 | Take5 disqualified from MLG Columbus qualifer Oct 8th 2013, 22:59 Fan favorite Take5 was disqualified from the MLG Columbus Championship qualifier for using standins. 
Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Take5's team captain, just broke over Twitter that his team has been disqualified from the Major League Gaming Columbus Championship qualifiers for using an unregistered standins in their match against VexX Gaming yesterday. VexX will, according to Ho, move forward in the bracket due to Take5's forfeiture. When GameSpot eSports asked Major League Gaming for a comment, Executive Vice President Adam Apicella told us: "Take5 reached out to us about a roster change on 10/3. We let them know they could make additions to their roster prior to their first match. However, they made no additions to their roster. On 10/7, the day of their first match, they played a match with 2 stand ins that were not on their registered tournament roster, resulting in a DQ. Their original tournament roster consisted of: Arteezy Darkfalco Demon Mason Pandaego On the night of 10/7 Arteezy and Demon did not show up and were replaced by players that were not on the official roster." A comment on Reddit appeared shortly after the news broke that alleged Take5 had used Arif "MSS" Anwar, the new mid player from Evil Geniuses, in their match. When GameSpot asked Ho whether he could confirm or deny the allegation he declined to comment. The MLG Columbus Championship will take place on November 22nd to 24th at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The tournament will feature nine of the best Dota 2 teams from around the world, including the International 3 winners Alliance, Na'vi, DK, Evil Geniuses, Team Liquid, and boasts a $50,000 prize pool. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Drive composer working on Far Cry 4 - Report Oct 8th 2013, 22:36 Film composer and former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Cliff Martinez reveals Far Cry 4 is in development. 
During a recent interview with Lost in the Multiplex, Drive composer and former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Cliff Martinez revealed Far Cry 4 is in development. Asked what projects he is currently working on, Martinez outed the unannounced game. The original text has been edited to remove mention of the game, but Polygon saw the story before the change was made. "There's a secret mission that I'm not completely on yet, it looks like I'll also be doing a Soderbergh TV series called The Knick, and I'm working on a video game called Far Cry 4," he said. "So yeah, I'm popular all this week." A fourth Far Cry game would not be much of a surprise. Ubisoft senior vice president of marketing and sales Tony Key said this summer that the commercial and critical success of Far Cry 3 has ensured a sequel. "We're totally psyched from [Far Cry 3]. It's a great brand, and now it's got the recognition it deserves, so we're clearly going to make another one; more on that soon," he said at the time. The most recent entry in the series was May's Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, a downloadable spinoff that has sold more than one million copies to date. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | James Pond Kickstarter canceled Oct 8th 2013, 22:13 Crowdfunding campaign for new game shut down after raising £16,000 of £100,000 goal; "new, stronger campaign" promised for the future. 
The Kickstarter campaign for a new James Pond game was canceled today after gathering £16,000 of its £100,000 goal from a total of 336 backers. "Today after much discussion and thought we made the difficult decision to end our campaign early," project manager and producer PJ Belcher said. "Although we have 12 days to go it's clear that we aren't going to make our £100,000 goal, so instead of pretending otherwise and continuing the updates we've decided to be honest with ourselves and with you and stop." When the campaign launched last month, creator Chris Sorrell said, "I have no idea if there are enough people that still care about James Pond after all these years." Though the campaign "wasn't the success we'd hoped for," Belcher promised a "new, strong" campaign will be launched sometime in the future. More news on this new endeavor will be shared "soon," Belcher said. One of the reasons the James Pond Kickstarter came up short was because developer Gameware Europe did not have enough of the game to show, Belcher said. "This was a risk, and it didn't work out, but I will say a huge thank you to everyone who pledged," he said. The original James Pond launched in 1990, and was successful enough to spawn two sequels, with James Pond 2 having been ported to many other platforms over the years. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Apple holding iPad event Oct. 22 - Report Oct 8th 2013, 21:26 Sources tell AllThingsD that Apple will reveal fifth generation iPad and second generation iPad mini during event this month. 
Apple will hold a media event on October 22 during which the company will reveal the latest updates to its iPad line, according to people familiar with the company's plans speaking with AllThingsD. Though the new iPad models will be the focus of the event, the sources said, the new Mac Pro and OS X Mavericks will also be featured during the proceedings. The fifth generation iPad is rumored to boast a thinner and lighter design, as well as an improved camera, according to AllThingsD. It will also reportedly run Apple's new 64-bit A7 chip. A second generation iPad mini--featuring a retina display and the A7 chip--will also be announced at the event, the report claims. It has been rumored that Apple's new iPads will feature the Touch ID fingerprint scanner that was first seen in the iPhone 5s, though these reports have been unsubstantiated so far. The fourth generation iPad and iPad mini went on sale in November 2012. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Guinness claims GTAV day-one sales total 11.2 million copies Oct 8th 2013, 20:19 World records group claims open-world game is best-selling title over 24-hour period of all time, driving $815.7 million; Take-Two says it can't verify accuracy of report 
Grand Theft Auto V sold 11.21 million copies during its first 24 hours on sale last month, driving $815.7 million in revenue, according to a release today from Guinness World Records. Take-Two Interactive has confirmed only that GTAV generated $800 million in 24 hours and $1 billion in three days. The company has not disclosed specific unit sales for the open-world game. A Guinness World Records representative told GameSpot that, "Our records team worked directly with Rockstar Games on obtaining the figures." Meanwhile, a Take-Two Interactive representative said the company had no hand in the data released today by Guinness. "The numbers in their announcement didn't come from our company," a representative told GameSpot. "We can't verify its accuracy and we haven't commented on GTA V's performance beyond the two releases that we issued." For more on GTAV, check out GameSpot's review. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | David Cage: No one should be allowed to define what a game is Oct 8th 2013, 20:19 Quantic Dream boss says games can be "so many different things"; wants to convince hardcore gamers and newcomers to try Beyond: Two Souls. 
No one should be allowed to define what a game is or should be, according to Quantic Dream studio head David Cage. Speaking with GameSpot about Beyond: Two Souls, Cage said he would like to see games break from tradition and tell new stories with new modes of play. "Some people can be very conservative about this medium and this is sometimes frustrating," Cage said. "Some people wish that games would always stay what they were in the past 30 years, just with more polygons. No one should be allowed to define what a video game is or should be; no one has this power." "A video game can be so many different things. Angry Birds is a game; Call of Duty is a game; World of Warcraft is a game; Gone Home is a game. Who can decide 'you are a video game', 'you are not a video game', 'you are not a part of this family?' No. Let's open this medium to whoever has different ideas and it's great to see people trying to do games where shooting is not the main thing." Cage acknowledged that this discussion is "very interesting" in the context of the coming weeks and months when so many topline franchises--including shooters like Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4--will be released. Cage described these franchises as "great," but said Beyond: Two Souls is something altogether different. "Beyond is different. As a game creator, this is what I believe in," Cage said. "And I would like you to try it and hopefully you'll like it. It's a different route and this is definitely the route that I chose in my career." Cage said Beyond: Two Souls already has a built-in audience from the success of predecessor Heavy Rain, but explained that he would like to convince new groups of people to give the game a try. "There are people on both ends of the spectrum that we need to convince. One one side we have hardcore gamers who think that games should only be about shooting and about action and killing and competing and adrenaline," Cage said. "And we need to convince these people to give Beyond a try and say 'OK, this is going to be different'. Yeah, it's about a young woman. No she doesn't have a gun. And maybe you will enjoy the experience because it's different, because it's something maybe you haven't played before." On the other end of this spectrum are people who are not familiar with games and may not have a full understanding of what a game can be, Cage said. He said if these people try Beyond: Two Souls they may learn games can be something more than what they thought they could be. "They think video games are just about violence and that there is nothing there for them or that they are too complex to play or that they are not interested in shooting. And you say no, wait a minute, video games can be something else. Give Beyond a try and see if you enjoy it or not." Beyond: Two Souls launched today exclusively on PlayStation 3. For more, check out GameSpot's review. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
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