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…
Love them or hate them (and yes, you probably hate them), Electronic Arts are one of the largest video game related companies in existence. As a game publisher, Electronic Arts (EA) have put out some of the most successful and most popular series ever. With titles like Dead Space, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor and…
There’s simply no indie video game out there that can match the success of indie developer Mojang and their widely popular freeform block-building game Minecraft. For the ten of millions of gamers and non-gamers who have spent time in their own Minecraft world, the history behind this monumental game is of great interest. Enter Minecraft:…
Minecraft, Minecraft, Minecraft. It doesn’t matter what kind of games you play, or even if you play games at all, because at some point you’re bound to run into this sensational block-building video game. Set in a world made entirely of cubes, Minecraft gives the player the keys to an infinitely large sand box to…
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime have announced a series of new games in their recent video-based press release, Nintendo Direct. The titles include brand new Zelda, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party and Yoshi’s Island games for the Nintendo 3DS. It has also been announced that several classic Nintendo games will be re-released digitally for…
The Metal Gear Solid series and its creator Hideo Kojima have always had strong ties with Sony and their PlayStaion consoles. According to VG247, a recent interview with Edge magazine saw the legendary developer voice his plans to go multi-platform with future releases. Kojima also says he respects Sony and appreciates what they have done…
PlanItGreen: The Big Switch, developed by Wyse Games, with National Geographic, GE and the Center of Science, is an environmentally focused free browser game. Players develop and manage a city, pursuing individual goals while competing against friends to make citizens happy and make an environmentally sustainable city. PlanItGreen: Organic Farms and Energy Creation Players can…
Tax Evaders! A Space Invaders-themed Economy Game For Your Browser April in the United States is tax time! Whether you’re anticipating a nice refund, or you’re anxiously sorting your 1099s, if taxes are on your mind, you’ll enjoy blowing off a little steam with Tax Evaders. Tax Evaders is a browser game available to play…
The rumored next-gen Xbox has been reported to use a new AMD x86 processor, which will definitely make it very difficult if not impossible for the console to play current Xbox 360 games. A recent report via Bloomberg states that Microsoft will opt for an AMD SoC that will combine a Jaguar CPU and the…
The Wii U is Down, But Not Out These are dark days for gamers and the game industry. Unscrupulous publishers take advantage of paying customers, developers cower in fear of innovation, and Nintendo’s mighty Wii U hasn’t sold as much as predicted. Last month fellow Geek Insider writer Mohseen Lala looked at the facts and…
Star Wars games cancelled and 150 made jobless Grim Fandango, X-Wing, The Secret of Monkey Island, Dark Forces, and so many more. The list of landmark video games put out by video game industry veterans LucasArts is one of the longest around. Their legacy has now come to an unfortunate end as Disney, who bought…
Avabel is billed as a free-to-play MMO for the tablet market, but a glance at the graphics separates it from the billions of other multiplayer adventure games. The game is just so pretty! Avabel: A Gorgeous Tablet MMO Avabel avatars are detailed and cute, with the anti-gravity hair and stylized fashions we love in import…
In keeping with the game industry’s tradition of pranking its customers, April Fools Day was full of silly jokes that include Apple’s foray into the games console market, a Kim Jong-Un centric mobile app and many more. Check out the best of gaming’s April Fools Days jokes below. Half-Life 2: Episode 3 appearing on Steam…
Konami’s decision to hand over the reigns of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to Japanese developer Platinum Games may have been a risky move, but the results speak for themselves. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a brutal sci-fi action extravaganza of high-tech samurai, severed limbs and cyborg philosophy. Now that the dust and scrap electronics has…
If you are a fan (and avid gamer) of WoW, then this is the post for you. The top 5 interface mods for World of Warcraft, will make things much easier and simple for old gamers and new gamers alike. World of Warcraft has been around for almost 9 years now and still, there is…