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| World of Tanks studio acquires F.E.A.R. 3 dev Jan 29th 2013, 14:59 Wargaming buys Day 1 Studios for $20 million; now working on unannounced console game. 
World of Tanks studio Wargaming today announced it had acquired F.E.A.R. 3 developer Day 1 Studios for $20 million and is putting the team to task on an unannounced console title. The company will be rebranded Wargaming West. Wargaming is developer of numerous PC massively multiplayer online games, including World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes. This marks Wargaming's first step effort in the console space. Platforms for the company's new console game were not announced, nor was a timetable for its release. Wargaming West currently has a handful of open positions, including calls for an IT Administrator, a producer, and multiple part-time quality assurance staffers. Day 1 was founded in 2001 by ex-FASA Interactive veteran Denny Thorley and Microsoft Game Studios' TJ Wagner. Out of the gate, the studio scored a hit with 2002's MechAssault for the original Xbox. After a MechAssault follow-up in 2004, the studio created the original property Fracture for LucasArts and then took over for Monolith on Warner Bros. Interactive's F.E.A.R. 3. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
|  | Apple reveals $800 128GB iPad Jan 29th 2013, 14:18 New fourth-generation model with Retina display launching February 5; cellular version to be available for $930. 
Apple is doubling the storage capacity for its latest iPad line. The company today announced new 128GB versions of the fourth-generation iPad, which will begin at $800 for a Wi-Fi-only model, with a cellular model available for $930. Both new iPads go on sale February 5. The 128GB iPad line includes all the same features as the existing fourth-generation models, including a 9.7-inch Retina Display, FaceTime HD camera, and an A6X processor. They will be sold through Apple's online store, Apple retail stores, and through select Apple authorized resellers. iPads were hot commodities during Apple's recent latest quarter, as consumers purchased a record 22.9 million iPads for the three-month period ended December 29. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Epic Mickey studio in trouble? Jan 29th 2013, 13:58 Sources say Junction Point staffers have been on paid leave for over one month with layoff news expected today. 
Epic Mickey studio Junction Point may be in trouble. Multiple sources have confirmed to Kotaku that employees at the Austin, Texas-based studio have been on paid leave for more than a month now, with layoff news expected to be announced today. Junction Point owner Disney has not yet commented on the rumor. The news was sparked when Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts' studio Roberts Space Industries tweeted that Junction Point would be shut down entirely. The tweet has since been removed, with the company saying it has "no inside info on their status." Industry veteran George Broussard also commented on the matter, saying, "The Junction Point rumors have been circulating a while. Warning signs when you give employees two months off after shipping." Junction Point shipped Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two in November. The game was not a critical or commercial success for Disney, recording mediocre review scores and reportedly selling 270,000 copies in the United States by the end of 2012. The Austin, Texas development scene has been in the spotlight of late. After finding no bidder in THQ's bankruptcy auction last week, Vigil Games was dissolved. Thirty-five of the Darksiders studio's employees, including cofounder David Adams, are now working at Crytek USA Corp. in Austin, Texas, which opened yesterday. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Industry has profited at expense of children, says CA senator Jan 29th 2013, 13:26 Leland Yee again points finger at games industry, admits he "didn't use the best words" in recent interview. California senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) has apologized for telling gamers to "quiet down" in a recent interview, but also again criticized the game industry for hurting children. "Gamers, I admittedly didn't use best words to [The San Francisco Chronicle]," he said on Twitter (via Game Politics). "Meant video game industry has inherent conflict of interest in the gun violence debate." The politician said he knows and has respect for many gamers, but again pointed the finger at the game industry for making profits at the cost of children's health. "I have a lot of respect for many gamers, " he added. "Many are on my staff and in my family--but the industry has profited at the expense of children." Yee said last week that gamers have "no credibility" in the discussion surrounding violent video games. He said it is "all about their lust for violence and the industry's lust for money." Yee is not the only politician taking aim at the game industry following December's deadly shooting in Newton, Conn. that left 20 children and six adults dead. Politicians in Washington, DC, as well as President Obama himself, have put forth legislation and orders aimed at examining violent entertainment and what role it may play in real-world violence. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Minecraft Xbox 360 update 8 hopes to deliver 40 fixes this week Jan 29th 2013, 12:06 Eighth free update to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition aiming to arrive in January, provided it gets through Microsoft's certification process. 
The eighth update to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is aiming to to live on consoles before the end of January, according to a tweet by developer 4J Studios, but that the team needs "to wait and see how it does in Cert Testing." Chief amongst the additions are a suite of crash fixes, some tweaks to Love Mode and making Blazes now drop Glowstone Dust alongside Blaze Rods. The full patch notes are below. 4J Studios previously said The End, an alternate plane of the Minecraft world which features floating islands and is the homeworld of the Endermen, would feature in TU8 but this has now been pushed back to TU9. The full list of updates in TU8 of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition: - Fix for random crash on Kick Player.
- Fix for a random crash on loading the tutorial.
- Fix for freeze when writing on a sign as an autosave starts.
- Fix for crash when attempting to enter an online enabled game session after losing connection to the Xbox LIVE service.
- Performance improvement for the Enchantment interface.
- Fix to display a message when monsters are nearby on trying to sleep in a bed.
- Fix for an issue causing blocks to reappear after being destroyed when the server is busy.
- Fix for Experience Orbs being invisible for a period of time when created.
- Fix to force a Nether Fortress, Blaze Spawner and Nether Wart to always be present in the Nether for a newly created world.
- Fix for autosave not working when the host has gone into an idle state.
- Fix to increase the spawn rate for Mooshrooms.
- Change to make Blazes drop Glowstone Dust as well as Blaze Rods.
- Fix to player experience level display in two player vertical splitscreen mode.
- Fix for Quick Move not being possible while holding something in the cursor.
- Fix for armor position on Bad Santa when sat down.
- Changed “Download Content“ menu to “Minecraft Store“.
- New photo frames for avatar items in the Minecraft Store.
- Fix for Magma Cube hit boxes.
- Added an Awkward Potion to the Potions page in the Creative Menu.
- Fix to show the aura of enchanted items for other players in an online game.
- Fix for tools enchanted with Unbreaking occasionally repairing themselves.
- Changes to improve breeding “ Love Mode status is now network synchronised, and animals react more correctly if spawn limits are reached when breeding.
- Fix for issue with “Take Half“ in the Brewing Stand interface.
- Fix to allow the map to be displayed when the player has turned off Display Hand.
- Fix for potion effects being removed after using the Nether Portal.
- Fix to stop the item in hand being changed when traveling to/from the Nether.
- Fix for Compass not pointing to the original spawn point after having been in The Nether.
- Fix to allow players to be able to eat food even if they are not allowed to build and mine.
- Fix to allow client players to toggle Custom Skin Animation.
- Fix for player gamertag border color being wrong after a respawn/dimension change.
- Fix for issue in splitscreen where it was possible to craft items without a player having the resources required.
- Fix to remove the Love Mode tooltip when animals are unable to enter Love Mode.
- Change to moderator option description in the Host and Player Options.
- Fix for the submerged edge of the world emitting a faint light.
- Fix for lighting issue with mobs in water.
- Fix to stop food being removed when feeding animals in Creative Mode.
- Fix to stop Bones being removed when taming wolves in Creative Mode.
- Change to make baby wolves tame when born.
- Fix for Blaze Rods not being identified as fuel for a furnace.
- Fix for issue with sky lighting values making bedrock layer fully lit.
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| | Rockstar finds the idea of a sci-fi GTA 'very tempting' Jan 29th 2013, 12:01 A sci-fi setting for GTA is "tempting", says Rockstar, but the developer would need "a good reason" to do so first. 
Rockstar vice president Dan Houser has said the idea of a sci-fi themed open-world is "very tempting", but that the studio first needs to find "a good reason" to do so. When asked if the GTA franchise would ever leave its contemporary time period by French website Ecrans (translated by OXM), the GTA scribe and lead writer on Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3 said Rockstar would do so "the very second we have an idea." "One of our strengths is the consistency of the game world," added Houser. "We're not necessarily the best writers in the world, but we know how to write a video game." Looking back to Rockstar's enormous success with Red Dead Redemption, Houser said Rockstar chose the Western setting "because we knew we had something to say." "We have no interest in going into science fiction for the sake of flying cars and laser guns," he added. What's holding Rockstar back, then, is that it doesn't yet have the right story to tell. "The best science fiction stories are those that speak about the human condition. So while this idea is very tempting and, by definition, anything's possible in a videogame, we lack the essential thing for the moment: a good reason." Rockstar's latest title, the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, is scheduled for a spring 2013 release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PC and Wii U versions are being considered. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
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