It’s the best mainline FF game since IX.

Except I don’t find it boring. But thanks for the unnecessary sarcasm.

I can’t say I’ve had that issue. The only place I find a drag is Dhalmekia, but I find that about most desert areas.

Possibly, if it wasn’t straight up called itself ‘Clucking Bell’ using the exact same visuals as GTA, but yeah, this was destined to end just as badly as if they’d opened a restaurant called “McDonalds” that used the same golden M logo and had all the employees dressed in bootleg McDonalds uniforms.

They full-on…

This isn’t parody, though.  The ideas of Cluckin’ Bell and Burger Shot themselves are the parody, in this case of KFC and Burger King, but Take Two owns the rights to those specific parodies.  This is also why they will be able to go ahead with the Don’t Cluckin’ Tell version, as that is now their own parody.

Nah, you’re gleefully cheering on the death of the entire industry. This is just one step towards a second videogame crash. But, by all means, tell us how it’s a good thing your neighbors disappeared last night after the police knocked on their doors.

If you want to be pedantic about statistics, then pointing to the total population of the U.S is as equally meaningless as my sample size of one.

This deal is good for no one but the stock holders and of course, those wonderful golden parachutes for upper management.

Vertical mergers are also bad. Stop licking the boots of your corporate masters and you’ll see that.

The fact that 40 other countries also lick corporate boot is not an argument.

I once got greyed on io9 for saying The Dark Knight was overrated. Some people just want to watch the world burn.

Many such cases. I remember the ungreyed Ms.Anxiety.

If they notice you making good comments

I was as ungreyed member here for years, then i said something critical of an article (believe it was one of kenneth shepards) and I suddenly ended up back in the greys with no explanation.

fantastic news

I won't even pretend to care about anything Activision makes, especially since all the parties involved here release their content on my platform of choice, but watching the consolidation of the entire industry into so few hands has been disgusting.

Gamers are an instant gratification group. This is a perfect example of celebrating instant gratification with no foresight on what it means 10-20 years down the road.

Well, I’m excited for about 10 years of incredible deals and games and then total total garbage beyond that

Such a shame.  This will accelerate the onward march towards fast food gaming.

One can only hope the UK has more teeth to its regulations. Or judges that understand the situation.

the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content