The 2012 Worst Company in America poll by Consumerist revealed that Electronic Arts (EA) as “winner,” and beat Bank of America in the final stretch. Based on the final results, EA had 64.03% votes of more than 250,000 votes, while Bank of America had 35.97% votes. Later, the company responded to the issue. Electronic Arts [...]
No Wii U price cuts will be made. This is what Nintendo President Satoru Iwata reportedly emphasized on a meeting with investors, a day after the Japanese gaming giant company announced that its sales declined in the three quarters of 2012 and cut its sales projections for 2013 for the Wii U, 3DS, and DS [...]
Atari US has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in its hope to separate from its troubled French parent company, Atari SA. This means that the American branch of the iconic video games company is not yet considered as “game over.” It will still continue and aims to be even more applicable to the digital [...]
Nintendo Wii Mini Image Credit: Nintendo Canada A $99 Wii Mini by Nintendo was launched on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Nintendo Canada official website. Nintendo Wii Mini will be initially be released exclusively in Canada on December 7, 2012 for $99. A Nintendo report say, that Wii Mini “can play more than 1,400 [...]
Blizzard Entertainment, creators of the Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo game franchises announced that the World of Warcraft Battle Chest would be on sale for US $5 at the Blizzard Store for a limited amount of time this week. WoW Battle Chest Sale Image Credit: us.battle.net As announced in the us.blizzard.com and us.battle.net websites over the [...]
Zynga, creator of Farmville, Mafia Wars, and Words With Friends, announced on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 that it will be implementing cost reduction measures, including closing studios in UK, Japan, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts, and Austin, Texas, affecting around 5% of their workforce. Zynga’s Farmville Image Credit: Facebook As noted at Zynga.com company [...]
Rovio Entertainment and Lucasfilm Ltd. announced on Monday, October 8, 2012 the so-called Angry Birds Star Wars edition, a result of the collaboration between the two blockbuster entertainment franchises; Angry Birds and Star Wars. A teaser trailer is available below. Angry Birds Star Wars Image Credit: Rovio video According to press release by Rovio on [...]
Bad Piggies, Rovio‘s newly released game topped the US iTunes App Store charts just over three hours after its September 27, 2012 launch. According to the press release of game developer Rovio Entertainment posted on October 3, 2012 the Bad Piggies game was well received by fans, gaming press and mainstream media outlets alike. Bad [...]
Bad Piggies Image Credit: Bad Piggies FB Page Angry Birds sequel, “Bad Piggies” will be released on September 27, 2012, Rovio Mobile announced on its official Facebook page. According to reports, the sequel will feature the pigs and the birds will not be present. Reports also said that the slingshot is also gone for good. [...]
Blizzard Entertainment announced on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 that the Mist of Pandaria expansion for the World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) will be available in stores and online starting September 25, 2012. Mist of Pandaria Image Credit: www.blizzard.com “Mists of Pandaria contains the biggest variety of new content we’ve ever created [...]