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Ever dream of being a Pokémon trainer? Capturing them with Pokéballs, expeditions on infinite amount of routes, and entering them in the seemingly shallow Pokemon competitions? Well, if you were a Pokémon trainer, what Pokémon would you want to have? Why, of course, every trainer has their preference: ground, electric, normal, psychic. Although, there are five…
China has finally lifted its law banning video game consoles, which has been in place since 2000. Microsoft took quick action at this opportunity which opens the gaming industry to the world’s most populated country. The company already has a plan in place to officially release Xbox One in China in September. The company has…
Dota 2 fans rejoice! Valve have announced the list of invited teams for the upcoming International 2014. The full list of invited teams is as follows: Alliance Gustav ‘s4‘ Magnusson Henrik ‘AdmiralBulldog‘ Ahnberg Joakim ‘Akke‘ Akterhall Jerry ‘EGM‘ Lundkvist Jonothan ‘Loda‘ Berg Cloud 9 Johan ‘pieliedie’ Åström Pittner ‘bOne7’ Armand WehSing ‘SingSing’ Yuen…
This review was tested on a third generation iPad (2012) featuring only Wi-Fi. I did not have the opportunity to test out gameplay over a cellular network. Hearthstone has been out on PC for quite some time now, wowing players with its addictive card based gameplay. But with its recent release on iPad it’s now…
This minimalistic shooting game may change the way that the gaming industry thinks about first person shooters. This game marries the excitement and action of a first person shooter with thought skills of a strategy game. The main distinguishing feature of the game is that time only moves as the player moves. This slow-motion action…
Why is it that we are so attached to these tiny games on our phones? They don’t have the complexity of Skyrim. They don’t have the free reign of Grand Theft Auto V. They’re far from the complex story of Halo. They don’t involve the organization and strategy of World of Warcraft. So what’s the…
The long awaited Dark Souls II PC release is live and launched a day ahead of schedule. At 6PM Eastern today it became available on Steam. That said, if you wanted the pre-order bonuses you’re not out of luck. The PC Digital retailer Green Man Gaming is selling the Dark Souls II Steam keys with…
With the closure of GameSpy’s MultipPlayer shutdown, 2K online servers will be moved to Steam. On May 31st each of the PC titles will go offline while the games are being migrated. Borderlands 1 and Civilization III to Civilization IV: Warlords will be among these games. Here is the list of titles that will…
The NeoCore Games dungeon crawler has been released for pre-order on steam included with the Expurgator Armour and the Expurgator Ring, which come with continuously unlocking bonuses that stack and a 10% saving on the $15 cover price. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A1uiHTFLn0
The new online casual mathematics puzzle that’s sweeping the nation is 2048, a game that appeals to the kindergartener in all of us by showing how 2+2=4. The game was developed by Gabriele Cirulli, an Italian web designer who specializes in making simplistic but intuitive graphical user interfaces. It has become an internet sensation because…
A quarter of a century ago, on the 21st of April in 1989, Nintendo released its first portable console, the Game Boy. Nothing makes twenty-somethings more nostalgic than their brightly colored gaming devices, which fit into pockets better than many modern smartphones. Though the invention of the hand-held gaming console can be attributed not to…
The May 20th release of Wolfenstein: The New Order will be the 9th installment of the Wolfenstein series. The game will be released on Next Gen and Previous Gen consoles alike as well as the old PC. Just last week, Steam put the pre-order up for sale at $59.99 – however today the UK based retailer…
Well, yesterday was Easter: a time to celebrate Jesus and also find some eggs or something. If this were a religious website, I’d write some stuff about the holiday in detail, but since it’s not, let’s discuss Easter’s most important geeky contribution: the Easter Egg. Easter eggs in video games have been around since…
Goat Simulator is more of an interactive joke than a game. It takes place in a tiny rural world that serves as your sandbox, you the player are given control over a deceptively adorable goat that is capable of creating delightful havoc with each and every clop of its hooves. Developer Coffee Stain Studios has…
Been waiting on hand and foot for the inevitable price drop on Battlefield 4 or SimCity? Well, it happened in this weeks “Gigabytes of Deals Sale” at EA Origin. This is essentially their Spring PC Gaming sale, and quite timely as gamers still have full wallets prior to the big Steam Spring sale expected sometime…