What developer hasn’t dreamt of being the brain behind the Star Wars gaming universe? This week Electronic Arts and Star Wars’ new home, Disney, came to a multiyear agreement giving EA exclusive rights to further develop Star Wars video games. It was just over a month ago that Disney pulled the plug on internal gaming [...]
The long wait for the latest console from Playstation is finally over as they have unveiled the Playstation 4 during the Playstation Meeting 2013 in New York on Wednesday. Not to be released until this year’s holidays, the Playstation 4 promises to deliver immensely powerful and smart gameplay characterized not only by impressive graphics and [...]
It was in November that Zynga CEO Mark Pincus announced the company’s plans to cut down on costs primarily through game shutdowns, some of which have already started yesterday. A total of 11 games, which include the once-ubiquitous PetVille and Mafia Wars 2, will no longer be operational, which means these games will either be [...]
After its much-awaited debut last Tuesday, sales for “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2″ definitely did not disappoint. In a release made by publisher Activision, the latest installment of the Call of Duty franchise secured $500 million in sales within 24 hours of its launching. With its more than half a billion in sales in [...]
Now, all Grand Theft Auto aficionados will no longer have to wait for the 2nd trailer of GTA V, as it has finally been launched today, giving fans a glimpse of the three main characters in the game’s latest installment, more than a year after the first trailer was let out. The lives of and [...]
Rumors of a 7-inch Microsoft gaming tablet, which will allegedly be dubbed as Xbox Surface, first surfaced in June even before the company announced the new Surface RT and Surface Pro. Now the rumors are beginning to take shape, as sources with direct links to Microsoft have disclosed the company’s plans to design its own [...]
Grand Theft Auto 5 is planned to be launched worldwide during next year’s Spring, as announced by Rockstar North in its official website. No specific date has been revealed, but at the very least GTA fans – who have been speculating for a long time as to the launching of Grand Theft Auto 5 – [...]
An app that seamlessly connects all devices to your Xbox all for free — does this sound like a too-good-to-be-true deal? That is exactly what the Xbox SmartGlass – set to be available for download starting the 6th of October – purports to offer. The app does many things at once, but the rationale behind [...]
Rovio Entertainment will launch Angry Birds Star Wars on November 8. This extension of Angry Birds Space version will be available on iOS, Android, Mac, Amazon Kindle Fire, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and PC. Birds and Pigs will have Dark Vador, Luke Skywalker, R2-D2 or Princess Leia costumes! ““This is the best Angry Birds game [...]
Written on 08 Oct 2012 by Vincent AbryThe newest home console from the legendary gaming company Nintendo is finally coming on November 18th to the acclaim of many gamers who were waiting on its arrival. The new system, known as the Wii U, combines many of the current technologies of motion gaming with some of Nintendo’s oldest brands to create a unique [...]
Written on 15 Sep 2012 by Vincent AbryZynga, maker of Farmville, Bubble Safari and The Ville, failed to impress as they released their second quarter earnings for the year on Wednesday. While the company listed revenues of $332 Million, this figure didn’t quite satisfy analysts’ revenue predictions at $344 million. The Q2 results also reflected a $22.8 million loss for Zynga, which [...]
Amazon has launched a range of game services designed specifically for developers – GameCircle. This new set of game developer services is made up of three parts: Achievements, Leaderboards and Sync. GameCircle allows for the easy and seamless integration of these features by developers, helping them to ensure a more exciting and entertaining gaming experience [...]
Now, the classic LEGO bricks everyone has grown up with have gone 3D, and more than 8 trillion of these are available to you online via Chrome with BUILD WITH CHROME. In what has been dubbed by Google Chrome as their Build experiment, this new project allows Chrome users the ability and the venue to [...]
Zynga, the social-gaming network responsible for up to 15% of Facebook’s revenue for its first quarter, is a powerhouse on its own. With more than 290 million monthly users and as many as 65 million users daily, the social gaming company initially known for its poker game generates as much as $1B in yearly revenue. [...]
In response to an e-mail sent by one Joe Davidson regarding the availability of Steam for Linux within this year, Valve’s Gabe Newell – who heads the project already planned for several years – has stated a matter-of-fact, one-word response: Yes. In April Michael Larabel, who oversees Linux website Phoronix, has confirmed that efforts in [...]
Nintendo has taken a social spin on its latest game console, Wii U, introducing Miiverse, a social network for its console gamers. The launch is seen as a timely strategy for Nintendo to draw alongside its closest rivals in the gaming business today – iPads, smartphones and even Facebook. With consumers steering their preferences to [...]
Here is a brief history of video games in a 3-minute video. “An abridged history of video games in under three minutes. Made using only sounds, music and video from the video games themselves. Produced for Polygon.com by Reverse Enginears featuring P Sus.” It all starts with Pong in 1972… So much work (and play) [...]
Written on 04 June 2012 by Vincent AbryMicrosoft just introduced SmartGlass at the opening conference at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. Smart Glass is the future of Xbox 360: it’s an application that will work with tablets running under Windows 8 as well as mobile phones running with Windows Phone, Android or iOS. This app will interact with Xbox and Television. Basically [...]
Written on 04 June 2012 by Vincent AbryNew Tomb Raider trailer was revealed and it gets a release date. “A legendary explorer emerges from disaster, desperation, and a need to survive.” “Square Enix have just released a full gameplay trailer for Tomb Raider: Crossroads, with a release date of 5 March 2013 – 17 years after we first saw the eponymous heroine [...]
Written on 04 June 2012 by Vincent AbryBoy with girlfriend playing Diablo3 and wanted to cuddle at the same time… According to the picture they played like this for 1 hour. Gamers are so cool !! via
Written on 01 June 2012 by Vincent Abry
