XBox Live update produces color issues, poor video resolution
Microsoft's recent XBox Live update has led to washed-out colors and sub-1080p playback in certain videos, and the company plans to release a fix—but only for one of those problems. XBox Live liaison Major Nelson says a up...
Three new apps support console games from iOS
As if there aren't enough apps that supplement or promote console games, here are three more that have appeared recently.
First up is Dragon Shout (free), the Skyrim-mapping app that was released a few weeks ago. It's quite handy, and players ca...
Zombie President: Resident Evil 6 announced for November 2012
Resident Evil 6 is in development and on the way, Capcom announced today in a press release. The new installment of the horror series is set ten years after the initial outbreak in Raccoon City,...
Zynga picks up four more mobile gaming companies
Mobile/social game giant Zynga has made four more acquisitions in mobile gaming, having already picked up quite a few iOS and mobile development companies in the past. This time around, the biggest pickup is a company from Germany named Gamedoctor...
Zynga picks up four more mobile gaming companies
Mobile/social game giant Zynga has made four more acquisitions in mobile gaming, having already picked up quite a few iOS and mobile development companies in the past. This time around, the biggest pickup is a company from Germany named Gamedoctor...
Feature: Maniac Tentacle Mindbenders: How ScummVM’s unpaid coders kept adventure gaming alive
ScummVM was born on September 17, 2001, at 5:57pm GMT+1. The program was meant as an interpreter that could play classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure games such as Monkey Island, Sam & Max Hit the Road,...
Ben Kuchera bids farewell to Ars Technica
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative...
Fun Game: Will You Dare Step Foot Inside the Haunted Manor? Of Course.
Every week Mac Games and More features a fun, casual game you can play over the weekend. This week’s selection takes you on a really spooky trip. Yeah, to boarding school! Wait, there’s more. You’ve been called back home and when you arrive, you...Week in gaming: the Wii U is mysterious, Diablo 3 on consoles, and MLG controllers
Readers were asking about the existence of triggers on Razer's Project Fiona, so here is a picture of the back of the hardware. See? Triggers!
We were at CES this week, and here are some of...
Games for the weekend: Trenches II
Trenches II is the latest in a lineup of World War I-themed games from Thunder Game Works. Falling somewhere between Plants vs. Zombies and Flight Control, Trenches II offers slightly more advanced, compelling gameplay, so much so that it approaches the realm of real-time strategy gaming.
Gravity Rush on the PS Vita is the game you didn’t know you needed
The Vita is shaping up to have a strong launch lineup. At CES, I was able to play another game that should be ready for the system's US launch, or at least near it. Gravity Rush...
This paper-thin wafer may be the next big thing in force feedback
The most common form of force feedback in our electronic devices is the sort of rumbling buzz you get when a motor spins some sort of mass inside the case of your hardware. Video game...
