Tag: games
GameTap gives Intel-based Mac owners some games to play
Finally! Something to do on your fancy Mac apart from mucking about with the face-warping photo software!
GameTap, the online game distribution service, has opened up its 500-game-wide catalogue of games to Mac owners – as long as you have a recent one with an Intel processor.
There's going to be an Xbox 360 game about crisps :(
Crisps! Frito-Lay, the American potato-reconstituter known for such excellent sandwich accompaning crisp brands as Doritos, is asking people to submit designs for an Xbox Live Arcade game.
The Doritos-maker is demanding all concepts should “take the spirit of the Doritos tortilla chips brand and bring it to life on the Xbox 360”.
WWDC 2007: Apple gets EA and iD to make a big games splash on Macs
Those of us who’ve got used to Macs being a bit undersupported for games (hey, they run Football Manager, what’s the problem?) can sleep happily in our beds tonight.
AIGO's Cool Box handheld games device
Round my way, a cool box is what you put your sarnies in to keep them nice and fresh for a picnic. Not in AIGO’s opinion though. Cool Box is the firm’s new handheld gaming device, which has just been unveiled at the CHITEC 2007 exhibition.
Video: Kat talks to Karima Adebibe, model for Lara Croft in Tomb Raider franchise
On a recent chilly afternoon in London, I met up with Karima Adebibe, the 21-year old model who plays Lara Croft in the successful video game franchise, Tomb Raider. In the video interview we discuss the rigorous…
DXG's DXG-589V: it's the first digital camera with games!
We’re used to the idea of phones that do everything, but digital cameras? Surely they’re best sticking to shooting still pics and videos? Not in the view of DXG USA, which has just announced the DXG-589V, a five-megapixel camera that can also play games.
China to force game companies to limit teenagers' game hours
The Chinese government has set a three-month deadline for Chinese online games companies to impose limits on the amount of points teen gamers can score once they've played for three straight hours is a day. It's part of their attempt…
Enter Shikari partner with Xbox for Blue Dragon soundtrack
Not one to follow the music charts, when I heard Enter Shikari were working in partnership with Xbox, my initial reaction was “Enter what!? What’s a curry take-away got to do with the Xbox?!” Nevertheless, when I bunny-hopped over to their Myspace and joined the millions of others who’d downloaded their tracks, I became rather keen to see exactly why…
Interview: PKR's Jez San on blending online poker with The Sims
PKR.com has been described as a mixture of online poker and The Sims, which is as good a reference point as any. It’s a real-money online poker site, except instead of a top-down view with thumbnail cartoons to represent the…
Microsoft unveils the Xbox 360 Elite
The long rumoured Xbox 360 Elite has now reached official status as Microsoft announced details and specifications of the new model. Much that was already speculated has proved correct: the new model will have a 120GB hard drive, a high-definition…
