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I talk about the federal trade commission’s (FTC) settling on the Machinima and Microsoft deal, Fallout 4 monopoly, Batman Arkham Knight patch, and a bit more.

Gamestop in it’s recent acquisition of ThinkGeek are planning on opening the online retailer’s first physical store. Gamestop bought ThinkGeek in July in a deal worth around $140 million. Rumandapples Links ————————————— Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | YouTube | Hitbox | Donate

The AbleGamers Charity has done something magnificent aside from the usual. AbleGamers recently launched a $10,000 scholarship program giving students with disabilities assistance in their path to a career in the games industry. The AbleGamers Fellowship are taking applications 3rd and 4th year students working on a degree in game development disciplines, or computer scienceContinue reading “AbleGamers 10,000 Scholarship is Wonderful”

From what the FTC has ruled that Machinima deceived people with Paid reviews of Xbox One without properly disclosing the information. This comes from 2014 when Machinima came under accusation of deceiving viewers. Machinima did not help the situation by stating its Xbox One promoting videos were “a typical marketing partnership. Sadly this is ALLContinue reading “FTC Says Machinima Used Deceptive Advertisements With Xbox One Youtube Videos”

Minecraft: Story Mode was listed on Amazon and the Amazon UK citing some release dates. October 27 in North America and October 30 in the UK. Telltale Games, has not announced an official release date for the IP. These dates could change at any time.  Minecraft: Story Mode features an all-star voice cast which includesContinue reading “Minecraft Story Mode Cast & Release Date”