E3 Preview – ‘Papo and Yo’
Saturday, June 25th, 2011Game design as therapy, you say? Huh, count us intrigued…
1 CommentReport: Microsoft Preparing for F2P Xbox Live Titles
Friday, June 24th, 2011According to a report by Develop, Microsoft has reached out to developers to encourage them to pitch ideas for free-to-play titles that are supported by microtransactions. More information is included after the jump.
Comments Off‘Team Fortress 2′ Has Gone Free to Play
Friday, June 24th, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ8duKs2Plw[/youtube] Valve’s team-based modern classic Team Fortress 2 went free to play a few hours ago, making one of the most addictive online games nigh inescapable to all gamers. Those that previously purchased the game have been upgraded to a “Premium Account”, which gives them”a few extra features, including access to rare and cosmetic items [...]
4 CommentsTop 5 ‘Sonic’ Games
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Come celebrate Sonic’s 20th Anniversary with our selections of his Five Best Games!
4 CommentsE3 Preview: ‘The Darkness 2′
Thursday, June 23rd, 20112K Games’ underground shooter is back for more and ready to rip bad guys in half… are you?
Comments OffAl Gore: “Games Have Arrived as Mass Medium”
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011One of the less expected evangelists for the video game medium spoke out at the 2011 Games for Change Festival, hosted at New York University. Former Vice President Al Gore gave a speech (via Gamasutra) on how the industry has arrived as a mass medium, and thus now holds great opportunity for spurring change.
Comments OffPS Vita Release Date, Launch Lineup Leaked?
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Hey look, another promising hardware story from Sony appears to have leaked out ahead of time, go figure. The electronics company gave the Playstation Vita a launch “in [the] world market from [a] at the end of 2011″, but British firm Shopto.net seems to have gotten their hands on a more specific date. Shopto.net claims [...]
2 Comments‘Witcher’ Producer Leaves CD Projekt
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Tomek Gop left his position as Senior Producer at CD Projekt RED quietly at some point earlier this month, according to his LinkedIn profile. The company’s PR manager, Lukasz Kukawski, told VG247 that Gop didn’t leave for another company, as it appears he’s put the entire industry behind him. No details from Gop have been [...]
Comments OffE3 Preview – ‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Does Curt Schilling and his studio have what it takes to make the leap into the world of Fantasy RPG’s? From the looks of things, they’re on the right track.
3 CommentsE3 Preview – ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Neverwinter’
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011We got some time with the ‘Neverwinter’ Foundry, and we are prepping for some serious time investments in the near future.
Comments OffValve Working on F2P Game
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011With free-to-play titles like Champions Online: Free for All being the latest major addition to the Steam catalog, it may not come as a huge surprise that Valve has just been laying the groundwork for its own F2P game. In an characteristically simple response to an interview question from French website Barre de Vie (via [...]
4 CommentsRumor – GTA V “Well Underway”, Coming 2012
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011Gamespot sources, supposedly close to a Take-Two subsidiary, are claiming that work on Grand Theft Auto V are “well underway” at Rockstar. Reportedly, production has reached the relatively late stage of integrating mini-games and final touches/polish. According to these sources, a 2012 release for the game is “pretty likely”.
1 CommentJim Redner Reacts to ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ PR Scandal
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011Some misguided Twitter messages got The Redner Group canned from its public relations position within 2K Games last week. In short, boss Jim Redner lambasted critics of Duke Nukem Forever for giving the game bad reviews, threatening to “reevaluate” their selection process for reviews, which lead to rumors of blacklisting every outlet that gave “venomous” [...]
2 CommentsIwata: Wii U Could Have Been Portable
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011One of the chief reactions to Nintendo’s Wii U tablet controller coming out party at this year’s E3 was, “Is that the system?” Without a screenshot of the actual box at the company’s press conference, the Big N had many on the show floor believing that the tablet was the whole of the new device. [...]
1 Comment‘Echochrome ii’ Sets World Record
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011The PSN puzzler Echochrome ii managed to set a unique Guinness World Record last week. The game boasts a rather concise soundtrack listing, but that’s probably because one of its few songs lasts a record 75 minutes and 7 seconds, repeating across the whole of the game. The background music has the longest run time [...]
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