The War Z Reaches One Million Players; My Faith In Humanity Dies
The War Z, which I refuse to refer to as Infestation: Survivor Stories until such time as the game is fixed to the point of being playable and not just a blatant cash grab, hasn’t been hurt by its terrible reputation. The game’s publisher has announced that the game has over 1.3 million registered users.
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WCS Season 2 Regional Finals to go Head-to-Head with The International 3
Whether by design or whether it was unintentional, there will be some competition for your eSports attention during the second weekend of August. Blizzard’s StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 regional finals will be held on the same weekend of the Dota 2 world championship The International.
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Building (Critical) Consensus: Dota 2
It’s been a couple of years since we first saw Dota 2 in the wild but we recently got the official full release of Dota 2 on Steam. Dota 2 is the sequel to the Warcraft III mod Defence of the Ancients (DotA) which is considered the first game in the MOBA genre.
I’ve not gotten into Dota 2 yet but now might be as good a time as any if you’re curious about Dota 2, MOBAs or one of the more popular e-sports in the industry right now. Seeing as Dota 2 is a free-to-play game that doesn’t try to gouge you at every opportunity, that puts it above the competition right from when you start it up.
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Comic Book Pull List for July 24, 2013
For those of you keeping track of your month-long events, the third part of the Trinity War goes down this week before taking a week off. It’s Justice League Dark #22. It’s not my in file so I’m going to have to make a visit to the store this week.
As for my picks, I’ve got three #1s this week. Superior Spider Month continues with Superior Spider-Man Team Up #1 which sees Spidey team up with some of his Avengers friends. If you’re looking for something a bit off the beaten path, Dynamite has a horror crossover with Army Of Darkness vs. Hack/Slash #1. And seeing as we cover a lot of Mass Effect on the blog, I think that I’m obligated to mention Mass Effect: Foundation #1 which features a new character in the Mass Effect universe and may or may not somehow tie in to the Citadel DLC.
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Reports Say Vivendi to Take $2 Billion From Activision
It looks like Activision Blizzard’s plan to whether any unexpected costs for the upcoming console launches and possible sales shortfalls as a result of economic uncertainty by leveraging a mountain of money may require a rethink.
A report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Activision’s parent company Vivendi is planning to take a $2 billion cash dividend from the publisher to pay down its own debt.
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Britain to Block Online Pornography
While the rest of Britain and the world are focusing on the birth of the Royal Baby, British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a major announcement that might get buried under baby watch. By the end of this year, the United Kingdom will require internet service providers to block online pornography unless users specifically request that they be allowed to access porn.
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Supernatural to Get a Spin-off
Yesterday’s Supernatural panel at the San Diego Comic Con had an exciting piece of news for fans of the long-running WB/CW series. A spin-off series is currently in development at The CW.
The current plan is to introduce a new character who would serve as an anchor for this new series in or around episode 20 of Supernatural’s current season. That episode would effectively be a backdoor pilot to this spin-off.
Source: TV Line
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The Avengers 2 is Avengers: Age of Ultron
At the end of the Marvel movies panel at Comic Con, Joss Whedon spilled the beans on the upcoming sequel to last year’s big blockbuster The Avengers. Rather than Thanos showing up after his appearance during the credits in The Avengers, we’re getting another classic comic villain.
Coming in summer of 2015 is The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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DC Comics to Follow-up Man of Steel with Batman/Superman
DC Comics’ big follow-up to the massive success of Man of Steel isn’t the much-anticipated Justice League movie but a movie starring DC’s two biggest heroes. Superman and Batman will share the screen in 2015’s Batman/Superman.
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Steam Summer Sale: July 21, 2013
We’ve reached the final day of the 2013 Steam Summer Sale. There is less than 24 hours to get a hold of any games that you are interested in while they’re still on sale.
To celebrate the final day of the sale, Steam is bringing back some of its most popular sales to give you one last chance to save some money and get some great games. If only I didn’t get all the games on my wishlist before now…
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