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[joystiq.com] Sleeping Dogs Trailer UFG's/ Squares revival of True Crime: Hong Kong joystiq.com media aspro
[gameinformer.com] New Halo 4 Enemies Outed by Action Figures Crawlers, and Watchers. gameinformer.com media news aspro
[joystiq.com] Wii 'Greatest Hits' Titles Named and Dated Pikmin 2, Mario Power Tennis on US Wii June 10, DKC Returns and Brawl discounted. joystiq.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Minecraft 360 Sells 1 Million in Five Days The game sold for 1600 MS Points, or $20. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Blizzard Defends Claims That Diablo 3 is 'Dumbed Down "...it's not that we're dumbing the systems down, so much as we're changing the balance..." eurogamer.net news aspro
[arstechnica.com] GameStop Confirms Steam Voucher Cards Real Customers will also be able to use trade credits from selling the store used games toward Steam Wallet cards. arstechnica.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Square Enix Financials Deus Ex and FF13-2 dragged them into profitability. eurogamer.net news aspro
[giantbomb.com] Giantbomb Reviews Max Payne 3 4/5 "grittier and more grounded in reality, if not quite as singular". giantbomb.com impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] UK Top 40 Prototype falls off, Sniper Elite 2 takes top spot. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] GAME Australia (Retailer) Goes Bankrupt Largest dedicated gaming chain in the country. eurogamer.net news aspro
1UP Reviews Sonic 4: Episode 2 B+ "a better game than its predecessor, but it's not all bright.". 1up.com impressions aspro
1UP Reviews Max Payne 3 A- "impeccable presentation and superb storytelling". 1up.com editorial impressions aspro
[giantbomb.com] Tomb Raider Reboot Bumped into 2013 Still looking pretty good. giantbomb.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] 2012 May Be Worst Retail Year for Gaming in Six Years Projections of 19% to 27% down made by analysts. gamasutra.com news aspro
The Press Room Episode #113 Awesomenauts, Binary Domain, Saints Row the Third and more... thepressroompodcast.com editorial impressions news aspro
[joystiq.com] Smaller GameStops Dropping PSP From Shelves "...at the smallest 25 percent of stores." joystiq.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Study: 360 is Most Popular Non-PC Video Ad Device Mission accomplished. joystiq.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] South Park RPG Pushed to 2013 gameinformer.com news aspro
[pcgamer.com] AMD Launches New Processor 'Trinity' "...has three times the graphics performance of the Intel HD Graphics 3000 GPU in Sandy Bridge" pcgamer.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Itagaki's Latest Project is Being Shopped Around THQ no longer can afford Devil's Third. joystiq.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Saints Row Franchise Ships Over 11 Million Third shipped 4.25 million, new game coming. joystiq.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] THQ Financials Losses widen despite an overall sales increase. gamasutra.com news aspro
Ubisoft Games go on Sale on PSN today 30-50% off rather long list of games. examiner.com news isntchrisl
Diablo 3 Launches With Server Crashes and Other Issues Highlights the problems of internet requirement gamespy.com news robio
[pcgamer.com] First Impressions of Diablo 3 PC Gamer "live blogs" their playthrough. pcgamer.com impressions aspro
Pokemon B&W 2 Screens andriasang.com media aspro
[eurogamer.net] Nintendo Patches a Product (Mario Kart 7) There goes the neighborhood. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer Reviews Max Payne 3 7/10 "Rockstar just isn't as good at a pure third-person shooter". eurogamer.net impressions aspro
[ign.com] Game of Thrones (4.0) BAD! Review An often ugly, buggy, and poorly delivered mess. ign.com impressions phantom_leo
[pcmag.com] Rovio Announces Follow Up to Angry Birds - Amazing Alex Based on another iOS game - Casey's Contraptions pcmag.com news robio
[giantbomb.com] Capcom Evaluating On-Disc DLC Use Sounds like empty PR statement. giantbomb.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Activision Pays Back-Bonuses To Zampella and West Dispute still heading to court. gamasutra.com news aspro
[giantbomb.com] 38 Studios (Amular) in Financial Trouble State of Rhode Island working with the studio on solving "different issues." giantbomb.com news aspro
[ign.com] Diablo III Console Version's Fate Unknown :| ign.com news Ravenprose
[gameinformer.com] Details on 38 Studios Financial Problems They missed a $1.25 million loan re-payment. gameinformer.com news aspro
[pcgamer.com] Star Wars: Old Republic Free Trial Four days, starting now. pcgamer.com news aspro
[pcgamer.com] Crysis 3 Screens pcgamer.com media aspro
[giantbomb.com] Court Documents Reveal Activision's Internal Spies Not a game name, what they were doing to Infinity Ward. giantbomb.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Job Ad Indicates Lionhead MMO for Next Xbox Not Fable, a new IP. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] EA Has Criterion Working on Vita Game Indicated by employment advertising. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] THPS HD Getting THPS 3 as DLC Remember when we used THPS? eurogamer.net news aspro
[neogaf.com] Japanese Software/ Hardware Charts, May 7-13 PSP almost doubles sales of Vita. neogaf.com news aspro
[giantbomb.com] Epic Mickey 2 'Making of' Feature giantbomb.com media aspro
[eurogamer.net] More Halo 4 Multiplayer Details New missions will be delivered on a weekly basis. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] GTA5 Details on Max Payne Disc Why Rockstar? Why? eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Trials Evolution for XBLA sells 500K copies in 3 weeks That's kind of the whole story. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Ubisoft: "[Wii U] Can Have Great Success" Ubisoft has seven games in development for Wii U. eurogamer.net news aspro
Monolith Software Confirmed as Project X Zone's Develo New gameplay details as well. andriasang.com news aspro
Famitsu Digs Dragon's Dogma And Mario Tennis (all Famitsu scores listed). andriasang.com news aspro
FIFA 13 Preview from 1UP "Small but key refinements..." 1up.com impressions aspro
[youtube.com] New Last of Us trailer Really cool youtube.com media Dvader
[pcgamer.com] Blizzard Apologizes for Diablo III Fiasco Delays auction house, said they didn't prepare enough for launch. pcgamer.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] GameStop Looking to Influence Next Gen Hardware "They will have to be sensitive to those things consumers told us are important to them: backwards compatibility, pre-owned games, etc." gamasutra.com news aspro
[giantbomb.com] 38 Studios (Amalur) Skips Payroll, Fires Temps CHECK BOUNCED Government official that loaned them $75 million resigns. giantbomb.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Unreal Engine 4 Shown Off (New Screens) UE4 has no concrete launch date set, but its demo will be revealed to the public in June. arstechnica.com media news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Rayman Origins 3DS Hits June Demo available now. gameinformer.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer Reviews Sonic 4: Episode 2 6/10 "a very good Sonic game, judged against recent form, but he's still a long way from catching up to his peers". eurogamer.net impressions aspro
Are Casual Gamers Done with Consoles? Could Pachter be... wrong?! examiner.com editorial isntchrisl
[wired.com] Fewer than 8% of Surveyed Interested in Wii U or Vita Also 38% of all statistics are made up wired.com news robio
[gamasutra.com] May 19 Is Kid Icarus Multiplayer Day Seems like a lackluster holiday gamasutra.com news robio
[kotaku.com] Molyneux As Impressed With Wii U As Gamers Were With Fable 3 He'll also being doing E3 analysis for Spike Tv kotaku.com news robio
[joystiq.com] Walking Dead Sells a Million (Kinda) Read the last paragraph... joystiq.com news aspro
Pokemon Black & White 2 Special Anime Movie Was leaked, now official. It's a teaser for the game. andriasang.com media aspro
[giantbomb.com] Giantbomb Quicklook: Sonic 4: Episode 2 giantbomb.com media aspro
[gamasutra.com] PS3 Getting "Pre-Load" Ability for New Releases Buy early, download, activate on day one. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] RARE Hiring for "Multiple AAA Next Gen Titles" Is Rare coming back to real games? eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] EA and Activision Settle Out of Court Over Infinity Ward Suit with Zampella and West will continue. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer Reviews Mario Open Tennis 7/10 "after seven long years, it's a shame there aren't bigger ideas to rally around". eurogamer.net impressions aspro
1UP Reviews Game of Thrones C- "sloppy RPG presents a merely okay fanfic". 1up.com impressions aspro
[Poll] Face-Off Friday: Downloadable Games vs. Discs Which do you prefer? vglounge.com editorial Uncl3Fac3
Yakuza 5 Reveal Next Week So there's that. andriasang.com news aspro
Kazesama777's Gaming Adventures- Knockout Fights 2 Tourn Yesterday was great day...and also a somewhat embarrassing one vglounge.com Kazesama777
[ign.com] Has Nintendo Redesigned Wii U’s Controller? proper analog sticks? ign.com media news Ravenprose
[develop-online.net] West/ Zampella Increase Claim to $1BN Their initial claim was for $36 million. develop-online.net news aspro
[gameinformer.com] New Sly Cooper Game Will be on Vita The non-Sucker Punch game was previously only for PS3. gameinformer.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Ars Reviews Diablo III "BUY" "clearly an installment in what has become the hugely successful Diablo franchise". arstechnica.com impressions aspro
[giantbomb.com] 38 Studios Pays Debt, Severs Ties with Government Publicizes new game "Copernicus". giantbomb.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Runescape Getting New Combat System Will "completely revolutionise the way players fight and interact in the game". eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 nLooks to be Cancelled Ubisoft recently abandoned its trademarks relating to the game. eurogamer.net news aspro
New Fighters Sorta Confirmed for PS All-Stars Battle Royale Snake, Nathan Drake, and Cole gamenguide.com news robio
[nintendoworldreport.com] Club Nintendo Inserts To Come To An End? New patent suggests on box codes to prevent fraud nintendoworldreport.com news robio
[eurogamer.net] Elder Scrolls MMO Story is 100% Solo Bethesda not getting the whole MM part. eurogamer.net news aspro
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Thu, 17 May 2012 17:31:10

I seem to recall some questions about the recently deceased son of my coworker, sorry I didn't answer before but work's been a bitch as of lately.

The guy never knew he was diabetic. He developed (and died of) an acute complication of it called hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state.

The information at the link is rather outdated, but it gives you a general idea.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 17:36:43

Very disappointed in the EG article endorsing Blizzard's stupid always online/DRM check model for Diablo III.  Rather disgraceful I think

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Thu, 17 May 2012 19:45:41
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Very disappointed in the EG article endorsing Blizzard's stupid always online/DRM check model for Diablo III.  Rather disgraceful I think

I didn't really read it as an endorsement.  They had an article detailing the online features that you get as a trade-off for the downsides detailed in a separate one.  I'm willing to grant they have some features that make use of always being online.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 23:12:40

Dumbest headline of the day goes to 1UP:

Activision's "Project Icebreaker" Could Hurt its Reputation Among Devs

Really? Spying on your key developers to see if you can dig up something to fire them over might shade the attitude of the devs you still employ?

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Thu, 17 May 2012 23:21:16

I can't remember who I was cheering for in the Activision vs West & Zampella suit. Maybe they'll all be in a courthouse one day and a meteor will hit it.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 23:38:43
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I can't remember who I was cheering for in the Activision vs West & Zampella suit. ...




All thoughtful, reasonable people rallied behind Activision (albeit reluctantly). Reasons:

  • West and Zampella have a history of being selfish babies. They left EA for Activision and when that wasn't what they wanted they went crying back to EA.
  • They publiclly dissed their sister-studio Treyarch at the end of COD4.
  • They sped up the Activision part of the credits.
  • They informally banned Activision execs from the studio.
  • There are e-mails and IM's of them talking about FedExing documents to EA while still employed by Activision.
  • There are flight records of them going to meet EA while still employees of Activision.

They were rogue employees. Now what colors this a little is that Activision just paid $42 million in back-bonuses to them and other former Infinity Ward team members.  If I had been owed $42 million in bonuses that I thought Activision was never going to pay I would have done all the above and worse. But they are still jerks.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 00:09:58
I'm cheering for West and Zampella myself.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 00:45:08

Both parties seem pretty childish to me. So I root against West and Zampella by default.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 01:36:27

^Hey Chris, read your article, could not help but think what Pachter would have said in the post-Atari 2600 era before NES.  Probably something like, "...casual gamers are never buying consoles again."

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Fri, 18 May 2012 03:21:19

Blizzard didn't prepare for launch? It's a bit hard to believe that they rushed it out.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 05:13:39
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^Hey Chris, read your article, could not help but think what Pachter would have said in the post-Atari 2600 era before NES.  Probably something like, "...casual gamers are never buying consoles again."

lol, yeah. If you say "never" you better be sure of it. Thanks for checking it out, btw!

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Fri, 18 May 2012 06:13:04

This is easily the biggest news of the week, this crazy scandal with Curt Shillings 38 Studios, the devs of Kingdom of Amular.

The state of Rhode Island gave them a $75 million loan to stay in RI. It is supposed to fund their next game which is an MMO, that has never been shown and is supposed to come out this year, oops. Well the state needs a 1.2 million load payment right now so Curt Shilling DOES NOT PAY HIS EMPLOYEES, FIRES ALL TEMPS and gives the state a check that just BOUNCED.

Then there is this:

Oh man it seems like Curt paid himself back $4 million and paid Salvatore $1.46 million. But now they dont have a 1 million something needed to pay the state so they dont pay any of the employees. AWESOME CURT.

http://blogs.wpri.com/2012/05/14/38-studios-finances-under-scrutiny-ri-taxpayers-75m-at-risk/

In July 2010, the same month the EDC approved the loan guarantee, 38 Studios established a revolving line of credit with Schilling so it could borrow up to $4 million from him, according to the disclosure filing obtained by WPRI.com. Part of the taxpayer-guaranteed loan money was used to pay Schilling back.

R.A. Salvatore, a fantasy writer who helped develop the games, is slated to receive $1.46 million from 38 Studios in October under the terms of a consulting agreement he signed with the company in 2007. He is also eligible to earn up to $5 million in royalties from sales of ?Reckoning? and other 38 Studios products.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 06:14:28
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WTF is wrong with you? He even asked you to come, you did not had to do anything! Seriously man up and do stuff.

Uh I had other plans. WTF is wrong with you. Oh that is right you are Iga. Nyaa

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Fri, 18 May 2012 06:20:16

The whole 38 studios thing once again makes this industry seem incompetent, because it is. Curt Shilling has no clue what he is doing running a game company, no state will ever help fund anything gaming related, not that they should. And it is another story of game devs being treated like shit not getting paid for their work.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 06:39:36

Puts Team Bondi to shame.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 07:13:09
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Iga_Bobovic said:

WTF is wrong with you? He even asked you to come, you did not had to do anything! Seriously man up and do stuff.

Uh I had other plans. WTF is wrong with you. Oh that is right you are Iga. Nyaa

All I hear is excuses. Maybe if you keep making them you will believe them.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 07:19:27

This is my kind of self-help, Iga. Keep evolving. Cool

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Fri, 18 May 2012 10:28:58
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This is my kind of self-help, Iga. Keep evolving. Cool

Speaking of evolving. Check my new avatar.

Eat my shiny metal ass meatbags!

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Fri, 18 May 2012 11:44:16
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This is easily the biggest news of the week, this crazy scandal with Curt Shillings 38 Studios, the devs of Kingdom of Amular.

The state of Rhode Island gave them a $75 million loan to stay in RI. It is supposed to fund their next game which is an MMO, that has never been shown and is supposed to come out this year, oops. Well the state needs a 1.2 million load payment right now so Curt Shilling DOES NOT PAY HIS EMPLOYEES, FIRES ALL TEMPS and gives the state a check that just BOUNCED.

Then there is this:

Oh man it seems like Curt paid himself back $4 million and paid Salvatore $1.46 million. But now they dont have a 1 million something needed to pay the state so they dont pay any of the employees. AWESOME CURT.

http://blogs.wpri.com/2012/05/14/38-studios-finances-under-scrutiny-ri-taxpayers-75m-at-risk/

In July 2010, the same month the EDC approved the loan guarantee, 38 Studios established a revolving line of credit with Schilling so it could borrow up to $4 million from him, according to the disclosure filing obtained by WPRI.com. Part of the taxpayer-guaranteed loan money was used to pay Schilling back.

R.A. Salvatore, a fantasy writer who helped develop the games, is slated to receive $1.46 million from 38 Studios in October under the terms of a consulting agreement he signed with the company in 2007. He is also eligible to earn up to $5 million in royalties from sales of ?Reckoning? and other 38 Studios products.

Rhode Island is my state man....I am 10 minutes away from 38 Studios.

My girlfriend kept telling me to apply there when they 1st started out. lol Well, I'm still looking forward to playing Reckoning one day. lol

Tax payers in this state get ripped off more than any other...and this is another example of it. Why anyone would want to start a company here, I have no idea.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 11:50:32
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Dumbest headline of the day goes to 1UP:

Activision's "Project Icebreaker" Could Hurt its Reputation Among Devs

Really? Spying on your key developers to see if you can dig up something to fire them over might shade the attitude of the devs you still employ?

They're trying to run the place like a retail store.

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