Papers for Facebook’s initial public offering could be filed as early as this week, with a possible IPO target set for sometime between April and June. According toWSJ, FB could raise as much as $10 billion, with the value of the world’s biggest timesink coming in at between $75 billion and $100 billion. That would make this one of the biggest debuts for a U.S company. $100 billion would make Facebook worth about the same as McDonald’s....
Dawntrailhasn’t even been released for a month yet, but players around the world have their sights set on one thing — patch 7.05. This is the biggest patch yet forFinal Fantasy XIVsinceDawntrail’s release, and comes with a host of new content to enjoy. According to a Lodestone post released on July 30, maintenance ahead of the release of FFXIV’s patch 7.05 will be taking place at the following times, depending on your location:...
I’d expect nothing less from Yoshi P For a few months now, people have built up theFinal Fantasy XIV WoWdrama. You know the drill: people don’t like the current state ofWorld of Warcraft, so they pick an MMO to focus on instead. Often times it’s a brand new game that fades over time; in this case, it’sthe tried and trueFinal Fantasy XIV, which has been stable for years. In any case,FFXIVproducer Naoki “Yoshi P” Yoshida isn’t having it....
It’s a Kind of Magic Nintendo will be bringing a new Mythic Hero to its mobile battle title Fire Emblem Heroes this week, as the mysterious Bramimond the Enigma (a name theyblatantlygave himself) will make their presence felt in the latest summoning event. Appearing in 2003’s Game Boy Advance releaseFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade,Barmimond is a hermitous master of the dark arts, and one of the few remaining Eight Legends – a party of powerful fighters who once fought back a siege of dragons in a battle known as “The Scouring”....
We can believe it when we see it Can you believe thatKingdom Hearts 3was announced at E3 2013? And that the team had talked about following upKingdom Hearts 2even earlier than that? It’s crazy to think that after all this time and all of these spinoffs, the 2005 narrative of the series was stopped in its tracks and hasn’t really progressed in any meaningful way (despite all of the great prequel insight)....
After perhaps getting burned with horrible game-turned movie stints, Capcom is nowheavily pursuinga lineup of Hollywood-licensed games. What does this mean? It means they want to make more movie-inspired titles. Think those crappy games that WE don’t buy, but sell very well anyway. Capcom is exploring the other end of convergence as well. After decades of creating such original game franchises as “Devil May Cry,” “Lost Planet,” “Dead Rising” and “Onimusha” (which has a film in development at Davis Films), it has hired Germaine Gioia to serve in the newly created post of senior vp licensing in its Los Angeles office....
Colette:Still hacking away atPersona 4, but also picked upMy World, My Wayand am really enjoying it’s old-school battles and cute dialogue. Jonathan H:Disappointment of the week was theRE5demo. It’s not bad or anything, but after playing it once I was pretty much done. Pleasant surprise of the week wasGTA:Chinatown Wars, which I got to play at the New York Comic Con. I haven’t been interested in aGTAgames in years, largely because they’ve been trying harder and harder to be like movies....
Google’s answer to Game Center? This week at Google I/O, the company announced Google Play game services, a collection of game-centric services for Android, iOS, and web platforms. Players running on the former platform in particular should be happy to hear about what this software development kit entails. The new service leverages Google+ for leaderboards and also includes expected features like an achievement system, cloud saving, and real-time matchmaking. It’s worth pointing out that matchmaking is currently restricted to Android and that, while we’re on the subject, Google Play services support 2....
A detailed look at the world, missions, combat, and the three main characters Rockstar Games primary goal withGrand Theft Auto Vwas to create the ultimate open world game. They’re putting everything they’ve learned from their history with developing open world experiences, and have created their biggest sandbox to date. Everything is bigger and better withGTA V.The mission structure is completely different from past titles, the world is huge with a ton of things to do, and you now control three playable characters that are all looking to roll around in millions of dollars of other people’s hard earned cash....
A laid-back discussion of this week in gaming Did I end the last episode of Hardline by saying we’d be back a week later if we weren’t murdered and left in a ditch somewhere? And then we went two weeks without a follow-up? Well, we aren’t all dead — just on the inside — but we did bring on Destructoid contributor Brett Makedonski and Hardline producer Bill Zoeker to fill in for this recording....
The late game ofWarframeis chock full of mod types that are as unique as they are confusing. Take the Augur mods of the Plains of Eidolon, for example, which convert Energy to Shields when multiple are used in the same build. That may be fairly simple once you know what you’re doing, but it’s merely the tip of the iceberg. There are other mod types that add some interesting buffs inthe right build, including one designed for Wisp....
Getting your hands on Coca Leaves is one of the late-game features ofSchedule 1. But once you’ve done so, you’ll be rewarded with lots of money. Before you’re able to go on and start harvesting Coca Leaves, you’ll have to arrange Coca Seeds first, and the supplier is present in the Docks region. Here’s how to get Coca Leaves inSchedule 1. Arrange a Coca Seed first You have to first unlock the Docks area and then head over to Salvador Moreno (the final supplier of the game) to get hold of Coca Seeds (red colored)....
TheSummit Rodis the second most expensive addition inFisch‘s Northern Expedition update, and you can unlock this rod for C$300,000. But you can’t buy the rod directly from the shop, and it’s located at the summit of the mountains. Naturally, you’ll have to travel a fair bit of distance to come across this rod in the first place. Doing so has double incentive, since you can also get the Cold Jacket from the same location, which is extremely useful to protect you from the cold....
