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- Lawyer and anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson is facing a possible ten year disbarment.[1][2]
- Tomonobu Itagaki, head of Tecmo's Team Ninja, resigns from Tecmo and is suing over incentive bonuses.[3] Tecmo's shares drop as a result.[4]
- The 10th Annual International Classic Video Game & Pinball Tournament takes place in Laconia, New Hampshire from May 29 - June 1.[5]
- John Tyler Hammons, a 19 year-old gamer, becomes mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma.[6]
- Electronic Arts extends offer to buyout Take-Two Interactive for a third time.[7]
- Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Caribbean film trilogy, has signed on for the big-screen adaptation of 2K Games' BioShock.[8]
- US Congress introduces new video game-restriction bill.[9][10]
- Atari's major shareholder, Infogrames, plans to buy the remaining stock to make it an Infogrames subsidiary.[11]
- Grand Theft Auto IV is released worldwide.[12] See also Marketing for Grand Theft Auto IV.
- NBC Universal invests $100 million in SCi Entertainment.[13]
