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This Quickies section was created in late May, and will eventually be getting a new look and new content.
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Microsoft to announce a surprise new FREE feature for the dashboard on April 21st. XBOX Live subscription will see a price increase on April 22nd. Activision announces patch for Ghostbusters for the glitched achievement that has people stuck on 980 achievement points. The patch will be released August 4, 2013 and according to a Activision representative. "It probably won't work".
People are utilizing the technology of Kinect. Many people have hacked it, using it to control robots, create 3D applications, and other technological stuff that nobody except uber-nerds gives a shit about. There are even a few people still utilizing the technology of Kinect to play Kinect games on the system.
Mygamercard.net shuts its site down. Gamesavers and hackers are upset no one can see their non-earned gamerscore. "I worked hard for this" said Stallion83918 who managed to get 250,500 online achievements while playing offline.
EA announces that its servers for Madden 2012, Madden 2013, Tiger Woods the Masters, and FIFA 2012 and 2013 are now permanently closed. EA announced that the fans will vote for the player who will be featured on the cover of Madden 2012. Many NFL players launching promotional campaigns to encourage voters to not vote for them.
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Arcade Quickies
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Full House poker announces 12,348,927 online tournaments of poker have been played. Of those games, there were 6 games played that did not have a idiot who went 'All in' on the opening hand.
Battle for Los Angeles which has been criticized for having a short campaign that can be completed in under 1/2 hour, announced DLC to expand the games length. The DLC ,titled Battle for Los Angeles's DLC, should add another 3-4 minutes to the existing campaign. A poll taken by Fantasy Gamer shows that 39% of people obssessed with Torchlight wear rubber elf ears while playing the game.
Whatever publisher announces that Microbot has now reached a new milestone of 150 arcade games sold to date. Much higher than their expectations.
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