Minecraft Creator Notch To Receive Pioneer Award At GDC 2016
This year at the Game Developers Choice Awards Marcus “Notch” Persson will be receiving the Pioneer Award for 2016. The Pioneer Award is given tho individuals who help develop breakthrough technologies and game design that set a new standard for the industry. If you’re not aware of Notch’s multi billion dollar success story Minecraft then […]
Circle Entertainment Bringing Toy Defense to 3DS on February 25th
Circle Entertainment’s latest game is headed to the Nintendo 3DS eShop next week. Originally developed by Melesta Games and released for mobile platforms, Circle first announced the port of Toy Defense last month. The game is now listed on Nintendo.com and will be released in the 3DS eShop on February 25th. Toy Defense is a […]
Layoffs Rock Activision’s Guitar Hero & Skylanders Franchises
Yesterday was no party for the folks who work hard on Activision’s long running Guitar Hero and Skylanders franchises. As first reported by game informer via an anonymous source, it appears that the layoffs have specifically affected the development staff based in Minneapolis Minnesota. The first entry in the Guitar Hero franchise in a number […]
Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard Comes to 3DS on Thursday
Prepare to jam out on your Nintendo 3DS. Abylight is bringing a virtual keyboard to the 3DS eShop, with Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard launching this Thursday. The app will allow you to share your musical creations to Miiverse in the form of a QR code, which others can then scan to hear the song right in […]
The 12th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards nominees announced
The 12 annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) nominees have been announced. Gamers and nominees’ fans are now invited to vote for their favorite game to determine the People Choice’s Award at www.imgawards.com . Winners will be revealed at the annual IMGA ceremony held in San Francisco on March 15, 2016 at the 111 Minna Gallery. The 12th annual […]
Street Fighter V | Review
Review by special guest editor: Robyn Robo Almost exactly 7 years since Street Fighter IV came out for PS3, Xbox and Windows, Street Fighter V has released. With support for only two platforms at launch, PS4 and Windows, this is a more limited release. SteamOS support is coming “this spring” apparently. Sorry Xbox gamers, I don’t […]
Ninja Pizza Girl Headed to Wii U eShop
Ninja Pizza Girl, another Kickstarter success story, is headed to the Wii U eShop. The game hit its funding goal in 2014 and has been released on Steam already, but the game has now popped up on Nintendo.com. While the game is currently listed as TBA, this does signal that the game may be headed […]
Did An Accidental Slip up Out Skate 4 For PS4 & Xbox One?
According to a now delisted item on Australian retailer JB Hi-Fi Electronic Arts could be poised to release the first current generation entry in their long-running Skate franchise – Skate 4- as soon as this August. Alongside the supposed release date of August 23rd 2016 the website entry also featured cover-art for the game that […]
AMD Reveals Which CPUs They Recommend For Use With Oculus Rift
Owners of AMD hardware have been kept in the dark in terms of detailed specs for the upcoming Oculus Rift headset. Officially Oculus recommends that potential owners have a “Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater” but that does very little except give the reader the exact processor that they might need if they were gaming on […]
Beta Report: Hitman on PlayStation 4
Square Enix’s closed beta for their upcoming next generation Hitman title went live over the weekend and I got the chance to play around with the game on PlayStation 4 over the last couple of nights. Fans are calling 2016’s version of Agent 47 a return to form combined with some worries that IO Interactive’s […]
VBlank Shows off Shakedown Hawaii for Nintendo 3DS
VBlank Entertainment released a gameplay trailer for their upcoming title Shakedown Hawaii today. The game is the follow up to Retro City Rampage. Not much is known about the game at this point, but it will also be released for the PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and Steam. Check out the trailer below, as well as […]
Doom’s Single-Player Campaign Is 13 Hours Long
The developers of the Doom reboot have confirmed on twitter the campaign will be a hefty thirteen hours long. If you were worried about the game being a five hour romp largely focused on the multiplayer, as many shooters are these days, you can rest easy. Personally, I much prefer quality to quantity. I don’t […]
Square Enix Celebrates One Year of their Online Store with a Huge Sale!
SALE! That’s the buzz word that everyone likes to hear. And for those of us who miss the launch of a game for one reason or another, that magic word can be the difference between missing out on a game or taking the plunge late. Better late than never! Square Enix is celebrating one year […]
Crash Bandicoot Reboot Possibly Leaked by NECA Toys Director
Randy Falk, director of NECA Toys, may have inadvertently let slip details about a revival of the Crash Bandicoot franchise. This is not too long after Sony teased a return of the old franchise on their Middle Eastern account. Speaking to youtuber PixelDan, Falk said: “We’ve got back in with Sony. And looking at some […]
Cube Life: Island Survival for Wii U Update Coming in March
Cypronia announced Friday that the second update to its hit Wii U Nintendo eShop game, Cube Life: Island Survival, will be released worldwide in March 2016. The game was originally released for the Wii U last June. The new update (v1.2) will let you share custom maps (like Super Mario Maker). With the update there […]