Watch Dogs, The Crew, Held Back Until 2014

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Kintarius

Hotly anticipated Ubisoft titles Watch Dogs as well as The Crew are being postponed until next year – Spring 2014 for Watch Dogs and an ambiguous fiscal year 2015, meaning it could release as early as April 2014. Ubisoft released a statement concerning the delay. “Our ambition from the start with Watch Dogs has been to deliver something that embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming. It is with this in mind that we’ve made the tough decision to delay the release until Spring 2014.”

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Dead Before Dawn 3D Shambles Into Theatres For Devil’s Night

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

It’s almost Halloween time again and that can only mean one thing, zombies, demons and other monsters are bound to be set loose. Dead Before Dawn 3D, a horror comedy produced right here in Ontario Canada dares to produce a new term in the horror lexicon – “Zemon”, a cross between a Zombie and a Demon. What could be more terrifying? How about your own mother coming back as one of these grotesque creatures! Casper Galloway and friends have been cursed by an ancient urn which contained a malevolent spirit, and now all they can do is watch in horror

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THQ Suing UFC Owners, EA Over Videogame Rights

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Kintarius

Former publisher THQ is suing EA as well as UFC brand owner Zuffa, claiming EA garnered details from purchase negotiations in order to dismantle and undermine THQ’s relationship with Zuffa. THQ claims it is owned an additional US$10 million beyond the $10 million Zuffa paid previously in order to terminate its license agreement.

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Activision Blizzard Becomes Independant

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Kintarius

Activision Blizzard’s quest to become independent of its parent company Vivendi has been completed today, following the overturning of a September ruling that ceased the purchase, dropping Vivendi’s stake in the company to about 12 percent. The move was headed by an investor group led by CEO Bobby Kotick, whom completed the US$8.2 billion buyout Friday, ending the 5 years of Activision Blizzard being a subsidiary of Vivendi.

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Pokemon X and Y Sell 4 Million Units in First Two Days

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Jason Nason

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y set a few records over the weekend, the most notable of which is selling a whopping 4 million units in just 48 hours. Released on October 12th, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y for Nintendo 3DS became the first set of games in franchise history to launch simultaneously worldwide. Nintendo reported today that the games combined to sell more than 4 million units across Japan, Europe and The Americas on Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th. “The early response to Pokémon X and Pokémon Y not only reaffirms the ongoing passion of Pokémon fans, but

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GTA V Coming To PC In 2014?

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Kintarius

The long awaited Grand Theft Auto V is supposedly coming to PC early 2014, according to “multiple industry sources,” Eurogamer reported. This would match the release pattern that was set with Grand Theft Auto IV, which released in April 2008 originally, becoming available for PC in December of the same year.

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Battlefield Director Wants To Bring Linux Into Mainstream

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Kintarius

DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson has expressed a deep desire to develop games for Linux in an interview with Polygon. “We strongly want to get into Linux for a reason … It took Halo for the first Xbox to kick off and go crazy — usually, it takes one killer app or game and then people are more than willing [to adopt it] — it is not hard to get your hands on Linux, for example, it only takes one game that motivates you to go there.”

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Was There A League of Legends Card Game In The Works?

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

League Of Legends Logo 2015
Over the weekend a twitter account belonging to Riot Game’ president and co-founder Mark Merrill appears to have been compromised. A hacker using the handle ‘Jason’ took control of Mr.Merrill’s account on Saturday and posted several images and details for a cancelled &unannounced League of Legends trading card game called ‘League of Legends Supremacy’. Supposedly the game had been completed by the folks over at Riot Games but for unknown reasons they decided to scrap the project before announcing it. Jason had threatened to release a 200MB zip file containing several images from the project but stopped short of doing

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Pokemon X & Y: Four Things I’ve Enjoyed So Far

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

My history with the Pokemon franchise dates back to the late 1990s with the release of Pokemon Red & Blue on the original Gameboy. Sure, I was only 12 at the time but right from the start I was entranced by the prospect of raising my own monsters and battling it out against my friends during recess. Now 15 years later Nintendo revitalizes the franchise with the first fully 3D handheld title in series history, Pokemon X & Y. Can it possibly hold up to the fond memories I have of raising my first Charmander in Pallet town over a

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The Order: 1886 Details Revealed

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Kintarius

Details on upcoming Playstation 4 exclusive, The Order: 1886 have come to light in the latest issue of Game Informer. The game is set in Victorian London and mixes historical as well as fantasy and sci-fi elements, as seen in the debut trailer. Within this setting, a small faction of humanity diverts from the main gene pool, mutating and becoming more bestial. This faction then begins a war against their former brethren.

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Pokémon X and Y Available To Capture This Saturday

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Les Major

The latest Pokémon adventure is about to be released in just one day! Fans have seen over the previous months just how amazing this 3DS generation of Pokémon looks. Personally, they had me there! Combat looks amazing, wandering the world is beautiful, but yet there’s even more! Mega Evolutions which seem to take place with a special device for a limited time in combat after your Pokémon has reached level 100. It sounds like not all Pokémon have mega evolutions, but those that do look awesome!

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