Square Enix have a bit of a PR issue on their hands with Final Fantasy XIV. Suspicions that the game was written for the Chinese market came to the fore with Chocobos being re-named “Horsebirds”. Chinese characters had been popping up in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIV. Typically, Square would be mixing English […]
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Cute Baneling plushie
The Baneling is a critter from StarCraft that causes all sorts of problems by exploding on you. Despite this; they remain something of a fan favourite and it was only a matter of time before we saw them on Etsy. Sorry, if you were looking to buy from this BoRoShan then you’re out of luck […]
First trailer for Bioshock Infinite
That’s right folks; Bioshock Infinite. As you would expect – hope – the trailer for Bioshock Infinite looks to be seven levels of scary awesome fun. There’s a Big Daddy cameo, of sorts, and something else going on. Two big bits of news for you; firstly, Bioshock Infinite is set in the skies and not […]
StarCraft II melting graphic cards
Yesterday Geek Native covered the news that StarCraft II had sold more 5 days than StarCraft I ever sold. Today? Today brings the news that StarCraft II may actually be causing some PC’s graphic cards to melt. The DailyTech picks this up. They’ve the story of Game Informer’s Adam Biessener who sufffered the melty melty […]
StarCraft II sells more in one week than StarCraft I ever sold
There will be smiles at Activision Blizzard this week. StarCraft II is a commercial success. It was helped that there were no other big releases this week. Rockstar‘Red Dead Redemption dipped 8% in sales whereas one big climber was Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies which climbed 27% in sales. These figures come […]
World of Warcraft agrees with Doctor Evil: Epic sharks with laser beams
Find a WoW player and get them to tell you about the Maelstrom. It’s got big, scary monsters or some-such-thing. As it their way, Blizzard has been tinkering with things as they gear up to release their latest expansion. This prompted yet another discussion on the forums. Ako brought up this point; What I meant […]
StarCraft played out in Lego
How are you doing with Star Craft II? I’m hearing mixed reports. Too expensive, too sluggish and slow? Awesome, addictive, cool enough to play throughout the night? Which StarCraft camp do you belong to? What about the Lego StarCraft camp? It’s pretty cool. There’s a host of Lego awesome stuff on Geek Native. Do you […]
THQ brings Warhammer 40,000’s Space Marine to the PC
Games Workshop have their earnings report out tomorrow. Today brings the news that THQ Inc it has a 3rd person action/shooter game coming for the Warhammer 40,000 setting. THQ and Games Workshop are really leaving no set of gamers in the dark. Space Marine will ship for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. The […]
Ghosts of the Past look impressive – StarCraft II trailer will perk you up!
It’s Wednesday as I write this blog post. A rather fantastic trailer for StarCraft II – Ghosts of the Past has just appeared on YouTube. It’ll be Friday when this post goes live (I’m always busy on Friday but do like to have the blog post something after lunch) so we get to play the […]
Gamers Gaikai score with Intel investment
This looks interesting. The over-the-internet games provider Gaikai has just landed some investment – some moola – with Intel Capital and Limelight Networks. The way Gaikai works is to let users play games like World of Warcraft without a download, install and just over the internet. A competitor would be a company like OnLive. What […]
