A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has dismissed what remained of Axl Rose's
lawsuit against Activision over Slash and
Welcome to the Jungle appearing in
Guitar Hero 3, reports
The San Marino Tribune. Rose objected to the way this associated Slash with Guns N' Roses, even though Slash played guitar for the band for 11 years, including on that song (
most of his comments on the situation were hard to understand). An earlier portion of this suit was dismissed because Rose filed his court papers too late, which may not come as a surprise to fans who waited 15 years for the release of
Chinese Democracy. Thanks TheWeaponeer.
Here are the 10 bestselling games on Valve's
Steam service for the past week:
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn
- Borderlands 2
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Anitchamber
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Arma II: Combined Operations
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Far Cry 3
A
new podcast for
Rise of the Triad discusses Environmental Art and Design in the upcoming shooter remake, hearing from some of the artists involved in the game's production. Podcast #3 is accompanied by
Developer Blog #3 which covers the same topics, and offers some concept art as a visual aid. The main topics include the concepts behind modular environmental design, and the challenges of recreating classic ROTT maps for the modern remake.
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Happy Chinese New Year! That's right, today is the first day of the Year of the Snake, though knowing myself, I'll still absent-mindedly be writing Year of the Dragon on my checks for a couple more weeks.
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