Walmart Cancels An Unspecified Number Of Star Wars : The Old Republic Pre-Orders
In what can only be described as a colossally boneheaded move, the zombie offspring of Sam Walton have either deleted or lost an unknown number of SWTOR preorders and have only now started to notify the victims of this foul misdeed…via an email which claims that a “temporary shipping issue” is at fault.
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EA Cans Existing Online Passes
A couple of days ago (ok, it was yesterday) I talked about Activision, THQ and Take Two talking about charging subscription fees – as much as $50 or more per year – for access to play their games online.
This was a move that EA had made, though not to that extent, with their “online pass”.
Well…It seems EA has decided to show their collective asses to the consumers and cancel those online passes.
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SkyNET’s Annihilation Of Mankind Will Descend On The Wings Of Quadrocopters
Do you know the analogy of the frog in the pot? How if a frog were to land inside a sizzling pot it would hop out immediately, but if it were to merely rest in the bowl and let the temperature rise, it would sizzle and burn away with apathy? Ladies and gentlemen, we are the frog, the pot is civilization as we know it, and the agent raising the heat? Our magnificient autonomous robots that will one day destroy us, starting humbly enough with robotic helicopters. This is what they’re learning and this is why they must be stopped.
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WHAT?! Mine Craft + Death Star Trench Run = OH MY JEEBUS!
I don’t even know what to say about this. Seriously.
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I Hope The Spike Video Game Awards Aren’t Completely Awful. Again.
Do you know what the best part of last year’s VGA Awards show was? No, it wasn’t the exclusive trailers (even the initial unveiling of our beloved Skyrim), or Neil Patrick Harris, or the train wreck that was the entire rest of the show. No, it was Jeff Green’s vitriolic teardown of the show on his blog. Rockets ablaze and hell’s fire abound, he ripped the show to shreds for being a pandering piece of garbage constructed by people who have no idea what video games are or who actually played them. Instead, Spike produced an embarrassing show that no decent gamer would be proud of. So are they changing it up even slightly this year?
Uh, no. Apparently not.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Now Available For Digital Purchase, For Twice The Retail Price!
While we’re talking about how expensive stuff is today, PlayStation 3 owners in Europe-land are now available to purchase the favored Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the price of €49.99 directly from PSN. As in, you can just turn on your console, press a few buttons, maybe whip out a credit card to remember a few crucial numbers, and Eidos Montreal’s cyberpunk adventure will download directly into your house with the only middle man being the PlayStation Network. It sounds like a near miracle to get even a recent blockbuster release via legitimate download (much like Steam on PC), but it comes at a (financial) price: you can find the game for much cheaper at retail, who still seeks to ruin everything when it comes to the future of gaming.
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Notch Steps Down As Minecraft King
On his blog today, Minecraft developer Notch (real name: Markus Persson) is stepping down as project lead for the game, two weeks after the game went “1.0”. It’s not hard to blame him, if I’d been working on the same game for years and my reputation was primarily banked on its runaway success, I’d be looking forward to moving on and exploring the galaxy of game ideas I’ve built up in my brain. Of course, now that he’s infused with millions of those Minecraft dollars, he can basically do anything he wants.
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Blizzard / World of Warcraft lose 1.1 million subscribers
If you look back at our history, you’ll see that World of Warcraft has gotten a little bit of hate from us here at FleshEatingZipper, both in written articles and in our podcast. this isn’t because it is a bad game or because Blizzard’s a bad company or anything like that.
No, we aren’t so picky as all that.
It all boils down to direction…Read on for more.
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Trent Reznor’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Soundtrack Unleashed: Free 6-Track Sampler To $300 Deluxe Edition
If you were awake early this morning (or paying particular attention) then you saw Trent Reznor unveil the ‘Dragon Tattoo’ soundtrack that he’s been working on for the past fourteen months with Atticus Ross (who soloed on The Book of Eli soundtrack). Together they’ve been known for their work on Nine Inch Nails, but you may remember them earlier this year on stage at the Kodiak Theater to win Academy Awards for their musical work on ‘The Social Network’. Since this is released by The Null Corporation, Reznor’s private label, there’s going to be plenty of options to acquire their industrial instrumental work. I’ll explain more after the break!
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What if Skyrim, COD or Battlefield Cost $110…For The Standard Version?
Well, you may pay close to that in the near future if the greedy bastards who run Activision, THQ and Take Two get their way.
Bobby Kotick, Strauss Zelnick and Brian Farrell all spoke at the Reuters Global Media Summit earlier this week and all 3 made references to changing the way they will charge, and you will pay, for games in the future.
Wow…
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