One of Hothead’s latest titles, Gem King, was released in the Apple App Store recently. To some, Gem King is a new experience that clearly takes a lot of inspiration from Peggle. To others, Gem King will forever be known by its original name – Kickin’ Momma. Kickin’ Momma was released over the summer for $1.99 and $3.99. The game has since been removed from the App Store and Gem King has taken its place. The factors surrounding the removal of Kickin’ Momma has led some fans to believe Hothead is engaging in some shady business practices.

EA is taking a great deal of public relations heat for its latest Medal of Honor game.

It’s a mindboggling double-standard.

If you make a gritty, ultra realistic war movie like The Hurt Locker, you can win an Academy Award.

If you try to make a video game that treats the same subject matter with realism and tells a strong story, you will be called insensitive and unpatriotic.

Electronic Arts’ Medal of Honor has drawn the ire of some military personnel for including Taliban fighters as playable characters in multiplayer.

Outspoken EA CEO John Riccitiello made his opinion known at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference September 15, 2010.

The Medal of Honor controversy has started to spread overseas. American citizens were initially upset at EA’s choice to include the Taliban as a playable group in Medal of Honor’s multiplayer mode. Some felt it was an insensitive inclusion due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. A UK politician has now vocalized his outrage for the title.

A CBS 12 news story out of Florida is reporting the New York police union officials see the game as an abomination as it’s dehumanizing officers and making light of violent situations. They believe the game is a negative influence on children despite the fact that Saints Row 2 has a Mature rating which is meant to prevent children from purchasing the game…

Usually I don’t give any of the advertisements a second look, but when I logged in to play Flash Hero (a Guitar Hero-esque Facebook game), a fairly unassuming ad caught my eye.

“ACE YOUR FINALS – $25 – Get access to 45,000 term paper and essays right here!”

So right above a flash game that 13-24 year olds are likely to play is an ad endorsing cheating…

The latest move in the ongoing fight to ban violent video games by non-gaming communities worldwide is pulling advertisements for upcoming video games. Besides TV commercials, the latest ads to be banned are from the sides of buses in Chicago.

One of the ads yanked from the sides of a buses and buildings is the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV ad, according to Game Daily. This occurred following a weekend of violent shootings and isn’t the first time GTA ads have been removed. It’s also not the first time any ad has been removed for being potentially too violent…

Mobile game Coolest Girl in School has been dubbed a Grand Theft Auto for Girls and has already raised some concern in Australia where its currently being beta tested. The goal of the game is to lie, bitch and flirt your way to the top of the high school ladder to be the coolest, even more »

The controversy that’s heated up the gaming world all summer has just received something of a happy ending. Rockstar and Take Two announced today (August 24, 2007) that a modified version of violent action title Manhunt 2 was awarded an “M” rating and an October 31, 2007 release date in North America. It will still bear content descriptors for “Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content and Use of Drugs” but the AO has been lifted.

Manhunt 2, (for those who have been living under a digital rock), was previously slapped with…