Heavy Water announced the Kickstarter campaign for Axis Game Factory, a toolkit which will allow gamers to create and share their own games. There are products similar to this in terms of giving players models and physics to play with, such as Minecraft and Garry’s Mod, but they are a bit more involved if you are trying to create a game without a lot of game design knowledge. Axis Game Factory wil...
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A study from a research collaboration of faculty from Goldsmiths, University of London and Oxford Brookes University, Oxford has shown that the use of the Wii Fit could help children with movement difficulties. Research indicated that regular use of the Wii Fit had a positive impact on motor skills and social behavior. According to their report, “The research team studied two groups of children wi...
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How much money has Skylanders made? So much money that it’s starting to make the Call of Duty franchise a bit jealous. Try half a billion. “Just a year ago, the concept of bringing toys to life in a virtual world was an untested play pattern that Activision and Toys For Bob believed in. Now the category has been established in the market and embraced by parents and kids everywhere,” said John Coyn...
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The Wii U has moved 890,000 units since its launch, with hardware sales making $300 million in the US. The Wii only made $270 million at this stage in its launch. An important caveat to this information is that the increase in sales is due in part to the increase in hardware price. The deluxe model is about $100 more than the initial Wii price. I feel like I’ve used the word “Wii” too often at thi...
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17-BIT announced that Skulls of the Shogun will be released on January 30th. Additionally, the game will be released on multiple platforms simultaneously, including the Xbox 360, PC, Windows Phone, and Microsoft Surface. I wish this was the standard in the industry for how titles are released. It will be 1200 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360, $14.99 in the Windows Store for the PC/tablet, and $6....
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Team17 Digital Limited announced three DLC packs available for Worms Ultimate Mayhem on Steam. So if you like worms, it appears you have options. The single player DLC pack is free, while the Multiplayer Pack and Customisation Pack are £1.99/$2.99/€2.99. There’s a lot of stuff in these DLC packs, so brace yourselves for a bulleted list: The Worms Ultimate Mayhem Single Player Pack features: 1 new ...
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GameStick, a system which allows people to play Android games on their television using a USB stick and a controller, surpassed its Kickstarter goal today. They raised $100,000 in 30 hours. “We have been inundated with messages of support and suggestions on how to improve GameStick from both the gamers & developers worldwide who backed our project. Being at the pre-production phase, we h...
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When I first heard about the school shootings in Connecticut, I couldn’t believe it. I thought that reporters had jumped to conclusions and were overestimating the number of deaths. As the day went on, the numbers increased, and the names of the victims were released. They were mostly six year old children. That night, I turned on my 360, as I do every night, getting ready to play Black Ops 2 with...
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Remember Me, a new title from Capcom, will allow gamers to play as a memory hunter (think Inception) in 2084 in Neo Paris. I’ve heard of Neo Tokyo, but never Neo Paris. The latest trailer gives players a look at this new version of Paris, and the results are attractive. The protagonist of Remember Me is Nilin, a woman who suffers from amnesia, also known as the most common affliction that plagues ...
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Monster Games partnered with EA Sports to create a new set of headphones targeted towards gamers with the EA SPORTS MVP Carbon by Monster. The headphones allow players to experience the sounds of the game as developers intended, providing an “unprecedented level of immersive sonic gameplay.” I’m sure that for any survival horror gamers out there this headset is a great idea. Getting to hear a bunc...
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