MLG Is Going Out Of Business - Majority Of Assets Sold To Activision Blizzard
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Perhaps this is due to me not really paying a lot of attention to esports the past year but the announcement that MLG has been losing money for a while now is a bit of a shock.
According to an article by Esportsobserver MLG's board of directors approved the sale of a large majority of MLG's assets to Activision Blizzard in exchange for $46 million.
Just Cause 3 Multiplayer Mod Is Already In The Making
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Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod was an incredible piece of work that took the modding team years to get to a functioning state but once it was there it turned out to be really, really fun in that special Just Cause 2 sort of a way.
Luckily for us it would appear that the engine Just Cause 3 runs on is very similar to the old one because the modding team behind JC2MP has already come out with a teaser trailer showcasing seemingly flawless Just Cause 3 multiplayer.
Albion Online Abandons Free To Play Model - Beta Extended For 6 Months
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If you haven't been following Albion Online the idea was that the purchase of various founder's packs would allow you entry in to the closed beta while the actual game would be free to play on release.
However, those plans have changed because in a forum post yesterday the Albion team announced that the game will not be free to play and that the closed beta will be extended for another 6 months in order to ensure a smooth launch.
Final Fantasy 9 Is Coming To PC & Mobile "Soon"
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The tail end of this year was marked with quite a few Final Fantasy announcements: FFVI is now on Steam, FFVII is getting a complete remake, there were even rumors about X and X-2 coming to PC which right now seem more credible than ever and finally we have the announcement for Final Fantasy IX.
The once Playstation exclusive Final Fantasy IX will be coming to PC and mobile "soon" according to the recently released Square Enix website. There's also a short trailer showcasing the port's improved graphics:
Turns Out The Rumors About A Steam ARG Are True - Hidden Password Screen Discovered
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I've been hearing rumors about about there being a super secret ARG (alternate reality game) that came along with the recent Steam Winter Sale but until today I though they were just the products of people digging far too deeply in to nothing.
As it turns out I'm the crazy one here because the folks over at Reddit not only discovered a hidden password prompt on Steam but they also found a couple of other interesting clues:
GOG Has Taken Down Descent And Its Sequels From The Store
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Descent, for those of you that aren't in to retro PC gaming, is a really unique classic FPS where instead of being a guy on the ground you piloted a ship that could move freely in 3D space, meaning you could go up, down, left, right and even rotate yourself so the ship would be upside down. Add to that some kickass music and action packed gameplay and you've got Descent and its sequels.
The reason I'm bringing Descent up is because GOG is unfortunately bringing it and its sequels down due to Interplay, who holds the rights to sell the Descent games, not paying royalties to the developers.
Valve Has Released A Statement About The Steam Christmas Issues
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If you have no idea what issue I'm talking about head over here for the detailed version but long story short for about an hour on Christmas people that logged on to Steam would essentially log in to other people's accounts and be able to see all of their private info. Given that it was a caching issue no one could actually change anything or purchase/trade games but it was nonetheless a serious privacy leak.
Now, after five days of basically radio silence Valve have finally spoken about the Christmas Steam issues. Here's the gist of it: