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Texas to require sex offenders to report gamertag?

It seems that a bill currently under review over at the Texas House of Representatives may potentially require sex offenders to make their online game usernames known.

This of course would help protect other gamers from falling victim to a sex offender disguised from an otherwise unmarked online username.

GamePolitics reports that this bill came to existence due to the increasing number of pedophile arrests where the offender met their victim over an online service.

I feel this is a great because it could only serve to further protect those who choose to game online. What do you think?

Court gives Square Enix the go ahead to buy Eidos

Square Enix’s takeover of Eidos Interactive has been an ongoing effort since last year when the deal was originally penned.

Well, Gamasutra is reporting that a court has finally made the take over official giving Square Enix control of valuable Eidos game franchises like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex.

So now that Square Enix’s $117 million buyout has been made official, what’s next? Are we going to see Laura Croft make a cameo in an upcoming Final Fantasy game? Let’s hope not!

New York won’t tax downloadable content

I’ve you’ve stayed with us, you know that back in December we heard that New York had a bill in the works that would potentially tax things like downloadable map packs offered over Xbox Live.

Well, word has recently gotten to us that New York has scrapped the idea stating the reason as the passing of the stimulus bill. The original plan arised to help decrease the state’s $1.3 billion dollar debt but with the stimulus bill and more money coming their way, they deemed it unnecessary.

This is good news as Destructoid reports that this bill could have increased the price of DLC by up to 8%.