Logan Frederick Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Google Closes Not-So-Lively Virtual World

The short-lived Google Lively web world project will be closing down at the end of the year so the search giant can focus ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2008

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Desktop Tower Defense Devs Release Four New Games

The Desktop Tower Defense duo have opened a website with four original titles and all the latest Web 2.0 upgrades a community flash ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2008

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Nintendo: Wii Price Cut is Coming…Someday

Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime promises a drop in the Wii’s price sometime before Armageddon but after hell freezes. Speaking with Forbes magazine, Nintendo ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 19, 2008

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World Tour Sales Half of Guitar Hero III

In a relatively disappointing showing compared to its predecessors but strong enough to beat rival Rock Band, Guitar Hero: World Tour sold half ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 19, 2008

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Movie Game Publisher Sued by Developers

Studios behind such titles as Six Flags Fun Park are suing Brash Entertainment for unpaid development dues. 7 Studios and Slovenian studio Zootfly ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2008

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Microsoft Starting New Studio for Halo Wars Staff

The Halo Wars lead developer has confirmed that Microsoft is creating another studio for the former employees of Ensemble Studios. “There’s a new ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2008

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Do Zero Punctuation Reviews Affect Game Sales?

Post-Zero Punctuation sales of Painkiller point to a potential “Yahtzee Effect” for games that get the infamous Croshaw critique. Charismatic stallion Ben “Yahtzee” ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2008

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Halo Wars Brothers Build iPhone Games

Two brothers from Ensemble Studios moved on from the defunct developer to start an iPod games studio. Paul and Dave Bettner, software engineers ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2008

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Take-Two Thinks on Subscription Model

Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two, is grinning at the prospect of taking his “triple-A titles” and milking them with the “holy grail” of ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2008

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WoW Sequel Could “Kill Off Franchise”

Blizzard finds “no requirement” to develop another World of Warcraft when they intend on improving the original game for years to come. With ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2008

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ECA Pres: Anti-Piracy Act Dangerous to Gamers

Hal Halpin, head of the Entertainment Consumers Association, is worried over the future of gamers’ rights with the passing of new national anti-piracy ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 13, 2008

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Clinton, Lieberman Applaud ESRB Summaries

Prominent senators and game industry opponents Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman are supporting the ESRB’s ratings summary strategy. As part of its unending ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorNovember 13, 2008

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