Ian Davis Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Exclusive: EA Shutters North Carolina Studio

The studio mainly worked on mobile freemium games. The gaming industry is a volatile one, with closures and layoffs a regular hazard of ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2013

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Final Fantasy XIV‘s Latest Event Features Lightning

Fight alongside FF13’s heroine and earn special costumes. Final Fantasy naming conventions being what they are, Square Enix press releases are just a ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2013

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NBA Jam Designer Rigged the Game Against Bulls

Image Source: Arcade Museum If you ever lost against the Pistons while playing the Bulls, now you know. It had to happen at ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2013

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Left Behind Games Accused of Scam

The SEC accuses the developer of operating a “revenue inflation scheme”. Remember that Left Behind: Eternal Forces game from 2006, the one that ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2013

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Guild Wars 2 Goes Free For a Week

The MMO gets a week-long free trial next week, along with a discounted price and new content. ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 recently turned ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 25, 2013

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New Company of Heroes 2 Maps Take the Wehrmacht East

Image Source: Steam The “Case Blue” Theater of War DLC mini-pack adds new maps, on top of the free ones recently added. We ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2013

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Microsoft’s Surface 2 Brings Better Battery, More Speed

Image Source: Microsoft The laptop/tablet hybrid gets a host of new improvements. Microsoft knew it was taking a gamble with the hybrid interface ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2013

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Alien Rage Demonstrates Calm Emotions in Trailer

The launch trailer shows the various ways in which things can explode in new shooter. Announced amid the wail of guitars and the ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2013

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Ouya Plugs Free the Games Fund Loopholes

The indie console changes its funds matching program to allow for PC releases and lower project minimums. It’s fair to say that despite ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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Rift Goes Beyond Infinity with 2.4 Update

Trion’s MMO gets another helping of content with a new patch. We are currently in that limbo period, where September slowly meanders down ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2013

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Buy A Warhammer 40k Space Marine Chapter For $11K

Image Source: Games Workshop Wanna start a collection? Perhaps you’ve marched a few crusades in Dawn of War, or read a few Black ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2013

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Insects View the World in Bullet Time

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Research suggests smaller animals have a different perception of time. When it comes to evading rolled up newspapers and ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2013

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