Bethesda Announces “Elder Scrolls Online” Imperial Edition
Collectors Edition Includes Bonuses for Digital and Physical Releases
Bethesda announced the bonuses for the digital and physical collector's editions. The physical edition will retail for $100, and the digital for $80 and include perks for "ESO" players. Read more »
Nintendo’s Top Executives Cutting Pay for Company’s Poor Performance
Penance for Nintendo's Record Losses
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced today that himself and other top executives at Nintendo will be taking temporary pay cuts. This is in response to the company's record losses which were largely fueled by failing to meet projections for the WiiU. Read more »
“Hotline Miami 2” Expected in Q3 2014
Official Twitter Reveals Anticipated Release Date
A tweet from the official Twitter for "Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number" revealed the release date for the game at Q3 2014. That means the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2012's "Hotline Miami" is expected to hit shelves sometime this summer or before the end of Sept. 2014. Read more »
“Elder Scrolls Online” Will Require Xbox Live Gold Over PlayStation Plus
"ESO" Becoming an Expensive Proposition for Gamers
According to the official PlayStation blog, Matt Firor, game director at ZeniMax Studios confirmed that PS4 players will not need a PlayStation Plus subscription to play "Elder Scrolls Online." Conversely, Joystiq reported today that Xbox Live Gold status is required for the Xbox One version. Read more »
Biggest War in “EVE Online” History Raged Over Missed Payment
Don’t Forget Your Mortgage Payments
The biggest battle to ever grace the history of "EVE Online" (and arguably gaming in general) cost players in trillions over the past two days between coalition powerhouses N3PL and CFCRUS. What escalated into an all-out war started because one player forgot to make payments on their space station. Read more »
Microsoft Acquires Rights to “Gears of War” Franchise
Solidifies Franchise as Xbox Exclusive
Microsoft Studios has acquired the rights to the "Gears of War" franchise from Epic Games. This deal includes rights to all existing and future games, merchandise and entertainment experiences, solidifying it as an Xbox exclusive for the foreseeable future. Read more »
VVVVVV’s Creator Denied Copyright Dispute Over His Own Game’s Video
Controversial Copyright Claim Plagues VVVVVV Videos
On Dec. 17, Terry Cavanagh, the London-based developer of the soulcrushingly difficult "VVVVVV", received a copyright notice from YouTube over his own game’s trailer. The claim was filed by the YouTube channel IndMusic, a powerhouse with over 3 million subscribers and nearly 40,000 videos. The infringement claim was over the video’s soundtrack, a single song by music producer Magnus Pålsson (better known as SoulEye) titled "Positive Force." Cavanagh himself owned the rights to his game’s music in addition to the game itself and filed a dispute with YouTube. Read more »
League of Legends Earns $624 Million in 2013
New Report Reveals the Power of F2P Model
A report from research group SuperData reveals earnings for "League of Legends" totaling $624 million in 2013. While this is a colossal number for a free-to-play game, it is still only two thirds of the earnings generated by "Crossfire", a popular Korean free-to-play FPS at $957 million. Read more »
Basement Crawl Release and Genre Confuse Players
Bomberman-Style Game for PS4 Release Date Wrong
Sony released their next generation console with a bang last November, but as can be expected with any new console release, the choice of high-quality games is limited while developers scramble to get their resources together. Read more »
Former WoW Lead System Designer GhostCrawler Finds a New Home
Greg "GhostCrawler" Street, Finds a New Home at Riot Games
A few months ago, Greg "GhostCrawler" Street surprised many World of Warcraft players when he announcing that he would be stepping down as the Lead System Designer for WoW. GhostCrawler had become somewhat of the face of the company to many fans as "that guy who nerfed my class" and even as an in-game rare mob. Read more »
