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Square Enix appears to have started work on a next generation game engine. And the image they’ve used to promote this fact is sure to draw some controversy.

Lens of Truth writes, "This week the Lens of Truth had the chance to "go to hell" with Dante’s Inferno, via Play N Trade Oviedo! This much anticipated title from Visceral Games has been surrounded by controversy since its unveiling at E3 2009 and has been compared to the God of War franchise on many occasions. So which version of Dante’s Inferno is the definitive version and which one should take a dip in the Lake of Fire? Read on to find out!"

Square Enix is going under a lot of heat currently thanks to very poor decision when a batch of Final Fantasy XIII screens were released to the public yesterday showcasing identical screens and graphics in both the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of the game. Since this has caused a rather large controversy, Square Enix is now attempting to clear their name and are preparing a statement to release to the masses very shortly.

The WoW Armory recently got a nice face lift, but introduced activity timestamp. This feature is a serious privacy controversy when people can actually monitor your gaming schedule trends.

From gold farmers to your job’s boss and your mom can see when you have played. Gold farmers can play when they know you aren’t around, your boss can find out you played WoW during your 9am – 5pm schedule, and your mom can find out you were playing after bedtime. What a nightmare!

Kane & Lynch is a franchise used to a spot of controversy. Despite the lukewarm reception to the first game, we’re glad to see our favourite dysfunctional criminal duo back in Dog Days. It was created by the great IO Interactive, and this time it’s convinced it’s got it nailed. We caught up with Carsten Lund, game director, and Hakan Abrak, producer, to find out more about the new visual style, game mechanic and story.

IncGamers’ Andy Alderson looks at the Tiger Woods/EA Sports controversy and argues that the publisher should maintain its support for the shamed golfer.

From the article:

"And so when news emerged yesterday that EA was polling (although not in the same way Tiger was) to find out if the controversy would adversely affect EA Sports brand, yet again I found myself spending a morning desperately trying to think of golf-related sexual innuendo. In the end "finding himself deep in some rough" was the best I could muster, although I was very close to crafting something involving "shaft", "wood" and Tiger’s dire need to clean his balls."

Video Games are no strangers to the thing they call controversy. Since the late 1970’s early 80’s, video games have created some form of controversy or another. From violence to sex, some video games have pushed all the right buttons to make people angry or upset.

Whether you like it or not, sex is part of our culture. It’s there on TV well before the watershed, if not in films or programmes then in the adverts, as well as in magazines and newspapers. Most of us would struggle to go a full day without seeing some sort of sexual image, so why does it draw so much controversy in when it’s seen in video games?

DualShockers writes:

"This story by no means is intended to stir up controversy but according to a recent survey on CraveOnline.com, the Playstation 3 is number one among men’s video game wish lists this Holiday season. The site surveyed over 1,000 men in order to find out what their target purchase would be for this coming black friday and they all agreed that it was time to jump onto the Sony console…"

10. Resident Evil 5 – Capcom

Outstanding graphics and the addition of Co-op play to Capcom’s long running Survival Horror series place Resident Evil 5 in our number 10 spot. Plagued with controversy over charging extra for multiplayer, an antiquated control system, and what some might call a racial slant to the game,