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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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag to tell true pirate stories, says trailer
If the paranoia weren't already palpable of young students raising their hands in history classes to correct their teachers about how Ezio dealt with the Borgia family, or how Connor handled Washington, now Assassin's Creed's marketing is passing itself off as "true stories." This'll end well. ...
Eric Ruth goes crowdfunding route for 'Hauntlings' project
Eric Ruth of Eric Ruth Games has an extensive history of creating de-makes, and now he's branching out to create the original title Hauntlings. Using Indiegogo for crowdfunding, Ruth is seeking $35,000 to create his 2D 2-vs-2 side-scrolling multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game featuring ...
Khaleesi, Sims 3 Dragon Valley is available May 30
It is known that The Sims 3 Dragon Valley will hatch on May 30. The digitally distributed expansion will add a new location, architecture and dragons to the franchise. Not big dragons, but baby dragons. "Pet dragons," according to EA. A DRAGON IS NOT A SLAVE! Say what you will about all ...
WRUP: Where do Sims go from here?
The SIms 4 was announced this week for early 2014. With The Sims 3 such a robust experience and still going full steam ahead, what type of original expansions can the next installment in mega franchise come up with? The Sims 4: Arctic Survival? Lunar Expedition? Noir Detective? What's everyone ...
Command & Conquer hoping to 'wash the stain of C&C 4 away'
Electronic Arts and developer Victory Games really, really want you to know that the upcoming, free-to-play Command & Conquer is a legit game. To get back to the roots of what made C&C the franchise it was, the new game is doing its best to make us forget the last ... five years. ...
Report: Silicon Knights closes office, unloads assets
Something shady is going on in the province of Ontario with Silicon Knights and the full story is still shaking out. Yesterday it was reported that Precursor Games, which is working on the curiously funded Shadow of the Eternals – a "spiritual successor" to Silicon Knights' Eternal Darkness: ...
Civilization 5 digs up 'Brave New World' Cliff's Notes video
If reading isn't your thing, and really, who could blame you? Words, words, words. Anyway, here's the audio/visual version of what you'll find in the Civilization 5 "Brave New World" expansion out this July. Alas, despite our hopes, there don't appear to be "no scope headshots." ...
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 ...
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Posted on May 21st 2013 6:15PM