mchiu

mchiu is an old-timer, falling in love with video games since the introduction of Pong. Nowadays, his passions in gaming center around social and political issues, game development, promotion of games as an art form, promotion of games as sport, and the business and economics of games.

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PlayStation Now All-You-Can-Eat Coming January 13

The PlayStation Now will start offering an AYCE pricing model for the N. American market starting 1/13/14.

PlayStation Will Soon Function as a Set-Top Box for Sony’s Own Cable Service

Sony is about to become its own cable operator.

Zynga is King of Losing Money — Investors Still Buying

Zynga loses $57M in Q3 2014... the market reacts and raises the stock price?

ZergID: A Social Network for MMOs (not Starcraft)

ZergID is a new MMO-focused social network.

New Game Awards Show Supported by Major Game Companies

The Game Awards 2014 show will occur on December 5, 2014 at the AXIS Theater in Las Vegas, featuring the year's best games, world premieres, and all backed by industry leaders.

Blizzard Re-works Titan into Overwatch (New Trailer From BlizzCon)

Blizzard made the announcement of its first new franchise in 17 years: Overwatch.

South Park Kicks F2P in Da Nuts!

South Park pokes fun at the Freemium game business model, and nails it right on the head!

Manuel Noriega Lawsuit Against Activision Dismissed

A lawsuit filed by Noriega against Activision's use of his likeness in Call of Duty has been thrown out by the California Superior Court.

A Glimpse of Facebook’s Plans for Oculus

Mark Zuckerberg gives some insight to Facebook's acquisition of Oculus Rift during Q3 Earnings Call.

Will Ferrell Might Not Be Playing Video Games

Will Ferrell's fundraising event for charity does not look too good...