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Vietnam headlines

• Apple's App Review Board fails to detect unplayable five dollar copyright infringement

  The reliability of Apple’s App Review Board has been brought into question with the revelation that an apparently unplayable and blatantly copyright infringing title has managed to slip through the system unnoticed.

• Report: Asian games industry still fuelled by Internet cafe culture

  A new report from games industry market analyst firm Pearl Research suggests Internet cafes are still a major motivator in Asian game markets.

• Magicka: Vietnam to release "in about a month"

  Arrowhead boss Jojan Pilestedt has confirmed to Joystiq that Magicka: Vietnam will be released “in about a month”.

• Paradox announces Magicka: Vietnam

  Paradox Interactive made a surprise announcement at GDC today, announcing a new Magicka expansion that will take place in Vietnam.

• Report: Vietnam to block access to online gaming after 10pm

  Vietnam News is reporting that the country has asked interner service providers to block off access to online gaming from 10pm nightly from March 3.

• Analyst firm projects online market in Asia to reach $1.7 billion by 2014

  Niko Partners has estimated, thanks to a recent study, that the South East Asian online market is will be worth $917 million by the end of the year, and worth $1.7 billion by 2014.

• Vietnam vet derides Black Ops release as "very tacky"

  Vietnam veteran and Winnipeg resident Ron Parkes has hit out at the release of Black Ops on Remembrance Day.

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam announced for winter

  EA’s just announced a new expansion pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which sees a new location: Vietnam.

• Rumour: Call of Duty casting call mentions "SOG in Vietnam," details characters

  An LA casting call for Call of Duty-related “voice over/motion capture” for an Activision “video game” has described character Frank Barnes as being part of an elite Vietnam unit, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group.

• PS3, PS2 and PSP hit Vietnam

  SCE has opened for business in Vietnam, meaning PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation 2 are now officially on sale.

• "Vietnam bans computer games"

  “Vietnam has ordered state officials to stop playing computer games at work and drinking alcohol at lunch,” said this frankly bizarre report from The Gulf Times. Like, that’s it. All we can think about now is crazed Vietnamese politicians getting battered on vodka and throwing up on their monitors during extended WoW sessions while they […]