Doug’s already written about an early rumor that Amazon might be launching its own App Store and tablet device, but now comes signs that the first part of the rumored plan could be true.
Androidnews.de reported that an amazon.com/apps URL was live in the last 24 hours but has since been shut down. Screen caps from the purported …
So, maybe my preview of the upcoming Batman game didn’t do it for you. Maybe you need to see just how massive and expanded the Dark Knight’s next adventure will be. Well, this new trailer shows off the new locomotion elements, upgraded combat and, of course, thugs and villains galore.
In addition to all of that, Arkham City will …
So, Nintendo made a big show of hand-delivering their hotly-anticipated handheld all over Manhattan yesterday. The Time Inc. building–home to Techland HQ–was just one of many stops for the fancy bus and I recorded the event for all you readers to see. (Nintendo 3DS Launching on March 27th for $250)
Witness the pageantry of gaming …
Lots of wartime atrocities happen in Homefront: Mass graves, the brutal immolation of enemies and allies and the slaughter of innocents.
But a real-world atrocity hit publisher THQ’s stock yesterday in the wake of lukewarm reviews for its new first-person shooter. The company’s share price went from $5.94 to $4.69, a drop of more than …
This year saw the second edition of the Penny Arcade Exposition, Eastern Variant, otherwise known as PAX East. In the new Boston Convention Center venue, the 2011 fan festival saw gaming of every stripe celebrated with CCG groups playing Magic: The Gathering in the hallways, giant LAN parties for FPS and fighting game competition and …
War’s a staple setting a huge chunk of the hundreds of big-budget video games that come out every year. Last year’s best-selling games–Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops–both took place in the midst of military actions.
But there’s one thing most war games fail to communicate and that’s the tragedy that results from all the …
You know what Sunday without football is? Just another miserable 24 hours before Monday. With the worrisome breakdown of talks between the NFL owners and players leading to a lockout, football fans must contend with the worst-case scenario: there may be no football this fall.
It’s a grim possibility. Hell, even a lifelong nerd like me …
Beyond Good & Evil won a second chance at life when the uprezzed BG&E HD came out last week. It’s been eight years since the original version came out, back in the heyday of the PS2, Xbox 1.0 and GameCube, and the high-def re-release lets the game find a new crop of fans. But that’s not enough for me.
UPDATE:
Epic’s finally released video of the Samaritan demo in all of its 1080p glory. And would-be programmers, take note: the fancy-pants features seen in the demo here have just gone live in the current Unreal Development Kit update. So, if you’ve got a burly enough gaming rig, you can start trying to craft the games of the future …
When games like Call of Duty: Black Ops and devices like Kinect notch record-setting numbers, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that success comes in many forms in the video game medium. Over at TIME.com, Jacob Templin takes a look at how smaller, artsier games engage players in an art gallery setting but manage to find success on iOS …
Dragon Age 2
Publisher: EA
Developer: BioWare
Systems it’s available on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: Mature
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
It’s time to reveal one of the failings of my geek CV: Fantasy leaves me cold, at least the sort of high fantasy descended from Tolkien. Maybe it was the high school English teacher who …
It’s no big revelation that the successors to the current generations of PlayStation, Wii and Xbox are in development. The graphical and processing functionality of the present-day consoles will max out eventually and no platform holder wants to be the laggard in a tech arms race. Recent rumors offer up some tantalizing hints as to when …
