Bad news Archive

  • Call of Duty franchise to be ran into the ground

    Call of Duty franchise to be ran into the ground

    Statements released by Activision today should be quite alarming to Call of Duty fans. In a nutshell, Activision has announced that they plan to dilute the brand as quickly and thoroughly as possible by ensuring yearly releases, multi-genre releases, and a continued push into the...

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  • Activision is obviously run by idiots

    Activision is obviously run by idiots

    Modern Warfare 2 has sold enough copies to line the coffers of Activision for quite some time, so how does Activision show their appreciation to Infinity Ward, the developer of the game? They do it by firing Jason West, head of the studio. Not only...

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  • R.I.P. Lou Albano

    R.I.P. Lou Albano

    Lou Albano, the man most well known among video gamers for his portrayal of Mario in the live action segments of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show cartoon, passed away on Wednesday due to continued complications of an illness that he had been battling under...

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  • Oh man…why not, Nintendo?!

    Oh man…why not, Nintendo?!

    Nintendo is the publisher for Tecmo’s Fatal Frame IV over in Japan, and earlier this week they announced that they have decided not to bring the game to North America. Because of region locking on the Wii, that means that unless you have a Japanese...

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  • No podcast this week, intermittent downtime explained

    No podcast this week, intermittent downtime explained

    First of all, there won’t be a podcast this week because I’ve not been able to sleep the past 4 nights due to a terrible toothache (broken tooth, now infected), and I’m barely getting through my work days, let alone having the time to put...

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  • EGM is no more, 1up sold to UGO, lots of notable layoffs

    EGM is no more, 1up sold to UGO, lots of notable layoffs

    Ugh, I feel like the last remnants of my childhood have been dragged out into the street and had a bullet put right between the eyes. With the acquisition of 1up by UGO, many notable and talented people have been layed off and EGM is...

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