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Bobby Kotick - "I took a look at World of Warcraft and I thought, 'Who would want to buy a subscription to that?'"

Posted on Fri, 2010-02-19 13:15

This is from Bobby Kotick speach as DICE this year (CEO of Activision Blizzard)

Kotick was also offered the chance to buy Blizzard in the 1990s for $7 million, and then in the early 2000s for $700 million.

[12:10] "I took a look at World of Warcraft and I thought, 'Who would want to buy a subscription to that?'"

[12:10] "So, of course we ended up merging with them in 2008 when they were worth $7 billion."

You can buy World of Warcraft for just £4.99 from Amazon.

[Review] Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Mouse

Posted on Thu, 2010-01-28 22:46

Just received my Microsoft Sidewinder X8 mouse as a replacement to my aging Logitech G7. Both mice are wireless gaming mice relying on batteries for power, but both go different ways to making sure you can always use your mouse.

Counter Strike: Source weapon skins

Posted on Mon, 2009-02-09 21:12

Here are some Counter Strike: Source skins I made a couple of years ago.

Skins were exported from the game then modified using Photoshop and saved back in to VTF for Counter Strike: Source.

Blue Scout

Good 'ol Worms

Posted on Wed, 2008-09-17 23:10

With all the new 3D games coming out that aren't filling that spot of boredom I decided to get out the dusty copy or Worms Armageddon. Surprisingly supporting a resolution up to 1920 x 1200 with no problems too.

Why do all the old games seem to be more fun years and years on when the graphics have been improved so much?

Will I be wanting to play Crysis again as a classic game in 10 years time because it was a classic game of the time (well Crysis may not be the best example, but you get the idea).

New version of the Playstation Emulation software ePSXe has been released

Posted on Mon, 2008-05-26 09:49

After nearly 5 years of no updates, the ePSXe team have released v1.7.0 of their very popular Playstation emulator for Windows.  The Linux version is still at 1.6.0.

You can download the new updated version from the ePSXe website and clicking Downloads on the left.

Race Driver: Grid - Xbox 360 vs PC

Posted on Sun, 2008-05-25 18:51

Race Driver: GRID demo was released for Xbox 360 and PC (also possibly PS3 but I don't have one...so I don't know).

I have played it on PC and Xbox 360 and I would personally say PC is better.

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Gears of War 2 Debut Gameplay Video

Posted on Sun, 2008-05-25 15:17

A gameplay video on Game Trailers of the new Gears of War 2 which is due out November 2008.

Gametrailers HD

Gametrailers SD

Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto IV

Posted on Wed, 2008-05-14 22:02

Zero Punctuation: God of War: Chains of Olympus

Posted on Wed, 2008-04-30 18:46

Grand Theft Auto IV - Already hit some UK shelves

Posted on Sun, 2008-04-27 09:02

An Asda store in the UK has started to sell GTA IV before it's release data according to a post on Qj.net.  The game has now been taken off the shelves and the incident put down to an error.

Keep an eye out at stores for a prereleased copy.

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