Star Wars players take their money elsewhere
By LIANA B. BAKER
Reuters
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Electronic Arts lost 400,000 Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers in the fourth quarter, dealing a blow to its efforts to rely on the new game for growth and sending the game maker’s shares down about nine per cent.
EA has poured more money and firepower into Star Wars: The Old Republic than it has any game in its 30-year history. Wall Street is closely watching to see if the game can succeed, since it could bring EA riches for years to come. If it struggles, EA’s earnings will be hurt in […]
Avengers takes in record $200 million
By LISA RICHWINE, RONALD GROVER
Reuters
The Avengers proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood’s record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in U.S. and Canadian theatres, kicking off Hollywood’s summer movie season with a bang.
The domestic debut for the bigbudget, effects-filled movie from Disney’s Marvel studios sped past last summer’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – Part 2, which opened with $169.2 million in its first weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. In March, The Hunger Games opened with $152.5 million, the fourth largest opening in box […]
CTHULHU BY GASLIGHT update
Well, a week ago our printer dropped-off a new supply of our Call of Cthulhu rulebook.
They also gave us a delivery date of April 4th for Cthulhu by Gaslight, a legendary Chaosium title. We have added the print version of Cthulhu by Gaslight to our catalog; we will ship orders including that book as soon as it is delivered to our warehouse. Here is an updated Cthulhu by Gaslight PDF along with separate files for the new Gaslight character sheet and the transit map of 1890s London.
TALES OF CONGRESSIONAL SPACE
Over the last year or so, Chaosium’s […]