gaming
What’s Apple’s Game Plan?
Last year, Apple began marketing its iPod touch as the “funnest iPod ever,” a nod to the significant popularity of the game applications available on the iPhone/iPod touch App Store. Games designed by third-party developers have been big sellers for the platform, and now Apple itself looks like it wants in on more of the fun — it’s advertising for an in-house game developer.
Game Makers Go for Shock Value With Simulated Terrorist Scenario
Footage leaked from “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack. The game, which has an “M” rating for mature audiences, comes out next month in what its publisher hopes may be the most lucrative launch in the history of entertainment.
PC Gamers: A Dying Breed?
Gamers are often devided into two categories: those who play on consoles and those who play on PCs. A console gamer will drop few hundred dollars for Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox 360, or Nintendo’s Wii, but a PC gamer who wants to purchase a desktop or laptop optimized for gaming could pay thousands just for the machine.
Imagination Plays Starring Role in DS ‘Scribblenauts’
Apple has turned the iPhone into a popular device for video games. Sony is about to introduce the PSP Go, a slick new version of its handheld PlayStation Portable.
However, both companies are still playing catch-up with Nintendo, which has dominated the portable game market for decades. The secret: a steady supply of terrific games.
PAX ‘09: For the Gamers, By the Gamers
The Electronic Entertainment Expo focuses on the gaming industry and its media, and the Game Developers Conference revolves around … well, developers. However, the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle is all about those who, in the words of one PAX official, “pay the salaries.” Gamers really do rule at PAX.
Monopoly City Streets Mashup Struggles to Pass Go
Yes, there’s a slump in the real estate market. Tell that to the players who tried to log on Wednesday to a new online version of the classic Monopoly game that substitutes Google Maps for the board; gamers can “buy” real streets in cities around the world and build skyscrapers a la Donald Trump.
The iPhone’s Gaming Growing Pains
Consider the juice inside a hot new portable gaming device: It has a speedy processor, a powerful graphics chip, plenty of memory and wireless capabilities for instant downloads. You can play the latest blood-soaked first-person shooters like “Resident Evil,” dizzying platformers like “Assassin’s Creed” and some killer racing games that don’t even require punching combinations of buttons and triggers.
‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Is Crazy Good
The video game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: all rendered lifeless by forces more focused on making a buck than on delivering thrills. So, calling “Batman: Arkham Asylum” one of the best superhero games ever is kind of a backhanded compliment.
Thinner PS3 Comes With Slimmed-Down Price Tag
The prospect of a cheaper PlayStation 3 has been churning its way through the gaming world’s rumor mill all summer long, and now it’s reality. The big question for industry analysts and gaming enthusiasts: Is it too little, too late for Sony? The blogosphere buzz ratcheted into high gear Tuesday with reports of promotional materials appearing on Web sites for Kmart and Sears.
Thinner PS3 Comes With Slimmed-Down Price Tag
The prospect of a cheaper PlayStation 3 has been churning its way through the gaming world’s rumor mill all summer long, and now it’s reality. The big question for industry analysts and gaming enthusiasts: Is it too little, too late for Sony? The blogosphere buzz ratcheted into high gear Tuesday with reports of promotional materials appearing on Web sites for Kmart and Sears.
World Of Warcraft Video Game Compared To Cocaine
A Swedish youth organization said the computer game World of Warcraft is dangerously addicting.
The Youth Care Foundation describes the online fantasy game as “the cocaine of the computer games world,” The Local reported Thursday.
“There is not a single case of game addiction that we have worked with in which World of Warcraft has not played [...]
