Alexander Sliwinski
News Content Director - Alexander@Joystiq.com
Alexander is the News Content Director 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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Nintendo halting console and software distribution in Brazil
Nintendo will end its distribution of hardware and software in Brazil due to high import tariffs. The company opted not to create a local manufacturing operation to avoid the import fees in the emerging market. "Starting in January 2015, Gaming do Brasil, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Juegos de V...
WRUP: Anthony burns the Don't Starve Together village down
Don't Starve Together is about cooperating to survive the horrors and mysteries of the wilderness. Unless you're our dear, sweet Anthony John Agnello. Then it's just about watching the world burn. What's everyone playing?...
PlayStation TV price cut at major US retailers
The PlayStation TV's price tag has been reduced to Black Friday levels by several major US retailers, including Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Gamestop. Gamespot took note of the unofficial reduction, which sees the core PS TV unit reduced to $80 ($20 off) and the controller-included bundle at $100 ...
Intel sets aside $300 million for Diversity in Technology initiative
Intel plans to invest $300 million to encourage more diversity within the company and overall tech industry over the next five years, the company announced at CES. "Our goal with Intel technology is to help solve real problems and enable experiences that are truly desired by people and businesse...
Star Fox Wii U playable at E3, features GamePad cockpit view
Star Fox for Wii U should be playable at this year's E3, according to what Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto told Smosh. A good sign that the game will make its intended launch later this year. Miyamoto also detailed that the game will utilize the GamePad's touchscreen as the ship's cockpit view, whil...
Assassin's Creed movie now set for December 2016
The 2016 holiday season won't just see hams and turkeys getting cut up, as Fox plans to release the Assassin's Creed flick starring Michael Fassbender during the festive time. The Hollywood Reporter has the latest Fox release forecast, which lists the Assassin Creed movie as slated for a December 2...
Best of the Rest: Alexander's picks of 2014
ATTENTION: The year 2014 has concluded its temporal self-destruct sequence. If you are among the escapees, please join us in salvaging and preserving the best games from the irradiated chrono-debris. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft If you'd told me a year ago that I'd spend a majority of my 2...
PlayStation Now offers subscription service, available January 13
Sony announced this morning that PlayStation Now, its streaming game service, will be available January 13 in the US and Canada. The service will be offered in two varieties, one at $19.99/month and the other at $44.99 for three months, which would be about $15/month. Curiously, no yearly plan is o...
WRUP: Housecleaning
Geralt is so over 2014. There's plenty to look forward to in 2015, including the next adventure from The Witcher, The Batman and the co-op hunting of Evolve. We'll wrap up our best of 2014 features next week. What's everyone playing?...
Xbox countdown sale wraps today
Xbox wraps up its daily deals leading into the new year today, featuring add-ons like the Dead Rising 3 season pass and Red Dead Redemption's super excellent Undead Nightmare Collection. There's also BioShock Infinite's Burial at Sea's two episodes at about $5 apiece. There's also been a slew of...
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Posted on Jan 18th 2015 12:30PM