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EA Sports Active stores open in Boston and San Francisco {Joystiq}
Nov 18th 2009 9:49AM Ha, I totally didn't need to click through to guess the address of that store. Talk about distinctive neighborhoods.
Gearbox: Borderlands fastest-selling new IP of 2009 {Joystiq}
Nov 17th 2009 5:13PM An excellent game. I was getting worried for a while with Gearbox projects getting shelved left and right, I'm glad they shipped a title and have met with positive reviews and sales. Got to keep that cash flowing.
Rumor: Pandemic Studios to close its doors today {Joystiq}
Nov 17th 2009 1:03PM I don't think they were ever bought by Bioware, IIRC Pandemic and Bioware were both bought simultaneously by Bono's "Elevation Partners" venture capital firm, and rolled into one self-regulating studio because, shocker, Bono knows nothing about making videogames.
Hopefully everyone got to cash their checks along the way, the seeds of this have been a long time growing :(
EA: Medal of Honor being revitalized, details 'in the months ahead' {Joystiq}
Nov 10th 2009 7:23AM Earth Shattering Announcement:
Three-quarters of the guys at Infinity Ward of sick of taking Activision's guff, and they're going to form a new studio that, under EA's partner program, will develop future iterations of the Medal of Honor franchise :)
EA Sports MMA signs Strikeforce league, additional fighters {Joystiq}
Nov 7th 2009 6:39AM It's not a league, it's a promotion.
We'll see how long they can survive the curse of Fedor. Werdum still has some fight left in him. The heavyweight division has been the weak one for years, so it's hardly a useful comparison. Sobral was a worthy LHW champion, so I've got to at least respect Mousasi. Beyond that, there isn't much to talk about.
Strikeforce used to have a history of putting together "exciting cards" (full of one-sided contests that ended with knockouts or subs instead of decisions). You can't really play that game with titles, which probably explains why they ended up with so few title defenses in general. They aren't even starting to call the shots anymore though. CBS/Showtime is running it in the US, and M-1 is running everything else. When it's over, they'll sue Scott Coker for his bones (witness EliteXC and Affliction).
Sam Fisher uses Krav Maga martial art, according to Splinter Cell Conviction dev diary {Joystiq}
Nov 5th 2009 2:02PM As known years ago by those who've read the books.
Shit, I just admitted that I've read them.
2009 THQ year-to-date sales up 22 percent over 2008 {Joystiq}
Nov 4th 2009 7:24PM GAAP is so last year. All the popular companies are moving to IFRS.
A megamix of minimalist game remakes {Joystiq}
Nov 3rd 2009 5:05AM Doom turning into a pixely mess as the Pinky attacked was brilliant.
Infinity Ward pulls 'Fight Against Grenade Spam' ad in light of backlash {Joystiq}
Nov 1st 2009 6:40PM lol, ACTIVISIONs.
Capcom expects Lost Planet 2 to sell 3.7 million units in second half of fiscal year {Joystiq}
Nov 1st 2009 5:14PM The second game is launching on two platforms instead of one, with an install base that's easily three times (if not significantly more than) what the first had available.
I think it's possible.
