Vivendi is making some major moves lately. Vivendi recently bought 6.6 percent stake in Ubisoft. Vivendi has a history “aggressively pursuing companies within the entertainment sector.” Why? Because Vivendi is a huge mongol as a Mass Media Property. Vivendi even owned Blizzard/Activision till around 2013 when Activision bought themselves out in part of a buyback process.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said Vivendi’s investment into Ubisoft was “unsolicited and unwelcome.”

“Our intention is and has always been to remain independent, a value which, for 30 years, has allowed us to innovate, take risks, create beloved franchises for players around the world, and which has helped the company grow into the leader it is today.”

Vivendi is pretty much doing a hostile takeover of places like Gameloft and now Ubisoft. While Ubisoft isn’t the most well liked company, it is a universally bad thing if a corporate entity like Vivendi is able to continue this trend. Vivendi is dangerous to Ubisoft and game companies in general of not only losing identity but losing actual little remaining quality left in the Triple A field.

While Gamestop may be a monopoly on the used games retail market. It is nice to see this sort of charity going around the holiday season.  GameStop has partnered with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the annual “Thanks and Giving” campaign to help raise money and awareness for childhood cancer.

GameStop’s St. Jude campaign begins on November 1 and continues through the end of the year.

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Stray Dog Sim Home free is an open world adventure game. You are a dog and using your canine abilities explore and find your place in the world around you. There is a healthy selection of breeds to choose from, the city is procedurally generated. Why am I talking about a lost dog sim? Because so far it’s captivating to say the least.

Home Free Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/143870832/home-free-0

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Bethesda’s Fallout 4 Pip Boy Edition is sold out again! Folks who follow The Rumandapples Show and Uncivilized Banter will remember when we covered this original story of the pip boy edition selling out rather quickly. Looks like the same has happened again and we really don’t know if there will be more in the near future with the release date of November 10th.

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From EA Star Wars Battlefront is not going to be featuring a primary voice chat function or dedicated servers in the game. This is a problem for the fundamental importance of communication with ones teammates in order to win the match or secure critical objectives.

Star Wars Battlefront is available November 17th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and on Origin for PC

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