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Telltale Games recently announced on their blog. That they are now going to be working with Marvel Entertainment to team up and work on a new Telltale project that will come out sometime in 2017. We said 2016 in the show by mistake. Telltale Games has had some pretty good games come out and someContinue reading “News: Telltale Games Signs on With Marvel”

GameStop is about to launch a trade in and sales test program for retro games in Birmingham and New York City. Later this year gamers will be able to trade in their NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, N64, and Sega Dreamcast systems at roughly 250 locations, retro games will be purchased only through theContinue reading “News: Gamestop Considering Retro Business”

Perpetrators of online abuse will now face tougher sentencing thanks to new legislation passed in the UK. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling made the statement “This is a law to combat cruelty, and marks our determination to take a stand against a baying cyber-mob We must send out a clear message: if you troll you riskContinue reading “News: UK Raised Maximum Sentence to 2 Years For Internet Trolls Analysis”

2K Australia has closed it’s doors. 2K Games cites the reasons for the closure of the Canberra subsidiary 2K Australia was stating that the costs of operating a game studio in Australia was too high. 2K was Australia’s only AAA developer. 2K Australia worked on titles such as Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and most notably theContinue reading “News: 2K Australia Closes Down”

Good News for Starcraft II fans. Coming from Blizzard is Legacy of The Void.The expansion will include new units and multiplayer changes from Wings of Liberty, plus a continuing campaign on the Protoss species. It will span approximately 20 missions and will be priced as an expansion set.The campaign will focus on Artanis as itsContinue reading “News: Starcraft II Legacy of The Void News”

Rovio, the Finnish game developer of  the Angry birds franchise, won its court battle with toy vendor Toy Amazon on the grounds of copyright and trademark infringement. United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest awarded Rovio $2.7 million, which breaks down to $1.2 million for copyright damages and $1.5 million for trademark infringement. Toy Amazon,Continue reading “News: Rovio Grabs 2 Million in Copyright Scandal Analysis”

Some news comes from the desk of Nintendo. They are adding more virtual consoles to the virtual console lineup for the Wii U. The company announced plans to add Nintendo DS and Nintendo 64 titles to the Wii U’s retro library, starting with Yoshi’s Island DS and Super Mario 64 at $10 each. The WiiContinue reading “News: Wii U Virtual Console Gets N64 and DS Games”

There is a lot to this mother f’in case so here’s the divvy savvy? The Federal Trade Commission gave final approval of a settlement with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Deutsch LA, the marketing agency Sony used for the launch of the PlayStation Vita. The FTC has barred Sony from creating misleading advertising claims inContinue reading “News: FTC Accepts Sony Playstation Vita Settlement”

Due to fan outrage of Daybreak planning on charging for Battle Royale Mode a very popular one on H1Z1. Daybreak has decided to hold off on the monthly subscription for access to battle royale mode and focus more on the bugs and other issues plaguing the game. Daybreak Game Company President John Smedley in aContinue reading “News: H1Z1 to Delay Subscription Requirement for Battle Royale Mode”

Electronic Arts will attend next month’s Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. Why they are attending is not really clear at this point in time but with EA signing a 10 year deal with Star Wars franchise owner Disney in 2013, DICE heading up the new Star Wars Battlefront, and Dead Space’s Visceral working onContinue reading “News: EA Attending Star Wars Celebration”