Latest Gaming and MMORPG Updates

Latest Gaming and MMORPG Updates


Test Chamber – Dead Island Riptide

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

The latest installment in the Dead Island series is out today, and it’s a good time despite its many flaws. Written reviews can only say so much, however, so we’re showing off the first chaotic section of the game. I play as John Morgan, a hand-to-hand specialist fighting his way off a doomed naval ship. [...]

Games Ripe For Animated Feature Film Adaptation

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

With the announcement this morning of a Ratchet and Clank feature-length animated movie destined for theatres, it got us thinking about what other video games characters and franchise could work well with an animated movie treatment. Some of the items on this list have already received non-video game treatments in the form of mostly terrible [...]

'We've Been In Conversation With THQ Since January,' Says Nordic Games CEO

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Yesterday’s announcement regarding the second of THQ’s intellectual property auctions yielded surprising results. Not only did Gearbox take home fan favorite real-time strategy franchise Homeworld, but out of seemingly nowhere came Nordic Games Publishing to scoop up almost everything else. Game Informer had a chance to speak with Nordic CEO Lars Wingefors about his company [...]

Microsoft Appoints Lionhead's New Studio Boss

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Lionhead has announced that John Needham has been appointed as studio head of the company, a position that was left vacant following Peter Molyneux’s departure last year. In Needham’s new position, the former CEO of Cryptic Studios and Gazillion Entertainment will be reporting directly to Microsoft’s Phil Harrison. “This is a historic time in our [...]

Loadout – First Look

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:07 AM PDT

Loadout – First Look Welcome to Loadout! an out­rageus new mul­ti­player shooter that’s all about the guns, Baby! Build a mas­sive vari­ety of absolutely insane weaponry — over 50 mil­lion com­bi­na­tions — totally cus­tomized, totally unique, totally deadly. You want a launcher that shoots ground-skimming rock­ets that explode into destruc­tive clouds of flak? You got [...]

Small Video Game Startup Takes On Gaming Giants at E3

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 06:07 AM PDT

  Online virtual worlds are a thriving business but they take substantial effort to get off the ground. Even the extremely successful online game, World of Warcraft, took four and a half years to complete despite its $63 million dollar backing for initial development. In the face of such figures, the unlikely duo of a [...]

GroupTalent Wants To Hack Tech Hiring In SF And NYC By Fighting Job Spam, Focusing On The “Try Before You Buy” Model

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:52 PM PDT

GroupTalent launched in December of 2011 to offer solace to the many startups struggling to find top technical talent. Some might stand opposed to this ongoing “talent drain,” while others will call it a full-blown war. Whatever you call it, startups today are hard-pressed to lure top developers and engineers away from the mighty perks [...]

In A Win For E-Hail Services, Judge Clears The Way For Mobile Taxi Apps To Launch In NYC

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:45 PM PDT

New York City is one step closer to having regulator-approved e-hail apps, thanks to the end of litigation against the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission. That’s because a judge today dismissed a controversial lawsuit filed by the black car industry against the regulator. The lawsuit, which was designed to block the TLC from starting [...]

The BeagleBone Black Is A New Single-Board Computer That Can Brew Beer

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:26 PM PDT

While the Raspberry Pi is great for educating kids about computing, can it brew a mean beer? The BeagleBone Black can. Trevor Hubbard, an engineer at Texas Instruments, uses the new, next-gen board to control heat exchangers and monitors to handle beer temperature remotely. The board itself is quite cool. It runs a AM335x 1GHz [...]

Apple Q2 '13 Intl Sales Were 56% Of Total Revenues; China Had “Best Quarter Ever” At $8.8B

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:00 PM PDT

Apple today posted Q2 earnings that beat estimates at $43.6 billion in sales that showed that while the Americas, led by the U.S., remains the company’s single biggest market, Asia, led by sales in China, continues to show the strongest growth amidst weakened demand at home and in Europe. Overall, international revenues outside of the [...]

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