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EA buys up Bight studios

Darren Resnekov
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Another day another acquisition, this time involving electronics giant EA who have announced the purchase of iOS developer Bight games for a mystery amount. Bight games are a Canadian studio who are well known for their free to play titles including Trade Nations which has topped the charts on both Iphone and Ipads as well receiving a Facebook port.
EA’s Barry Cottle explains that the two companies are already very well acquainted, having worked on many projects together in the past with much success. He goes on to say how Bight deepens the company’s expertise in such a fast moving segment of the mobile industry.
Recently EA moved around many of its studios, appointing Barry Cottle as head of EA interactive, a position imp more than willing to take over should he decline. EA have also been buying up big lately, acquiring PopCap as well as many smaller companies.

Orcs Must Die will be playable at PAX and will have swag too!

J. Bradshaw
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Orcs Must Die will be making a appearance at PAX Prime this week and Robot Entertainment will let attendees play it. Plus, they will be giving away codes for a special character in the game: the War Mage. The War Mage was modeled after Penny Arcade’s Cardboard Tube Samurai. All you need to is register for the Robot Entertainments forums and visit the booth to get a Steam code. In addition, each day, the first 200 peeps who play the demo of the game at PAX will receive a prequel comic book. Orcs Must Die is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade and PC in 2011.
Check out Robot Entertainments website for more information.

Sony Vita launch to fail say Heavy Iron

Darren Resnekov
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Sony have got a battle on their hands according to two well known industry executives, who say the console is over-priced and serves no purpose in a market that demands multi-functionality. Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour from Heavy Iron studios believe the mobile gaming industry has undergone so much change since its inception that Sony’s new Vita is doomed to fail from the get go.
Using the failed launch of Nintendo’s 3DS as an example, Hall and Seymour told gamesindustry, “If people aren’t willing to pay $249 for a Nintendo 3DS why would they pay $299 for Vita? People don’t want to carry more than one thing in their pocket, that’s why Android and Iphone have done so well, they are the devices of choice, they offer multiple functions outside of gaming.” Seymour went further regarding the Vitas launch referring to it as “a train wreck.”
We’ve all seen the latest 3DS price drop, a concise indication that sales figures are low and something drastic needed to be done to perk interest in the device. With very little software of interest available besides remakes, customers reacted by keeping their wallets closed.
Despite their harsh words, Hall says himself and everyone at Heavy Iron would like nothing else than to see the Vita succeed, he just doesn’t see it happening in todays gaming environment.
“The technology is sweet, I’m a huge fan of mobile technology, but I just don’t know there’s a market out there anymore for the hardware. I can’t see why you would want to put a device out that only does games.
“The consumer has spoken. We wanted to see that world exist – more players, more opportunities for us, but at the same time people don’t want that. Unless there’s a super technology paradigm shift it’s not going to shift back.”
While I haven’t been in the industry for the 20 years that these guys have a have to disagree that there is no place for a dedicated gaming machine. What happens when the zombies attack or the aliens take out our communications and we can’t connect to the gaming servers? I’m quite happy with dedicated gaming machines. Every console I own is purely for games, I thought that was the idea but maybe imp wrong. Anyway imp off to play with my Sega coffee candy floss maker.

Bungie IT guy applies lessons learned from Halo: Always carry a gun

J. Bradshaw
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Bungie IT guy applies lessons learned from Halo: Always carry a gun


Jeff Fletcher, a Bungie employee who is in the IT department as an information specialist, was recently on the evening news. According to the Seattle news station, King 5, Fletcher was in a US Bank parking lot when he witnessed a gun battle between two men. As one man was shot, the other tried to flee the scene. Notice the key word in that last sentence: try. Mr. Fletcher pulled his own gun out, stopped the suspect and made a citizens arrest, using his retired police officer father’s handcuffs to make sure the shooter did not get away until the cops arrived. Check out the video below for more details.

Country Dance 2 Announced; 15 Tracks Confirmed…

Dustin Spencer
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Country Dance 2 Announced; 15 Tracks Confirmed…

There is no denying that the dance genre as a whole has been wildly successful on the Nintendo Wii. Last year, country music fans got their own dance title in Country Dance, and now it seems a follow-up is just months away with Gamemill’s announcement today of a sequel.

Country Dance 2 looks to utilize the same singing and dancing gameplay mechanics of it’s predecessor, but with a new “duet dancing option” that lets players dance together with each receiving their own unique set of commands.

A track list was also revealed with the announcement of this sequel, detailing the first 15 songs players can expect:

  • Ashton Shepard – “Look It Up”
  • Billy Currington – “People Are Crazy”
  • Blake Shelton – “Honey Bee”
  • Carrie Underwood – “All American Girl”
  • Easton Corbin – “Roll With It”
  • Eric Church – “Hell On The Heart”
  • George Strait – “Here for a Good Time”
  • Gwyneth Paltrow – “Shake That Thing”
  • Hayley McLean – “Good Time Bone”
  • Josh Thompson – “Won’t Be Lonely Long”
  • Kellie Pickler – “Tough”
  • Little Big Town – “Little White Church”
  • Miranda Lambert – “Gun Powder and Lead”
  • Montgomery Gentry – “What Do Ya Think About That”
  • Rodney Atkins – “Take a Back Road”

    • Country Dance 2 will be hitting the Wii sometime this holiday season, so get your boots dusted off and your mic tuned up for this brand new western dancing romp. You can also get a first look at the game in the new screenshots down below.

    Soul Calibur 5 – A Gamescom trailer

    J. Bradshaw
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    Oversized breasts. Incredible weapons. Insane backstories. Awesome fighting. Yea, we are definitely talking about the Soul Calibur series here. Namco Bandai just released a trailer at Gamescom showing off the latest iteration of the fighting game, and it looks beautiful. In addition, it confirms the existence and return of Voldo, Maxi, Tira & Hilde. Are you ready to take your fighting game to the max? Soul Calibur 5 will require “extreme agility” and “absolute concentration.” We can’t wait to see how Project Soul has improved upon Soul Calibur 4. In addition, we need our recommended dose of playing fighting games with scantily clad girls in them.

    EA to Showcase their best at GAMESCOM 2011

    Luke Halliday
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    Electronic Arts have announced details of their upcoming showcase at the GAMESCOM 2011 event in Cologne, Germany.

    EA are set to show off several of their top IP’s as well as upcoming launches and what they will have on offer for various platforms. Games included to be on display include: FIFA 12, Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

    Jens Uwe Intat of EA Europe had the following to say regarding the GAMESCOM 2011 showcase:

    The old model of making games every few years to coincide with new hardware launches is gone. We have a very powerful set of games for today’s consoles, and now we offer that IP to players as year-round entertainment across all of their devices and platforms. We’re looking forward to our fans’ response when they get hands-on with our line-up at the show – we think they’ll like what they see.

    EA is clearly trying new things in the gaming industry and with such blockbuster titles as Battlefield 3 which will feature 64 player online warfare and the amazing Star War: The Old Republic, EA may just be the company to watch come GAMESCOM 2011.

    Custom Minecraft Xperia Play available on Ebay

    J. Bradshaw
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    Addicts of Minecraft and collectors alike will be thrilled when they visit this Ebay page.

    Yes, that’s right. Its a $1325 Xperia Play cell phone. It will be auctioned off to benefit the charity of the Minecraft’s team choice, and another couple of the phones will be given away at Gamescom. Will you be bidding on it? You better hurry, as the bidding still has 6 days to go. Hopefully, someday, somewhere, someone will design a custom skin like that for everyone to enjoy.

    The Xperia Play is an Android that can play many Playstation games. A special version of Minecraft is being developed for the phone.

    Nintendo Winds out a new trailer for Pokemon Rumble Blast!

    Dustin Spencer
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    October 24th marks the first official Pokemon game on the Nintendo 3DS (aside from the Pokedex app), which is none other than Pokemon Rumble Blast. As we have mentioned before, this sequel or follow-up of sorts looks to utilize the same engine as the Pokemon Rumble WiiWare game, but with the full roster of the Unova Pokedex in tow.

    Nintendo have finally released an English trailer for the game, showing off the wind-and-battle gameplay and the various bosses players will encounter. These bosses seem to be made up of larger versions of standard Pokemon, where you must use your own team’s elemental and physical advantages to overcome the said foe. You can check out the trailer in full below and once more details are released for Pokemon Rumble Blast for the 3DS, we will be sure to bring out an update.

    Elevator Action Deluxe will be released on PS3

    J. Bradshaw
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    Square Enix was looking through its back catalog lately and found a game they could release again. Based on Agent 17’s action packed games, Elevator Action Deluxe will be exclusive to the PS3 through PSN. Other than that, we don’t have much to go on. The game was rated Teen, which means at least that it may have light blood or something, but the only other info to be gleaned from the Square Enix teaser website for the game is the notice that “He’ll be back.” Check out the website here. You can also play a version of the original game from way back when on the Wii Virtual Console if you want to get a taste of what to expect.

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