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Yeah Right: Blizzard swears Starcraft II trilogy not an attempt to “stretch it out and milk it”

by Kris Rosado on Nov 13, 2008 at 11:33 AM

So how did you feel about the announcement Blizzard made regarding their upcoming sequel to the decade old and still selling RTS game, Starcraft II, would be split up into three games, or at least one game and two expansions? Did you not care? Are you one of those players… Continue Reading »

Unecessary Necessities: Microsoft Point converters

by PJ Hruschak on Apr 16, 2008 at 08:28 AM

If you want to purchase downloadable games on the current generation of consoles, only one company has made it counter-intuitive. It’s not Sony - they charge actual $US money for games. Neither is it Nintendo, which uses and one-to-one, point-to-penny system. Why the hell, then, does Microsoft bother with a… Continue Reading »

Virtual world firms raise huge capital

by Pulkit Chandna on Jan 29, 2008 at 05:00 PM

Virtual worlds are luring a myriad of people hungry for living virtual lives that run parallel to their real lives. Virtual worlds are an industry by themselves with spectacular growth prospects, and many investors have already taken note. A prominent media firm, Virtual Worlds Management, which keeps track of the… Continue Reading »

Ubisoft confirms new Prince of Persia game in financial statement

by Richard Snyder on Jan 27, 2008 at 05:17 PM

Ubisoft has released a financial statement which says three things: 1) they’ve done really well from September to December 2008, raking in $625.81 million, thanks in no small part to Assassin’s Creed; 2) they intend to rake in a total of $1.21 billion for this fiscal year, which ends this… Continue Reading »

Game lawyers experiencing a windfall

by Pulkit Chandna on Dec 19, 2007 at 07:35 PM

These days an ideological line seems to divide the whole world into two halves. On one side of this ideological equator are the gamers and on the other side are the detractors of video games. Due to the increasing number of controversies around video games, some of which lead to… Continue Reading »

Six teens arrested for virtual crime in Habbo Hotel

by Lucy Newman on Nov 15, 2007 at 10:53 PM

Five teens arrested and charged for the virtual theft of furniture from various residence in Habbo Hotel, a popular virtual networking hang out website for youngsters. Many people reading this article may not see why Amsterdam police officers and creators of Habbo Hotel are taking this problem way too seriously.… Continue Reading »

Kwari to offer cash for frags

by Danielle Riendeau on Aug 31, 2007 at 12:41 AM

London games publisher Kwari today (August 30, 2007) announced eponymous Kwari, an online first-person shooter with an entirely new online play agenda. While competitive online games based on cash bets are nothing new (just look at all the poker sites), the concept has never been applied to a first person… Continue Reading »

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