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Reply to Valve is making DOTA 2! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="7" id="2802730"]This deserves to fail horribly if for no other reason then Valve's BS attempt to trademark "DotA", which is something they had nothing to do with and Icefrog has no particular claim to either (as simply the current maintainer of something created by people before him). [/quote] Yes exactly, but you know, this are Valve and Icefrog joining together, and somehow both are inmmensely regarded by each of their own fan base

Reply to Temple of Elemental Evil in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]I'm assuming the GOG version is compatible with the Co8 updates? If so, I'll definitely pick it up. Been a long time since I had my disks.[/quote] It is, and this version has additional materials too.

Reply to Valve is making DOTA 2! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Valve's interest is that people consider the other dotas like HoN and LoL the second rate clones. They're naming the game "Dota 2", so they'll sell it as the only true Dota succesor. I dont know how the Source engine will run a game like this. It's not exactly a FPS. Will it look like Alien Swarn? If it's too different then longtime Dota fans won't play it. I think they're just going for name branding with "Dota 2" and making this the next TF2 and L4D. By that I'm sayi

Reply to Valve is making DOTA 2! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Anyone read that icefrog tell-all by a disgruntled Valve employee??

Reply to Temple of Elemental Evil in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Othello" reply="18" id="2802522"] Quoting coreimpulse, reply 17 ToEE is now available on GOG.com. Only 5.99 too. Baldur's Gate, Planescape, Icewind Dale, now this. They're on a 2d8 roll. - Othello [/quote] Yeah they are. And they're not done yet. BG2 is expected in the next weeks. Amazing that ToEE is $6.

Reply to The Tabloidization of the technology media in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="29" id="2801499"] Quoting coreimpulse, reply 28 To them, it's a business. News reporting is a businesss, it's their business. What they sell to make money. More they sell, more $$ goes to the profits. That's all. All the comments on Activision's CEO is for most precise nonetheless. Entrepreneurs are not the CEOs of most companies. Entrepreneurs build a business, CEOs (of the non-entrepreneur type) r

Reply to The Tabloidization of the technology media in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="30" id="2801566"]I got a little broad in my first posting. So I rephrase a bit more concisely... What alternatives do we have to sensationalist journalism as relates to technology? I used to watch TechTV before comcast replaced the network with g4. Some of the old gang has moved to Rev3. Patrick Norton, Roger Chan, Robert Heron... Good stuff. I frequently watch Tekzilla to keep abr

Reply to Temple of Elemental Evil in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

ToEE is now available on GOG.com.

Reply to The Tabloidization of the technology media in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="YuhongBao" reply="26" id="2800922"]"People are "hungry to know about the people behind these things" they buy because when they purchase their goods, they're helping the people behind their goods to prosper. " Which is OK, but this don't excuse things like taking quotes out of context to sensationalize reporting, like what happened in the PCGamer fiasco, for example. [/quote] To them, it's a business. News reporting is a businesss, it's their business.

Reply to Hiring for marketing, cause boy do you need it! (exclusive content rant/FUNNY) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Brad, DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE, make the next Elemental motion controller only!!!

Reply to New Medal of Honor open beta (read: demo) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

BFBC2 original or that new expansion ??

Reply to New Medal of Honor open beta (read: demo) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

When's the open beta finished? I want to try it before this open beta expires.

Reply to New Medal of Honor open beta (read: demo) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I'¡ve been wanting to try this game. Is it that bad MP? Anyone know if there'll be a SP demo?

Reply to Bobby Kotick....... Attacks EA for... killing franchises? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

How come he hasnt been interviewed regarding the Infinity Ward debacle? I'd like to see what he has to say regarding IW. Maybe he's worried that black ops won't be such a chart topper with similar titles like medal of honor being out at the same time.

Reply to Activision 'Likely' To Sell Game Cutscene Movies in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I think Mk. Kotick should just start selling his mocked avatars found everywhere on the web. How come he hasn't recognized the amount of profit it could bring in cashing in on the sheer anger he generates on the web.

Reply to Bobby Kotick - Bungie “probably the last remaining high quality independent developer” in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Raven X" reply="15" id="2786657"] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHROFLOMGWTFHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, that was Awesome. I'm buying every Atmoic game I see for sale from now on. Even if it's a game I don't like or want. Those guys need to be huge just for their stance on that. That dude has balls. He just earned some major respect in my book. Great stuff posting that Tormy [/quote] You know, that was the intention of the letter. PR for their new game. Still funny

Reply to Bobby Kotick - Bungie “probably the last remaining high quality independent developer” in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

By independent Kotick, Bungie, and that ex-bungie guy they all refer to a company that's not a part of a big corporate conglomerate, not in a grass roots way. To them the bunch of guys making games on their garages dont matter.

Reply to Done with Civilization 5 Demo in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="GaelicVigil" reply="11" id="2784506"]Agree with the OP. Let's face it. Civ 5, along with Civ 4 and Civ: Revolutions are for what I call, the "Squishy Generation". In the squishy generation, games are more automated, they usually have lots of sliders to manage things for you, and they have a "less is more" feel to them. Graphics are more stylized, quantity has been severely cut for "quality's" sake, and the interface is laid out with giant but

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Mivo" reply="92" id="2784315"]gog.com gives me a blank page. How much are they asking for BG? (Which?) [/quote] $10 for BG1 with the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion. If you are going to buy it do so quickly before they close down for the release of BG2.

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Dont see what was the big changes that needed a complete maintenance. They've only changed the layout a bit and added some worthless "mix" button. Their community area still is borked, and their downloads and overall site are slow. And no, it's not because of everyone downloading their games.

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I wont be buying from them again when they relaunch. I'll just get the games i already bought and go somewhere else.

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Rebell44" reply="661" id="2781006"] IMO another big reason is elimination of second hand sales. [/quote] I'd say that's the biggest reason, more so than the piracy one. They want to turn games into a service which you don't own and therefore you can't resell. Same old greedy anti-consumer terms of service.

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

One competitor cant just arrange a deal that keeps the others from selling the same product. It's not a publisher&developer&valve deal, it's just competition. This is starting to look like M$ with their saying what goes pre-installed on every copy of Windows.

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="642" id="2780839"]Bah! So no go for Civ5. A steam free version requires a change to the DRM method, patch distribution.... [/quote] It is technically possible to rip out the Steamworks component, like in the cases of the games I mentioned. Whether D2D will do it, who knows.

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Brillig" reply="640" id="2780828"] Quoting coreimpulse, reply 637 It was mentioned here in other thread that Valve doesnt get a % for a steamworks game sale if the game is purchased on brick and mortar stores. I dont know if that's the case, but if it is it's some kind of boycott to Valve's bottom line. They get no money from it and they have to provide bandwidth for it. SP games should not have this online Steam DRM.