A post by Kyle Orland on his The Game Beat blog examines the practice of beta code giveaways, and why it's not necessarily a good thing for game journalist to be participating in. The beta codes in this case are for the Halo Reach Multiplayer beta.

His first point is that Microsoft or Bungie could have done this themselves, without the participation of the enthusiast press: Read More

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Hey everyone. I’m Tom O’Connor, and I’m working on Move Party (working title) for the upcoming PlayStation Move.

We debuted the game at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco back in March, and the response was awesome. Gamers are loving the augmented reality feature of the game. Seeing the PlayStation Move motion controller transform before your eyes into objects on-screen, actually in your hand, is a pretty magical experience. Not to mention, the game is a lot of fun and we’ve been working hard on getting all the extra content into an “Alpha” build — and we are there! We are playing the games again and again, and then some more … and then again, tweaking and balancing and making sure that we cram as much fun into each of the games as we can before launching in the fall.

The International Game Developer's Association (IGDA) issued a statement today condemning the censorship of video games, in a show of support to the industry in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to review Schwarzenegger v. Video Software Dealers Association, 08-1448 this fall. Read More

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The team at Tag Games is pleased that our first-ever PlayStation Minis game Car Jack Streets is now available from the PlayStation Store!

If you haven’t heard of the game before, it’s best described as an action, driving, and crime game. You play as Randal Meyers, a small-town crook that’s run up a million dollars in debt to the Mob…and they want it back! You need to do whatever you can to pay that debt back, or else you’re a dead man. Rob banks, steal cars, do jobs for the crime lords and even deliver pizza if you have to. Just make those payments on time, or else…