Ignition Entertainment's Florida studio is stepping into the next-gen arena and it has a "ground-breaking FPS" inbound. To make the development process as smooth as possible, they licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for the effort. More details after the jump.

It's still far from the end of the road for Jack Thompson: apparently, the Florida lawyer walked out of his recent disciplinary hearing after filing his own formal objections to the sanctions hearing. The result? An enhanced disbarment recommendation that may result in barring Thompson from practicing law for ten years. More details in the full article.

Activist lawyer Jack Thompson has been on the case of violent games and their developers for years now, and he's provoked the ire of gamers time and again. We're looking back at some of the most memorable quotes he's ever dropped, and we've chosen the twenty best out of them all. See the full list of Jack Thompson's most memorable quotes right after the jump!

Jack Thompson, Miami-based attorney and anti-gaming advocate, has just been sanctioned by the Florida Supreme Court. The order issued states that the lawyer will not be able to file anything with the Court, unless he has another lawyer with good standing to do it for him. Check out all the details in the full article, as well as what the Court has to say about Jack.

Jack Thompson is at it again, and this time he has his eye on the recent shoot out that occurred at North Illinois University earlier today. In an interview with Fox News, he presented the same arguments as with previous campus massacres and other violent incidents, pinning the blame once again on violent video games. You can read more about what Jack Thompson had to say, as well as the video interview in the full article after the jump.

A two-month survey conducted by the National Institute on Media and Family (NIMF) involving 60 retailers in the U.S. show that 46% of retailers sell M-rated video games to teens. The East County Youth Coalition and other youth groups are now requesting retailers to provide employees with proper training and separate M-rated titles from other games.

More on this at the full article!

Anti-video games advocate and lawyer Jack Thompson has said that he will be present at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) for another round of debate. This was mentioned in a motion Thompson filed with the U.S. District Court in Florida.

Details about the debate are still hazy. So far, nobody from the GDC has confirmed whether or not Thompson's statements are true.

In light of the tragic ride-by killing of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, U.K. Conservative David Cameron cited and spoke out against various cultural influences - one of which is violent videogames - to be responsible for such abhorrent behavior among today's youth. The part of his rather lengthy speech about videogames, verbatim:

What has become of our society when we have this spate of children killing children? It means understanding and acting on that age-old maxim that it takes a village to raise a child. It means retailers stopping the sale of alcohol to young teenagers.

It means music companies, media companies, games manufacturers, not just thinking, ‘What is my social responsibility as a company in terms of the projects I support and the charities I back, good and important as they are’, but asking, ‘What is the effect of the music I produce, the games I market and the programmes I broadcast?’

The rest of the article after the jump!

 

It seems Jack Thompson is in hot water yet again, and this time it could be serious. A Florida Bar official wants the lawyer to submit himself to a psychological exam, and to also take a 91-day suspension of his law license. And before you ask, this is coming straight from the horse's mouth - well, from an e-mail the attorney sent, anyway.

This isn't the first time Jack Thompson came under fire from the Bar. If one remembers, he's actually tied up in a few federal lawsuit against the Florida Bar, with the latter moving to hold a disciplinary meeting with the lawyer. This is in response to the many complaints regarding Jack's professional conduct during the controversial events revolving around the controversial titles Grand Theft Auto and Bully.

It's also to note that this isn't the first time that the lawyer had been requested to take a seat in the comfy couch and asked to talk about his childhood - it's already been done before, with Jack coming away clean and getting a cool US$20,000 out of a settlement with the bar for damages. We can only wonder how he'll fare now, if he does comply with the Florida Bar's demands.

Updates as we get them.

The recent outbreak of anti-video game movements and ideals pressed the Entertainment Consumers Association to build defenses around the gaming consumer. This came at a critical moment in gaming history as the ordinary gamer didn't have an official body to represent him against those that may attempt to hinder one's right to responsible entertainment.

 

The ECA was established to protect the consumers of the gaming community, just as the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) enveloped the developers of the industry, the Entertainment Software association (ESA) represented the publishers, and the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) spearheaded movements for the game retailers.

In an interview with GoNintendo, Hal Harpin dived into the ECA's objectives and its history, all the while hinting the ECA's views and opinions that gamers might find helpful and could relate to. The ECA is currently concentrating on monitoring developments of anti-games legislations nationwide, including updating a tracker frequently for "potential" laws as they pass through the legislative process.

Interestingly, they are also mindful of the fear of violence in video games that seem to come from people who hardly had any gaming experience. They provide the needed education for interested parties to see the pluses and minuses of gaming, while slowly dropping the non-gamers' irrational fear of games.

But perhaps more interesting than most is the ECA's view of infamous anti-video game advocate Jack Thompson. Harpin cautiously answered GoNintendo's question about their perspectives and opinions of the Florida lawyer and said:

With the resignation of Doug Lowenstein, the former president of the publisher’s trade association, I may be close to the top of his hit list. Jack is definitely not a fan, let’s put it that way. My thoughts on Jack are that he is an extraordinarily effective communicator and advocate. He’s able to pull together groups of otherwise disparate people and channel their support for his side of the argument. To-date, we, as a people, haven’t given him near enough credit, nor concerned ourselves with uniting against him and other anti-games groups. The time has come to do just that, and we need member support in order to be effective in combating them.