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(07/30/14 4:00pm)
E-sports are a big deal. How big of a deal? How about $5 million split between a five member team that won the “Dota2” championship tournament known as The International? This is only the beginning as e-sports are primed to get bigger and all genres of competitive gaming would be wise to ride the coattails of games like “Dota2."
(07/24/14 5:30pm)
There was a time when video game console wars were defined by mascots. Nintendo had Mario. Sega had Sonic. The two went head to head for years, until Sony jumped into the game with a bandicoot, an Australian marsupial, named Crash.
(07/15/14 5:21pm)
Bigby Wolf is about as misunderstood as it gets. The guy just wants to do his job to the best of his ability, but he just can’t ever seem to catch a break. His reputation as the Big Bad Wolf always precedes him, rightfully or not. That’s what makes him the best Fable for the job as Sheriff of Fabletown, a haven for fairy tale and folklore characters smack dab in the middle of New York City.
(07/10/14 3:30pm)
Phil Fish, creator of “Fez,” stirred up another social media firestorm after accusing YouTube users of stealing revenue from video game developers via his now deleted Twitter account.
(04/30/14 9:20pm)
Andrew Groen is a freelance writer who is taking on the monumental task of telling “EVE Online’s” 10-year history in one book thanks to an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign. “EVE Online” is a sci-fi massively multiplayer online game that is as well known for its epic space battles as it is for its political intrigue and incredibly deep player-driven economy.
(04/23/14 11:18pm)
What would you do if you were a survivor in a zombie apocalypse? In the next few weeks, you and other players will find out in Sony Online Entertainment's newest free-to-play massively multiplayer online game, "H1Z1.”
(04/23/14 5:00pm)
I kept telling myself, “One more game and then I’ll go to bed,” the first night I played “Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft”. I finally put the iPad away around 2 a.m.
(04/17/14 11:12pm)
Electronic Arts and Visceral Games are stacking the creative deck for the upcoming untitled Star Wars video game. They scored a massive coup landing Amy Hennig, former Naughty Dog creative director for the “Uncharted” series. A little over a week later, actor and writer, Todd Stashwick, was announced as Hennig’s co-writer for the Star Wars game.
(04/17/14 1:00pm)
Amir Hekmati, an Arizona-born, Iranian-American, former U.S. Marine and employee of Kuma Gameshad his death sentence overturned by an Iranian higher court in favor of a 10-year prison sentence for spying in Iran.
(04/09/14 7:00pm)
Amazon has finally planted its own flag in the video game console industry with the release of the $99 Amazon Fire TV. This isn’t just another affordable streaming device like the Apple TV or Roku. Amazon is going all in to compete with Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony for gaming console market share with its Android-based gaming device.
(04/08/14 10:28pm)
(04/04/14 2:00pm)
Sony and the PlayStation brand looks like it’s in great shape from the outside looking in. The PlayStation 4 is officially a smash hit. It’s sold out everywhere, and Sony doesn’t expect to meet the consumer demand for the next-generation console until the summer.
(04/03/14 1:43am)
4/5 Pitchforks
(03/25/14 10:34pm)
At 127,820, my gamerscore is but a fraction of the 1 million that Ray Cox IV, also known as Stallion83 on Xbox Live, dedicated over eight years to working on close to full time.
(03/25/14 8:19pm)
There was a time when the only way to watch someone play a video game was to be in the same location with them. The two-year-old live streaming service, Twitch, gives gamers a way to share their gameplay experiences with millions of viewers across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and even mobile devices.
(03/18/14 12:49am)
Outerspace expands infinitely in every direction. Countless stars twinkle all around you like fireflies on a warm summer evening. You crane your head to the left then right, up and down, letting the vast universe wash over you. Suddenly, your ship’s heads-up display flares to life with a cacophony of alarms warning of incoming enemy fighters. You look all around as the ships buzz in circles, your own ship’s weapons systems targeting based on your head movements. You spring into action by taking the controls and engage
in a space dogfight. If you have nerves like mine, it only takes a second for motion sickness to set in and to become completely disoriented. I would make a terrible space fighter pilot.
What I described is video game developer, CCP’s, tech demo turned full-fledged video game, “EVE: Valkyrie,” coming soon with the Oculus Rift VR headset. Oculus VR has been turning heads, figuratively and literally, since 2012 with its bold ambition to create a marketable video game VR headset. It first revealed a standard-definition version of the headset in June 2012. Shortly after that, it began a crowdfund campaign via Kickstarter to secure more funding and have since shown off a full high-definition version of their VR headset. It is expected that the Oculus Rift will release around the summer of 2014.
Sony is set to reveal a virtual reality headset add-on device for the PlayStation 4, most likely at the Games Developer Conference this week between March 17 and 21. Alongside Oculus VR, Sony is hoping to bring virtual reality at a relatively affordable price to the market. Rumors are the Oculus Rift could release for a seemingly unheard of $499.
(03/17/14 11:48pm)
Hideo Kojima has earned himself plenty of credibility for his video game contributions. He is the architect responsible for Metal Gear,
one of the most widely known video game franchises in the history of video games. But how much credit do gamers extend Kojima and Metal Gear publisher Konami? Is it enough for gamers to sign off on publishers releasing demos with a premium price tag? “Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes” is about to test that theory.
Ground Zeroes is being billed as a prologue to the upcoming “Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.” It is a $30 game that was actually recently reduced from $40 on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. While any new Metal Gear release would normally be cause for celebration, this one stinks of greed as Konami clearly wishes to capitalize on giving gamers a taste of Metal Gear before the entrée is ready. The primary storyline in Ground Zeroes is rumored to last a scant two hours. Side missions and extra content supposedly push the time investment to somewhere around 10 hours.
(03/06/14 1:00pm)
Prepare to pay to play your massively multiplayer online games. “The Elder Scrolls Online,” “Final Fantasy XIV” and “WildStar” are all on track for a 2014 release and will employ a monthly subscription model.
(02/27/14 1:00pm)
Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts are primed to take on the crowded first-person shooter market in March when "Titanfall" releases for PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. There is a lot riding on the success of "Titanfall." Electronic Arts finally gets a legitimate Call of Duty competitor and Respawn founders, Jason West and Vince Zampella, get to show there’s life after their messy divorce from Activision and Infinity Ward.
(02/25/14 3:04am)
There was a time when Square Enix was the foremost role-playing game developer in video games and arguably the greatest Japan-based developer of all time. How the mighty have fallen.