Details Surface About Upcoming Square-Enix Games
At a recent event in Tokyo, Final Fantasy developer Square-Enix detailed, debuted and screened trailers for several upcoming games. The company doesn’t want you to see those trailers—yet.... read more
Microsoft Reveals Enhanced, Silver Xbox 360 Controller
The folks over at Microsoft recently unveiled a new, silver Xbox 360 controller with a rotating digital pad.... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of January 10th, 2011.... read more
Minecraft Passes One Million Copies Sold
Indie darling Minecraft, in addition to being nominated for both several Independent Games Festival and Developers Choice Awards, has just passed one million copies sold, according to creator Markus “Notch” Persson.... read more
Atari Game Missile Command Getting Movie Adaptation
Legendary Atari game Missile Commander will be adapted into a movie by 20th Century Fox, Variety reports. Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama will write the film, and Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark will produce through Chernin entertainment; Jim Wilson of Atari will executive produce.... read more
PS3 Hackers Sued By Sony
Earlier this week, Sony Computer Entertainment America filed a complaint for injunctive relief, a motion for a temporary restraining order and an order of impoundment against members hacking group fail0verflow (Hector Martin Cantero and Sven Peter), George Hotz, and other anonymous users for working around the PlayStation 3’s security.... read more
Game Developers Choice Awards Announce 2011 Nominees
The 11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards will be held late next month in San Fransisco during the 2011 Game Developers Conference. Among the finalists are Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, and indie darling Minecraft.... read more
Capcom's MaXplosion "Borrows" the Entire Design of Twisted Pixel's 'Splosion Man
This week, game publishing titan Capcom released MaXsplosion, an iOS platformer about a little guy who leaps and bounds through the game's levels by blowing himself up. Except wait a minute, that is the exact same design as indie developer Twisted Pixel's 2009 XBLA game 'Splosion Man. What gives?... read more
The Best Videogame Review Evarr?
Most videogame reviewers spend a lot of time playing through a game, taking notes, pondering their score and trying to articulate the successes and shortcomings of a given game. We hope that we can illustrate our opinions clearly and in a way that will help our readers better understand the title at hand. Anonymous internet reviewers, however, don't always hold themselves to quite as high a standard. Crazed, all-caps rants are the style of choice, with hyperbole and the occasional homophobic slur standing in for reasoned critique. But what user-reviews might lack in grammar, spelling and lucidity, they more than make... read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of January 1st, 2011.... read more
Leaky World Presents a Playable Wikileaks
Scenario
The political and social ramifications of the Wikileaks saga may be a matter of public discourse, but the systemic intricacies of just how the information leaked remains a bit less easy to discuss. And so Molleindustria, an Italian team of artists, designers and programmers that "aims at starting a serious discussion about social and political implications of videogames," have taken it upon themselves to build a playable version of the Wikileaks scenario.... read more
Beyond Good and Evil HD, Torchlight, More Invited to Xbox Live House Party
Beginning in February, Microsoft is continuing its tradition of quality downloadable games with the Xbox Live Arcade House Party promotion. Invited to the party are five games, set to be released once a week, starting Feb. 16 with Konami’s Hard Corps: Uprising, the first Contra game to not bear the Contra name.... read more
LimeWire Wants Subpoenas for Recording Industry Third Parties
LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer-file-sharing service that allows people to freely transfer music, TV shows, videos, etc., is looking for court-ordered subpoenas of third parties that deal with the recording industry.... read more
Kill Screen Magazine's
Top Games of 2010
The videogame arts and culture magazine Kill Screen has released the results of its contributors' poll, titled "High Scores: The Best of 2010." It's a diverse and not entirely uncontroversial selection comprised of two separate lists of 20 games each. The first list includes the "Big Games" of the year and covers full-priced AAA releases. The second list is for "Small games" and covers downloadable and independent games priced under $30. It's a neat approach, and has allowed for two very distinct top-20s.... read more
Independent Games Festival Announces Nominees
The 13th annual Independent Games Festival has announced its awards nominees. Held during the Game Developers Conference late next month in San Fransisco, the IGF honors independent video games for excellence in design, audio, visual art and more.... read more
Michael Jackson Video Game Hits Shelves
Remember when we told you that a Michael Jackson video game was in the works? No, no—the other one.... read more
What Beats a Michael Jackson Video Game?
Nothing! Or at least that’s what SEE Virtual Worlds is hoping, as they’re planning to release Planet Michael, a Michael Jackson-themed 3-D massively multiplayer online game boasting the slogan “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Online Game.” Phew!... read more
Great Gatsby: The Videogame!
Have you tired of jacking cars and mingling with drug lords in Grand Theft Auto? Had your fill of Orc and Troll slaughter in World of Warcraft? Why not try your hand at The Great Gatsby Game?... read more
San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Programming Schedule Released
Hold on to your hats, geeks and geekettes: Recently, the enormous culture phenomenon that is Comic-Con International unveiled the 2010 schedule of programming for its biggest event, San Diego Comic-Con, which goes down July 22-25.... read more
Watch a Videogame Trailer From the Makers of Ponyo and Spirited Away
Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli, co-founded in part by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, is known for creating lush landscapes, enchanting storylines and beautifully quirky characters. The studio gave birth to classics like Oscar-winning Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and, most recently, Ponyo. Ghibli recently partnered with video game developers Level-5 (behind a couple of the Dragon Quest games and Professor Layton) to produce a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS.... read more
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