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A Note To Readers About a Story We Have Not Yet Covered
For the past week, there has been intensifying interest in the ethics of games journalism. This was prompted by a screencap that made the rounds featuring GTTV host Geoff Keighley giving interviews while flanked by Pepsi and Mountain Dew as well as by a column on Eurogamer by comedian and critic Robert Florence that critiqued…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2012 -
Deadspin.com Updates: Greg Merson Is WSOP Main Event Champion After 12-Hour Marathon Session
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2012 -
You Can Start Tapping Curiosity’s Cube On November 7
Curiosity will launch early in the morning on November 7, developer Peter Molyneux announced on Twitter today. “Curiosity will be out on 7th November 2012 at 00:22PST 08:22UST,” Molyneux wrote. “The development has been a fascinating ride,release will be 10x fascinating.” Curiosity is the first experiment from Molyneux’s new studio, 22 Cans. The iOS app…
By Kate Cox Published October 31, 2012 -
This Week’s Android Charts: GTA Triumphant
Would you look at that, good old Grand Theft Auto III topping off the paid Android games chart this week. It makes an old dog proud, which is weird as I am pretty sure only humans worked on the game (Rockstar Games management doesn’t count). Thanks to our temporary new format, this week’s top tens…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2012 -
Collect a Bazillion Guns on the iPad in Borderlands Legends
Borderlands Legends, the iOS spin-off to Gearbox’s popular shooter, is now on the iTunes store for you to buy, if you’re an Apple person. Annoyingly, it’s not universal, so you’ll have to decide whether you want the $5 iPhone version or the $7 iPad version. Check the links for compatibility, but both work with recent…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2012 -
Apparently Nobody Is Paying for This Great Game
Punch Quest has been downloaded over a half a million times. But RocketCat Games, the indie developers who made it, tells Pocket Gamer that “almost none” of the gamers who downloaded the free-to-play iOS app have coughed up cash. “Free games can usually expect one per cent of people to buy anything,” Punch Quest designer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2012 -
Check out this awesome piece of art created by DeviantArt’s Jay Phenrix
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2012 -
There Was Only One Way to Respond to the N-Word in Letterpress
I couldn’t find the words to respond to the appearance of that most unacceptable of racial slurs in a random game of Letterpress on my iPhone this weekend. Luckily I found the right letters. Letterpress is an iOS word game in which friends or total strangers can take turns using a set amount of letters…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2012 -
NSFW: EA Wanted His Game to be More “Mature”, Dev Responded With… Penis Monster
According to studio head American McGee, during development of 2011’s Alice: Madness Returns, publisher Electronic Arts were pushing hard for the already-dark game to be made more “mature”. “They wanted more violence, more gore, more sex, more horror and more offensive ‘stuff’-I think they had in mind a sort of Dante’s + Alice thing”, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2012 -
FarmVille 2 Goes Dark for Halloween
Haven’t stopped by your FarmVille 2 farm in awhile? Log in today through tomorrow to see what it looks like in the dark. And then get spammed by Halloween quest messages for hours! I’ve been slacking off on FarmVille 2 lately, what with so many nifty new Facebook games coming out that don’t involve poking…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2012 -
EA Thought Medal of Honor: Warfighter Was “Better”
That’s EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau, speaking earlier today during Electronic Arts’ latest earnings presentation. Now, I’m not here to kick a game while it’s down. Whether you like Warfighter or not is up to you. But what I find interesting is the complete disconnect EA has seen-or is at least saying they saw-between its…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2012 -
Make Steam Look Prettier on Windows 8
So, Windows 8 is out! I’ve got something substantial written up on the new OS for gamers that’ll go live when they drag our servers out from the depths of the ocean, but in the meantime, if you’ve already got Windows 8 and are struggling to make any practical use of the Start screen, try…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2012 -
If you’re making a gaming pumpkin for Halloween, you may as well go all out and make it interactive.
Kotaku Published October 30, 2012 -
How Valve Fires Somebody
You hear a lot about how great it is to work at Valve, about the studio’s collaborative culture, but remember, not everyone is a perfect fit. Sometimes, somebody’s got to get their marching orders. And the way it’s done is as interesting as the way they’re brought on board. While many developers are sadly told…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2012 -
Let’s look back on an iconic scene from the original Star Wars, as we look ahead to the new management.
By Owen Good Published October 30, 2012
