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What Do You See In This Crystal Ball?
TEH FUTURE | OSAKA, JAPAN: Spotted at an open market. (Photo by Brian Ashcraft) Crysis 2’s Concept Art Is A Love Letter To New York City It’s a shame that you miss it while you’re too busy kicking cars and shooting things in the face, but Crysis 2 is a love letter to the city…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
iPad 2 Racer Delivers High Def Gaming to Televisions
The latest update for killer iPad racing game Real Racing 2 HD adds the ability to play the game in 1080p at 30 frames per a second using your iPad as the steering wheel. While the update is free, you will need some hardware to get this to work. Developers Firemint say you’ll need to…
By Brian Crecente Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Zombie Yakuza Game Is Being Delayed So Long
Zombie parody game Yakuza: of the End was slated for release on March 17. Then, the unthinkable happened; on March 11, an earthquake and an ensuing tsunami laid waste to Japan’s northeast. The game, which depicted a city in ruins (pictured), was one of many delayed out of respect to the victims. Many of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedAir Penguin Is The Hottest iPhone Game Right Now For Good Reasons
A little game called Air Penguin is beating its more widely known avian competition for the top spot in the iTunes paid apps chart these days. Air Penguin’s hotter than Tiny Wings and topping Angry Birds. The Korean-developed penguin game from Gamevil and Enterfly does several things right. • It’s simple. You control an Antarctic…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2011 -
ReviewsJust How Good Is The Razer Onza Tournament Edition? Quite Good.
Some would argue that the Xbox 360 controller is the best controller. Ever. But nothing’s perfect, not even the Xbox 360 controller. There’s gotta be a way to improve it, make it better. Turns out, there is. This is the Razer Onza Tournament Edition, a higher end version of Razer’s Onza Xbox 360 controllers, complete…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Singapore’s Got Its Head In The Clouds. Gaming Clouds.
Singapore’s SingTel kicked off a subscription-based cloud gaming service called ESC, which allows players to play high-powered games over the net via desktops or notebook computers with Pentium 4 chips. It’s also possible to play games via SingTel’s fibre-optic set up for televisions. Games are streamed over the internet in standard def, and there are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Crysis 2’s Concept Art Is A Love Letter To New York City
It’s a shame that you miss it while you’re too busy kicking cars and shooting things in the face, but Crysis 2 is a love letter to the city of New York, something that really shines through in the game’s concept art. These pieces were done by Crytek artists Dennis Chan and Viktor Jonsson, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Game May Look Like Final Fantasy, But It Sure As Hell Isn’t
Okay, so the box art for Pandora’s Tower is way to similar to Final Fantasy’s art. But the upcoming Wii game’s latest trailer is original enough to seem engaging. You know what sells it? Raw monster meat.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Case You Haven’t Already Played It, There’s Now A Minecraft Demo
While Minecraft has long had a “free” mode, that’s restricted you to just running around building stuff. The new demo for the game actually lets you engage in the proper singleplayer “campaign”, albeit with a time limit. Players have 90 minutes to run around building, destroying, mining and killing anything they can get their hands…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Can Now Chat With Your WoW Friends On Your Phone
And no, I don’t mean literally speaking with them. Eww! Reality! I mean chatting with them, as the official World of Warcraft Mobile Guild app now supports a remote chat feature. If you’ve got the app and are away from your computer, it allows you to not only access your guild’s chat room, but have…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil 6 Is Gonna Be “Totally Different”
As if Resident Evil 5, with its alternative controls and albino zombies on motorbikes, wasn’t different enough. Upcoming Resident Evil 6 is going to be even more different. According to Masachika Kawata, currently producer of Resident Evil: Raccoon City, big changes are planned for the inevitable RE6. “The series will see a complete renovation with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
No More Heroes Ready To Move On The PlayStation 3
Action game No More Heroes is coming to the PS3, with Move controls, as No More Heroes: Red Zone Edition. The game is basically No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise, which was an HD port of the first game, but features 5 bosses from No More Heroes 2 as well as ten missions that had originally…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
There Are More Deus Ex Action Figures Than You Could Shake A Robot Fist At
Don’t sweat it, Americans! You may not be getting the fancy Deus Ex Collector’s Edition that includes an action figure, but you’re certainly free to go buying the figure on his own, as he’s part of an entire line being released by Square Enix. Part of the company’s “Play Arts” series of action figures, there…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Trying To Fix Dodgy Indie Ratings
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Indie Games Channel has been hit in recent weeks with some ratings manipulation, which is affecting how games are displayed (and as a result sold) on the service. Here’s what the platform holder is doing about it. “Starting today”, reads a statement issued by Microsoft, “only users with Xbox LIVE Gold subscriptions…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Official, The PSPgo Is Dead
Today Sony Computer Entertainment confirmed yesterday’s rumor that its digital-only portable the PSPgo was going out of production. The Tokyo-based electronics giant told Japanese website AV Watch that new PSPgo units would no longer be manufactured or shipped “in order to concentrate on the NGP”. The remaining PSPgo stock, however, will continued to be sold…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 20, 2011 -
UncategorizedSkullgirls, The All-Girl Fighting Game, Grabs Castlevania‘s Musical Maestro
If you’ve played a Castlevania video game from the past decade, you’ve likely enjoyed the musical stylings of Japanese composer Michiru Yamane. She’s the musician behind Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and dozens of other Konami games. Now she’s scoring indie 2D fighting game Skullgirls, lending it some jazzy flair. Yamane, who can boasts more…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Of Course Portal’s Robots Can Wear Team Fortress 2 Hats
With Portal 2 knocking Team Fortress 2 from the limelight this week, many people are probably wondering what the hell they’re going to do with all those hats they’ve picked up. Well, you can use them in Portal 2. Six of the most iconic Team Fortress 2 hats – and really, hats is what that…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011
