With GamesCom set to kick off in the middle of the night with the first round of press events, a few companies got ahead of the chaos with announcements. A few other stories were just too weird for their own story, which is why they're in today's daily stale bread.
8/17--Turns out you can delay Fear.
Video Game Store For Sale On eBay
Dave: If anyone wants to get me this, I'll let it count as both my Christmas and birthday presents. In all seriousness, though, it doth suck to see so many independent video game retailers go under -- sometimes it seems as though even indie music and video stores have better success rates.
When the Juggalos attack Tila Tequila, nobody wins except the Internet
Will: Not the kind of thing we cover, but it's worth a "this really happened." Yep, it did.
Dave: Stupid people... how do they work?
Private server company forced to pay Blizzard $88 million
Dave: And this is why you don't fuck with Blizzard.
Will: Phew, thank goodness. I heard Blizzard was really running low on cash.
Halo Reach listed at $1250 on Xbox Live Marketplace (and why you can't buy it)
AJ: Heh, this is pretty funny. Halo Reach is listed on the Xbox Marketplace for an extremely high price, but it's still unpurchasable even if you fork over the money.
Dave: Wish I had known that after I purchased a hundred thousand Microsoft points. Oh well, at least now I have enough to buy almost all of Elder Scroll Oblivion's DLC. Tip your waitresses, good night!
Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Tuesday, August 17, 2010