Easily the most anticipated release this year, Portal 2 follows publisher Valve’s physics-puzzler Portal, the 2007 game that instantly leapt onto Game of the Year lists and into the Best Games Ever pantheon. You played as Chell, a hapless human female made to test a teleportation gun in the Aperture Science research facility, hounded by …
As the success of games like Limbo, Minecraft and Super Meat Boy attest, nothing else in video gaming has grown as much as the digital download space. It’s now possible to create and disseminate without having to go through a brick-and-mortar front, a feat that wouldn’t have been possible even three years ago.
At the same time, that …
Have you seen what Valve’s done with the Steam version of Portal 2? You may have heard something about early downloading for those who pre-ordered this hotly-anticipated sequel over Valve’s Steam network, and how an intricate ARG (alternate reality game) in the run-up to release led players on a merry chase. There was a countdown clock …
So far, 2011 looks like a year without Halo. (Yes, we know about those Combat Evolved rumors…) What that means is that Gears of War 3 will be the big tentpole title for the Xbox faithful this fall. Epic Games will be rolling an appetizer of what to expect when the multiplayer beta launches in two weeks, but this week the dev studio …
You’d think game developers would have rejoiced after Amazon launched their Appstore a few weeks ago–an Appstore putatively offering access to the Internet mega-retailer’s vast infrastructure, a devoted user base, and another distribution pipeline for those frustrated with the Android Market.
And while all that’s there, it seems like …
I became a dad a few months ago and remember clearly how nerve-racking the birth of my child was. And even once the (thankfully healthy) kid got here, you spend a lot of time operating in the dark about what might be happening if something goes wrong. As great as doctors and nurses are, they’re parsing innumerable variables when it comes …
Look, there’s no denying that the Wii’s been a juggernaut in the home video game market, dominating market share almost as soon it came out. But Nintendo launched the motion-control console more than four years ago, and it’s safe to assume that priving for the console will change as the device gets longer in the tooth.
So it comes as …
Retro gaming download site Good Old Games specializes in titles from the bygone days of computer gaming, including classics like Planescape: Torment. The games they offer harken back to a time before onerous and even malicious DRM (digital rights management) measures were implemented on PC games to try and prevent piracy.
But GOG PR …
Remember how there was much weeping, gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over the demise of Guitar Hero? Hell, there was even a great YouTube clip to the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie”, which Twitter user @TheSchroeder says was inspired by the headline of my GH obituary (The Day the Music Died: Activision Kills “Guitar Hero” …
The lawsuit that called down the wrath of Internet bogeymen Anonymous will go no further, as Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today that they’d reached a settlement with hacker George Hotz.
(More on TIME.com: Playstation vs. Anonymous: Rogue Hacker Collective Targets Sony’s Networks, Execs)
Hotz’s hacking unlocked the …
Even Mario’s vaunted jumping abilities may not be enough to help with Nintendo’s surprising stock market woes. Two weeks after the launch of their new 3DS system, Nintendo’s stock price dropped steeply on Friday to a one-year low of $30.10 per share. The previous low was $31.20 last September. As of this morning, the price was hovering …
You’d be hard-pressed to find a gamer who couldn’t hum a few bars of the theme music for Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda. (It’s in your head right now, isn’t it?) But, one uniquely talented man uses the game’s sounds–and nothing else–to navigate through fan-favorite Zelda title The Ocarina of Time. But, since he’s blind, Terry …
