Welcome back to another wonderful episode of Broken Embargo!
This week Caleb informs us about the Guild Wars 2 Halloween Event! Dan talks about one of the worst games he's played all year. And Eric played a point-and-click browser game! Woo!

Break music by: Where the Demon Sleeps (SH2 Music Box Remix): http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02523/
In the news this week:

  • Subsidised Xbox Now with 250 GB HD, I called it: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3542196/xbox-360-250gb-two-year-contract-subsidy
  • BigPoint (Battlestar Galactica Online, Game of Thrones Online) cutting 120 jobs, shuts down San Fran Office. http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/bigpoint-cutting-120-jobs-abandoning-u-s-development/
  • Rumor: Zynga shuts down Boston, Austin, and Chicago locations. http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3544176/zynga-reportedly-lays-off-100-employees-during-apples-event-shutters
  • Zynga CEO letter to employees. http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/zynga-ceos-letter-to-employees-weve-laid-off-5-percent-of-our-full-time-workforce/
  • EVE kill might be a hoax, or might be more than we imagined http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/eve-online-6-000-ship-kill-may-be-a-hoax/
  • Toy Box from Disney and Pixar. Future console title to use characters. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/toy-box-to-bring-pixar-and-disney-characters-together-in-game/
  • Rumor: Playstation CFW hack unstoppable by Sony. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/rumor-ps3-hacked-yet-again-this-time-it-might-be-for-keeps/
  • Op Ed: Games Journalism and the Perception of Corruption http://botherer.org/2012/10/24/games-journalists-and-the-perception-of-corruption/
  • Sim City multiplayer using leaderboards http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/25/3547630/simcity-specializations-put-your-head-to-head-against-friends-through
  • Nintendo Japan selling bitchin Charizard 3DS, damn them to hell http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/26/3557718/nintendo-japan-gives-punters-a-chance-to-buy-a-limited-edition
  • After all these years, they finally did it. Zombies in TF2 http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/25/3557198/team-fortress-2-halloween-event-adds-zombies-spells-evil-wizard
  • G4 rumored to be cancelling Attack of the Show, X-Play. Patrick Klepek (former G4 writer) says he’s heard it to be true: http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/26/3559670/g4-cancels-video-game-programming-x-play-and-attack-of-the-show
  • Minecraft office. http://www.officesnapshots.com/2012/10/24/minecraft/

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