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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Xbox returns for Gamescom 2013
It was implied a couple days ago by Xbox Europe, but let's be clear: Xbox (likely in a new, fancier form) will be at Gamescom. Xbox community guru Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb reiterated this afternoon that Xbox will return to Gamescom following last year's absence. Nintendo, which also skipped out ...
Muramasa Rebirth footage cuts loose
Muramasa Rebirth, the PlayStation Vita port of Muramasa: The Demon Blade, is still all set for handheld questing on June 25. The game is different from the original in that it has four new playable characters and four downloadable scenarios. There's also a special edition available for $60. ...
Saints Row 4's PAX East presentation mechs it up
Saints Row 4's behind-closed-doors demo from PAX East is now available for public consumption. Senior Producer Jim Boone from developer Volition narrates the walkthrough featuring the inflato-ray and the dubstep gun Boone also covers weapon upgrades, customization, superpowers, the new enemy ...
Total War: Rome 2 available this September
Sega has just announced that Total War: Rome 2 will engage all territories across physical and digital fronts on September 3, 2013. The publisher also announced that patricians pre-ordering the game will receive the game's first piece of downloadable content – the Greek States Culture ...
Dead Space 3 sales below EA expectation, pace slower than sequel at retail
Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen stated during the company's year-end financial call yesterday that Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 didn't meet sales expectations, but avoided providing any sales numbers. We do know EA planned on a strong showing at launch of Dead Space 3, since Dead Space 2's launch ...
Capcom year-end results: sales up, profit down, Resident Evil 6 failed to meet projections at 4.9M
Resident Evil 6, Capcom's flagship of horrors for the fiscal year concluding March 31, 2013, certainly has "plateaued," as Capcom put it in today's results. The game, which launched in October of 2012, shipped over 4.5 million units at the time. The company announced today the game sold 4.9 million ...
Grand Theft Auto 5 adds 12 new screens for detail extraction
Ride, drive, fly, scuba, run, pace and observe the latest batch of Grand Theft Auto 5 screens. ...
Battlefield 13-20 domains registered by EA
Electronic Arts – using a known third-party service – registered the dot-com domains for Battlefield's 13-20. Fusible took note of the registrations, going on to mention that EA owns most of the Battlefield domains between one and 20 now. Battlefield 4 is expected to launch later this ...
EA Sports and FIFA extend exclusive license until 2022
You know that couple where everything is just public displays of affection and love notes? That's Electronic Arts and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The two companies announced this morning they'll continue going steady until December 31, 2022. Under ...
Take-Two appoints COO Karl Slatoff as president
Tuesday 7 May ? ? ? lbs. I never weigh myself on a day of celebration. Food consumed today: King Crab Legs in a bucket, like a boss! Late afternoon. New York. Manhattan. Red Lobster in Times Square. Dearest Diary, It's been ever so long, but I must put emotion to paper. I'm writing ...
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