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Star Wars MMO “a big bet, but the right bet”.
BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have told of how they were “disappointed” and “sad” after reading the recent scathing anonymous blog post from EA Louse.
Last month a disgruntled EA employee about to fall victim to lay-offs published a vicious diatribe against Warhammer Online creator BioWare Mythic, its staff, and claimed that forthcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a disaster.
The blogger claimed that BioWare had, “spent more money making the Old Republic than James Cameron spent on Avatar. Sh*t you not. More than $300 million! Can you believe that?”
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Square Enix reveals game sales.
Undercooked MMO Final Fantasy XIV was the talking point of Square Enix’s six-month money report yesterday. President Yoichi Wada was pressed hard by analysts wanting to know what on earth was going on.
“We’re quickly working on reforms,” he told them during a conference call (according to an IGN translation of a Japanese transcript).
“We’d like to put our full power into regaining trust.”
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Dress up as a character from The Witcher game to win a digital version of your face in the sequel.
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Aussie PSN titles accidentally get non-existent adult rating.
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Select EB, GAME, and JB Hi-Fi stores to open at 12.01am Tuesday, 9 November for Aussie release of Activision shooter.
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Swedish business records indicate Machinegames is the latest indie developer to be scooped up by Bethesda and id parent company; shop home to several Riddick vets.
ZeniMax media has been on a tear of acquisitions of late, buying up Arx Fatalis creator Arkane Studios in August and Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami’s Tango Gameworks last month. Now, according to a Gamasutra report, the Maryland-based media company may have scooped up another studio.
Sparked by Twitter chatter, the report found Swedish business records, which indicated that the indie studio Machineworks has had its named changed to ZeniMax Sweden AB. The name change presumably came from a buyout of the indie shop, which was founded in 2009 by Starbreeze cofounder Magnus Hogdahl and other members of the Chronicles of Riddick development team.
According to its bare-bones website, “Machinegames is a developer of exciting AAA titles for next-gen platforms.”As of press time, requests for confirmation of the buyout sent to both ZeniMax and Machinegames had not been answered. However, if true, the purchase would bring even more talent into the ZeniMax fold, which already includes such major names as id Software (Doom 4, Rage) and Bethesda Softworks (Fallout 3, the Elder Scrolls: Oblivion). The company also has an online division currently working on an unnamed massively multiplayer project and recently received $150 million in funding from a private equity company.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic ‘won’t be profitable’ says Bigpoint CEO (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
Nov 5, 2010Star Wars: The Old Republic won’t be profitable. Ever. That’s according to Heiko Hubertz, CEO of MMO publisher Bigpoint. Speaking at the London Games Conference, Hubertz reasons that EA and BioWare’s monthly subscription business model won’t be enough to make up for The Old Republics high development costs, which are estimated at $100 million… …
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Civilization V map meticulously recreates World of Warcraft’s Azeroth (World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade)
Nov 5, 2010Deathwing may be going to destroy Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. But in the meantime, one fan has taken it upon himself to meticulously recreate the old world of Azeroth in a most impressive Civilization V map… …
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Atlus announces The Cursed Crusade. First screens and teaser inside (The Cursed Crusade)
Nov 5, 2010Atlus has just announced The Cursed Crusade, an action title for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The production values look good and the game’s story sounds promising. Check out the first screenshots and teaser inside… …