Games
Need For Speed: The Run Races Onto Retail Shelves
The best-selling racing franchise of all time is back — and the stakes have never been higher. Get ready to race for your life in a heart-pounding cross-country race from the Golden Gate to the Empire State as Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Need for Speed™ The Run is now available at retail stores in India [...]
Call Of Duty MW3 Sets New Sales Record
CoD: Modern Warfare three has been the most awaited game for the gamers all round the world. The game was finally released on Tuesday & it is a mega hit as expected. It earned about four hundred million dollar within twenty four hours in USA and Britain alone. This statistics is according to the publisher Activision Blizzard. [...]
Call of Duty MW3 Review
Call of Duty Modern Warfare-3, one of the most expected games of this year, has finally been released and we’ve gained a chance to enjoy this first person shooting game. Firstly we begin with the newer editions to the single player campaign of former version known as Modern Warfare 2. Modern Warfare-3 contains some outstanding cinematic scenes and you are about [...]
The People Behind the Video Games: David Cage
Exhibition coordinator Georgina Goodlander and curator Chris Melissinos conducted interviews with video game designers, developers, writers, and composers for the upcoming exhibition, The Art of Video Games, which opens March 16, 2012 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Clips from the interviews will be featured in the exhibition. In this series, Georgina reveals some of the things [...]
Game4u To Host Mid-Night Launch For “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception”
The biggest remaining PlayStation 3 exclusive of the year “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception” is releasing on 2nd November 2011 and we at Game4u will be hosting the midnight launch for the game at our flagship store at Mega Mall, Oshiwara. Game4u will open its doors in the early hours of Wednesday morning to allow gamers [...]
Top Ten Facebook Games
Facebook has become not only a place for social interaction, but a place for the casual gamer to get there on-line fix. It seems that everyday a new game comes out, either to be beta tested for future mass consumption, or to find a permanent home in the Facebook virtual world. Here are my top [...]
Last Hitting (and denying) in DOTA-like MOBA games
Last hitting in DOTA-like MOBA games is completely against the idea of a competitive player vs player experience. It restricts players by making them spend more time looking at minion health bars than competing against the enemy players. Not to mention the idea of denying, whereby players attack and kill their own minions to deny the enemy from doing it. [...]
Top 5 Games MIA from the EB Expo 2011
This is where we get a little greedy and wish a few of the upcoming titles we are looking forward to made an appearance. We aren’t saying they should have been there for us to play, but certainly these have all got in-game footage that has been seen on the net, so a live demonstration [...]
30 million people play Angry Birds daily
Angry Birds isn’t slowing down. According to its creators, gamers are spending millions of hours per day engaging with the mobile gaming phenomenon, Mashable reports. Andrew Stalbow, Rovio’s GM of North America, says that the various version of Angry Birds have been downloaded 400 million times. 30 million people play the game on a daily basis, [...]
Xbox 360 sales nearly double that of Wii’s, analyst says
September was another strong month for the Xbox 360, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter wrote in a note to investors today. According to Pachter’s estimates, Microsoft sold 360,000 Xbox 360 units in the U.S. last month, easily besting all other hardware competitors. In second place, according to Pachter, was the PlayStation 3 with 260,000 units sold. Nintendo sold 190,000 Wii units [...]
Bring the TV to the Xbox!
Microsoft Corporation just said it on Wednesday that yes! Xbox 360 owners can definitely bring into their Xbox a full length of all their favorite TV programs. But of course majority of these must be paid. Nevertheless, there is nothing so much containing than being able to achieve a good and interesting use of the Xbox especially when you are [...]
FIFA 12 sells 3.2 million in one week
Publisher estimates football simulation’s sell-through as “the most successful launch in EA Sports history,” calls it the biggest launch of 2011 so far. The world’s most popular sport has produced EA Sports’ biggest game launch to date. Electronic Arts today announced that FIFA 12 sold through an estimated 3.2 million copies in the first week [...]
7 Pros of Online Games
This topic can be very controversial for parents. However if taken in moderation and properly monitored, kids can really benefit and learn from online games. Several online games are present for children. For many years, parents have been unhappy with the games that are available for their children. At the same time, many research studies have concluded that online [...]
Atlanta’s 4th Down Decision Vs. Tampa
The Falcons trailed the Buccaneers by 6 with 4:11 left in the 4th. They faced a seemingly impossible 4th and goal from the Tampa 15. Head coach Mike Smith elected for the field goal attempt. Was this the right call? 4th and goals from the 15 might seem impossible, but they’re not. The success rate [...]
Cam Newton: Armed and Dangerous
Cam Newton was a no-brainer as the first quarterback prospect nabbed during the 2011 National Football League draft. Even so, there were many analysts and experts who questioned just how effective the rookie field leader would be during his freshman run. After Week 2 in the NFL, Newton is already turning doubters into believers… and [...]
Making a Video Game RPG
Okay so I’ve got myself a good grasp on RPG Maker VX now, and I’m starting work on a test game before I launch into my World in Conflict game. While I’m doing this I’d like to use this forum to track progress, hash out ideas and take suggestions for the game. Any suggestions you [...]
Gaming a Billion Dollar Industry
More and more consumers are purchasing hand held devices, for either themselves or for their kids. The video game industry therefore has no intention of slowing down on its development and game quality assurance. It is estimated that the gaming industry will reach $68 billion in profit by the year 2012. This is enough evidence that [...]
Baseball brought hope back after 9/11
It is hard to believe that it has been a decade since the most tragic day in American history. The events of that day and the recovery following it have been well documented over the last ten years. The anniversary will always be a time of remembrance but it will also be a time to [...]
Google Teams with ESPN to Add MLB Baseball, NFL Football Scores to Search Results
Looking to quickly find the latest baseball score or follow a football game in real time? Google and ESPN have brought the scoreboard straight to the search results to provide live MLB and NFL scores, or send you to game recaps, box scores, schedules, and more. The new microdata allows users to get results for [...]
A Better Insight for Video Game Design, Programming or Testing
Game design normally starts from an idea that someone has for a new game or maybe a follow up to an existing game that has proven to be very popular. The game is not the work of one person and initially the game designer would discuss with the other team members what direction the design [...]
