Today on Headline
RePLAY: Commentary on alleged DOOM 4
screenshots, Mojang employees receive a hefty bonus and Mass Effect 3 PC pre-orders are available for pre-loading!
Rumors about DOOM 4 being axed can be waved away by
PR, but the alleged screenshots that came with them this week weren’t so easily
dismissed. id Software has stepped up to the stage to respond:
“Those images have
nothing to do with what you’re gonna see in DOOM
4,” said id’s Matthew Hooper via Twitter. “When we officially show things,
you’ll see awesome.”
While Hooper’s
statement is not a direct denial, he does assure fans that id Software is
striving to meet their expectations.
“When we officially
show things,” added Hooper, “fans will be happy.”
*Source: VideoGamer
Before tax, Mojang
head honcho Markus “notch” Persson received $3 million in dividends—all of which
he decided to distribute to his employees.
“Before tax, my
dividends from Mojang for 2011 was about three million dollars,” notch Tweeted.
“I chose to distribute that to other employees.”
Many a Mojang employee
went on Twitter to express their elation about the decision. Lydia Winters,
Mojang’s Director of Fun, expressed how she was “happy for everyone @ Mojang”
while business developer Daniel Kaplan was shedding tears in “shock and
happiness.”
Congratulations to the
hard workers of Mojang!
Mass Effect 3 is just around the corner, but other than stockpiling
on food and excommunicating the outside world for a week, what more can you do
to prepare for the war with the Reapers? For PC owners that pre-ordered the
title and don’t want to spend time watching a download and installation bar, EA
is offering the option to pre-load the game via its Origin online service.
All PC-owners have to
do is to launch the Origin client, sign in, navigate to their Game Library and
click on the “Ready to Download” button on Mass
Effect 3 and voila!
Mass Effect 3 is coming out next week on March 6th.
*Source: EA
