The auction for THQ’s assets concluded today, and most–but not all–of its major studios and properties found new homes. Kotaku has posted a letter from THQ’s executive leadership to employees which outlines the changes, which we’ll summarize here along with purchase prices revealed by court spectator Distressed Debt Investing. Volition …
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The Connecticut town which planned to collect violent games from parents in exchange for entertainment vouchers on Saturday has called off the initiative. Polygon reports community organization SouthingtonSOS said itsucceededin sparking conversation and consideration of violent media after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in nearby Newtown. “Our mission was …
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Ubisoft is giving some serious thought to scooping up THQ’s assets, according to reports in industry magazine MCV. Unnamed sources told MCV that Ubisoft has had lengthy discussions with THQ and investment firm Clearlake Capital Capital group about acquiring the company. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot admitted last month that his …
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Total recall Don’t mess with the Quran. Seems easy enough advice to follow, right? For some game developers, this was a lesson learned the hard way, resulting in that dreaded disaster known as a recall. See, recalls arent just for tainted medicine and toys that give kids lead poisoning. Game …
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(opens in new tab) Welcome! I’m Sophia Tong, editor-in-chief of GamesRadar, and I’m extremely happy and proud to introduce you to the new site! Those who have been with us for a while will notice that GamesRadar is looking a bit different these days. This is the beginning of many …
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Who won last week’s Friday Night Fight? Turkey. Turkey won the fight. In absolute TKO fashion. Wow, you should have been there, what a gobble-ring. Err, clobbering. When a villain is loose, when war is imminent, when the very known galaxy is facing certain destruction *breathless pause*… it’s totally inappropriate …
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“I don’t want to promise anything, I just want to deliver the glory of the old days in the new format of today’s world.” Peter Molyneux isn’t very good at not promising things, but hopefully his studio 22Cans will be good at delivering those promises with Godus, a new Kickstarter …
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In the words of Winner2: “I’m kind of surprised as to how few comments this fight [between Captain Price and Duke Nukem] stirred up as opposed to chief vs shepard. I know that fight needed some explanation and parameters to be set but still.” Here’s the requested explanation and parameters. …
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Duck and cover (and wait ten seconds) Weve all been there before. You find yourself on the ground, wounded, unsure of whether or not youll ever have the strength to carry on again. Youve just taken a damaging sword blow/gunshot/super punch/whatever, your vision has become disoriented, and now you have …
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(opens in new tab) It’s Halo 4 week! And also Paper Mario: Sticker Star week, and Grand Theft Auto V information week. Let’s just say it’s a busy week, alright. So listen to a podcast about it! This Week’s Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Henry Gilbert, Ryan Taljonick, and Lucas Sullivan The …
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