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Stop us if you’ve seen this one before. YouTuber MisterMulluc took the song from “Hell is Other Robots,” the ninth episode ever of Futurama, and gave it a Source Filmmaker twist. Mr. MisterMulluc has some serious skills, even one week after the video was posted.
Source Filmmaker strikes again with fan-created Futurama fun times originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 05 May 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nintendo today released an update for its Wii U console that significantly reduces the loading times, as well as providing added stability and performance. …
At the end of February, Sony and Naughty Dog flipped the freebie switch on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception multiplayer. Since then, over 350,000 individuals worldwide have downloaded the free client.
The news comes as part of a DLC announcement over on the PlayStation Blog, where Naughty Dog reveals it will offer new DLC every month until June, starting first with “Oddball” avatar accoutrements celebrating Extraterrestrial Abductions Day. Some “Oddball” items include a duct tape mask, a bag for your avatar’s head and a burlap sack, also for your head – because nothing celebrates alien abductions quite like a sombrero.
Uncharted 3 free multiplayer downloaded over 350,000 times originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
If you’re playing StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty in preparation for the new expansion, you’ll have to restart your game once Heart of the Swarm officially launches in your area, ensuring you’ll have the very latest patch data upon starting. Changes in Heart of the Swarm includes a revamped replay system and ability to recover dropped games when playing online.
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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm server start times originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A patent describing a “method for validating legitimate media products” attributed to Sony Computer Entertainment America surfaced earlier this week. Originally filed in August 2011, the patent elaborates on a process by a which a piece of media could be detected as legitimate (not pirated) by comparing two load times against a benchmark for the media.
As seen in the flow chart above, the patent also describes a secondary validation stage in which a serial number and “user identification information” are checked against “reliable data, such as that sourced from the manufacturer or developer of the media title.” Examples of the user information could include account names, location, IP addresses, the speed of the user’s connection and product license numbers.
The secondary validation cycle would account for load time errors due to hardware issues, but would also be skipped entirely if the first cycle (the load time benchmark comparisons) checks out. Whether the “load time” method for combating piracy is used in future hardware efforts by Sony is unknown.
Sony patent would combat piracy by comparing load times originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A patent describing a “method for validating legitimate media products” attributed to Sony Computer Entertainment America surfaced earlier this week. Originally filed in August 2011, the patent elaborates on a process by a which a piece of media could be detected as legitimate (not pirated) by comparing two load times against a benchmark for the media.
As seen in the flow chart above, the patent also describes a secondary validation stage in which a serial number and “user identification information” are checked against “reliable data, such as that sourced from the manufacturer or developer of the media title.” Examples of the user information could include account names, location, IP addresses, the speed of the user’s connection and product license numbers.
The secondary validation cycle would account for load time errors due to hardware issues, but would also be skipped entirely if the first cycle (the load time benchmark comparisons) checks out. Whether the “load time” method for combating piracy is used in future hardware efforts by Sony is unknown.
Sony patent would combat piracy by comparing load times originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
More than three million players suited up for the Crysis 3 beta, EA revealed today. Ahead of the game’s release next week on February 19, EA must hope that number translates into sales; Crysis 2 shipped at least three million units, but was also reportedly the most pirated game of 2011.
Based on pre-order stats, the early indications look promising for the third entry in Crytek’s sci-fi shooter series. EA noted 40 percent more pre-orders for Crysis 3 over Crysis 2 in its financials at the end of January, and today that number holds steady enough at 35 percent.
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EA: Crysis 3 beta downloaded over 3 million times originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Temple Run 2, the sequel to infinite runner Temple Run, was downloaded in excess of 20 million times over the four days since launch. The free app was chased down six million times on its release date alone.
“We are thrilled players want more of the Temple Run universe, and we hope to grow and expand the game over the coming months,” said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of developer Imangi.
The original Temple Run has been downloaded over 170 million times across various mobile platforms. The sequel is available on iOS devices at the moment, with an Android version scheduled for later this week.
Temple Run 2 downloaded 20 million times over weekend originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Last year saw a total of more than 15 million purchases of Minecraft across all platforms, with Pocket Edition the leader at just under 5.9 million across iOS and Android. As if we needed any more proof of the blocky sandbox’s success, Mojang published concrete figures for last year’s sales, demonstrating just how prolific 2012 was for its franchise.
In addition to Pocket Edition, there were just under 4.2 million purchases of Minecraft on PC and Mac in 2012, and just over 5 million on Xbox Live Arcade. This is only speculation since it assumes all purchases were made at particular prices, but based on the games’ current North American prices our supercomputer reckons Mojang’s figures translate into a whopping $ 254 million of revenue, just from sales of the games alone.
Even if those figures are a little off, this video link feels entirely justified.
Minecraft purchased over 15 million times across 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
In the world of impressive holiday sales numbers, Minecraft doesn’t stand alone with its 453K Christmas sales. Imangi Studios Founder Keith Shepherd recently tweeted that Temple Run was downloaded over 2.5 million times on Christmas day.
The numbers divide up pretty cleanly, too, as Shepard noted that a million downloads came from iOS devices, another million from Android and the final 500K from Amazon. Of course, this is all a drop in the bucket compared to Temple Run‘s 100 million download mark, which it crossed in early August.
Temple Run downloaded over 2.5 million times on Christmas day originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.