Weekly News Roundup – DEC 30 2012

This week was rather slow, with everyone distracted by the holidays! I didn’t even manage to finish my Greensleeves redstone composition in Minecraft (although the room for it is all hollowed out, thanks to the help of a friend). I’ll probably use it for another song. Ideas, anyone? Speaking of Minecraft, the documentary was released and torrented by Mojang itself! You can find it by searching on the Pirate Bay or a simple Google search. Several Mojang admins tweeted about it, so it’s not an impersonator or anything. Well worth a watch!

Concluding the ongoing saga of War Z, its creator issued an apology about the drama surrounding the game. After Zynga encountered several legal disputes after imitating some games, it’s taking the financial blow by shutting down its Japan branch. There’s lots of information for new games, including Dead Space 3, Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD, and FFXI Online.

With the new year fast-approaching, be sure to have your resolution ready before New Year’s Eve! I haven’t decided on mine yet, but it will probably have to do with spriting. Without further ado, here is the last news roundup of the year!

Media:
2012 Year on Year Sales and Market Share Update
Calvin & Hobbes Video Game Mock-up
Guile’s Theme on 8 Floppy Disks
Beating the Hardest ROMHACK Mario Level
EA Removes Gun Shop Links from Medal of Honor Site
Journey is Gamespot’s GOTY 2012
Minecraft Documentary Torrented by Mojang
Even More Footage of Mass Effect: Paragon Lost