Crowned Daemon Studios are creating Freak, a third person 2D top-down shooter with stealth and crafting elements for PC. According to Christopher Arnold, one of the founders of the company, “The game we’re currently working on is named Freak. It’s a zombie game that revolves around Tinker, a teenage boy who is bitten and succumbs…
What if, by playing a video game, you could make the real world a better place to live? Author and game design Jane McGonigal seems to think we can do that through an approach called Gamification. This fancy word refers to attempts made by corporations and game designers that use the mechanics of video games…
XBOX Media Briefing The Xbox E3 2014 media briefing titled “Xbox: Game On”, will take place on June 9th at 12:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 a.m. Pacific. The briefing will consist of “in-depth looks at previously announced games to trailers for our unannounced games coming in 2014 and beyond”, revealing of plans for “fan-centric events”. Phil Spencer…
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…
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…