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Deus Ex Earnings: Will Square Enix Make a Comeback?

According to Eurogamer and the Square
Enix earnings reports, Square Enix has had a dreadfully bad year so
far, partly due to the problems with one of their entries in their
trademark “Final Fantasy” franchise, Final Fantasy XIV.

Now, many things could be said about
the “Final Fantasy” franchise at this point, or comments made about
Square Enix’s attempts to enter the MMO market. But what remains at
the end of the day is that Square Enix, even with their AAA titles of
“Kingdom Hearts” and “Final Fantasy,” is doing poorly this year.

Razer Tiamat – Best of Breed?

Last week, I reviewed the Razer Megalodon USB headset. However, Razer’s newest headset, the analog Tiamat 7.1, looks to blow it out of the water. In its press release,
and in the announced information for the Tiamat 7.1, Razer proudly
announces that this headset features a total of 10 drivers for true
surround sound in the headset: subwoofer, front, side, rear – all of
these with 2 drivers at each position. But more exciting than the
drivers is the fact that the Tiamat will allow for customizing each
audio channel to one’s exact liking using the included control unit
(which looks slightly similar in form factor to the control unit of the
Razer Megalodon). This looks to be great for a number of applications – imagine playing a movie in 7.1 surround sound with this headset, or even things as simple as listening to podcasts.

Five Crucial Deus Ex Mods

Deus Ex is a PC game whose reputation precedes it. Warren Spectre’s dystopian shooter/RPG hybrid is a game that is still remembered by gamers today and to many fans, it’s a game that no other has matched. Since it was first released on the PC in 2000, Deus Ex has been a hugely popular game for PC gamers and a popular choice for PC modders who have added all sorts of cool new content to an already massively. Here are five mods that anyone looking to play or wanting to replay Deus Ex in anticipation of the new game should get their hands on:

NYC Fringe Festival: Theater Of The Arcade – Review

Whether you’re a theater fan, or a video game buff, Theater of the Arcade is something you need to see.  Especially if you’re a fan of both.  It’s a live theater production currently running in the New York City Fringe Festival, and it features five short plays, each one following the story of a famous video game, but told as though they were written by a famous playwright.  Although it’s completely absurd, it’s all done with complete deadpan seriousness, you wouldn’t know that you’re watching parody if you weren’t in on the joke before entering the theater.

NC Soft Unveils Wildstar MMO

NC Soft, the company behind City of Heroes, Guild Wars, Aion and Lineage showed off their new MMO today at Gamescom.  It’s a sci-fi adventure set in outer space, and seems to emphasize humor and cartoony design over realism.

Epic Games We’re working on five new games

Epic Games, the creators of the Gears of War franchise, Infinity Blade and Unreal Tournament, recently announced that they could be making a new IP in the near future, but it appear that they had more up their sleeve. Epic is confirmed to be working on five new games, none of which are Gears releated. Mike Capps, president of Epic Games (not Cliffy B) recently spoke about the future of the company at the GDC Europe keynote audience.

Borderlands 2 Gets a Gamescom Teaser

The world’s first demo of Borderlands 2 is set to be shown at this years imminent Gamescom and in anticipation of that, Gearbox have released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming sequel to the 2009 FPS/RPG Hybrid. The trailer features the previously revealed Salvador the Gunserker shooting a variety of new enemies in both a snowy and a grassy enviroment. It’s quite surprising to see a grassy enviroment on Pandora (the planet on which Borderlands is set). Check it out in the trailer below: