Call of Duty Elite iOS App Released
Yeah boy! This was one of the coolest features of the Elite service, the app! The app allows you to view your career summary, recent matches, track challenges and even modify your classes. Right now it’s available for iPhone and iPod Touch users but next week an Android version will be released. The app looks nice, very responsive and easy to use. Take a look at my pathetic stats and more screen shots below. Read the rest of this article…
Modern Warfare 3 To Receive 20 Content Updates By September – Also, DLC Screenshots
I don’t know what the motivation is behind this (ok, I really do) but Activision is promising players of their first person shooter: “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3“, 20 content updates by September of this year. Read the rest of this article…
World Of Warcraft Gold Farming Just Got Too Big
WoW and gold farmers go together like shoes and socks, steak and potatoes, Coke and a smile, Smith and Wesson…
To say that gold farming and sales have become a problem in World of Warcraft is to say that the surface of the sun is a bit warm. The economy in that game is so utterly destroyed, it isn’t uncommon to see people asking for thousands of gold for a stack of linen, in the auction house. Linen which would, by the way, sell to a vendor for mere tenths of 1 gold.
Well, if you though gold farming was big, I have news for you. It’s gotten so big, gold farmers are now making press releases.
Upcoming F2P MMO “Age of Wushu” Has Me Curious, Skeptical
Looking around the internet at the various MMO offerings brought me to an article about Age Of Wushu, a Chinese game being produced by Snail Games and marketed as free to play. I read a little about it and took some time to peruse their well-built website and I can say 2 things struck me, right off the bat:
1) It’s pretty…very pretty.
2) I don’t get it.
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Dear Sweet Jesus, They’re Making A Real X-COM Game!
My heart raced a little as I peeked through my TweetDeck feed waking up this morning. This may as well be the gaming announcement of the year: 2K’s Firaxis Studios (they make Civilization, you may have heard of it?) is in charge of providing us with 2012’s other XCOM game, which appears to be a remake of the original game.
Infinite Lives: Watch The Best E3 Documentary Right Now, For Free.
A few years ago, FleshEatingZipper’s own Kelly and I produced a documentary about our road trip to the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Normally dominated by professionals like retailers and game journalists (that would be the 2012 version of FleshEatingZipper’s own Kelly and me), the film showed how one gets in, how they get there, and what they do there as an outsider. Now you can watch it online, for free. That’s right. Check it out after the break!
Star Wars: The Old Republic Comes Under Fire For Abuse Options
Over the past few days, SWTOR has received some harsh criticisms from various news agencies and services who are complaining about some of the options players have, in regards to how they treat their companion NPC’s in the game.
I happen to have a fairly strong opinion on the matter, as well. Read on to find out what I think about the treatment, or MIStreatment of companions.
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BioWare Confirms Swinging The Ban Hammer At Exploiters
BioWare has confirmed banning a number of player accounts for having exploited various bugs in the game’s core programming in order to gain unfair or unintended advantages for their characters.
They have also clarified (reiterated) that credit farming will not be tolerated. Read the rest of this article…
SWTOR Patch 1.0.2 In The Works
That’s right, BioWare has a substantial patch in the works, mostly cleaning up some bugs and sorting out some glitches.
The patch is currently being tested on the public test server and should be deployed to the masses shortly. Read the rest of this article…
HOLY SITH! SWTOR Hits 350,000 Concurrent Online Users
The question on the minds of many, lately, is simple. Will Star Wars : The Old Republic be able to stand on its own in the face of the giant – World of Warcraft? Since the release of the game, many people have been trying to figure out and answer that question, for any number of reasons.
For some, it’s a gauge of whether to get a subscription when their free month runs out. For others it is a gauge of whether to start playing at all. For still others, it is a gauge of the MMO market and how healthy it is today.
According to numbers showing up now, we may have some answers.
