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Saturday, Jan 14, 2012

  

Witcher 2 Senior Producer's New Action RPG

The LinkedIn profile of Tomek Gop has word on what this Polish developer is up to since leaving CD Projekt RED where he served as senior producer on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Word is Gop is now an executive producer at City Interactive, and he also reveals his first project as an unannounced action/RPG: "Unannounced Action-RPG for X360/PS3/PC. More details coming soon. The game doesn't have a name yet, sorry guys! :(" Thanks GameBanshee, where word is before it was edited, the description of this game previously referred to it as "Project HUMAN."

Gods of Gods & Heroes Smite Subscription Fees

The Gods & Heroes Website has news that subscription fees are being dropped for Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, and in the meantime, they are dropping the price on the MMORPG and making unlimited access to all areas free as they work out their free-to-play model (thanks The RPG Reporter). They also offer reassurances to current customers that their commitment to this point will not go unrewarded: "To all our loyal players, we offer our sincere appreciation and assurance that your commitment and investment will be acknowledged and rewarded through Gods & Heroes’ evolution and relaunch."

Diablo III Dropping RMT in Korea?

A post on the Korea Times indicates Diablo III is now cleared for sale in South Korea, seemingly at the expense of the real-money auction house that was holding up the game's approval. A spokesperson for the ratings board says: "The feature involving for-cash trades between users was not included in the presentation to the rating committee, and therefore it was not subjected to any scrutiny." They also add that the game could once again come under scrutiny if cash transactions were enabled by a post-release patch. Thanks PC Gamer.

Saturday Consolidation

Saturday Mobilization

Saturday Metaverse

Saturday Tech Bits

Saturday Safety Dance

Saturday Legal Briefs

Game Reviews

Hardware Reviews

  • G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 MHz DDR3 CL9 16 GB RAM Kit on techPowerUp.
  • Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X OC 1GB Graphics Card on eTeknix.
  • Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SATA III Hybrid Disk Drive on Real World Labs.
  • Verbatim USB 3.0 Universal Card Reader on Test Freaks.

etc.

Out of the Blue

This weekend's NFL games are amazingly promising. I think it's rare for it to be so possible for upsets in all four playoff games. Which means I'm hardly confident at all in these picks: San Francisco and New England.

Upset Links: Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Links: The creative struggle of Brian Wilson. Thanks nin.
Newspaper Boy.
Stories: Gene Hackman struck by car while riding bike. Thanks nin. Get well soon!
TSA Makes $400K Off Loose Change. Thanks Slashdot.
Science: Liquid-piston-driven concept watch.
Dog Feet Have Special Blood Vessels That Protect Them From Cold.
Media: Drinking Games for Gamers: Call of Duty Blacked Out
A Chicken's Life.
Holy Crap! Slot Car racing has Evolved.
The Funnies: Brevity.



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