It was a slow news day so I thought that I’d change things up today. When you pick up a comic book or watch a TV show or movie, we see superheroes being, well, super. They can’t be super all the time. So here’s a gallery of artist Greg Guillemin’s interpretation of what superheroes are […]
Monthly Archives: March 2014
KeSPA Announces Results of League of Legends Matchfixing Scandal Investigation
On Monday, KeSPA, the Korea e-Sports Association which acts as a governing body for eSports in South Korea, released the results of their investigation into the AHQ Korea League of Legends matchfixing scandal that was brought to light by AHQ Promise’s attempted suicide.
The result of the investigation by a KeSPA emergency task force showed that AHQ Korea team manager, Noh Dae Chul, attempted to fix matches at OGN’s League of Legends Champions Spring 2013 tournament but ruled that only Promise had attempted to throw the matches.
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sOs Wins $100,000 IEM World Championship
The old sports cliche of big players make big plays in big games applies to eSports as well. Just five months after being crowned the StarCraft II World Champion at BlizzCon, Korean Protoss player sOs staked his claim to being the closest thing that SC2 has to an undisputed world champion by winning the $100,000 winner-takes-all Intel Extreme Masters World Championship.
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Sony Raises PS4 Console and Game Prices in Canada
Back in January, we brought a story about EB Games Canada quietly raising prices on almost all of their new releases from $60 to upwards of $70 whether they were on current or last-gen consoles. Last month, Microsoft quietly announced that the price of Xbox One games would increase to $65 each. Now, Sony has announced that the price of the PS4 console in Canada will increase along with the price of games and peripherals.
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Valve Changes Steam Controller Design Ahead of GDC
While Valve’s upcoming Steam Controller had been much-anticipated by gamers for its revolutionary design, it looks like some of the more unique aspects of the controller will disappear. The touchscreen and surrounding buttons at the centre of the controller are being eliminated in the latest design iteration for the traditional controller face buttons.
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Geek Links of the Week
Even with a solid security system in place, the human factor can undermine even the best software. That was how credit card data was stolen from Target. It wasn’t the system but the people using it that allowed data to be stolen. [Businessweek]
EA Sports’ old slogan was “if it’s in the game, it’s in the game.” However, in the case of the Madden series, some features are too real for the NFL’s liking and they had them pulled from the game. [Extra Mustard]
Speaking of “it’s in the game,” that was a top priority for Trey Parker and Matt Stone when it came to the development of South Park: The Stick of Truth. [Eurogamer]
Are you ready for a vintage-style baseball game. MLB has taken it upon themselves to develop an in-house multiplatform baseball game that will be the return of RBI Baseball. Someone had to get baseball back on the Xbox. [Polygon]
The PS4’s monthly sales winning streak is about to come to an end in March as Titanfall moves Xbox Ones. For now, the PS4 is still the sales king. [Engadget]
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Inside Westeros with the Cast of Game of Thrones
For the first, and likely only, time on the blog, we have some video from Vanity Fair. The entertainment magazine is doing a Game of Thrones themed cover shoot ahead of the fourth season premiere. For this edition of Fridays of Ice and Fire, the cast of Game of Thrones examine their characters and the state of Westeros.
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Little Racers Street Review: Top-Down, Bottom-Up
If you race it, chances are that I’m going to try to review it. That includes the recent release of Little Racers Street, former an Xbox Live Indie Game that was ported over to PC on Steam. I haven’t had the best of luck with top-down racing games but maybe this will be the one to change things for me. Maybe…
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League of Legends Pro Player Attempts Suicide After Revealing Matchfixing Scandal
Former League of Legends pro player Cheon Min-Ki attempted to committed suicide on Wednesday night shortly after revealing that his former team, AHQ Korea, was involved in matchfixing orchestrated by the team’s manager, Noh Dae Chul.
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The Worf of Starfleet
Who need Leo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and perfect hair when you can have Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes and Klingon drinking songs? While The Wolf of Wall Street had a pretty good trailer, it doesn’t top this trailer for The Worf of Starfleet.
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