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Video games have come a long way. New games are released almost every month with higher resolution graphics, better written story lines, and wide spread multi-player experiences. Even though new games are great, it would be a mistake to forget about the consoles and games that brought us to this point in the history of…
The KickStarter project Hand of Fate, developed by Defiant Development, is the latest indie game coming to PlayStation and was previously announced to also be coming to Mac and PC. Hand of Fate is “a sublime blend tabletop card gaming and video game magic, inspired by tarot and fantasy…In a cabin at the end of the…
Although it was announced that the update for the first person shooter would be delayed till early April due to “issues in the animation system that hinder players from engaging targets in set circumstances using popular weapon configurations”. But the studio was able to work out these issues and the expansion is now available to Xbox…
The hand held PC streaming/Android gaming Nvidia Shield launched in July of last year for $299. The price point held relatively well, eventually seeing discounts as high as $50, down to $250. However, just yesterday nVidia announced a new $100 price drop through the month of April. Nvidia Shield is $199 with free shipping at…
If you’re really into video game development, you’ll already know that the Game Developer conference that took place this past week in San Francisco, California. Although some hard core video gaming fans likely snuck their way into the conference as reporters and under other titles, the conference is ideally for the engineers, writers, graphic artists,…
Occasionally someone will mention new ways that smartphones have advanced. One of the popular catch phrases include how phones now have accelerometers in them. But what exactly is an accelerometer? What do accelerometers do? What can you do with an accelerometer? Accelerometers measure the force of acceleration, through movement or gravity. This means that a…
The developers of South Park: The Stick of Truth and Fallout: New Vegas released its announcement trailer for the free-to-play military MMO Armored Warfare. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg_dksBXl8k] According to the Armored warfare site it is a “a new free-to-play massively multiplayer online tactical military video game that puts you in control of some of the most incredible, modern…
Many of the popular card games, like Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh, were turned into video games. This opened them up to even bigger markets that were staunchly opposite to card collectors. Digital cards could be traded between players (once the internet became available on game systems), new cards could be added, and rules could be modified…
According to a representative at GameSpot EA has secured the sequel rights for Titanfall, Respawn Entertainments first-person shooter. The decision to secure the sequel depended on the performance of the original. It is evident that Titanfall has done very well and even went as far to boost sales of the Xbox One console. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsj3jWxagc]…
Tuesday, June 3rd marks the release date for WildStar Online. This upcoming WoW competitor, became available for pre-order today from NC Soft and other digital retialers – most notably the UK based retailer Green Man Gaming. This week, GMG has a 20% off near site-wide coupon code running which qualifies on WildStar, marking down the…
The MMO is set to launch worldwide on June 3, with pre-orders for the game starting March 9 for 34.99. WildStar is a science fiction multiplayer online RPG that takes place on a planet called Nexus where players will be able to choose between six classes and eight races to create a character that they…
Shortly after Namco Bandai Games announced ‘One Piece’ would be released across Europe and Australia, they followed with news that it would also be released in North and South America. It will be released for PS3 and Nintendo 3DS as physical games and Nintendo Wii U and PlayStation Vita only digitally. ‘One Piece’ players will…
The side scrolling shoot em’ up/run n’ gun game, Mercenary Kings, is for release on April 1 in North America and April 2 in Europe. The game was developed and published by Tribute Games, the same team that is behind Scott Pilgrim vs. The world: The Game. In this game players fight enemies and rescue…
A pricing mistake, or a huge split between the PC physical and Digital copy price tag showed up today for the Batman: Arkham Knight preorder. While GameStop and others are charging $59.99 for a PC physical copy, the UK based digital retailer Green Man Gaming has a digital copy (Steam Key only) priced at $49.99….
Where there are release dates, there are classifications and with Watch Dog’s release date getting closer, those who may have pre-ordered what they thought was an MA 15+ game in Australia, may now find themselves getting an R18+ rated game. Rated MA15+….No, Wait, Better Make it R18+ When Ubisoft put the Watch Dogs game up…