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Comment Re:This beta should be...fun? (Score 1) 182

by madhattr999 on Thursday February 11, 2010 @05:07PM (#31104876) Attached to: <em>StarCraft II</em> Beta To Begin This Month

Lots of people played the original Starcraft multiplayer without Broodwar. You always have the option for not purchasing the expansion pack. This is even more true, if you don't care about single player. If you completely ignore the aspect of single player, how is 1 game and a couple expansion packs any different than the Starcraft/Broodwar situation of 12 years ago? And if you are one of the people who cares about the campaign / single player, it's not like their cutting the campaign into thirds. Each race's campaign is just going to be 3x longer (25-30 levels instead of 10). I don't see the issue here. Nobody forced you to purchase Broodwar then, and nobody will be forcing you to purchase the expansions for Starcraft 2. Regarding your WOW comparison, lots of people played Starcraft without the extra units that came in the expansion. In WOW, there is interaction and competition between people with and without the expansion. In Starcraft 1/2, there is not. It's not a fair (or relevant) comparison.

Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video 189

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:45AM from the super-mario-takedown dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nintendo is investigating potential copyright infringement by Nokia during some video demos of their N900 phone, which can be seen emulating Nintendo games. Nintendo spokesman Robert Saunders says: 'We take rigorous steps to protect our IP and our legal team will examine this to determine if any infringement has taken place.' In the video, Nokia says, 'Most publishers allow individual title usage, provided that the user is in possession of the original title.'"

Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @01:32PM from the a-jetwing-and-a-prayer dept.

Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs 161

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 20, 2009 @01:01AM from the say-goodnight-folks dept.

lbalbalba writes "Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that it was closing the studio as part of a recently announced plan to eliminate 1,500 jobs, or 16% of its global workforce. Pandemic has about 220 employees, but an EA spokesman said that a core team, estimated by two people close to the studio to be about 25, will be integrated into the publisher's other Los Angeles studio, in Playa Vista.' An ex-developer for Pandemic attributed the studio's struggles to poor decisions from the management."

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