Hero Academy: A free iOS strategy game for the time-constrained
If you crossed the asynchronous multiplayer component of a game like Words With Friends with a simple but engaging turn-based strategy game, what you'd end up with would look a whole lot like Hero Academy....
Activision CEO: Star Wars: The Old Republic may not make EA any money
Star Wars: The Old Republic will soon become the latest in a long line of online games attempting to tackle the behemoth that is World of Warcraft, but Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick doesn't seem too worried. In fact,...
Better to watch than to play: Jurassic Park: The Game
You might go into Jurassic Park: The Game thinking it's a basic adventure game, something more like the rest of developer Telltale's line-up. You'd be wrong. It's much less. The quintessential example of an interactive...
When an electric superhero goes vampire: Infamous: Festival of Blood for PS3
We're used to television shows that have one-off, holiday-inspired specials. Infamous: Festival of Blood applies this same concept to games. It's a somewhat goofy, somewhat dark $10 standalone tale that imagines what would ...
Drakes on a plane: hands-on with Uncharted 3 single player
Nathan Drake, protagonist of the Uncharted series, tends to have bad luck with moving vehicles. One of the more memorable sequences from Uncharted 2 involved Drake climbing up a train hanging over the edge of...
Glasses, visors, and nose pain: eyes-on with upcoming Sony 3D tech
Sony wants you to play games and watch movies in 3D, but regular 3D TVs are just so yesterday. In an attempt to help bolster the burgeoning technology, Sony will soon be offering a number of alternatives. We had...
From Doom to RAGE: 20 years of id development
Both Tim Willits and Matt Hooper got their start in game design as fans, creating maps for id Software games like Doom and Quake. Now, as the studio celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, both are working...
New Indievania game portal lets you buy direct from creators, takes no cut
Game developers setting up their own distribution channels isn't a new phenomenon, with Valve's Steam service being the most prominent example. But even though the developers at Alientrap Games—the team behind Capsize...
Nintendo presser: 3DS analog add-on, and possible 100 hour Zelda
One day ahead of the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo held a press conference where it revealed new details about the 3DS, including new features, new games, and a $20 peripheral that adds a second analog nub. Oh,...
Rock Band dev releases $2 iOS musical meme generator, VidRhythm
The latest release from Harmonix—the developer behind music games like Rock Band and Dance Central—is musical, but it isn't a game. VidRhythm is more of a goofy toy you can play around with on your phone. It lets you...
343 Industries creative director forms indie studio, not "creatively excited" about Halo 4
Ryan Payton was formerly an assistant producer at Kojima Productions where he worked on Metal Gear Solid 4, and he followed that up by becoming a creative director at Microsoft's 343 Industries, where he worked on the Halo franch......
