QQ News - May 1st, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to May 1st, 2014.

  • E.T. Cartridges Found in New Mexico Landfill After 30 Years (Escapist)
  • Some People Think The Atari Landfill Dig Is Fake (Kotaku)
  • The Long Good Friday Actor Bob Hoskins Dies at 71 (IGN)
  • Mario Kart 8 Comes With One of Ten Free Wii U Games (Escapist)
  • Another month, another $2 million for Star Citizen (Joystiq)
  • Disney Infinity Marvel Superheroes Coming This Fall (Kotaku)
  • Yuji Horii confirms development of next Dragon Quest (Joystiq)
  • Marvel Dice Masters Sells Out Rapidly (Escapist)
  • ESA study: 59% of Americans play games, 68% on consoles (Joystiq)
  • Seth MacFarlane and Patrick Stewart Teaming for "Blunt Talk" (IGN)
  • GameStop to close 120 stores, increase focus on mobile (Joystiq)
  • Google to Replace Nexus Phones with Android Silver Brand (Escapist)
  • WSJ: The FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Will OK Pay-to-Play (Gizmodo)
  • Anti-Net-Neutrality "Fast Lanes" Are Bullshit (Marco)
  • Final Hobbit Film Renamed The Battle of Five Armies (Escapist)
  • Microsoft reveals release date of the Xbox One in Japan (Kotaku)
  • Xbox One Launches in China, First Console in 13 Years (Escapist)
  • Life After GameSpy: Civ And Borderlands Go Steam (Rockpapershotgun)
  • Star Wars Expanded Universe Is Dead (Escapist)
  • Han Solo Has a 'Gigantic Role' in Star Wars: Episode VII (IGN)
  • Holy Crap, Looks Like Suikoden II Is Finally Coming To PSN (Kotaku)
  • David Spade Says Joe Dirt 2 May Happen on Crackle (IGN)
  • CNet: Nike Fires FuelBand Engineering Team; Set to Exit Wearable (Cnet)
  • Almost Human Cancelled by FOX (IGN)
  • Fox Will Reboot Flash Gordon (Escapist)
  • Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot on Steam (Kotaku)
  • Blizzard Wants You To Leave The House, Meet Other Humans (Kotaku)
  • Sony to sell all its Square Enix Shares (Joystiq)

QQ News - April 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to April 11th, 2014.

  • What the Heartbleed Bug Means for You (LifeHacker)
  • Amazon FireTV Set-Top Box Goes On Sale for $99 (Escapist)
  • Scientists Use StarCraft II To Prove How Scary Aging Is (Kotaku)
  • Square Enix Has Finally Realized That People Like JRPGs (Kotaku)
  • Scaling the Facebook Data Warehouse to 300 PB (Facebook)
  • The Wil Wheaton Project Coming to Syfy (IGN)
  • DayZ Of Our Lives: SOE Zombie-Based Survival (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Amazon Buys Comixology, Biggest Digital Comics Store (Kotaku)
  • Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Steps Down (Escapist)
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition Sells 21 Million Copies (Escapist)
  • Minecraft reaches 12 million sold on Xbox 360 (Joystiq)
  • Smash Bros. 3DS Out This Summer, Wii U This Winter (Kotaku)
  • Zero Suit Samus, Sheik, Yoshi Return in Super Smash Bros (Escapist)
  • Samus' New High Heels Are, Well... (Kotaku)
  • Report: Drone Hacked, Crashes, Injures Athlete (Kotaku)
  • Top Gun 2 to Tackle Drones (IGN)
  • GameSpy Shutdown Will Affect A Lot Of Games (RockPaperShotgun)

QQ News - March 30th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to March 30th, 2014.

  • Facebook Buys Oculus Rift For $2 Billion (Kotaku)
  • Oculus Kickstarter Backers Are Demanding Refunds (Kotaku)
  • Notch Canceled Oculus Rift Minecraft Because Of Facebook (Kotaku)
  • Cliff Bleszinski Labels Notch a "Pouty Kid" - Updated (Escapist)
  • Facebook May Rebrand Oculus Rift, Import Interface (Escapist)
  • People Are Buying Stocks With The Name 'Oculus' (Kotaku)
  • Valve's Michael Abrash Joins Oculus VR as Chief Scientist (Escapist)
  • John Carmack Voices Support For Oculus Acquisition (Kotaku)
  • What does the QQ Cast think about the Oculus buyout?
  • Oculus Rift Selling "Just Fine" After Facebook Buyout (Escapist)
  • X-COM Creator Julian Gollop Announces Chaos Reborn (IGN)
  • Sony signs 1000 licensed indy developers (Joystiq)
  • Arcade Classic Gauntlet Is Getting A Remake (Kotaku)
  • Happy 15th Anniversary, EverQuest (Kotaku)
  • Do Titanfall Bots Play Nice With Eachother? (Rockpapershotgun)
  • 'Twitch Plays Pokemon' Has Defeated Lord Helix (Kotaku)
  • Who owns Duke Nukem? (Rockpapershotgun)
  • SimCity Offline Mode Launches Today (IGN)
  • EA loses worst company in America contest (Kotaku)
  • Google Brings Cross-Platform Multiplayer to Android and iOS (IGN)
  • Disney Purcahses Maker Studios (Kotaku)
  • Alien: Isolation Hatches October 7 (Kotaku)
  • ET Atari Documentary (Joystiq)
  • Suspended Animation a Reality, Human Trials Underway (Escapist)

QQ News - March 14th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to March 14th, 2014.

  • Is a Farscape Movie in Development? (IGN)
  • Candy Crush studio King seeks up to $7.6 billion IPO (Joystiq)
  • Oculus Rift Production Halted (IGN)
  • Sega slashes profit forecasts by 36 percent (Joystiq)
  • Seth Rogen Directing Sega vs. Nintendo Film (Escapist)
  • Tomb Raider stretches to 6 million sold, one year later (Joystiq)
  • Donkey Kong Sells a Mere 36,000 Units in Japan (Escapist)
  • Valve VR leader joins Oculus R&D with new Seattle team (Joystiq)
  • Oculus Preparing To Launch RiftCon VR Convention (Escapist)
  • Titanfall PC's 48GB install the result of uncompressed audio (Joystiq)
  • Twitch Announces Mobile Streaming And Capture Tools (Kotaku)
  • Marvel Building a Connected Universe Across Its Games (Kotaku)
  • Marvel Unlimited Drops Subscription To 99 Cents (Escapist)
  • Disney Interactive lays off 700 (Joystiq)
  • Frozen Hits $1 Billion at Box Office (IGN)
  • Jack Tretton steps down as Sony Entertainment president (Joystiq)
  • DayZ Lead Developer Will Step Down, Start His Own Studio (Kotaku)
  • NASA taps Kerbal Space Program to replicate space mission (Joystiq)
  • 11 Percent Of Americans Think HTML Is an STD (Escapist)
  • Asheron's Call developer ceasing development after 15 years (Polygon)
  • Cumulative PS4 sales surpass six million units worldwide (Kotaku)
  • Nintendo Shutting Down Wifi Service On DS, Wii (Escapist)
  • RadioShack to Close as Many as 1,100 Stores (Escapist)
  • Kickstarter reaches $1 billion in pledges (Joystiq)
  • US Tax Plan Singles Out Violent Videogames (Rockpapershotgun)
  • Space Jam 2 is Happening (IGN)
  • Apple TV Generated Over $1 Billion in Revenue in 2013 (Live)

QQ News - February 19th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to February 19th, 2014.

  • Kickstarter Says It Was Hacked; Change Your Passwords (Kotaku)
  • Ellen Page Comes Out as Gay: "I'm Tired of Hiding" (Gawker)
  • Gearbox Says They're Not Making Borderlands 3 (Kotaku)
  • Thousands Of People Are Playing A Single Game of Pokemon (Kotaku)
  • 13 Minutes Of Gameplay From South Park: The Stick of Truth (Kotaku)
  • GBA Games Start Hitting Wii U Virtual Console This Spring (Kotaku)
  • Smash Bros.' Newest Contestant: Punch-Out's Little Mac (Kotaku)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics Wasn't Supposed To Have Casting Times (Kotaku)
  • Layoffs at Turbine Confirmed (IGN)
  • Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Episode 7 Concept Art (Escapist)
  • PlayStation 4 Is Well Past 5 Million Units Sold Worldwide (Techland)
  • Titanfall is Going Full Open Beta (Escapist)
  • Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn delivered on Steam (Joystiq)
  • Former Steam Director Leaves Microsoft After Six Months (Escapist)
  • The First Day of Steam Tags Is Both Funny and Sad (Kotaku)
  • Microsoft Could Bring Android Apps to Windows Phone (Escapist)
  • Built-In Advertising is Coming to Firefox (Escapist)
  • Bill Gates Takes to Reddit For Another AMA (Escapist)

QQ News - February 7th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to February 7th, 2014.

  • Microsoft Appoints Satya Nadella As Its Next CEO (Escapist)
  • Marvel And Star Wars Heroes To Appear In Disney Infinity (Escapist)
  • Carmack: id Software Wasn't Interested in VR (IGN)
  • Nintendo Wants Their Platforms To Be More Like iOS (Kotaku)
  • Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Available For Free on 3DS (Escapist)
  • Battered NES Cart Back On eBay, $65,000 Buyout Price (Escapist)
  • Nintendo Planning Discount Program for Regular Customers (Escapist)
  • EVE Battle Breaks $300,000 In Real-World Losses (Escapist)
  • Flappy Bird Is Making $50,000 A Day Off Ripped Art (Kotaku)
  • App Store Madness As Terrible Game Tops Charts (Kotaku)
  • Rust Sells 750,000 Copies, Creator Apologizes For Updates (Escapist)
  • SOE Announces Weekly Updates for EverQuest II (Escapist)
  • Starbound Dev to Protect Indies From Publishers (Escapist)
  • Titanfall on PC Will Require EA's Origin to Play (IGN)
  • Lightning Returns adds Tomb Raider cosplay in day-one DLC (Joystiq)
  • Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII Retrospective is Retro-tastic (Escapist)
  • Steam Music Will Soon Be A Thing You Can Have (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is UK No. 1 (Joystiq)
  • Jeopardy! Contestant Is Hated For Playing Like Nobody Else (Kotaku)
  • Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Reported to be Extremely Short (IGN)
  • LoL Gets 27 Million Players A Day (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Final Fantasy XIV Named Most Disability Accessible Game (Kotaku)
  • The Elder Scrolls Online, no PS Plus, requires Xbox Live Gold (Joystiq)