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According to Ars Technica, an internal email from Microsoft has been leaked and it states that the next-gen Xbox or Xbox 720, won’t require a an always-online internet connection to play single-player games. Xbox 720 The email was sent to full-time Microsoft employees and states that Durango, this is the codename for the Xbox 720,…
So, the most difficult decision I had to make in my childhood was definitely the one to choose between, Charmander, Squirtle or Bulbasaur. Although, there was another decision that made my life pretty difficult, that was to pick either SNES or Sega Genesis, as my console because my Dad wouldn’t let me have both. Both were 16-bit…
The Next-gen Xbox announcement is only 12 days away. Microsoft will be announcing the new console on 21st May. The company has to make sure that the new Xbox is exciting enough for gamers to dish out their hard earned money. PlayStation 4 has already been announced, and it is awesome, especially with all the…
Think of tower defence games and images of mobile devices and simple Flash games probably come to mind. It’s certainly difficult to imagine the strategic, wall and tower building genre being squeezed into the mould of a first person shooter, but indie developer Coffee Stain Studios achieved just that with 2011’s Sanctum. Two years later…
Welcome once again to Geek Insider’s weekly gaming news roundup. In this series of articles I will be looking at the most interesting pieces of gaming news from the past week. In this article, we look at the official announcement of the next Call of Duty, as well as some brand new information regarding GTA…
After a long wait, Blizzard has finally started taking pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 version of its most popular RPG, Diablo III. You can now simply pre-order one copy (or as many as you like) for yourself for just $59.99. There are no words on the exact release date of the game. So, we assume…
The announcement of a brand new Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo 3DS was one of many big reveals made in Nintendo’s PR video Nintendo Direct a few weeks ago. But it wasn’t just the fact that a new Zelda game is on the way that got fans excited, it was the fact that…
Star Trek: The Game, what can really be said? As a general rule, movie tie-in games are a bit rubbish. As with any general rule, of course, there are exceptions. The original Golden Eye for the N64, for example. Or The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay for the Xbox. But these are anomalies….
Tracy Seamster’s “1001 Faces of NPCs” at East Coast Game Conference I attended Tracy Seamster’s talk on building realistic and engaging non-player characters (NPCs) at the East Coast Game Conference. Players, Seamster says, remember game characters who are very helpful or very annoying. I can think of several tutorial NPCs whose text pop-ups drove me…
The year 2013 will be marked down in video game history as the year that saw the announcement and release of the PS4, the struggle of the Nintendo Wii U, and probably the release of the next Xbox. “History is written by the victors” is an adage that invariably holds true in the video game…
I first attended Raleigh’s East Coast Game Conference in 2010, when it was Triangle Games Conference. (I’m a gaming convention hipster, apparently.) Now in it’s fifth year, ECGC offers seven programming tracks, allowing attendees to focus on Design, Programming, Art, Writing, Serious Games, Education, Mobile, Career, or choose different events from various tracks. The East…
Welcome to a new feature here at Geek Insider! Every week, I shall round up the most interesting gaming news and rumors that the Internet has to offer. From new videos, pictures, and information regarding the latest games to news regarding our beloved industry, it shall all be here. Well, maybe not all, but certainly the bits I…
Injustice: Gods Among Us is a game that will delight many. It will also infuriate some. On one hand, it is a slick and accessible fighting game in which you get to play as a variety of heroes and villains from the DC Universe. On the other hand, hard-core Mortal Combat fans will no doubt…
Loved for its open-world gameplay, hated for its adult and controversial content (or maybe not), the Grand Theft Auto series has developed a cult following all over the world. The series has influenced the gaming industry (Saints Row, for example), and its customers too (6 New York teens were arrested for carjacking in 2008, inspired…
According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), this summer more than a hundred camps across the United States will offer more then 690 programs in video game design and similar topics. This means the number of video game design courses at American summer camps has more than doubled since 2012. This is great news for…