ABOUT Troy Spinks
Troy is currently attending Rowan University and studying Writing Arts. He has past experience with graphic and web design. In his free time he enjoys playing video games, watching television and reading. Staying connected is important to him, as he stays current with all news in the worlds of games, sports and entertainment.
Recently, I was able to sit down with an acquaintance of mine named Ian LaBrie. Since the last time I saw him, he has been hard at work on a game called Arcturus Proving Grounds, for his company N-Logic. About LaBrie GI: What kind of games do you play in your spare time? LaBrie: I’m…
With GamesCom 2014 in full swing in Germany, time was set aside for a special presentation was made for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, Hideo Kojima talked and answered questions via translator about the next Metal Gear installment. The event also featured a run through of the same…
With downloadable content and the ability to track player information, open betas have allowed developers to fully test games publicly before their official launch. A company who have made use of this ability in the past is Bungie, launching betas for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. With the company’s time with Halo over, Bungie has…
Over the past week there has been a lot of hype buzzing around the company Boss Key Studios. The company hit the scene armed with an ominous countdown clock, a now hiring link at bosskey.com/ and a project blue streak rumor. At noon EST on July 8th, the company announced that they would be working with Nexon to publish…
Shortly after 9 p.m. on June 16th, Team Fortress 2 started a countdown clock. At 8 p.m. the next day (June 17th) Valve announced Team Fortress 2: Love and War. Love and War is an update that will be coming to the free-to-play game soon. While the exact date still has to be determined, the 17th…
While Microsoft and Sony held massive conferences, Nintendo switched things up and had a “Digital Event” this morning. The video included robot chicken cut scenes, developer interviews (with full dubbed translations) and of course videos for new games. Here’s the full video. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GisRY6h100U&w=560&h=315] Of course the video is more than 45 minutes long,…
Miss the Xbox One Media briefing? Here’s a full list of everything that went down. The day started off with developers arriving on the “Green Carpet” featuring host Major Nelson (Larry Hryb) A few developers were nabbed, but none could share any information until the presentation The new achievement feature was highlighted, as players will…
Didn’t catch the Playstation press conference? Here’s everything that went down. Before the festivities began a few small announcements were made. Mortal Kombat X was shown and given a 2015 release. Kingdom hearts 2.5 is getting remastered and will launch December 2, 2014. Although no footage was shown, a small teaser mentioned that Kingdom Hearts…
Following up the recent news that PDP would be making a GameCube based controller, Nintendo has announced A GameCube Controller Adapter. This information was made public through a YouTube video going over all of the details for the Super Smash Bros. Invitational. This information was accompanied by the rules, players and characters taking place in…
Since 2000, the video game consoles that we all know and love have been banned in China. However, early this year, this ban has been lifted, allowing Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony to sell consoles and software. With the recent announcement of Sony manufacturing and selling Playstation 4’s in China, gamers around the world are left…
Excited about playstation news, but can’t make the trip out to LA to see it live? Is watching the event online just not going to cut it? Good news, Playstation is changing the game. On June 9th, Playstation will be streaming the E3 press conference live in more than 40 movie theaters across the country in…
Adding to the list of Wii U accessories, PDP has announced that it has partnered with Nintendo to create a GameCube inspired controller. While currently there are prototypes of the controller, it has been stated that it’s scheduled for a holiday release and will be available in time for purchase before the arrival of the…