Gideon Heap of TheGameReviews writes: "Whether you're after PlayStation trophies or Xbox achievements, we're constantly getting set targets by our games. There is something nice about the comforting pat-on-back from developers telling us we've been a good little player. But what if we could turn the tables and set achievements for the games industry itself? Plenty of forums buzz with demands for remakes, moans at delays in the release schedule and, very occasionally, praise for games that strike a chord. What do we really want from the industry and what targets could they realistically achieve? Ok, if there's no money in it then they probably won't care, but wouldn't it be great to unleash their inner score whore? Surely they wouldn't be able to resist listening to our demands if there were a few extra Gs in it for them? Here are ten achievements we'd like to see the industry – er – achieve in 2010."
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
I hope they are as addicted to achievements as most people I know... These could be good for all of us...
Natal actually turning out to be good? I'm not so sure.
Love the humour of the article though.
I think we'll see Duke Nukem Forever before we see a good Sonic game come out. Have been burned too many times in the past to believe that Needlemouse will be amazing.
Great article. Though I think releasing Duke Nuk'em Forever is worth way more than 5 points.
I suppose I'm being naive to not think that Blizzard releasing StarCraft II this year would be an achievement. I figured since they're only releasing a third of the game -- I'm sorry, I mean "the first part of the Starcraft II trilogy" -- that it should be manageable enough.
As for Duke Nukem Forever? The name's too ironic now to ever happen. If they make another Duke Nukem game (which I think they should), they should change the name a la the Witness Protection Program for software: "What? No, this isn't Duke Nukem Forever, it's, um... Duke Nukem Ad Infinitum. Yeah."