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In recent weeks, AOL has been better known for shutting down operations than starting up new ones (what with Xdrive, AOL Pictures, and BlueString all going dark), but today the company has announced the launch of PlaySavvy.com, a site designed to help parents keep informed about the world of PC and console games…and what exactly their kids might be getting into when they buy an innocent-sounding title like Skull Grinder VII: The… Read More

News flash: Despite what you may have heard (e.g. game industry sales are up 54% year-to-date, PlayStation Home will r0x0r your world, etc.), truthfully, it’s been pretty slow lately in the interactive entertainment biz. Or rather, it has at retail, with software publishers loathe to ship next-generation titles which cost $15 million to make and must sell 500,000 copies on average to break even during this period, traditionally a slow… Read More