News: Heroes of The Storm 1.2 Million Prize Pool Thoughts

Blizzard recently announced the Heroes of the Storm World Championship Finals for the Esports Tournament is going to be at Blizzcon this year. The prize pool is at 1.2 million, $500,000 of the Heroes money will be handed out at BlizzCon, which takes place on November 6th and 7th in Anaheim, with the winning team taking $200,000. The rest will be awarded through regional qualifiers. A total of eight teams from five different regions will compete on the BlizzCon stage: one from Korea, one from Taiwan, two from Europe, two from China, and two from the Americas region  including North and South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. This is why Blizzard doesn’t care about World of Warcraft. 
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Feature: Fallout 4 Confirmed On Accident Or Was it?

Destructoid reports Mirada Studios, the promotional studio which the artist linked to the Fallout 4 trailer, has cited a breach of a non-disclosure agreement and demanded the site remove its coverage of the artist’s profile. Destructoid claims to never have signed a NDA but is the NDA exists doesn’t that point to the direction Miranda Studios are working with Bethesda? Confirming a project’s existence to outside parties is not what you want to do when you don’t want to admit a game is officially in the works. Looking at this we must realize that this could be a planted and planned move to bring more attention to Fallout 4. While this could be just another happy accident it just doesn’t feel that way. Most likely will will be seeing Fallout 4 at E3 2015
The developers have also confirmed that the game will not be getting launched on Playstation 3 or Xbox 360. It is an obvious decision because the title is scheduled to get launched in 2016
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Feature: Why Guillermo Del Toro Doesn’t Need Gaming

Guillermo Del Toro has not had the best experience stepping into the gaming industry. He recently made a few statement referring to the cancellation of the Silent Hill game that will never be, his canceled game Insane from the now out of business THQ. Furthermore the split between Konami and Hideo Kojima seemed to put the nail in the coffin at least for now. Del Toro has a few statements citing first about Silent Hill
“What we wanted to do with the game – and we were very much in agreement on this – was to take the technology and make it as cutting-edge as we could in creating terror in the house. The idea was very, very atmosphere-drenched. 
Del Toro also makes a statement concerning his future in the gaming industry
“Well, you know, I’ve tried twice and I don’t know if I’ll ever come back to the form. In one instance, the company went down, and in the second, the completely unexpected happened, which was Kojima and Konami separating. It’s kind of left me reeling.” 
All in all can you blame the guy? He made his claim to fame in Hollywood you can just look at the numbers of Pacific Rim, Del Toro doesn’t need the gaming industry and sadly this might push away future directors or others to put any effort into working with the gaming industry again. 
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Feature: Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Oh Bollocks Not Again

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate takes place in London 1868 during the dawn of the modern era during the Industrial Revolution. You can play as twin siblings Jacob and Evie Frye.The game will not feature multiplayer as things currently stand, you get to use a grappling hook (ah taking from Just Cause eh?), and use carriages so that means we get a red dead redemption element to the game as well. The developers have confirmed that Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens will appear in the game. Sadly this feels like the age ol’ “fuck it” button will be pressed once again as many of Ubisoft’s games suffer from it much less a decent port for PC users. They might as well call it Assassin’s Creed: Gangs of London. Or Assassin’s Creed: William Regal Edition….ok that was silly but you see the point. 

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News: World of Warcraft Bans 100,000 Accounts for Bots Analysis

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft has seen better days as of late. After losing nearly 3 million subscribers, now people are upset over the fact that Blizzard has issued a ban to more than 100,000 World of Warcraft accounts for the use of bots. Blizzard explains their stance in a statement.

“We’ve recently taken action against a large number of World of Warcraft accounts that were found to be using third-party programs that automate gameplay, known as ‘bots.’

“We’re committed to providing an equal and fair playing field for everyone in World of Warcraft, and will continue to take action against those found in violation of our Terms of Use. Cheating of any form will not be tolerated.”

The ban is currently 6 months and honestly. What did you expect them to do when something violates terms of use. You have to figure they will be taking action.

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Podcast: Across The Pond LIVE – Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Details – Episode 34

Across The Pond is a gaming talk show hosted by Rumandapples & Roshu666 that also covers, pop culture, entertainment, professional wrestling, and all sorts of news from across the globe.

This episode is all about, Nintendo E3 event takes place during Square Enix show, Heroes of the Storm World Championships gets $1.2M prize pool, Batman: Arkham Knight, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, EA laying off staff at Visceral Games, World of Warcraft ban hammering 100,000 accounts, Fallout 4 discussion, some WWE talk plus more!

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Feature: World of Warcraft Losing 3 Millions Subscribers Wont Hurt Blizzard

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft has been the major player in the MMO world for at last a decade. As part of their earning report World of Warcraft is down 2.9 million from the 10 million subscribers it had at the end of 2014. This on the first look could seem problematic but with the other successful games Blizzard pushes out and with the growing interest in Heroes of The Storm, there really isn’t too much to worry about. Besides World of Warcraft has that shady movie coming out and they will always release new stuff for the game that brings players back.

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Feature: More Problems With Steam Greenlight

Randall Herman’s sh**** game Kill the Faggot was briefly allowed on Steam Greenlight before being rightfully pulled down. Unfortunately this brings the bigger question of is No moderation the right thing to do? Clearly Valve wanted to make steam greenlight a place for games to have a chance to succeed, but with how things have been clearly abused more often than not. it seems like Valve has to make adjustments with the service and this wild wild west idea of zero vetting process is not what should be happening currently. 
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Feature: Star Wars Battlefront NO Classes NO Squads NEW Partner System

There will be NO pre made classes in the new Star Wars Battlefront, nor will there be squads, all your weapons and gear will be unlockable with XP. DICE and EA are also introducing a new partner system and getting rid of the squad system. There will be NO iron sight aiming system, The new Partners feature that links two players together so that they can see each other on their HUD and spawn on each other. You will also be able to share whatever they’ve unlocked, so if you’re teamed with a higher level partner, or someone who’s bought a different loadout with their XP, you can have access to what they have unlocked. All in all the game itself is one that gamers and fans of the previous series must be careful about. This is a huge chance this game is merely a cash grab of the Triple A model that continues to waste our money and time. 
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Feature: Former Interzone CEO Faces 120 Years in Federal Prison

Marty L. Brickey, the former CEO of the Australian developer Interzone, is facing a maximum of 120 years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering. Brickey, 44, was indicted in June on three counts of wire fraud and six counts of money laundering. Each wire fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, with money laundering carrying a penalty of 10 years.

According to a report in the Springfield News Leader, the documents state that Brickey took more than $14.5 million in Australian currency for funding for games that were never released over a period starting in 2008. Brickey was in charge of Interzone when it closed back in 2010, carrying more than AUD $1.5 million in unpaid taxes and wages. All in all the dots feel very connected in this case.

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