Archives for: April 2006

VIACOM TO ACQUIRE XFIRE, INC. FOR $102 MILLION

Posted on xfire.com's official website. We are very pleased to announce that Xfire has entered into an agreement to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTV Networks. What does the acquisition mean to you? It means that Xfire is now backed by one… more »

Character Slots For Sale this (US) Summer!

Arena.Net announced that starting this (US) summer, players will be able to buy additional character slots for just U$9.99. Each new slot will enjoy all the content available to the account. One of the highly popular player requests now a reality. T… more »

Corporation for Public Gaming

David Rejeski posted Why We Need a Corporation for Public Gaming. He said that, One reason myths shape public perceptions is because few universities have seen computer games as worthy of serious academic study, robbing the discourse around games o… more »

Is being a gamer a sign of immaturity?

Gamers, Gaming and Anime Otakus (anime enthusiasts) are being misunderstood by thousands of parents in third-world countries like the Philippines. This morning, while preparing to go to work, I was thinking about what I posted yesterday - Gamers Will… more »

Gamers - Will Soon Be War-Freak Adults

Internet cafes asked to impose curfew on minors This is the latest attempt to strictly regulate the gaming phenomenon in the Philippines. A Waray Representative Florencio "Bem " Noel proposed that minors and students should be allowed to stay in Inte… more »

Guild Wars Asia Launched

Guild Wars Asia is now online, the newest community to hit the Guild Wars world - for Asians. This is my last community that to start/found, and just like the rest, I am hoping for the best for GWAsia. I did not bought a TLD (Top-Level Domain) for it e… more »

Challenge - Social-Bookmark Services icons in one blog

Well, a little update to the icons for the Social-Bookmark Services you will find below each post here in gameshogun.info, 16x16 resolution (size of favicon.ico), except for Blogrolling. Don't count, the total is 44 links. Some are only online bookma… more »

the9, Pogo and World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade

According to Kotaku, the9 and EA are planning a joint venture deal wherein the9 will be EA's exclusive publisher of EA's casual game Pogo in China. In related news from Kotaku, Blizzard and the9 are in dispute over World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusa… more »

the9 Acquires Guild Wars for China

NCsoft announced April 5th, that it signed a deal with the9 to launch Guild Wars in China, giving the company a 3-year exclusive license for the country. According to Tack Jin Kim, NCSoft CEO, "the9 has a proven record of excellence in the Chinese mar… more »

My weblog owns 37.5% of me.

37.5 %My weblog owns 37.5 % of me.Does your weblog own you? Just for fun.. more »

Top 10 Weirdest Keyboard

fosfor gadgets posted the Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever Like the ff: Roll-Up Keyboard Virtual Laser Keyboard Check it all out at this link: http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-keyboards-ever/ more »

Another batch of Referrers

Thank you to these sites for linking and/or mentioning about gameshogun or a certain post here. Tech Kills - http://www.techkills.com Information Technology - http://www.jmmclaughlin.com/informationtechnology/ pknyc - http://pknycblog.blogspot.com… more »

The Burning Crusade: Enter the Wisps

Blizzard is proud to officially announce the second new race of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion set, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - the mysterious wisps! At the Battle of Mount Hyjal, the Burning Legion gave the world a taste of its tr… more »