Tag: games
ZOMG, STOP TEH INTERNETZ!!!!!!11! Diablo 3 announced!
There are big games announcements and there are huge game announcements, and there is a rare breed of game announcement that its sheer hugeness renders you utterly unable to write a decent opening paragraph. Diablo 3 is one of those games.
Which? Computing names high street shops selling violent games to 15 year-old girls
Good morning, children. Remember how I told you yesterday about a simple way of ordering 18-rated video games online without an age check? Well forget all that complicated postal order crap. A Which? Computing investigation has found that there are actually high street shops out there merrily flogging games to under-age players.
10 Million hear the Call of Duty
Game publisher, Activision, has proudly announced that its much-lauded first person shooter, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, has passed a major milestone and sold its 10 millionth copy.
Fancy becoming a games writer? NMK is holding an event just for you!
Ever fancied being the next Charlie Brooker? Kieron Gillen? N’Gai Croal? Or even our very own Gary Cutlack? Read on…
It’s always been a hard industry to crack, unless you know the right people, or have the right opportunities presented to you – like New Media Knowledge’s writing for games conference. Held at a central London venue, on June 17th at 6pm, you’ll learn all about the industry, how to get your foot in the door, and whether GTA IV is better on the Xbox 360 or PS3. Ok, I made that up, but it’s bound to come up in conversation.
It costs just £25, otherwise if you’re a freelancing baked beans eater, student, or general unemployed gamer, you can get a discounted…
OPINION: It really doesn't matter what Steve Jobs reveals in June
Because every Apple fan and gadget fashionista will automatically buy it anyway. As long as it’s sleek and expensive enough to brag about on the internet.
Even if Mr Jobs pulls a solar-powered calculator (iAddsUP) out of his shirt pocket and announces it goes on sale – tomorrow! – for a mere $699 for the 8-digit screened version and $799 for the 10-digit screened model, it’ll be a smash.
Apple fans will now buy anything from Apple. Not only that, but Apple’s become some sort of global fashion icon. People just have to have its new stuff, regardless of if it actually…
"PSP needs more games" says Sony boss – and he is doing something about it
I’m glad I bought my PSP, honestly. The majestic Lumines and Lumines II were worth the price of the handheld alone. And good job too – there’s nothing else on the machine worth playing*.
The lack of original games is hurting Sony. While PSP sells well around the world, its software sales are nothing like those of the competition. This is thanks to the PSP charts being full of uninspired big console ports like FIFA 08, Need for Speed…
EU gives go-ahead to Activision-Blizzard merger – quiver in fear, EA, quiver!
The European Commission has decided that the $18.9 billion merger between publishers Activision and Vivendi Games won’t “significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it”…
OMGWOW! Emoticons: The Game – Out Now! OLOL!
iQ212, a developer that will no doubt become synonymous with creativity and ambition, has announced its first game. It is called ‘Emoticons’.
Opinion: Manhunt 2's release will kill the current video games classifications
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
It’s a row that’s been rolling on for far too long. It’s a row that does nothing to help the perception of gaming among wider society. And it’s a row that is going to run and run for quite some time yet.
Rockstar has now finally overturned a ban that meant it was unable to release Manhunt 2 in the UK. But while that’s good news for the firm, for gaming itself, this whole bloody saga is just another nail in the coffin of gaming.
The media is already far too focused on the negatives – the violence, the calls to ban so-called “killer games” and the conflicts over having a voluntary code to provide an age rating for the majority of titles.
Occasionally a positive story will slip through, like the OAPs playing Wii to keep in shape, but on the whole, games are treated with far more disdain than rap music and horror movies, both of which have had their fare share of criticism in the past….
Crazy Kart 2 – another hot-looking iPhone game
OK, so it looks like it’s little more than a quite incredibly shameless Mario Kart clone, but there’s no denying the smoothness and quality of the action in this little video demo of Crazy Kart 2 – already up, running and looking way more than half-decent on iPhone.
