The success of World of Warcraft Classic could only come as a shock to J. Allen “You think you do but you don’t” Brack, but to the rest of the world the idea that the classic servers brought back a lot of players isn’t surprising in the least. Activision released their third quarter statements for … Continue reading “Call of Duty, WoW Classic Make Activision Blizzard Mucho Dinero”
As I have said over the past couple of weeks, the best thing that Blizzard could do with Blizzcon 2019 is to give the audience what they want. Blizzcon 2019 is officially upon us and it started with President J. Allen Brack coming out and apologizing for the company’s actions and response to criticism following … Continue reading “Blizzcon 2019: Blizzard Eats Humble Pie, Gives Audience What They Want”
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick announced in an investor earnings call today that the company will lay off nearly 800 employees, mostly in non-game-development areas. The layoffs are expected to impact Activision, Blizzard, and King studios. The decision comes after the company achieved “record results” in 2018, however not as high as investors had hoped for. … Continue reading “Activision Blizzard Celebrates Record Results With Mass Layoffs”
This month marks the establishment of the Chinese Online Ethics Review Committee, a government organization tasked with reviewing online games and determining if they are fit for sale in China in guidance with the country’s ethical rules. Confirmed by Tencent in August, China instituted an approval freeze around March of this year for games being … Continue reading “Chinese Government Reviews 20 Games, Passes None of Them”
What else can I say? A whole lot. Incompetence is a word that has dogged Hellgate: London from the day when Electronic Arts and Flagship thought that a subscription on a Diablo clone would be a guaranteed money maker. Following the completely timely demise of Flagship Studios and the departure of Bill Roper, Hellgate traded … Continue reading “Impressions: Hellgate London Is Lazy And Incompetent”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Despite all evidence to the contrary, I actually get a lot of criticism when it comes to Crowdfunding Fraudsters for apparently being too lenient on the subjects. I take a lot of time to carefully parse my statements so that we’re … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Marvel Heroes and the Diploma Mill of Nostalgia”
Marvel Heroes is officially here! Of course I’m speaking about the official launch on Playstation and Xbox. While Playstation gamers have been taking part in the head start for a little while now, Xbox users will finally get a chance to take part in the Diablo-esque Marvel brawler. Marvel Heroes can be downloaded for free … Continue reading “Marvel Heroes Officially Launches on Console Today”
The Marvel Heroes “Biggest Update Ever” is finally ready to go live today, as the official forums have posted an announcement for players to expect the servers to go down at noon Pacific with downtime of four hours. The Marvel Heroes 2016 servers will be going offline at 12 PM PST for the Biggest Update … Continue reading “Marvel Heroes Biggest Update Ever Hits Servers Today”
2016, like any year, marked the sunsetting of multiple online games, some of which we’ve already forgotten about thanks to the release of big name titles and updates to those games that we are spending too much time playing. Sure, sure, that Shantae port on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 got cancelled, can someone tell … Continue reading “2016 In Review: The Games We Lost”
Blizzcon is right around the corner, and while eyes may be directed on upcoming content for Blizzard’s many titles, whether or not Diablo IV will be a thing, and if Blizzard realizes that everyone already knows about Sombra, others are looking to the past. More specifically, a new petition has surfaced asking Blizzard to give … Continue reading “WoW Vanilla Server Demands Resurface Ahead of Blizzcon”
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