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Bungie finally unveils After months of speculation Bungie has finally broken the silence on their new IP, Destiny. And it looks immense. Essentially, despite what they say, it looks like Bungie are creating a massively-multiplayer-first-person-shooter with some RPG elements thrown into the mix for good measure. Humanity on the brink of extinction, time traveling robots,…
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot before you’re even out of the starting gates – yes, the issue raised by OUYA’s last update is pressing and crucial to the future of the system. If they begin to head down the path they’ve suggested, then there is no doubt they are doomed to failure, and…
And the winner is . . . Well, no. We don’t actually have a winner yet, but we do have nominations. Loads and loads of nominations. The Bafta Awards, for those that don’t know, are the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which has held awards for games since 1998. The Bafta’s are a…
What do you get when fine art and geekdom collide? You get an eclectic blend of power and refinement, dark and light, genius and instinct. What you get is Kyle Kulakowski and his incredible black velvet video game paintings. A Revelation in the Desert When asked about his roots and how he came to love…
I do have a bit of an addiction, I’ll admit it. I’ve been a huge fan of online gaming for many years, and even recently, I fell madly in love with online poker, Texas Hold’em to be exact! The fact of the matter is the variety of online gaming is endless. It’s no wonder why,…
The popular Android gaming console, OUYA will soon be available at several popular retail stores. It is expected to hit a couple of brick-n-mortar stores and some online stores as well. This includes Gamestop, Target, Best Buy and Amazon to name a few. The console should be available at the mentioned retailers beginning in June,…
Great news Xbox 360 players! As of January 29th, 2013, (February 28th, 2013 for Playstation 3/PC users) Treyarch has released the first of four downloadable content packs for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, titled Revolution. Included in the content pack is the new Zombie map, Die Rise. Die Rise brings exciting new content to…
It’s a new style of game-play. Taking LAN to a new worldwide level, and getting your friends together to play an awesome game, Spartan Ops has taken the traditional multi-player concept into a new world. And it’s better that way. I speak as a long-time Halo fan-boy, buying the original Xbox just because a friend had Halo and we…
Developer ‘Jump Games‘ has hit it big with their app game ‘Real Steel’ which has steadily climbed Apple’s Top 100 list over the past few weeks. I, for one am not at all surprised by Real Steel’s popularity. After reviewing it, I’m hooked and thanks to the awesome folks and Jump Games, you’ll have a…
The Chinese MMORPG studio Mechanist Games have been quietly at work on a browser MMO ‘City of Steam’ for about two years, and recently announced plans for Reality Squared Games to publish the English version. We’ve been following the development of this narrative-focused steampunk game for a while now, and hope the connections with R2 Games will help bring…
There was a time when Sega was on top, but those days are long since past. Sega entered the game console market in 1983 with the release of the Saga SG-1000 in Japan. It packed a 2kb ram which was very impressive for a gaming console of its time. In order for Sega to compete…
World of Warcraft Patch 5.2: The Thunder King is now available for testing on the Public Test Realms! Emperor Lei Shen, the Thunder King, has been resurrected and will stop at nothing to reclaim Pandaria. Heroes from all over Azeroth will be called to war, as they are pitted against the Thunder King and his…
OUYA: The New Way To Game It has been a month since the first OUYA Dev consoles were shipped out and since then looks like the company has been taking the initial feedback and suggestions rather seriously. On the basis of received feedback, the company will be making some pre-production changes and adjustments to the…
Keep Running The original Temple Run has been downloaded 170 million times. 170 million. That’s ridiculous. The small indie developer, Imangi Studios, who created the monster, could have never have predicted the game’s success. The game is based on a simple concept. Essentially, you run for as long as possible without running into a tree,…
Rumors Flying From hardware specs to the names of the consoles, rumours surrounding Sony and Microsoft’s next gen gaming machines have been flying thick and fast in recent weeks. When will they be released? By most accounts, we should expect the machines this year, and, if we have learned anything from history, we can…