Let's Do The News! (January 25, 2013)

River's Diary

Right, what's the news today you spoiler-laden TARDIS journal?

Why I felt sympathy over THQ's loss

Yesterday, I heard that famed video game maker, THQ, is declared bankrupt and some of its franchises will be sold to new owners. That story made me sad because in my youth days, when my mommy bought me a PSOne back in the 90's, my mama bought us some PSOne games to make us ready. One of them was a video game made by THQ. It's titled Vs. and it was a fighting game that feels a bit amateur-ish. Anyone remember that game? But there's more than that about THQ; this company was first founded in 1989 as Trinity Acquisition Corporation and began businesses in 1990 as Toy Head Quarters. Their first game was Peter Pan and the Pirates, released in 1991.

For a quick history lesson: http://kotaku.com/5978508/a-history-of-thq-1989+2013

Anyway, about how I felt about THQ's loss, I know it was a very sad moment, not just me but for everyone affected by the news. As a matter of fact, most of them who are working on THQ are going to the unemployment line for good, and that makes me sad. Tomorrow, everyone will lose their jobs and moments later, this company will be long gone for good. That was a bit disappointing for the gamers in the midst of today's economy.

Scoop: http://kotaku.com/5978866/the-last-days-of-thq

Got the Elan!

Good news! I just got another unicorn at Forza Horizon and this is my sixth out of seven unicorns to collect on Horizon. It was a Lotus Elan! Yippee!!! But wait!!!

Lotus Elan

Turns out the producers gave me two Lotus Elan models but never mind though. It was an Elan Sprint from the 70's. I can turn my backup Elan Sprint into an original Elan S1 at the Paint section. No worries. As of now, I'm all down to the last unicorn on Forza Horizon to get and it was the MX-5 Superlight concept. Let's see what will the producers throw at me next...

...in the meantime...



Oh! And here's a clip of my 1995 Mustang Cobra R on Horizon. Can't believe I put a good use to this old timer against one of the producers of this game... Guess everyone who beaten him gets the Dinos...A Ferrari Dino perhaps...



Sorry if this clip's too dark...

Milky Holmes return for another series!

In addition to the fact that the Milky Holmes girls will be on the Japanese dub for the critically acclaimed My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I just heard that the Tantei Opera Milky Holmes anime series return for a brand new adventure this summer and the 3rd Milky Holmes anime series will feature new characters; Kazumi and Alice or Arisu (whatever you want to call it), two 12-year-old girls.

It is revealed that Kazumi will be voiced by Aimi Terakawa, who won the open auditions for this role while Bushiroad will have an open audition this February 1st for who will take the role as Arisu.

URL: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-23/detective-opera-milky-holmes-gets-3rd-tv-anime

Facelifted Audi A5 Sportback gets the ABT treatment

ABT Audi A5 Sportback

Okay, in the world of tuning scene, German tuner ABT gets a hold on the facelifted Audi A5 Sportback with some fresh batch of performance upgrades to the handling and engine along with some minor aero kits developed for the A5 Sportback's exterior.

Upgrades to the petrol engine range begin with the 1.8-liter TFSI from 170PS (168hp) to 211PS (208hp), the 2.0-liter TFSI from 211PS (208hp) to 270PS (266hp) and the 3.0-liter TFSI from 272PS (268hp) to 380PS (375hp). As for the diesel, ABT has it covered with the 2.0-liter TDI from 177PS (175hp) to 205PS (202hp), and the 3.0-liter TDI from 245PS (242hp) to 300PS (296hp).

2014 Corvette Stingray visits Jay Leno's Garage

The C7 Corvette Stingray from Chevrolet really stir up some impressions from the press and the public and with the 2013 NAIAS comes to a close, it seems that the new and improved Corvette stops by Jay Leno's Garage for some impressions.

Here's the clip:

Tokyo Auto Salon is coming to Singapore

For the first time, the 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon is coming to Singapore this April 12 to 14! That's right, Japan's chock-full-of-modified-cars show is coming for the first time, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center of the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Organized by MediaCorp, the media company behind Channel NewsAsia, the show will feature more than 20 cars from the recently concluded Tokyo Auto Salon to add spice to the cars of the Lion City. Also, Japanese race queens and J-Pop idols are there to spice it up real good.

Scoop: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/this-april-you-can-attend-the-tokyo-auto-salon-in-singapore