by Ravi Sinha Square-Enix is one of the most successful RPG developers in the entire world, but then, so is BioWare Studios. Square represents the pinnacle of defining fantasy JRPG design, even before it merged with Enix. BioWare has always stood for the up-most in quality English RPGs, culled from Dungeons & Dragons, Sci-Fi and [...]
An award, which will not find many, if any, detractors, makes it way into the hands of Nolan Bushnell. Nolan Bushnell is the man behind Atari, and among many things, regarded as one of the founding fathers of the video game industry. The award is the prestigious Fellowship award, the highest accolade granted by the [...]
One of casual gaming’s favourite publishers, PopCap will be bringing an array of their most popular titles to the PSN. Bejeweled 2 is already available for download in North America for $9.99 and will be joined soon enough by 4 more titles, Zuma, Peggle, Heavy Weapon and Feeding Frenzy. Earlier this week, citing NPD Group [...]
by gSathe Nitrome is one of the more established developers in the casual game market, and most of their games now show a great degree of polish. There are a few concepts that they play with, again and again, till they get it just right, and then they move on to the next game. Combine [...]
Things have been looking rather bleak for Microsoft. And just when you thought, or were beginning to think, that the gaming division of Microsoft was headed down the drain, there comes reaffirmation from the company. According to a statement issued by a rep for the company, Moving ahead, Microsoft will continue to invest in Windows [...]
After all that gaming, if you decided to give game design a shot, but didn’t know how to go about it, well, then this would be the answer. Of sorts. Steve Gaynor, a designer with 2K Marin working on Bio Shock 2, has some anwers. A very interesting read, which we recommend.
Plagued by debt in excess of $240 million, things are looking up for Midway Games at the moment. The company has recently reported that it has shipped 1.8 million units of Mortal Kombat vs. DC, making it the most pre-ordered Mortal Kombat game in the company’s history. The game has clocked in over 3.6 million [...]
Fight and be rewarded. Kill some and win some. That pretty much captures the idea of the latest contest being organised by Microsoft. Giving away $25,000 in prizes to random online combatants in Gears of War 2 over a 13 day period, the contest is on from the 1st of February to the 13th of [...]
Continuing with the cuts that had been announced earlier, Microsoft has axed 30% of its game testers, which includes key staff behind Games for Windows Live.The General Manager of Games for Windows Live, Chris Early, has been fired. Games for Windows Live was launched in May 2007 and as of now, its future seems rather [...]
There is a lot of generosity in the air, with Microsoft providing MLG with 25 codes for the demo. On account of a lucky draw of sorts, you could actually be privy to the demo of Halo Wars on the 29th of January, as opposed to the official launch date of 5th February. To qualify [...]
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