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Zynga Sues Former CityVille Director For Stealing Trade Secrets When He Left
Zynga filed a lawsuit Friday against Alan Patmore, former general manager of CityVille, alleging that Patmore stole trade secrets and confidential information when he left the company. As VentureBeat and others report, Patmore left Zynga on August 16 of this year. Court documents filed in the California Superior Court in San Francisco claim that immediately…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Video Game Screenshots are Here!
It’s is absolutely ridiculous how excited I got when I saw an email in my inbox from Gameloft with the subject line “New My Little Pony screens”. I’ve built villages on my iPhone. I’ve played character-driven mini-games on my Android tablet. These are not new things. I have not, however, built my own Ponyville, nor…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Aubrey Norris Writes The Best Press Releases In Video Gaming. Here’s Proof.
Every day, many, many PR people send us very boring press releases. And then there’s Aubrey Norris, PR rep for Deep Silver. Her press release e-mails are masterpieces. They succeed because they actually make me want to read them through to the end. Even when they’re not entirely about Dead Island. Really, no one else…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Two More Key Developers Leave BioShock Infinite
Two more developers have left Irrational Games, makers of BioShock Infinite. According to LinkedIn, Artificial intelligence lead Don Norbury and combat design director Clint Bundrick are the latest to depart the Boston-based company. The changes to their LinkedIn pages were first spotted by Superannuation. (Who, incidentally, shares a lot of that kind of scoopery in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 15, 2012 -
ReviewsPop-Tarts: The Snacktaku Review
The Pop-Tart was originally created as a way to capitalize on fancy new dog food foil freshness technology. True story. In the early 1960s, Post created a method of wrapping dog food in foil, preserving its freshness without the need for refrigeration and effectively ending hilarious primitive sitcom dog food eating gags. Looking to expand…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
There May Not Be a Haystack Big Enough To Break a 24-Mile Leap of Faith
Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting leap from the very edge of space, on Sunday, was dazzling. But as one post at 9gag points out, Baumgartner is far from the first man to take a leap of faith with an uncertain landing. Personally, the image makes me envision a whole team of haystack-carriers swarming over New Mexico, running…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Dorkly Weekly: An Incredibly NSFW Interpretation of Mortal Kombat‘s “Finish Him”
Oh come on, you’ve thought it too. In case you missed it in the headline, this video might be a little bit unsafe for most workplaces. “Come on, boss! It’s not like he actually puts the metal penis in his mouth!” is not an argument anyone wants to have to put forth in an exit…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
The GameCube Controller Lives On in the Hands of Fake Gamers
Next month’s release of the Wii U marks the end of the GameCube’s distinctive controller as a method for manipulating Nintendo games, but the color-coded buttons and sticks will always remain a method for making well-dressed attractive people look as if they are playing video games and not just smiling vacantly into a camera. It’s…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s The Novel That Will Change How People Think About Video Games
What do people really know about how video games get made? Sure, today’s players know that games get designed, drawn, produced and tested. That’s more than their forebears. Still, the idea of what drives people to make games—other than the fact that it seems like a fun thing to do—remains one that continues to feel…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
My Best Guesses For This Scribblenauts Tease Involve Nintendo Characters. Yours?
This image for the 3DS/WiiU-exclusive Scribblenauts Unlimited was teased by GameStop today. Who are they graying out? My first guess regarding the silhouette on the right: Epona, from Zelda. And on the left? Isn’t that Princess Peach’s crown? I guess she’s with Mario and Luigi. Or I’m completely wrong. Thoughts? Photoshops?
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo Meets Final Fantasy VII In This Ambitious Action-RPG
In a year filled with addictive action-RPGs with names like Diablo, Borderlands, and Torchlight, it might seem insane for another contender to jump into the fray. But the people behind Path of Exile don’t mind a little insanity. This December, Path of Exile will officially enter open beta and what the team is calling a…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Say Hello to Your Little Friends — Scarface Mobile Goes Multiplayer
What good is a drug-fueled murderous rampage if there’s no one to share it with? Fuse Powered and Hothead Games’ single-player mobile Tony Montana adventure game goes multiplayer today, giving players a chance to make friends, recruit friends, and rob friends. Scarface for iOS was sort of a graphical Mafia Wars, only without the social…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s What an Anti-Tobacco Video Game Looks Like
There’s no more illusion that smoking isn’t bad for your health. And tobacco companies are obliged to divulge the risks involved with using their products. They still want to make money, though, and resort to questionable means to market their wares to the public. One of Big Tobacco’s tactics is to lure in younger customers…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Valve Announces 20 More Games For Steam Greenlight
Valve’s second set of Greenlight games includes an HD remix of The Stanley Parable, Octodad, and Miasmata Announced today, here’s the full list of 20 new games that Valve will release on Steam in the coming months thanks to their crowdsourced Greenlight program. Afterfall InSanity Extended Edition AirBuccaneers Blockscape Contrast Fly’n Folk Tale Forge Giana…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Set to Star in a 2014 Need for Speed Movie
Electronic Arts has signed up an Emmy-winning actor to put the pedal to the metal in an upcoming film adaptation of their Need for Speed franchise. According to today’s press release, Paul will be leading a cast in a Dreamworks-produced NFS movie directed by Scott Waugh, who also helmed real-life-Navy-SEAL action movie Act of Valor.…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedModern Combat 4 Probably Doesn’t Employ CRAP Technology
I am relatively sure lead artist Vince Coupal doesn’t say “technology called CRAP” in this first developer diary for Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, but part of me wishes he had. Gameloft’s latest first-person shooter, coming this fall to iOS and Android, looks fine. Heck, it looks more than fine; that’s pretty gorgeous. It would…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Borderlands 2‘s Mechromancer In Action
The first official trailer for Borderlands 2‘s newest playable class—the Mechromancer—shows off how versatile her three skill trees are. You can get a sense of the kind of play style you can mold Gaige towards, as well as how she looks in action. I already told you she feels great, but here she is backing…
By Tina Amini Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Drawing Pokémon Based On Their Physical Descriptions Alone Is Harder Than It Sounds
Artist Noelle Stevenson has never played a Pokémon game first-hand. She has, however, accepted the challenge of drawing several of the combative pocket monsters, based solely on physical descriptions provided to her by friends and blog readers. It turns out, accurately describing a creature that looks a lot, but not quite, like a duck wearing…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Prey 2 Is In ‘Limbo,’ Designer Says [UPDATE]
You might be wondering what has happened to Prey 2, the delayed shooter that Bethesda was supposed to release this year. Rumors have suggested that maybe it was actually cancelled, that maybe developer Human Head Studios is no longer working on it, that maybe Bethesda has just given up. Well it’s not cancelled, according to…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012
