A recent trend among game developers has been to revive the classic game series of the NES, SNES, or Genesis. Sometimes they are updated with HD graphics, and other times they are restored in all their 8 or 16 bit glory. While about a year ago these were relatively new, there are a bunch currently in development. I am sure [...]

Blizzard announced today that their MMO, codenamed “Titan,” will be delayed until 2016. Not much is known about the project, which was discovered by the press in 2007 and confirmed by Blizzard in 201o.

I know what some of you are thinking? I just want to play video games; why would I want to watch a show about them? Well, if you are like me, I  LOVE video games. I love them. I have been playing them since I was a child and I can’t get enough of them…but sadly, I don’t really have [...]

Reiterating its statement from September 2012, Ubisoft said on its official Twitter account that Ghost Recon Online for the Wii U is “currently on hold.” The company is instead focusing on developing the PC version of the game. This news might seem like a further blow to the Wii U, which is struggling with poor sales and EA‘s recent announcement. [...]

Arenanet has announced that they are halting all active development on Guild Wars 1, their eight-year-old MMO, in order to focus on Guild Wars 2. Now all development on Guild Wars 1 will be handed to an automated process, which will focus on bug and performance issues. According to Arenanet’s official post on the matter, “the Live Team will still [...]

Ah the video game inspired movie…let’s face it, video game movies have not really inspired much confidence in us over the years. From the utterly forgetful (Wing Commander, Hitman), to just bad (Double Dragon, Tomb Raider), to the just plain insane (Street Fighter and, of course, Super Mario Bros.), the translation from video game to movie has always just been turbulent to say the least, and it isn’t [...]

Formerly of Epic Games, Kendall Boyd has moved on to become the Chief Marketer of the Halo franchise. Boyd served as Director of Marketing for the Gears of War franchise in 2010. To get an idea of how he got his position, let’s analyze his resume. During his tenure at Epic, Boyd not only oversaw the marketing of Unreal Engine: key games [...]

Mirror’s Edge, Tomb Raider and Overlord scribe Rhianna Pratchett stated in an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun: “… it isn’t necessarily male attitudes which keeping women out of games development or cause them to burnout. Instead, it’s a combination of: a poor work-life balancing conditions, a lack of awareness of the opportunities out there and dwindling creative diversity. And these [...]

Imagine zipping around the galaxy in your spaceship, going from enemy pirate ship to pirate ship, leaving a graveyard of enemies behind you. You race forward across the map, gracefully dodging enemy crossfire as you move towards their outpost. You begin to damage it; slow going due to its strong shields, but you eventually chip away at its defenses. Then, [...]

With Super Stickman Golf 2, Noodlecake Games has improved their formula for a great mobile gaming experience. The entire package provides numerous hours of replay value with 20 courses, tons of unlockables, and creative multiplayer modes, playable over both WiFi and Bluetooth. If you really allow yourself to become immersed in the challenges, this game can quickly evolve into an addiction. The [...]