Having been a fan of Firemint’s Flight Control for sometime, I was intrigued when I caught a glimpse of indie title Air Traffic Control. Instead of trying to simplify the art of managing, taxing, handing off and landing a sky full of planes, ATC mimics the complexity of the task. In the game you have…
Since Apple’s App Store opened in July 2007, France-based mobile game developer Gameloft has sold more than 20 million games on the service built for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The company said today that of the 47 iPhone and iPad games they’ve launched from the beginning of this year, a whopping 42 of…
Were you too busy this weekend enjoying the sun, the out of doors, to read all of our amazing Tokyo Game Show coverage? That means you missed out on the head of Sony Worldwide studios answering and not answering our questions about the Playstation Portable 2, talk of a Halo movie and a Metal Gear…
The Sims finally push those Angry Birds from their perch. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 The Sims 3 Ambitions (EA) $4.99 1 — 2 Tetris (EA) $2.99 1 — 3 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 19 1 4 Street Fighter IV (Capcom) $9.99 1…
I’m not a sports gamer, not even a little bit. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy the occasional sports video game, it just means that if I do that game was exceptionally well made. Over the year’s I’ve played, and enjoyed, my share of Madden, Tiger Woods and a variety of board games. But no…
What do baby pacifiers, an expert martial artist, and an industrial robot all have in common? Sony’s motion-detecting PS3 add-on, the Playstation Move. The Playstation Move hit North America this month, bringing motion games to Playstation 3’s legions of fans. The add-on uses a camera and cylindrical controller to track motion for gaming. The add-ons…
To: Ash From: Crecente Friday! I know you guys have the weekend to work still, sorry about that. But at least it’s in Japan looking at games and not, I don’t know, gutting pigs or writing press releases. I’m KIDDDDDDDING!!! Speaking of kidding, Stonecipher just sent me this. HI-LARIOUS!!! What you missed: This R2D2 Now…
Strategy games remain one of the last vestiges of computer gaming superiority. As close as some console games have gotten to cracking the code to deliver the sort of real-time strategy fun that gamers expect from these sorts of games, no one has quite nailed it. The latest attempt comes from Eugen Systems and Ubisoft,…
Just in time for the official U.S. launch of the Playstation Move, and to adorn your PS3 dash, is this wonderful bit of original art whipped up in three hours by house artist Sam Spratt. You might remember him from his amazing Halo: Reach wallpaper. You can check that out here and our take on…
Kmart’s new review policy, which places customer game reviews on their store shelves, recently went live with some important tweaks. The store chain says that they want to pick reviews that are “honest, constructive and well-written — regardless of perspective.” So far there are four reviews up on store shelves nationwide. The games reviewed are…
Lenovo this week kicked off a second round of fundraising as it gears up work on a new game console it hopes to launch in China early next year, according to Reuters. The Ebox will come with 30 games built in and a set-top camera that can detect a player’s movements, according to the article.…
Shot in Brooklyn, New York, this television commercial for Def Jam RapStar was produced by Anthony Mandler, late of Jay Z, Drake and John Mayer video fame, and includes cameos by hip-hop artists Maino and Nipsey Hu$$le. The song is an orchestral version of Kanye West’s Stronger with a voiceover by DJ Khaled.
Our past day’s coverage of the Tokyo Game Show includes chatting with Peter Molyneux about a potential Fable Movie, chatting with American McGee about the Alice movie and an examination of PixelJunk Lifelike. And there’s plenty more to read about as well. Here’s a run down of day three of the show. You can find…
Friend of the site Matt Hawkins spotted this unbelievable R2D2 unit at PAX Prime earlier this month. The robot replica, which we first wrote about last year, is now packed with ten consoles, tons o ports and a projector. Hawkins details the creation over on Fort90, but here’s a quick rundown. The R2D2 includes an…
It’s Friday. A Friday filled with Tokyo Game Show, Playstation Move and more Friday. Discuss! Good job, Arienai! Let’s see your images for Talk Amongst Yourselves. Submit them at #TAYpics
Copyranter posted this music-infused video showing off the zombie arm invasion of Madrid, Spain meant to help promote Milla Jovovich’s latest zombie-killing flick: Resident Evil: Afterlife. Oh, go on, tell me all about how Resident Evil doesn’t really have zombies in it. I’m all ears. “Resident Evil: Afterlife” Zombie Installation in Madrid. [copyranter, thanks Mark]
One of the many faces of Mario as seen over on the Examiner.com. The Many Faces of Mario [Examiner]
Color me surprised, especially since I played through the game twice and didn’t notice him, but the Master Chief does appear to make a quick cameo in the end of Halo: Reach. Be warned if you don’t want the game SPOILED for you, don’t watch the above video. If you don’t care, press play and…
Tekken game director and chief producer Katshuhiro Harada tells Tekken game director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada that he plans to “announce something” at Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show Tougeki Booth this Saturday. Here’s hoping he does so dressed as Nina!
Tonight’s the night, well technically tomorrow in the very early morning. At the strike of midnight you will be able to pick up the Playstation 3’s Move add-on in North America so you can play motion games on your Sony console. The question is: Should you? I’ve had one for a bit now, and I’ve…
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