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More April Fool’s Day Pranks Around the Gaming World

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More April Fool’s Day Pranks Around the Gaming World


We’ve presented you various April Fool’s Day articles and you can check out this page for all of them. There are still tons of April Fool’s pranks out there so this article aims to collect more of them for you. Read on.

The School of Dota 2 - Damage Types

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The School of Dota 2 - Damage Types


I'm seeing a lot of people in the subreddit and the games I get that aren't familiar with some of the basic concepts of the game (through no fault of their own, just to be clear!) and I figured it would be worth covering some of the important concepts in comprehensive guides.

[April Fool’s Day] League of Legends Announced to Support 3D; Trailer Released

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[April Fool’s Day] League of Legends Announced to Support 3D; Trailer Released


The new feature has been carefully designed with your wallet in mind, according to Riot Games, and all you need to do is to get a pair of red and blue glasses.

[April Fool’s Day] TERA: NA Release Postponed to Summer Vacation

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[April Fool’s Day] TERA: NA Release Postponed to Summer Vacation


En Masse announced several days ago on its official forum that the PvP battlefield system of TERA will delay its launch to this summer vacation, falling behind the game’s release. They hope they can better the system with the extra time.

Upcoming MMOs in April

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Upcoming MMOs in April


I noticed that so many release schedule in this month, especially TERA NA and EU. How about this game for you? Will you recommend it to your friends and others here? And Aion 3.0 attracted players’ attention as well. Will you back to Aion again? or you has been playing it and will keep playing it?

Continue reading Upcoming MMOs in April.

RIFT PvP Strategy - The Port of Scion

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RIFT PvP Strategy - The Port of Scion


The Battle for Port Scion is the one warfront within Rift that utilizes a PvPvE structure. What this means is that rather than going for a straight player-killing system, it also has NPC’s (mobs) that are involved in completing the warfront. At the same time, this also means that there is a bit more to be aware of when doing this one.

[April Fool’s Day] Guild Wars 2 Canceled, Guild Wars 3 Being Developed

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[April Fool’s Day] Guild Wars 2 Canceled, Guild Wars 3 Being Developed


Some bad news is coming for those players eagerly waiting for the release of Guild Wars 2. It is said that ArenaNet decided to cancel Guild Wars 2 while at the same time, Guild Wars 3 is being development.

Titan MMO Already in a Playable State

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Titan MMO Already in a Playable State


The Executive Vice President of Game Design Rob Pardo has written interesting information about the newest developed Titan MMO.

[April Fool’s Day] Mobile Blade & Soul Goes Public with PC Version Synchronously

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[April Fool’s Day] Mobile Blade & Soul Goes Public with PC Version Synchronously


It is said the mobile Blade and Soul has been completed, which is an MOG developed with Unreal Engine 3 and the graphics on mobiles and PCs share the same quality.

Ghost Recon Online Preview: A Nice Tactical Shooter So Far

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Ghost Recon Online Preview: A Nice Tactical Shooter So Far


Ubisoft has taken up the quest that a lot of companies have been up to and made their own free to play game. This one is based off of their popular Tom Clancy Ghost Recon series, which is a bit of an odd twist for the series considering the origins.

[April Fool’s Day] Rift to Release a Special Dungeon, Featuring Naked Batman and Robin

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[April Fool’s Day] Rift to Release a Special Dungeon, Featuring Naked Batman and Robin


Trion Worlds announced today that its hit MMORPG Rift is about to release a brand new special themed dungeon. The following video shows us that a Naked Batman riding a Najmok and his partner Robin riding a Tartagon (check all mount list) are fighting side by side after they show themselves.
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Star Supremacy has released its closed beta

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 01:30 AM PDT

LeKool games has released the Closed Beta of the Space war themed browser game Star Supremacy. Star Supremacy, is a strategic space simulation game, the player fights for dominance of the universe. Select your faction, you have planets to conquer, fleets to manage, new facilities to build, and exciting combat units to discover, with your [...]

World of Tanks has released its update 7.2

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:30 PM PDT

Wargaming.net, has released the Update 7.2 for its free-to-play action MMO World of Tanks. Along with two new maps, the Italian Province and the American Live Oaks, the latest update enriches the game with a long-awaited branch of U.S. tank destroyers with rotating turrets. It also brings 22 all-new crew skills and perks for virtual [...]
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General Gaming Article

General Gaming Article

Qualcomm Preparing Quad-Core Arm Chips For Ultra-Thin Windows 8 Smartbooks

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT

QualcommX86 based processors dominate the laptop & desktop markets, while ARM based chips rule the phone and tablet world. This has been the natural order of things for as long as we can remember, however Windows 8 could finally turn the tide for ARM. According to Rob Chandhok, senior vice president at Qualcomm, the company is preparing a quad-core version of its Snapdragon S4 ARM chip to run in future thin and light Windows 8 laptops. 

When asked to clarify "thin and light", Chandhok responded by claiming they would be a huge improvement over what Intel defines as an Ultrabook, and even the Macbook Air. The lines between high-end smartphones, where Qualcomm's chips are normally found, and laptops has started to blur, Chandhok said. The S4 chips will enable smaller laptops with high-resolution screens, longer battery life and always-on connectivity, he said. 

The new S4 will be manufactured on a 28-nanometer process which should improve power efficiency and performance vs. earlier Snapdragon designs, though they will still lag Intel significantly when it comes to raw processing power and compatibility.  If the Metro interface in Windows 8 takes off however, and apps written in the new metro friendly WinRT follow suit, ARM could well be closing in on a date where consumers don't care what chip runs their laptop since all their apps are compatible with both platforms.  

Would you ditch desktop app compatibility for a laptop that makes the Macbook air look chubby and doubles your battery life? Let us know in the comments below.

OMGPOP CEO Bashes Ex-Employee Over Twitter Then Apologizes Over Backlash

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 01:07 PM PDT

SorryDan Porter, chief executive of OMGPOP, has gone from having less than $2,000 in his bank account, to somewhere around $180 million in less than one month. That sort of money would make just about anyone feel invincible, but as he learned this week, Twitter is the great equalizer. 

The Porter controversy surrounds the only member of the OMGPOP development team who didn't make the transition to Zynga, and it's hard to not sympathize with his plight. Shay Pierce was told his employment offer from Zynga was conditional on him pulling his personal side project Connectrode from the iOS App Store, and he refused. Along with his termination he received a brutal round of taunting from Porter, along with a retraction and apology less than one day later.

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The debate surrounding how much a company should be able to control side projects you pursue during your free time is an interesting one, but that certainly doesn't give him the right to defame Pierce so publically. According to Pierce "I never received any indication from my manager or company that I was performing poorly and 'about to be let go,'" Pierce told GamesBeat. "An offer of employment was extended to me, thus I assume that they must have wanted to hire me."

Porter's apology seems sincere, but let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Justice Department Close to Settlement With Apple & Several Publishers over E-Book Price Fixing

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:10 PM PDT

JusticeApple's legal team has been waging a war for years now against Android OEMs, and if Reuters sources are to be believed, they probably should have spent a bit more time reviewing e-book negotiations instead. Word on the street is that the Justice Department is close to reaching a settlement agreement with Apple, and several of the major book publishers will probably be on the hook as well.  The allegations began several years ago when Apple launched iBooks, and Steve Jobs boldly declared to the world how he planned to take on Amazon. 

The idea at the time was to switch the industry to a "wholesale model" where discounts to bulk purchasers of content such as Amazon would be based on volumes, to an "agency model", where the publishers sets the price themselves, and the retailer simply takes a commission. This transition was key to Apple's plans since, as far as we know, they never deviate from the standard 30% commission. Nobody knows for sure what Amazon was making on average per e-book sale, however it's doubtful it was anywhere near 30%. Without this shift Apple would have been forced to charge more than the ultra-aggressive Amazon, and could jeopardize adoption of the iBook platform.  

By allegedly colluding with book publishers to switch to an agency model where the publisher set the price, they could also enforce a "most favored nation clause" that would prevent publishers from selling e-books at a lower price anywhere else on the web. Even if Amazon wanted to give you a better deal than iBooks, they couldn't do it. Jim Friedland, an analyst at Cowen & Co estimated that the switch back to a wholesale model could increase Amazon's revenues by $1.1 billion this year and $1.6 billion in 2013. This assumes Amazon would go back to offering big discounts, a move that consumers would no doubt welcome. 

Just to be clear the agency model itself is legal, however working with Apple and rival publishers to make it the new standard for e-book is not. In the Steve Jobs Biography written by Walter Isaacson it seems pretty clear what the goals are, and it seems the justice department might agree. Isaacson quotes Jobs as saying: "So we told the publishers, 'We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30 percent and yes, the customer pays a little more but that's what you want anyway.' ... So they went to Amazon and said, 'You're going to sign an agency contract or we're not going to give you the books.'"

When the iBooks platform launched on iOS two years ago Amazon controlled 90 percent of the e-book market. Today the hold about 65 percent market share, with Barnes & Noble sitting at 20 percent, and Apple at 10 percent.
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