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That guy who made medicine real pricey It would be difficult to have avoided the name (and mousy little face) Martin Shkreli if you’ve been online recently. Shkreli, a pharmaceutical executive, made headlines after raising the price of the life-saving drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent, from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill. Shkreli stayed in the news by being incredibly smug and shitty about the whole thing, refusing to lower the price while claiming that all the attention nets him, “50-100 date solicitations a day” and bragging about how much money he has like a complete asshole....

Finally, some competition As a heavy digital card game player, I’ve seen many projects rise and fall. Every IP in existence fromFabletoElder ScrollstoDOTAcan get a card game these days, and in the face of adversity (read: mostlyHearthstone), fail. Others, likeAscensionandEternal, have carved out a nice little niche for themselves, co-existing in harmony. ButLegends of Runeterrais on a different wavelength by virtue of it launching with the full might of Riot Games behind it....

It’s that time of year, folks. What am I talking about? Oh, only when Sony tries to convince people they should buy a PlayStation Portable so they can play Madden NFL on it. They usually do it with a bundle, and — shocking! — a bundle has just been announced. Starting on August 30, you’ll be able to buy a PSP-3000 packed withMadden NFL 12,Need for Speed SHIFT, and a 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo....

Just dollops them all over you… Magicka 2, one of the best games ever to make you lose all of your friends, has received a free update. For those who don’t know,Magicka’scombat revolves around typing in spells. Each letter corresponds with a different element, and mixing them will produce new effects (like mixing fire and water will make a steam spell). The latest update adds in some new type combinations: mixing water and air will make an ice spell, whereas mixing water and death (which isn’t what we’d consider an element, but it’s fantasy so shush) will give you poison....

Here’s a big list of Update 2 and 3 highlights, many of which really should’ve been ready at launch After afar-from-ideal launchforBattlefield 2042, DICE is charging ahead with changes, fixes, and sorely-missed additions that can improve the game for the “millions” of people who are — or at least were — playing it.In a lengthy blog post, the kind we’ve come to expect from DICE, the studio outlined its plan for a major update onNovember 25and another inearly December, with a third aiming to roll outin advance of the holidays....

The Switch lifecycle started in 2017 Console and system lifecycles are an interesting case study. I mean, it’s really hard to beat the likes of the PS2, which clawed its way through the industry and survived in many countries well into the launch of the PS3. But Nintendo occasionally is up to the challenge, as we say with the Wii. Will the Switch lifecycle continue that legacy? As always, it depends on a number of factors, but Nintendo seems to think so....

An old friend There has been one big gun missing fromHalo: The Master Chief Collectionall these years. Five years later,Halo 3: ODSTwill finally be complete. Halodeveloper 343 Industries revealed today thatODST‘s Firefight mode will be added toThe Master Chief Collectionsometime this summer. It’s coming to both the Xbox One and PC versions.ODSTon PC is expected to launch sometime in the coming months — probably shortly afterHalo 3— and Firefight will likely be simultaneously released....

Revealing interview with one of the original Ace Attorney translators TheAce Attorneyserieshas gradually built itself a small but loyal following outside of Japan. One of the reasons for that is how the games offer an experience that you can’t get anywhere else in gaming. Their popularity has slowly helped thetext-focused, clue-hunting genreto become a little more prominent in gaming, but for the most part,Ace Attorneyis a unique series. Part of that comes from the way the games were translated....

Gearbox head Randy Pitchford recently had a tease in mind when asked about potentialBorderlands 2DLC themes. “I’ve always wanted to ride a sail barge and drive a Sand Skiff. I’ve always wanted to do that, and we’ve got some cool stuff that’s along those lines.”Return of the Jedi-landsconfirmed? If you’re foaming at the mouth for DLC, you can buy theSeason Passnow for $30, which includes the four planned DLCs, set to releasebyJune 2013....

‘Scrat’s Nutty Adventure’ The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Natureis probably one of the more egregiously bad kids film titles in the past decade. The fact that Naughty by Nature is such a good rap group makes it even worse. But there’s another nut-lover in town from an entirely different franchise: yeah, your old boy Scrat fromIce Ageis back, in game form! Look, I’ll be straight with you, and I might blow your mind here: I like Scrat....

Especially on Black Friday Shopping research group InfoScouthas publishedits post-Black Friday findings as they relate to video game consoles. As you can see in the chart below, 40% of participating millennials (defined as ages 18-35) buy PlayStation products on your “average day” in October, compared to 48% on Black Friday. Compare this to “middle-aged” consumers (defined as ages 35-55, hi Mom!), who preferred Xbox products both during Black Friday and your “average day....

Resident Evil 4 coming in at the final hour Capcom has published its most recent financial report, which sees the veteran developer continuing its recent rocket success — Furthermore, the studio is quietly confident that it is on track to deliver a stellar financial year for 2022-2023, potentially one of the biggest in the history of the company. As translated by VGC, Capcom sold around 29.1 million titles in the nine-month period ending December 2022, which represents an increase of almost five million games on the same period 2021....

The first crowd-sourced headphones I realize that the percentage of our readers that are legitimately in the market for a $300 set of headphones is fairly small, and honestly if you don’t think dropping that much cheddar is ever worth it, then I probably can’t convince you here and now. If, however, you are crazy enough to want to spend a, quite frankly, irresponsibly large amount of money on such an accessory, then I genuinely believe it should be the M-100 for one reason — they’re actually somewhat practical....