming, are not gamers. These people are on the outside looking in, and therefore see things differently. This translates into other cultures as well. When two people from France greet each other by a kiss on each cheek regardless of what gender they are or what their sexual preference is, we as people from another culture look at this as being a bit strange. Do the people in France consider this strange? No, it’s just how they greet one another. There are a seemingly infinite number of examples of these, just think for a few minutes and you are bound to find an ample amount of your own examples.

Now I will admit some games do go a little overboard with the blood and guts (Nanobreaker for example), to the point of it being downright distracting. In my personal opinion, if the violence adds realism to the game, then that’s great. Isn’t that what most developers are attempting to do? Aren’t today’s video games about being as realistic as possible? Blood and violence are a part of reality, are they not? If someone shoots me in the head with a shotgun from about a foot away, there’s probably going to be a bit of a mess to clean up afterwards. Violence is reality; all you have to do is watch those same news shows that criticize gaming to see that. War is real, gang violence is real, rape is real, etc. So if developers want to release a game that realistically portrays the world that we live in, wouldn’t some of these things need to be present? So in that respect a certain realistic amount of gore and violence makes perfect sense to me.

Capcom’s latest promotion may not be as grisly as the headline makes it sound, but it’s certainly unique: To promote the March 13 launch of Resident Evil 5, the company is teaming with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive.

Gamers in the Los Angeles area are invited to drop by the World of Wonder gallery from 11AM to 5PM on launch day where Red Cross workers will be on hand to take your blood. In return, Capcom is offering donors “the chance to get exclusive limited-edition Resident Evil 5 Blood Drive collectibles, win copies of the game” and “enter a raffle for one of several exclusive red Xbox 360 Resident Evil limited edition consoles.”

If you’d like to participate, Capcom’s recommends reading the Red Cross’ guidelines on who is eligible to donate. Once you’ve established that your blood is viable, visit the Capcom Unity blog for full details and to schedule an appointment.

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