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Golden Wii Fit for a Queen Commands $300k Price on eBay

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Time Stamp: April 28, 2021 5:02 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Credit: don_cv/eBay An incredibly gaudy piece of game marketing history is now available to buy on eBay. I speak, of course, of an electroplated golden Wii that was apparently made with Queen Elizabeth of England in mind. If you wish to own this 24-karat monstrosity, you can buy it for the low price of $300,000. To give some background, the Wii was apparently created by THQ as part of a marketing stunt to promote Big Family Games, a piece of Wii shovelware published by the company in 2009. They intended

Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning Is Getting A Re-Release This Year, First Images And Details Leaked

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the 2012 RPG from controversial former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's ill-fated development studio and published by EA, is making a comeback of sorts. New rights-owner THQ Nordic is re-releasing the game in August with Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. German studio Kaiko is said to be handling the re-release. The product description on Xbox.com states Re-Reckoning will release on August 11. All the DLC from the original game--including Teeth of Naros and Legend of Dead Kel--is included with the re-release. The game also promises "improved

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord Is Patching Daily To Fix Crash Issues

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 10:14 PM - Modified On: April 5, 2020 - Published By:
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Since releasing into Early Access on March 30, Steam-favorite Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has had a number of patches. These have largely been aimed at fixing game-crashing bugs, but also updating with small quality-of-life fixes.Since the April 1 patch, Bannerlord has received three new patches and a hotfix. Patch 1.0.3 was small, with just one fix: "Fixed a critical issue that corrupted save files after a certain number of saves."April 3’s patch was more extensive, with 17 different causes of game crashes being identified and patched. Patch 1.0.4 also

Netflix Pledges $100 Million To Support Hourly Workers Amid Production Shutdowns

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Time Stamp: March 22, 2020 7:42 PM - Modified On: March 22, 2020 - Published By:
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Streaming giant Netflix has announced it has created a $100 million fund to help assist people in the entertainment world whose jobs have been impacted by the numerous movie and TV show production closures due to COVID-19 (coronavirus).In a blog post, Netflix's Ted Sarandos said that TV and film production businesses have been devastated by the virus. He mentioned that "almost all" TV and movie productions have now closed down, leaving "hundreds of thousands" of cast and crew out of work.People who are paid hourly wages have been particularly impacted,

Movie Theatre Owner Chief Pleads For Government Bailout — “The Situation Is Dire”

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Time Stamp: March 22, 2020 6:25 PM - Modified On: March 22, 2020 - Published By:
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One of the many industries hit hard by the new lockdown procedures in the United States is the film business. Specifically, movie theatres have been drastically impacted, as thousands of screens have closed due to the COVID-19 crisis.John Fithian, the CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners in the US, has now spoken about the dire situation. He told Variety that the movie theatre business might collapse and go bankrupt if US Congress does not pass the trillion-dollar bailout bill that would provide relief to various industries, including theatres."The