The annual Global Game Jam created 86 games this year during its event held in the Netherlands over January 25-27. The 5th annual Global Game Jam this year showcased over 500 professional game developers, students, game enthusiasts, and journalists gathered to create top notch games for our entertainment. The gaming jamboree took place in the town of Breda at the International Game Architecture an...
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Gamers with Personal Computers require a lot of fancy gizmos and gadgets so for those who cannot decide on which type of controller or headset to get; I have a list for that. Starting with the cheaper of the two headsets we have the P33 Genesis Gamepad at £11.99 Features • PC Gamepad • Vibration Feedback • 2 Analogue Mini-Joysticks • ...
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The Halo universe just got a little bigger with the official release of the latest Spartan Ops: Episode Seven available for download via Xbox Live Monday January 11th. A short synopsis was released earlier this month and it reads as follows; Catherine Halsey is on a mission to take matters into her own hands and is about to make a deal with the devil. I do beleive 343 Industries decision to creat...
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With the fall of THQ Inc. Crytek has announced they are buying the rights to the Homefront universe. Goodness has come in the form of Homefront 2. Crytek has had their eye on Homefront way back in 2011, when THQ was doing great and showed no sign of filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Since then however, THQ has fallen on difficult times and Crytek stepped up to secure the rights to the game...
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For those who fancy military battles including swords, horses, and Scottish men, then check out the latest update from War of the Roses. Paradox Interactive released a new update for their online medieval battle game War of the Roses. The armies of Lancaster and York have been in a bout for years and require new weapons and armor to defend themselves. The update includes what Paradox Interactive t...
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Max Payne 3’s new multiplayer pack titled Deathmatch Made in Heaven adds four brand new modes; one of which fans have been waiting for. Dead Men Walking is the much anticipated multiplayer mode that came with the DLC and for those who enjoyed it in Max Payne 2 it is even better in the third installment. This game type is a survival mode that pits players against countless waves of enemies. S...
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We all enjoy new things, especially if they are free, and that just what Aeria Games has done with their highly anticipated Free-to-Play MMORPG Scarlet Blade. Aeria Games has just opened their new website which is full of awesome details of their FTP massively multiplayer online role-playing game Scarlet Blade. Having been on many gamers’ minds since it was announced last October, Aeria Gam...
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The folks over at Waterloo Labs have created the best use of go-karts that I can think of; real-life Mario Kart. Technology has come a long way and I do believe the time has come for us to dress up as famous characters from the Mario universe and launch turtle shells at one and other while driving at high speeds. Hunter Smith and Ben James two engineers based out of Texas, are the engineering geni...
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The new release, NRA: Practice Range has angered a number of people who have set up a partition to remove it from the App Store. NRA: Practice Range is a virtual shooting gallery where players fire at targets by tapping the phone or tablet screen. It offers handguns and rifles for free but upgrading will land you an AK-47 assault rile or an MK-11 sniper rifle. The game itself is tame requiring the...
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Spec Ops: The Line is getting a full on narrative titled FTL: Faster Than Light. The Game Developers Conference hosted in March will feature an entire narrative on shooting and a lecture on teaching students to the audio of gaming. This is all part of the Independent, GDC Education and new Game Narratie Summits hosted at the Moscone Center in San Francisco Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26. ...
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