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Describing her as the company’s “first and unanimous choice”, Microsoft Corp named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer on Tuesday, ending a five-month search following the announcement of Steve Ballmer’s retirement. Additionally, Bill Gates is said to be stepping down as chairman to act as his technology advisor.
Previously, Nadella had spearheaded the creation of Microsoft’s Internet Services division to push the company into the recent “cloud computing” trend of offering services entirely over the internet. With mobile computing becoming more popular, it appears Microsoft felt that Satya’s prior experience made him the perfect candidate for pushing the company into being prepared for the upcoming shift in the way we use computers.
Satya’s got the right background to lead the company during this era … There’s a challenge in mobile computing. There’s an opportunity in the cloud.
– Bill Gates
The 46-year old Indian marks only the third change of CEO in the company’s 39 year history, having first had Bill Gates as CEO until 2000; then Steve Ballmer until his retirement last year.
Though Bill Gates reduced his role in the company in 2008 to focus on philanthropic work through his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sataya is supposed to have asked Bill to “step up” and involve himself in Microsoft more, by working with him in devising the next generation of products from Microsoft. Gates has pledged to have “over a third of my time available to meet with product groups”; though he states that the charity remains his main job. Sataya also stated in a video interview he would focus on “ruthlessly” removing any obstacles to innovation at the company.
Investor confidence in the new CEO appears high, with shares of Microsoft rising 0.2 percent at $36.54 at market close today; and though most agree on him being a safe pair of hands to drive the company forward, only time will tell if the new products and Microsoft’s choice of direction in his hands will once again make the company popular again, both with customers who were disillusioned with Windows 8 and the Surface tablets; and impatient shareholders who will be eagerly awaiting the company’s turn around and the release of the “next big thing”.
SEGA has released a response to rumours of a new Sonic for PS4, XBOX One and Wii U in 2015, “SEGA is yet to announce details of upcoming console video games for Sonic the Hedgehog or further details regarding the new Sonic CG TV series. “The recent information coming out of Nuremburg Toy Fair was incorrect.”
SEGA also reminded everyone that “For official and up to date news regarding Sonic the Hedgehog please go to www.sonicthehedgehog.com or follow Sonic on Twitter (@sonic_hedgehog).”
It seems Sonic Adventure 3 may not be coming as soon as we thought. Sorry fanboys.
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Looks like Sonic may be speeding onto a Next-Gen console near you in 2015! A display spotted at the Nuremberg Toy Fair shows a new title for the Wii U, PS4 and XBOX ONE. Of course, the name of the game is TBA. Curiously, no mention of the third Nintendo exclusive title was found.
Nintendo and SEGA entered an exclusive partnership in 2013 to produce three Sonic titles for Nintendo’s home console and handheld. The first was Sonic Galax…I mean Sonic: Lost world. The second was, of course, the dismally un-fun Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (On a side note, can we get shorter titles for those things? PLEASE?)
The third game is nowhere to be seen. The deal certainly could have changed as it did with the so called “Capcom Five” back in the Gamecube games. Popular speculation seems to be that this is a new game instead.
With the abysmal track record Sonic has had recently, is a new Sonic game a good idea? Or is SEGA just milking it’s half dead hedgehog for all the money it’s worth?
The ESRB’s content description for Dark Souls include details about the game’s bosses.
*WARNING! Potential spoilers ahead!*
One of the best parts of Dark Souls is that terrible moment when you get your first look at a boss. You’ll turn a corner or enter a new area and suddenly find yourself face-to-face with some unthinkable creature that you can just tell outclasses you in every way possible. More often than not, this moment will only last a few seconds (long enough to die), but it’s a wonderful sort of dread that other games frequently struggle with.
That in mind, the ESRB recently released some content descriptors that could potentially spoil that feeling for Dark Souls II. In addition to describing the game’s “dungeon-like setting” and “fantastical enemies,” the group’s descriptors also includes some specific details about the game’s bosses. Among the spoilers is “a giant snake boss holding its severed head,” a “boss creature composed of hundreds of corpses” and a “partially topless” boss character with “hair barely covering [her] breasts.”
Now, to be fair, these aren’t the worst spoilers we’ve ever seen, even from the ESRB itself. Likewise, chances are there aren’t going to be too many Dark Souls fans flocking to the group’s website to check and make sure the game is age appropriate. That said, you really do have to wonder if there could perhaps be ways for the ESRB to be a tad more discerning in what it reveals about the games it rates. Granted, we could also just not report about it, but clearly that’s not going to happen.
