By Tyler Lee Online passes are becoming quite a common thing in new video games. Publishers are using them to makes sure people buy brand new copies, or if not, at least pay for a certain amount of content within the game itself. Like Batman: Arkham City’s Catwomen gameplay, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is keeping a set of missions behind an online pass, effectively keeping gamers from accessing seven individual quests unless they redeem their code that comes with the game. According to Destructoid, an online pass and a message encouraging the player to enter the code to redeem their … Continue reading Kingdoms of Amalur Requires Online Pass for Certain Quests→
Forget a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is out now, and offers one of the most immersive experiences ever created for an online game.
Nordic Games, part of the Nordic Games Holding AB group, today announced the signing of the publishing deal for the boxed PC version of Remedy’s critically acclaimed Psychological Action Thriller "Alan Wake". The boxed PC version will include both XBLA DLCs "The Signal" and "The Writer". Further information on the exact release date will follow in the next days. "It goes without saying that we are very happy and proud to work together with some of the greatest talents and artists of the games industry", commented Lars Wingefors, CEO of Nordic Games GmbH. "We are really looking forward to the … Continue reading Nordic Games To Publish Alan Wake For PC→
Funcom has released a new location video for ‘The Secret World’, the company’s upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online game. Catch a glimpse of ‘Blue Mountain’, a foreboding place haunted a terrifying past, where players will stand face to face with the rising darkness threatening to destroy our world. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=DL5omig6tV0 Publishers: EA Games, FunCom Platforms: PC
At the end of 2010 Firefly asked fans to send in Stronghold or Christmas themed images for the chance to win in-game prizes. Winners were revealed daily in an advent calendar style competition. In 2011 we reached out to these same people, asking them to send in any and all fan-made Stronghold videos. All developers have the occasional fan video sent in, but nothing makes a one smile quite like seeing their game recreated in glorious Lego stop motion. Over Christmas a few players, who are now officially our biggest fans, sent us such a video. They have been contacted … Continue reading Fan-Made Lego Video Pay Homage To Stronghold Kingdoms→
Microsoft held a press event at their Game Studios at Redmond, Washington in December 2011, to enable members of the community and press to discuss "Flight" in detail and have any questions answered. With Fly Away Simulation being one of the attendees at the event, they have covered the event and discussed the topics raised in detail on their website. Microsoft Flight is the next flight simulator release from Microsoft following on from Microsoft Flight Simulator X. In this release, they dropped the "Simulator" part of the product name in order to open the market up to users who were … Continue reading Microsoft Showing Off Next Flight Simulator→
Everything old is new again with Sonic Generations, featuring memorable gameplay and levels from classic Sonic games, reworked to play perfectly on modern systems.
Billy and the Time Waster have found love…true love. Honestly, he’s WAY too young to be feeling this level of nostalgia. I’m not even sure he was alive when all of this happened. Some kids these days. Anyway, enjoy Abobo!
The year 2012 has barely started and Munich-based browser games provider Travian Games has already consolidated its position as one of the leading online games companies in Europe. The consistent growth of the Travian Games family continues unabated with the acquisition of a majority in Cologne-based development studio Bright Future. The acquisition of the 38-strong team represents the biggest single addition of an external development company in the history of Travian Games. Bright Future will continue to work independently on its own existing productions, while their participation will facilitate cooperation on Miramagia and an as-yet unannounced browser game. Travian Games … Continue reading Travian Games Buys Bright Future→
Wargaming.net, the award-winning videogame publisher and developer, is proud to introduce the initial tech tree of the German aircraft for its anticipated flight combat action MMO World of Warplanes. Players will have 19 warplanes to explore from two lines of light and heavy fighters. The first iteration of the German tech tree will be available upon the game’s release scheduled for 2012. World of Waplanes will expand its fleet of German warbirds to more than 90 models. "German engineers were never afraid of innovative design in their aircraft," said World of Warplanes producer Anton Sitnikov. "They embodied their ideas into … Continue reading World of Warplanes Reveals US Aircraft→
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