Jeez, I’ve heard rumors that Activision was headed by a big bunch of jerks but this is absolutely absurd. Infinity Ward’s head bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West were expecting a large royalty check with a “thank you” for making one of the greatest most successful games of all-time. Instead, Activision fired them before the date of their payment.

“Instead of thanking, lauding, or just plain paying Jason and Vince for giving Activision the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public,” attorney Robert Schwartz said, “last month Activision hired lawyers to conduct a pretextual ‘investigation’ into unstated and unsubstantiated charges of ‘insubordination’ and ‘breach of fiduciary duty,’ which then became the grounds for their termination on Monday, March 1st.”

Dude, I don’t care what happened. Modern Warfare 2 was so utterly freakin’ SWEET and successful, that I think Activision should have just swallowed their pride & kissed some Infinite butts. Does this mean the Call of Duty enterprise will now plummet?

Wow. Is that Travis McCoy from the Gym Class Heros with a turtle backpack on? NO?
It’s a teenage mutant ninja turtle backpack sold at Hot Topic that is sure to make you look like an idiot. This backpack irritates me beyond belief for some reason. Any 14 year old hipster wearing this backpack with that dinky little eye band, I’ll go Shredder on your face for disgracing one of my favorite childhood cartoons. You’re not cute, you never watched the show and THE TURTLES ARE NOT A TREND!

Wow Sony. This is a big whoops!
Remain in the dark no longer! Your questions are answered.

A glitch in the Playstation 3 systems caused a serious uproar yesterday when users found that they could not connect to the Playstation Network or for some, even play their PS3 at all. The glitch also raped certain users of their player data and game achievements which devastated players with all their hard earned trophies. Sony has not released any information on the number of data loss casualties, as they are kicking themselves in the butt right now for having their market just finally pick up.

Sony has confirmed that the error was caused by a Y2K-like glitch in which the older models viewed 2010 as a leap year. Owners of the newer Slim models appear to be unaffected by this catastrophe while older system consumers remain scared and torn from the incident.

Thanks to Joystiq, be not confused any longer! Your questions are answered:

Q. Is it safe to turn on my PS3 now?
A. Right now, it appears the answer is “yes.” The PlayStation Network is online and fully functional for owners of the PS3 Phat system, and games appear to be running problem-free. Sony has yet to issue an official “you can use your PS3″ statement, however.

Q. Do I have to download a firmware update?
A. Nope. The problem should just fix itself automatically, whether you’re online or not.

Q. My Trophy data for [insert game here] is gone! (I know, I know — that’s not a question, but still!)
A. If you lost any Trophy data over the past 24 hours, there may be a way to salvage it. Launch the game for which you’re trying to restore Trophies and it should automatically recreate a Trophy data set on your PS3’s memory, which you can then sync with the PSN server (just by opening up your Trophy list in the XMB). Our Heavy Rain Trophies had vanished, but this trick brought them back from the ether.

Q. The time and date on my PS3 are wrong. How do I fix this?
A.Under Settings in the XMB, then under the Time/Date settings, you should be able to set your console to automatically sync the time and date via the internet.

*A moment of silence for all the PS3 users that were robbed of their hard earned gaming careers, I hope you are able to restore your achievements & may the force be with you..*

Source: [Playstation.Blog] [Joystiq]

Rumor has it they are making yet another Zelda that wont ever compare to N64’s Ocarina of Time (click that link lol). After analyzing many so-called “leaked” spoilers and fishing through webpage posts trying to find out WTF is going on, I’ve concluded, in rumor, that the game is based on the concept that Link’s Master Sword will play a role with the character identity, rumored-to-be-named “Adelle.”

Adelle will have the ability to communicate with you through Link’s Master Sword as well as provide the sword with unlockable powers & acheivements to use in the game. It is also rumored that it will take place outside of Hyrule, and Hyrule may not even be in it at all. The game will be presented at this years E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo and is allegedly being polished as we speak.

I’m half excited, half pissed off.

RANT: When the freak will they bring back Navi, stop replacing her with farfetched “it seemed like a good idea at the time” bullcrap and start basing future games off the amazing Ocarina of Time storyline. I’d love to see the same OoT-based Hyrule, but BIGGER, BETTER & totally REVAMPED on the Wii. I’d buy a Wii just to see it! LONG LIVE OoT HYRULE! (Just my opinion)

What do you guys think?
Sources: [Hyrule.net] [Kotaku] [Google] <-lawl

WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?!

This sexy man here is 23-year-old Westley Strellis and he is angry! What drives a man to awkwardly swing a metal baseball bat into 29 flatscreens at Walmart, causing $22,000 dollars in damage? Beats me! If I had to guess, I would say that he got fed up with being accused of looking like a clean-shaven Michael Moore.

Source:
[Herald Sun]

According to developer Peter Molyneux, Fable III will not be an RPG. Given the fact that the Fable series is arguably even classified as an RPG in the first place, it was announced that there will be no traditional leveling of our characters, no experience points and progression/leveling will be based on “morphing” weapons and by the manner in which we use them.

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So it’s been quite some time since I’ve played the first Bioshock. I can barely remember who is who and the names of what, but I do remember feeling sheer utter amazement and curiosity when I first started the original! It was amazing! The story kept me so curious and motivated and it is definitely the only scary (semi-scary for you brave-folk) game I’ve ever actually brought myself to play!

So anyway, I bought Bioshock 2 yesterday on the day of it’s release. I loved the original Bioshock and although I was doubtful, I still had high hopes for the sequel. I started playing and I must say that so far I am not thrilled. It seems just… ehhhh. Nothing really captivating or new. Don’t get me wrong, I understand it’s a sequel and it’s the freakin Rapture for heaven’s sakes! But what made me love the original Bioshock so much was it’s mystery and shock/awe values. Wandering into the mysterious underwater city was fascinating and creepy! Given that I’m familiar with Rapture now, the sequel is nothing I’m not used to and much less interesting if you catch my drift.

Sure we’re a Big Daddy who can now drill people, sure we can now go outside of the Rapture and go underwater, sure this little sister is kind of cute and endearing, but it’s still so blah to me! Seems repetative. And with all the other games out there right now, I’m way too underwhelmed with Bioshock 2 to dedicate my time to it. They should have released it before Mass Effect 2 came out and maybe then I’d be more enthusiastic!

Starting April 15, 2010 Microsoft is discontinuing Xbox Live for the regular Xbox.
I can’t remember the last time I went on Live on my regular Xbox but still, just knowing that I can’t kind of makes me sad. :(

The morning of January 27th filled me with nothing but disappointment. Apple’s much anticipated announcement of their newest creation & rumored Apple Tablet left me violently excited for weeks! Up all night looking at forums, talking about every idea I could imagine for it, January 27th felt like it was going to be Christmas!

Now, I don’t really know what I was expecting, (HOLOGRAM COMPUTER/TIME MACHINE/CURE FOR CANCER) but with all the hype surrounding the product, I was expecting some kind of ingenious miracle. Instead, all we got was Christmas with the Griswolds, and the iPad being the unwanted Cousin Eddie.

Excuse me, did you folks say ‘new creation?’ Pish posh! It’s an upgraded iPod Touch! An iPad Touch!! Thanks Apple. If I wanted to spend $500 on another iPod Touch, them’ better be some goooood applications!

This looks bad. Really bad. But who am I kidding, I know I’m going to see it anyways.

The Mortal Kombat guy?! Shang Tsung aka Johnny Tsunami’s grandpa is in it?! I feel betrayed for some reason. Mortal Kombat was a huuuge influence in my childhood career of badass-ary. Why must he betray Mortal Kombat like that? *Sigh* Oh well. I guess I’ll just be thankful that Channing Tatum isn’t in it to stiff-face the crap out of every fighting scene.

Will you see it?