Samsung’s Unpacked event was a blast, but it did lack a few key points that any major launch event should never miss. First of all, the company did not mention what version of Android OS the Galaxy S4 would be running (it is Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean), and there were no words on the device’s…
Out of the many genres of video games on the market, few can deny that Role-Playing Games(RPGs) more naturally garner large followings than other genres. Often the following of such games will last for more than a decade. From Diablo and Dungeon Seige to Ultima Online and World of Warcraft, we as gamers have seen…
Universal’s fear of R-rated films led to severe budget cuts to the Bioshock movie project The the details behind the cancellation of the ill-fated movie adaptation of the 2007 video game classic BioShock have always been shrouded in a fair amount of mystery. However, creative director and co-founder of Irrational Games and one of the…
I’m not sure why educational games are the unloved, unpopular side of the games industry. Beloved classic PC game Oregon Trail is an edu title, and it’s still very playable today. A recent Facebook version from Blue Fang shows how much love and nostalgia early players still have for it. Educational games might not get…
A Text-Based Space Adventure in ‘Star Captain’ Choice of the Star Captain is a new text-based adventure for iOs, Android or web browsers. In this ChoiceScript game, players take on the role of a young pilot, recruited for a special secret mission for StratComm in the space battle of humans versus Blob. Players quickly discover that…
The original Assassin’s Creed, released way back in 2007, was a brilliant game in many ways. The ability to run, jump and climb your way around the sprawling medieval cities was a design element that I had never seen in a game before. The story was interesting too, and jumped between The Holy Land during…
Good indie games can be easy to miss. With a bajilllion (That’s the highly technical games journalist term!) new games appearing on the App Store and Google Play every day, it can be hard to even keep up with the blockbusters. Smaller game studios or indie games don’t have the marketing push that major publishers…
A few nights ago, I went to New York Gaming’s February games demo, held at Microsoft. NY Gaming regularly puts on great networkers and professional development classes too, but the monthly games demo is my favorite. It’s always exciting to see what my NYC neighbors are producing, and usually the atmosphere feels more like a…
XboxEvent.com is registered A newly registered domain name suggests that Microsoft might be getting ready to announce the successor to its Xbox 360 console. According to WHOIS data, Domain name XboxEvent.com has been registered by the company U.S. Techs recently. U.S. Techs has been re-branded to Eventcore recently and it provides advanced, customized solutions in…
So, where is it? The lights go out. Orchestral music plays. The Playsation’s iconic symbols fly up on screen. The music crescendos, lights flash, and glimpses of games – past and present leap before our eyes. And here comes the PS4 in all its glory, held aloft triumphantly, like Simba on Pride Rock …. except…
This evening, in NYC, Sony announced its latest generation console, the Playstation 4. In the Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown Manhattan, Sony gave the announcement followed by a long list of upcoming games as well as specs for the console. 6:25 pm: Mark Cerny talks about ease of use for game developer and how Sony is…
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…