General Gaming Article

General Gaming Article

Cloud Storage Site Mega Exiting Beta, Showcasing New Interface

Posted: 09 Nov 2013 03:06 PM PST

New Mega look is cleaner, slicker, and faster

Kim Dotcom, the mastermind behind the reviled Megaupload, has announced that his latest pet project Mega, a cloud storage service, is officially out of beta. 

Mega is rocking a brand new interface that's cached in your browser to speed up your login time. Social aspects have been beefed up as well, adding options for a profile picture, contacts for friends, and more. You can also use other parts of Mega while transferring files. Overall, the interface has been improved significantly, with an iOS and sync client on the way, as Techspot reports.

Have you been checking out Mega? What do you think of it?

Facebook Bringing Mobile Star Rating System to Desktop

Posted: 09 Nov 2013 02:31 PM PST

Yelp-like ratings system coming to Facebook desktop users 

Facebook's five-star rating system for Pages that previously flourished on the mobile app will now be available for desktop users. 

The ratings, which can be likened to the same way Yelp organizes reviews and opinions, have been available for some time via smartphone, but now users looking to write out more explicit accounts of their experiences can do so now more comfortably at a keyboard. 

A Facebook spokeswoman via PCMag explains the expansion as a boon for businesses and consumers: " Star ratings encourage more people to rate a business, making it eligible to appear in the News Feed and help others discover a business they didn't know about previously. For businesses themselves, this also leads to greater brand awareness."

You can expect to see the option become available over the next few weeks. Get those rating fingers ready for some diatribes!

World of Warcraft Will Retain Subscription Fees, CEO Confirms

Posted: 09 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PST

Blizzard CEO shoots down rumors of possible F2P future for WoW

With BlizzCon in full force, plenty of juicy news tidbits are coming out of the two-day convention celebrating everything Blizzard, including one in particular: the monthly subscription fee isn't going away anytime soon. 

According to a report via PCGamesN, the CEO of Blizzard himself, Mike Morhaime, has squashed rumors that the MMO giant would be doing away with the month-to-month model to go F2P. 

"We've always taken the business model on a case by case basis. In the case of World of Warcraft, the first 20 levels are free. It wasn't designed as a free-to-play game. I don't see that type of transition happening in World of Warcraft, although we are always looking for new ways to make the game more accessible."

Looks like if you want to get your WoW fix you'll still be shelling out a monthly subscription fee, now and forever, as the years wear on. Will you be staying on-board with World of Warcraft to see the new expansion through to the end or will you be jumping ship for something else?
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