Who would have thought that reality, not unlike Hollywood, would start running out of ideas and reboot failures from the 90’s for the modern day audience? Grab your Nintendo 64 controllers and crack open a Mountain Dew Surge kids, we’re going back to the past to give a platform to one of Florida’s worst attorneys. … Continue reading “[Column] Fact Check: You Can’t Teach An Old Jack New Tricks”
Epic Games has agreed to voluntary dismissal and settlement in its lawsuit against a minor filed last year in the eastern district of North Carolina court. As part of the lawsuit and due to the defendant being a minor, certain documents have been sealed on order of the court and the defendant has since been … Continue reading “Epic Settles Lawsuit Against Minor Fortnite Cheater”
MapleStory M is the mobile spinoff of the widely popular MMORPG MapleStory. The title has seen immense success since it launched in Korea back in 2016, the game quickly rose to the top of the charts with over two million downloads within the first two weeks. While the game doesn’t launch globally until later this … Continue reading “MapleStory M Launches Globally This Year, Beta Available Now”
We’ve seen a lot of discussion about the morality of Epic Games suing people, including minors, for advertising their cheats in Fortnite, but while court-enforced injunctions may prevent some cheat makers from re-offending, Tencent over in China is taking a different approach; they’re getting law enforcement involved. According to a report out of Bloomberg, Tencent … Continue reading “Forget Civil Court, Tencent Is Sending PUBG Cheaters To Prison”
The Los Angeles Police Department has taken 25 year old Tyler Barriss into custody in connection with a deadly prank that culminated in the loss of a life earlier this week. Barriss, of Los Angeles, is being charged with a prank called “swatting,” in this case Barriss told the police that a man had been … Continue reading “Police Arrest 25 Year Old Tyler Barriss Over Deadly Swatting Prank”
It’s a tale that sounds tailor made for news headlines, but at a recent tournament held by Ubisoft for For Honor, the grand prize of $10 thousand ultimately went to contestants who played, dare we say it, dishonorably. The Hero Series is an effort by Ubisoft to bring players back to its fighting game For … Continue reading “[NM] For Honor Exploit Costs Ubisoft $10,000 After Ignoring Major Game Balance Issues”
Those of you who use or follow Steam in any capacity are no doubt aware of the high volume of low effort shovelware being heaped onto the service, increasingly from developers out of Russia, that have popped up on Steam for one purpose: Farming trading cards. These games use unscrupulous methods, through bot voting or … Continue reading “Valve’s Trading Card Update Shoots Shovelware Games In The Heart”
NCSoft’s quarterly earnings have been made available and the results are not so bad. Sales fell 1% over the same time last year thanks to early recognition of Lineage 1 promotion sales with NCSoft pointing to lower demand than expected for Lineage M, the mobile release of Lineage. Operating profit and income plummeted 60-70% year … Continue reading “NCSoft Releases Quarterly Earnings, Lineage M Sees Lower Demand”
NCSoft has released their fourth quarter financial statements and the news is quite positive. Compared to the same period last year, sales rose 20% with operating profit up 36% over the same period, thanks to strong performance from major IPs and strong launches in the mobile market. The report notes that sales have hit a … Continue reading “NCSoft Q4 2016: Wildstar Disappears From Report”
If there is one thing RuneScape is famous for, it is how Jagex stretches quest lines over a long period of real time. For instance, did you know that the city of Menaphos, set to become accessible in 2017, was first inserted into the game world in 2005? Yea, twelve years. That is a hell … Continue reading “RuneScape Prepares To End Three Year Storyline”
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