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Call of Duty for PC flops at launch

The Call of Duty: Black Ops III PC release was disappointing to many. By and large, the game purchased from Steam was either so difficult to play that it wasn’t worth it, or that the game was simply literally unplayable in one way or another. Bugs ranged from the main menu not allowing the player to pick an option to the game loading the logos for companies and then crashing.


'Deadly Premonition' developer taking a break from development

Hidetaka Suehiro, better known as Swery, the developer behind cult classics like Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, has announced that he is taking a break from game development due to health related issues. He took to his official blog to make the announcement: “Starting today, I will be taking a short break from game development, in order to focus on recovering from reactive hypoglycemia,” Suehiro wrote.


League of Explorers 'Hearthstone' adventure announced

Blizzard has announced a brand new adventure for their popular TCG Hearthstone. The new adventure, called League of Explorers, features new cards to collect, bosses to challenge and four new wings to play through. The adventure is centered around the titular League of Explorers, a group of treasure hunters that scour Azeroth for priceless archaeological finds.


Monster hunting franchise The Witcher getting Hollywood attention

The Witcher series is getting Hollywood attention and a film is in the works. Studio Platige Films and the Sean Daniel Company have joined forces to bring The Witcher to the big screen. It was reported by Polygon that the film is slated for a 2017 release and that it will be based on the original books written by Andrzej Sapkowski instead of the video game franchise, which acts as a spin-off.



'Marvel Avengers Academy' coming to iOS and Android

Disney is adding a new mobile game to their Marvel franchise called, Marvel Avengers Academy. TinyCo developed the simulation game where players can unlock younger versions of the Avengers and help them through their years at the academy.



Motion sensing video games may help schizophrenia

A recent study has shown that patients with schizophrenia may benefit more from motion sensing video games than from other forms of exercise. The study, which was published October 1 in the medical magazine Psychiatric Services, followed 16 schizophrenia patients during a 12 week intervention program.  The agenda featured three one-hour sessions of aerobic exercise per week as treatment.  Patients were given the choices of exercising using two treadmills, an elliptical exercise machine, a stationary bicycle, or an Xbox 360 with the Kinect motion-sensing device attached. Twelve of the sixteen patients completed the program.  Altogether, they spent 39% of their time using the Xbox system, more than any other exercise equipment.  The authors of the study reported that patients found “high acceptability and enjoyment rates related to use of the exercise video game system.” They added that the study’s results “provide preliminary support for the integration of such technologies into [aerobic exercise] training programs” for patients suffering from schizophrenia.  Such patients have a higher risk of being sedentary than the general population. Registered nurse and PhD Heather Leutwyler, assistant professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing at University of California, San Francisco, told Medscape Medical News that video games are “an ideal way to help people of all ages with schizophrenia to become more active are.