April 18, 2012
If you are unsure if the extra features that come with an Xbox Live Gold account are for you, April 19th through the 23rd is the time to find out. On these dates, all the entertainment apps that are normally restricted to Gold account holders will be available to anyone with an Xbox 360 and [...]
April 18, 2012
Draw Something is the current darling of the mobile games industry, having achieved huge popularity around the world in a short space of time. In fact, it’s been crowned the fastest-growing mobile game of all time thanks to 50 million downloads in its first 50 days of being available. Zynga saw so much potential there it bought the company behind the game just to get its hands on this one title.
April 17, 2012
I usually do not use this space to talk about one specific game. I try to keep things broad, with round-ups and opinion pieces on various important matters in the video game world. Sometimes I rant about why digital distribution might suck. Other times I go on and on about my favorite first person shooters of all time. Today, I am throwing that out the window in favor of telling you why you need to play Saints Row: The Third.
April 16, 2012
In part one we saw how to create your own text-based game, platformer, or first person shooter in the blink of an eye, often with mere drag-and-drop procedures. Those tools already allowed you to tell your own interactive story, but your influence on gameplay mechanics remained limited. This week features tools of intermediate complexity.
April 14, 2012
Malware has infected Google Android devices after users downloaded rogue versions of Angry Birds Space, mostly found in unofficial Android app stores. The malware is taking advantage of the popularity of the new version of the wildly successful Angry Birds game. The official “Angry Birds Space” in the Google Play Store (previously known as the [...]
April 12, 2012
Max Payne, the moody shooter that spawned a franchise which will soon see its third rendition arrive on major consoles and the PC, is now available on iOS devices. Android owners will have to wait until April 26th to enjoy some bullet-time action. The game is not a version of the latest incarnation (Max Payne [...]
April 10, 2012
Last week we looked at why we should not hate the inevitable future where all video games are distributed digitally. There are some compelling reasons to put your ball in digital distribution’s court, but there are some reasons you should consider hating digital distribution as well. There are two sides of every issue so there are reasons why I am standoffish towards the whole thing.
April 9, 2012
There’s only so much gaming glee you can take, before you start wondering about creating your own game. To answer your first question: yes, making your own game is very doable. In this first installment, we will take a look at a number of quick and easy ways to create a customized game. There will be no or minimal programming required.
April 7, 2012
Microsoft Flight is the latest generation in the excellent Flight Simulator family by Microsoft, and it is already free to play. But now, it is also free on Steam, at least in some countries. However, Steam has not stated which regions the game is currently available for, and it is definitely available for the US. [...]
April 6, 2012
One of the most undervalued genres on the iPhone is the dual joystick shooter. Twin stick shooters are a genre that has been around for as long as video game consoles have had two joysticks, but they were really popularized by the release of Geometry Wars on the Xbox 360. Since then, lots of developers have tried to get a piece of the dual joystick pie on every platform.
