Alexander Sliwinski
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Alexander is the News Editor for Joystiq and has been a prolific contributor to the site for over half a decade. Responsible for more than 8,000 posts and distinguished by his breaking and original news reports. Alexander has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Hofstra University. He's currently studying for his MBA at Northeastern University.
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Dishonored GOTY rated in Australia
Dishonored is conjuring up a "game of the year" edition, according the Australian Classification Board. Gleaned by Gamespot, it doesn't take mystical powers bestowed by The Outsider to divine the bundle will likely include the core game, along with downloadable content Dunwall City Trials, The ...
Zynga shutting down four games, OMGPOP site
Zynga's slash and burn to a more manageable and potentially profitable size continues with the closure of four games and the OMGPOP.com site. OMGPOP created former phenomenon Draw Something, earning it the notice of Zynga, which swiftly purchased the company for approximately $200 million just over ...
Saints Row 4: Inauguration Station plans presidential look
Like Saints Row 3's Initiation Station, The Saints Row 4: Inauguration Station will allow players to customize their Commander in Chief on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 before that game's launch on August 20. It's available today on Xbox 360, tomorrow on PC and August 13 on PS3, so let your ...
Payday 2 set to take Steam on August 13
Overkill Software's Payday 2 is ready for action on August 13 through Steam. Overkill also confirmed this morning the game will show up to other platform parties between August 13 and 16. "A big thank you to our Payday community, to everyone who has helped us beta test the game so far and posted ...
Knights of Pen and Paper dev's new game Chroma Squad hits Kickstarter goal
Knights of Pen and Paper developer Behold Studios has successfully Kickstarted its new project, Chroma Squad. The game follows a group of stuntmen who open their own "sentai" TV studio, a base to film stories about costumed heroes teaming up to defeat big beasts a la Power Rangers or Captain ...
SimCity zones for Mac on August 29
The Mac version of SimCity will finally cut the ribbon on August 29. Electronic Arts also reiterated that the game is cross-platform, so Mac and PC players can build together, and those who purchased the PC game on Origin can download it again on Mac. Originally planned for June, the game's OSX ...
Kickstarter open to Canada on September 9
Canadian developers can finally fund their indie projects beyond investors and Tim Hortons-based Ponzi schemes. Yes, crowdfunding site Kickstarter becomes available in the region on September 9. The platform will hold events on August 8 and 9 in Toronto, along with more in Montreal on August 12 ...
Alice: Otherlands Kickstarter successful
The Alice: Otherlands crowdfunding campaign successfully jabberwocky'd off with $222,377. The Kickstarter by game designer American McGee sought to purchase the film rights to the Alice games, which are owned by Collision Entertainment. "The funding will allow us to create a series of animated ...
Minecraft blocks top spot on UK charts, Pikmin 3 takes a dive
A relatively quiet week on the UK charts allows for some meditative crafting, with Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition squarely in first place. The Last of Us moves up to the second of us again, as Pikmin 3, which debuted last week in second, drops all the way off the top ten and into ... still looking ... ...
WRUP: Every year 'Q4' is earlier
BioShock established the late-summer blockbuster in 2007 and this week, barely a few days into August, we had reviewmageddon going on. There are plenty of games on the horizon too, not to mention the next-gen console push that will go into overdrive at Gamescom in two weeks. It's gonna be a wild ...
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Police Quest 'successor' Kickstarter canceled, moves to its own tiered funding platform
Posted on Aug 6th 2013 3:30PM