My Little Pony ‘Fighting is Magic’ fan game has ceased At least some part of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom is taking one on the chin today. The group of fans working together to produce a fighting game based on the plucky ponies has been struck by a cease and desist order from Hasbro, owners of the My Little Pony property. via: www.destructoid.com
Epic closes Impossible Studios, Infinity Blade: Dungeons now ‘on hold’ Epic Games is shutting down Infinity Blade: Dungeons developer Impossible Studios, after creating the studio eight months ago. “It was a bold initiative and the Impossible folks made a gallant effort, but ultimately it wasn’t working out for Epic,” said Epic founder Tim Sweeney. via: www.joystiq.com
Don’t Call It a Tablet Edit Photo by Ariel Zambelich/Wired The Surface Pro looks like a tablet, but it’s not a mobile device. It’s a portable device. Sure, put the Surface Pro next to the Surface RT and it’s hard to spot many differences. One’s a little thicker, but their shapes are otherwise identical. Both have the same matte-black, magnesium-based casing. via: www.wired.com
Featured Article: The Pirate Hacks Of Africa A.V. CLUB Gameological contributor Joe Keiser is in the midst of a year-long stay in Nairobi. We asked him to check out the video game selection in his neighborhood. This is what he found. In Nairobi, there is this shopping center called Diamond Plaza. It is the natural conclusion of a city that doesn’t enforce building codes. via: gameological.com
Report: Next Xbox will require internet connection Activation codes to prevent sale of second-hand games and new Kinect to ship alongside console, claim sources Microsoft’s next Xbox will require a constant internet connection to work, according to a report. via: www.develop-online.net
Dead Space 3 exploit already found for infinite items There’s a different resource management system in place for Dead Space 3 that goes toward building your own weapons from the ground up. You can find items throughout your adventure, or you can just be lazy and buy items through the microtransaction option that comes up every time you want to build something. via: www.destructoid.com
Xbox 720 watch: is this the first Project Gotham 5 teaser art? Project Gotham 5 is rumoured to be in development at Liverpool studio Lucid Games. We’ve unearthed what could be the first teaser art for the alleged Xbox 720 launch title. This morning we reported on a rumour – which has been verified as true by Polygon – that said Lucid Games is currently developing Project Gotham 5 for the launch of… via: www.vg247.com
Crash isn’t and will never be a “Skylander” toy, ever. Hey, hear that whining of fanboys complaining over this picture, saying he is going to be a “Skylander“? READ MORE for the whole article >>
Unity coming to BlackBerry 10 Deployment add-on to be released this summer Unity will be releasing a deployment add-on for BlackBerry 10 in the summer, it has revealed. The middleware outfit is currently working with BlackBerry to enable its developers to publish on the new smartphone device,… via: www.develop-online.net
North Korea Uses Call of Duty and “We Are the World” in Truly Bizarre Propaganda RSS If those North Korean propaganda games weren’t odd (and unsettling) enough, the country’s state media is incorporating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and “We Are the World” to show the U.S. under attack. Yeah. via: kotaku.com
