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GameSpy shuts down multiplayer servers, blames publishers for it

Interesting news coming out of the world of multiplayer games, specifically mobile ones, as GameSpy has closed down multiple multiplayer servers being used in games. The reason? Basically the short story is that they were not getting paid and that contracts were not being renewed, publishers were just letting them lapse. Obviously a company can’t run without making money so this has led to a shutdown of multiple servers.

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Rockstar brings back Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to Google Play

It looks like Rockstar Games have gotten whatever the problem was that was making anyone downloading their new Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game throw Validation Errors fixed as the game is now back on the Google Play store as of a few moments ago. For those of you who missed the whole ordeal, Rockstar released the game last week but had to take it down after a few hours of being available on Google Play.

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The remastered version of Broken Sword II – The Smoking Mirror has arrived

The rather popular point-and-click adventure game series Broken Sword has gotten another installment released onto Google Play today called Broken Sword II – The Smoking Mirror. Developed by the fine folks over at Revolution Software, this is the original Broken Sword II game but completely remastered for mobile gameplay. Releasing this game right now is no fluke either as the plot of the game revolves around the end of the world as predicted by the Mayan calendar which, for those of you who don’t know when that is, will be on December 21st, 2012.