Giant robots might be one of the most recognizable icons of nerd culture. Comic books, movies, books, and especially video games all use giant robots in ways to make our media fascinating. One of the more recognizable game franchises that use giant robots is – no surprise – the MechWarrior Real Time Strategy series. Players guide a squad of Mechs (giant robots with bi...
Read More »Angry Birds, everybody’s favorite app-based game, is now available for consoles with Angry Birds Trilogy. Now you can play your favorite smartphone game on your console, and pay between $30-$40 for that privilege. I have Angry Birds on my iPad. You know why I have it? Because it was free. That’s it. And the industry wonders why consoles might be heading in the same direction as arcades...
Read More »A Kickstarter project called Brainworth, is an online educational video game that will focus teaching the skills required to make web-games in HTML5. The Brainworth team claim the finished product will teach the equivalent of what a 13 week university course would, and will equip you to confidently build the equivalent quality of a great indie game. “We’ve made online education into a ...
Read More »Atlus have announced that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is now available to buy and play worldwide for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and for PC via Stream. In The Testament of Sherlock Holmes gamers will play as protagonist Sherlock Holmes. Holmes faces scrutiny by Scotland Yard and is faces doubt from John Watson. His recent triumph in a case involving a case of missing pricele...
Read More »Major League Gaming (MLG) has unveiled their new fall broadcast line-up that will air on www.majorleaguegaming.com beginning this week. A calendar of all programs & show descriptions can be seen here. Per MLG, shows will air regularly at 7pm ET & showcase the best in competitive gaming as follows: MOBA (Wednesdays at 7pm ET) – Free to Watch Wednesday nights at MLG will feature t...
Read More »Strategic War in Europe has updated to version 1.04 to improve gameplay and fix bugs. That’s good. I’m glad people haven’t gotten into the habit of increasing the number on their product without making any actual changes in a dishonest attempt to get money, but that’s probably because Apple has a patent on that business model. I believe they call it “iBusiness,”...
Read More »Today Codemasters release the last developer diary video featuring two brand new game modes featured in F1 2012, Season Challenge and Champions mode. F1 2012 was recently released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game and entertainment system; and for Windows PC. The new developed diary will also dive deeper in the five year career mode and Multiplayer choices. The video diary is cu...
Read More »Nintendo has big things in store for Wii U purchasers come release day. 23 big things to be precise, with their announcement of the 23 titles that will be available when the Wii U launches. These include Nintendo-published games like Nintendo Land™, New Super Mario Bros.™ U, SiNG PARTY™ and NINJA GAIDEN™ 3: Razor's Edge, as well as third-party powerhouses like ZombiU&t...
Read More »THQ have announced that two downloadable content DLC packs have been made available for the recently released Darksiders II. The Argul’s Tomb DLC and the Death Rides pack are available to download now. The DLC can be obtained via Xbox LIVE, PlayStation Network and Windows PC. The Argul’s Tomb DLC is a new gameplay zone that includes two challenging dungeons, new enemies to fight and de...
Read More »If you're looking to step into the fray of X-Com:Enemy Unknown early and own a PC, look no further. On the 24th September, 2K Games announced that a free, playable demo of X-Com:Enemy Unknown will be available to all Steam users. The short demo for X-Com:Enemy Unknown will guide players through the first two tutorial levels of the campaign. Throughout they will learn the ba...
Read More »