Nostalgia is a dangerous thing. For kids in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s, the NES release of Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game was a revolution. This was a title long out of reach of most kids, only available in the arcades as a massive quarter eater. Konami, hardly about to see the potential profits [...]
13. March 2010
BioShock 2 DLC on Disc, 2K’s Excuse Absurd
People who forked over the money for the downloadable multiplayer maps in BioShock 2 noticed something pretty quick, that the download was instant. The file size on the Xbox 360 was a meager 108k, the bare minimum, and 24k on the PC. So, why are players being charged for content that is already on the [...]
12. March 2010
No Natal for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, Move Support on PS3 a Go
After the PlayStation motion controller, dubbed “The Move,” was announced, EA also stated the upcoming entry in the long running Tiger Woods PGA franchise would support the motion device.
For the latest Microsoft entry in the motion control battle, Natal, Tiger is staying bound to a controller. EA has stated to Joystiq that they are “… [...]
11. March 2010
En Masse Entertainment Reveals Tera Online at GDC
Recently formed publisher En Masse Entertainment is bringing Bluehole Studio’s upcoming action MMORPG, TERA Online, to the United States and Europe. En Masse will be demoing live gameplay of TERA at the Game Developers Conference, from March 11 to 13.
11. March 2010
Grand Chase’s Second Anniversary Celebration
Grand Chase is a side-scrolling dungeon crawler with heavy brawling action and PvP gameplay. Publisher Ntreev USA will launch a tournament and several events in celebration of Grand Chase’s second anniversary.
10. March 2010
Week in Arcade: Scrap Metal
The Xbox Live Arcade Block Party continues with another winner.
Scrap Metal
The overhead or 3/4 view driving genre is loaded with classics, including R.C. Pro-Am and Rock ‘n Roll Racing. None of them give the satisfaction of driving, or the responsiveness of Scrap Metal. Turning, flipping through corners, and dodging other vehicles has never felt like [...]
10. March 2010
Valve’s Steam & Source Coming to Mac
Valve has announced that it will bring Steam, Valve’s gaming service, and Source, it’s gaming engine, to Mac systems. Steam in particular is a very popular digital distributer of game titles, offering players a large and varied library of games to access. That Valves is supporting Mac systems is great news, but the news actually gets better.
10. March 2010
USA Spent Nearly $4 Billion on MMOs in ‘09
According to an analysis of consumer data from Todays MMO Focus Report by Gamesindustry.com and TNS, there are some 46 million MMO gamers here in the United States, and the industry raked in a staggering $3,800,000,000 in 2009. British revenues are in second, at $270M, which is higher than Germany’s $250M, and France’s $220M. The largest growth is expected to come from nations like Italy, Spain, Russia, Turkey, Poland, and Sweden. These countries are the subject of the new MMO Emerging Markets Survey.
10. March 2010
Venezula Violent Game Ban in Effect
If you live in Venezula and are considering producing, owning, or selling a violent video game, you’re risking jail time of two to five years as a new law drafted by President Hugo Chavez has passed. What constitutes a “violent video game?” That is not very clear.
The country’s “consumer protection society” makes that decision, with [...]
9. March 2010
UbiSoft’s DRM Servers “Attacked”
Over the weekend, some who picked up Assassin’s Creed 2 on the PC were unable to play. The reason? The servers that authenticated legit copies were down. So, if you actually supported this absurd DRM scheme before, this has to sway you towards the opposing side. A single player game that can’t be played without [...]
9. March 2010
Cross-platform Xbox 360, Phone, PC Game Shown
Those wondering how the recently announced ability to play Live Arcade games across the three Microsoft platforms will work have their answers. During a presentation at TechEd Middle East, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder showed a basic platform title running on his theoretical work PC. From there, he puts it onto his Windows Phone Series, plays briefly, [...]
8. March 2010
Free Realms Grows Even Larger: Nine Million Players
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) announced that its family-oriented online game Free Realms has surpassed nine million registered players.
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