Archive for March, 2012

  • If you are like me, it’s been so long since you have played CoD you struggle to remember what those three letters even stand for; however, somewhere in your gamer memory, the mere mention of Infinity Ward’s (IW) Community Manager/Creative Strategist, Rob “Fourzerotwo”  Bowling triggers waves of emotional memories — some good, some bad. One of the more nightmarish recollections...

    Fourzerotwo leaves IW

    Posted on March 31, 2012 | 6 Comments
    If you are like me, it’s been so long since you have played CoD you struggle to remember what those three letters even stand for; however, somewhere in your gamer memory, the mere mention of Infinity Ward’s (IW) Community Manager/Creative Strategist, Rob “Fourzerotwo”  Bowling triggers waves of emotional memories — some good, some bad. One of the more nightmarish recollections...

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  • Edmar, from GlobalGameServers (GGS) joins us again on FBS 6 to talk about the goings on at the 2012 version of the Game Developer’s Conference, this year held at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. Edmar was there at GDC and shares with us the highlights of the summit: F2P We knew Free-to-Play was hot this year, but judging by...

    FBS 6: GDC 12

    Posted on March 19, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Edmar, from GlobalGameServers (GGS) joins us again on FBS 6 to talk about the goings on at the 2012 version of the Game Developer’s Conference, this year held at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. Edmar was there at GDC and shares with us the highlights of the summit: F2P We knew Free-to-Play was hot this year, but judging by...

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  • This year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC12), held in the digital hot-bed of San Francisco this year, ended successfully yesterday. GDC is a developer-only conference and thus tends to be a bit introspective, a bit “inside-baseball” and much less splashy than the more marketing-driven fests that will be geared towards the average consumer later this year.  GDC may not be too...

    GDC12: F2P’s coming out party

    Posted on March 10, 2012 | No Comments
    This year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC12), held in the digital hot-bed of San Francisco this year, ended successfully yesterday. GDC is a developer-only conference and thus tends to be a bit introspective, a bit “inside-baseball” and much less splashy than the more marketing-driven fests that will be geared towards the average consumer later this year.  GDC may not be too...

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  • No sooner had my wingman and I leveled off our Spits at 15,000 feet, deep into the designated coverage area, our Sector Controller’s frantic voice broke through the radio static.  ”Bandits! Bandits! Angels plus 2″.  ”No joy, Sector control,” I countered. “I don’t have them.” I barely got the words out when my wingman piped up.  ”Nighthawk 1, Nighthawk 2,...

    World of Warplanes’ Alexander Zezulin

    Posted on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
    No sooner had my wingman and I leveled off our Spits at 15,000 feet, deep into the designated coverage area, our Sector Controller’s frantic voice broke through the radio static.  ”Bandits! Bandits! Angels plus 2″.  ”No joy, Sector control,” I countered. “I don’t have them.” I barely got the words out when my wingman piped up.  ”Nighthawk 1, Nighthawk 2,...

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  • Now finally out in open Beta,  Zombie Studios’ Blacklight: Retribution is now available for everyone to download. Retribution is a game that has been greatly anticipated by the F2P FPS community. The sequel to Blacklight: Tango Down, Retribution has been hailed as the game to watch during the first half of this year. It was at E3, way back in...

    Blacklight: Retribution Open Beta

    Posted on March 5, 2012 | 9 Comments
    Now finally out in open Beta,  Zombie Studios’ Blacklight: Retribution is now available for everyone to download. Retribution is a game that has been greatly anticipated by the F2P FPS community. The sequel to Blacklight: Tango Down, Retribution has been hailed as the game to watch during the first half of this year. It was at E3, way back in...

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  • 2Dawn’s Mitch Gross, PR & Community Manager for Ravaged, the indie FPS we discussed during FBS 5 contacted us recently and announced a lot of new updates. Here are the highlights: Ravaged’s first contest has started! Fans can put together their own “Apocalypse Supply Kit”…and they can have a chance to win an EVGA NVIDIA 580 GTX video card! For...

    Ravaged update

    Posted on March 3, 2012 | No Comments
    2Dawn’s Mitch Gross, PR & Community Manager for Ravaged, the indie FPS we discussed during FBS 5 contacted us recently and announced a lot of new updates. Here are the highlights: Ravaged’s first contest has started! Fans can put together their own “Apocalypse Supply Kit”…and they can have a chance to win an EVGA NVIDIA 580 GTX video card! For...

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