November 2011 News

Last call! Joystiq needs your Movember donations

Published: November 30, 2011

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Perhaps you’ve heard, but the Joystiq crew is gathering donations for Movember, which uses the power of moustaches to raise awareness and money for men’s health issues like prostate cancer. Throughout November, brave editors have been growing and sporting moustaches, much to the chagrin of their friends and loved ones. As you may have noticed, today is the last day of November, meaning we’re shaving these puppies off at the stroke of midnight.


Quake now acceptable in Germany

Published: November 30, 2011

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Quake , id Software’s 1996 classic, has been removed from Germany’s list of indexed titles, a category created by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons ( BPjM ) which makes games commercially equivalent to porn. A historically significant milestone of technical and game design , Quake ’s freedom follows in the footsteps of the recently rated DOOM and DOOM 2 . Bethesda Softworks, whose parent company acquired id Software in 2009, told us after the DOOM titles passed the BPjM that an appeal of indexing is allowed after 10 years


MotorStorm devs saved from Apocalypse by Sony

Published: November 30, 2011

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After the well-reviewed MotorStorm Apocalypse failed to move the sales needle in the states and Europe (it wasn’t even released in Japan, following the March tsunami) Evolution Studios boss Matt Southern worried it would be the death of the studio.


Protip: GamePro gives up on print and online

Published: November 30, 2011

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Gaming magazine icon GamePro announced that the November issue – its first quarterly installment – will be its last, after 20-plus continuous years of publishing.


Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies coming to iOS on December 1

Published: November 30, 2011

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Activision has announced a sequel to its first attempt at Zombies on iOS, available on December 1 for $6.99: Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies . That’s, uh, tomorrow.


Take-Two’s Zelnick thinks Zynga metrics are ’sketchy’

Published: November 30, 2011

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Wednesday 30 November 185 lbs of Ba- Zynga bashing awesomeness. Food consumed today: Nothing. I’m being fueled by music.


Buy a PlayStation 3D Display at Best Buy, get a PS3 for $100

Published: November 30, 2011

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Like a horseman of the apocalypse, Sony’s undeniable spokesperson Kevin Butler has stormed the holiday shopping battlefield, riding a sale horse.


Resident Evil: Revelations bundled with Circle Pad Pro in Europe

Published: November 30, 2011

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The monsters of Resident Evil: Revelations will arrive in Europe on January 27, and they’ll bring another monster along with them: the 3DS-enlarging Circle Pad Pro. Nintendo UK announced today that the 3DS attachment will be bundled with a “special limited edition” package of Capcom’s horror game


Capcom, Method Man, and Creed from The Office unite to bring you a Sour Patch Kids game

Published: November 30, 2011

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Capcom just announced a Sour Patch Kids tie-in game for PSN, XBLA, and PC.


Rumors: Dead Space expands into FPS and flight, Dragon Age goes multiplayer

Published: November 30, 2011

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Kotaku cites an anonymous “insider” on two new rumors regarding two of Electronic Arts’ biggest “new” franchises: Dead Space and Dragon Age.


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