All posts tagged "video games"

  • A sales person helps a child try out a video game at a shop in Beijing, Monday, July 27, 2015. China is lifting its ban on sales of video game consoles to promote the industry and a new manufacturing zone in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    China lifting ban on sales of video game consoles

    BEIJING (AP) — China is lifting its ban on sales of video game consoles to promote the industry and a new manufacturing zone in Shanghai. Consoles produced in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone will automatically be approved for...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • Over 40,000 spectators attend the final match of the fourth League of Legends' World Championship at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Oct. 19, 2014. (Courtesy of Riot Games)
    5 video games chosen as official e-sport events in S. Korea

    By Baek Byung-yeul Five popular video games in Korea have been listed as official events for professional gaming competitions, according to the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSpa), video gaming’s governing body. The five games are “League of Legends,”...

    • Posted June 26, 2015
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    Reload Studios’ Taehoon Oh: From Call of Duty to Virtual Reality

    By Tae Hong The first time Taehoon Oh tried on a virtual reality headset, he was a lead artist with Infinity Ward, its prolific 10-year veteran weaponsmaker for “Call of Duty.” A coworker had brought in the...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • Over 40,000 spectators attend the final match of the fourth League of Legends' World Championship at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Oct. 19, 2014. The Korea e-Sports Association (KeSpa), the country's e-sports governing body, was officially recognized as a second-tier sport by the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) on Friday. (Courtesy of KeSpa)
    E-sports sets sights on Olympics

    By Baek Byung-yeul Video games may become an Olympic event in the near future. Korea’s competitive video gaming’s governing body, the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSpa), confirmed Friday that the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) has decided to label...

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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    A dangerous path

    Does the government want to control games or the Internet? By Kim Tong-hyung President Park Geun-hye’s party has been speechifying about tighter controls on video gaming habits. Prod a little more into its draft laws, however, and...

    • Posted November 25, 2013
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