Possibly the last one for a while. Will be giving away this one tomorrow (Jan 30) at 12:00PM PST.

This week and next should be quite exciting. Interesting posts here will pick up once there's finally new information available. I'm mostly looking forwards to creating some gold guides, though, once the game goes live.

* UPDATE:

Beta Key: FRY75-HWB8Z-EHN6C-9____

Letters: J E 2 Y

I will be giving away another key at 12:00PM PST today. Make sure you check out the earlier giveaways to see how this works.

* UPDATE:

Here you go: FRE47-BL7RB-8F3T2-J____

Letters: U J Y S

A mass layoff notice has gone out to employees at Bandai Namco Games America Inc. in San Jose, CA.

The first group of 37 will be laid off on 03/06/12, and another group of 8 will be laid off on 03/30/12. They're legally required to be informed of this 60 days in advance. (I've been monitoring mass layoff notifications for gaming companies in California specifically since those multiple Blizzard layoffs.)

Most recently, the San Jose office launched Soulcalibur for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad 2.

Activision, THQ, Bethesda.. this all happens around the same time every year. Right before their shareholders meetings. :)

* UPDATE (02/17/2012):

They're laying off another batch of 14 San Jose personnel on 03/27/12.

This brings it to a total of 59 layoffs during March.