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Why don’t more game developers see royalties from their work?

Kyle Orland — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:45 +0000

When people talk about the importance of actually spending money on games, rather than resorting to a used purchase or piracy, the importance of "supporting the developers" is never far from the argument. Yet for a lot of cla...

Game publishers. Huh? Good god, y’all, what are they good for?

Kyle Orland — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:20:00 +0000

If you ask people what a game developer does, most of them would give a simple answer—they make games. But if you ask someone what a game publisher does, most casual observers would have a much harder time giving you ...

Mass Effect 3 getting an iOS game

Mike Schramm — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Mass Effect 2 got its own iOS game when it was released on the traditional consoles a few years ago, and since Mass Effect 3 is due out in another month or so here, you probably won't be surprised to hear that EA is again planning another iOS game ti...

Minecraft developer makes "serious" offer to fund Psychonauts sequel

Kyle Orland — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:52:00 +0000

In the annals of video gaming, 2005's mind-bending platformer Psychonauts is right up there with Earthbound and Beyond Good and Evil in the ranks of games that have a devoted cadre of fans eagerly demanding sequels. Now, th...

DRM server transition to make some Ubisoft games unplayable starting tomorrow

Kyle Orland — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:22:00 +0000

While DRM schemes are designed to make sure only legitimate purchasers can play a game, the opposite will be true starting tomorrow for some Ubisoft titles. That's when a planned server migration will temporarily disable the DRM...

Weekend Time Waster: Solitaire Blitz brings excitement to lonely card clicking

Kyle Orland — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Digital forms of Solitaire have been included with Windows since it reached version 3.0, and they may well represent the most widely played video game series this side of Angry Birds, enjoyed by bored cubicle workers a...

Week in Gaming: Misleading game trailers, Online Passes and cat MMOs

Kyle Orland — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

This week, an animated trailer for an imaginary Zelda game got us wondering why exactly games often can't live up to the thrilling scenes we're shown in pre-release videos. We also looked at the slow redefinition of what an Onlin...

Fun Game: An Unexpected Guest Decides to Hang Out With You…Against Your Will!

Cate Defrise — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:56:00 +0000

Every week Mac Games and More features a fun, casual game you can play over the weekend. This week’s selection has you getting out into the countryside for some peace and quiet but that’s the last thing you find once you arrive… Download it now Otherworld – Spring of Shadows (hidden objects) – When you [...]

Atari team rejoins to make mobile titles

Mike Schramm — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Seamus Blackley is one of the co-creators of Microsoft's original Xbox console, and he put together a really interesting team of old-school Atari game developers recently to make mobile games. Blackley's new company is called Innovative Leisure, and ...

The Best iPhone Train Game Just Got Better

Eli Milchman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:38:44 +0000

A few months ago, Days of Wonder released the $2 iPhone version of their overwhelmingly popular, award-winning board game, Ticket to Ride. Ticket to Ride Pocket amazed everyone by including all the elements of the iPad version in a smaller, tighter, but just as engrossing package — only with one huge hole: While you could [...]

Boom to bust: THQ’s "revolutionary" uDraw now filling warehouse shelves

Kyle Orland — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:55:00 +0000

Back in the long-ago days of the 2010 holiday season, it looked like THQ had a hit on its hands with its out-of-left-field uDraw Game Tablet, a slate-like controller that used a stylus to let players draw on the TV. The com...

Bloody *@#%$ Wingsticks! Cutting Edge Shooter Rage:Campaign Edition Hits the Mac App Store

Eli Milchman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:20:08 +0000

If today’s release of Id’s mind-blowing, Wasteland-themed Rage: Campaign Edition first-person shooter on the Mac App Store is any indication, the days of your mouth-breathing PC friends making fun of you because “you can’t play games on your Mac” may be numbered. That’s because, apart from a few notable exceptions (some excellent titles from Blizzard [...]

Former Xbox Live marketing exec may join Apple

Kelly Hodgkins — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Apple conquered the smartphone and tablet market, and it may be turning its sights on the gaming market next. According to a report from MCV, Robin Burrowes, the Xbox Live marketing manager for EMEA, has left Microsoft to join Apple. Burrowes will su...

Daily Update for February 2, 2012

Steven Sande — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0000

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple s...

Final Fantasy XIII-2: better than the last one, but not not by much

Ars Staff — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:57:00 +0000

Final Fantasy XIII-2 takes place three years after Final Fantasy XIII. Vanille, Fang, Snow and Lightning are gone; either dead, encased in crystal or disappeared to unknown adventures. Serah Farron, Lightning's sister and S...