Morning DLC: Video Games News And Rumors 8/19/13
By Nick Tylwalk
"The ambitious new game “Disney Infinity” is freezing and becoming unplayable for multiple PlayStation 3 users, including two Kotaku editors today. The game’s producer has recommended that PS3 users delete the game’s day-one 1.01 patch.That solution is helping, though online play won’t be available without the patch.We’ve seen some threads on the official PlayStation message boards about the freeze as well as a number of Tweets. But we didn’t have to look far to find out that there was a problem.Our “Infinity” reviewer, Mike Fahey, who has been playing a retail PS3 copy of the game since Friday, before the game was patched, began to experience game freezes on Sunday afternoon."
"A new “Batman: Arkham Origins” character will be revealed later this week, according to teasers and hints left on the Batman Arkham Twitter feed.The Batman Arkham Twitter announced at the weekend that an “epic” reveal will come this week, accompanied by a series of hints.We’ll be revealing something epic next week. Can anyone guess what it could be? #ArkhamOrigins— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) August 17, 2013The Twitter account has confirmed the reveal has nothing to do with “feline related characters,” nor is it revealing “Shark Repellant Bat Spray.”"
"One crowd rolls dice, the other rolls its hips.Usually, Atlantic City casinos and video game publisher Majesco Entertainment — maker of the wildly popular “Zumba Fitness” games — see little overlap in their customer bases. That changed last week.The Edison game company acquired social casino game developer Orid Media and Isle of Man online gambling operator Pariplay, which already has a catalog full of slot and scratch-card games, as part of its new venture to push into a growing market.Consumers worldwide spent more than $9 billion downloading apps last year and more than two thirds of that money was spent on games, according to data from Apple’s iOS App Store."