MDK2 HD. Enough said! Or…maybe not. The fine chaps at Interplay Entertainment Corp. and Overhaul Games are pleased to announce the impending launch of MDK2 HD, bringing Interplay’s wacky action-adventure to a new generation of gamers. With a visual overhaul that would make a Publishers: Interplay Platforms: PC
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO). Targeted for release via Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Steam (for PC and Mac) in early 2012, CS: GO will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched exactly 12 years ago (CS beta 1, August 1999). CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce … Continue reading Valve Announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Outspark today announced the hiring of Mark Platosh as CTO, responsible for the company’s technology infrastructure, network operations, business intelligence and platform development. Platosh is a 16-year veteran of the technology industry having worked at multiple start-ups as well as large companies. Recently, Platosh has previously leadership positions with Lohika as Director of Technology. His background also includes experiences at Maven (maven.co) as CTO, DNC, Scient, Digital Equipment Corporation and Reality Simulation Systems. He also has extensive experience building complex, web-scale systems for companies including Facebook, Skype, Rockmelt, eBay, Logitech, and HP. "As we grow into our new role as … Continue reading Outspark Hires Mark Platosh For CTO
We’ve got something special today, a game with a shooter interface that’s fun for all ages. Adam’s Venture 2: Solomon’s Secret is a real gem in that respect, good if you’re eight or eighty.
The Honest Hearts DLC for Fallout: New Vegas adds the beautiful and deadly Zion National Park into the mix, where you are just as likely to be mauled by bears as rolled by raiders. It’s a nice change of pace.
In this week’s Time Waster Billy spends his time online with Spiral Knights. He finds the MMO strange, fun, and maybe a great way to waste time with the family instead of just your boss.
Hidden object games normally aren’t scary, but Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story bends that perception just a bit. Loaded with killer clowns, spiders and nightmares, play only if you dare.
This week the Time Waster has Billy reliving the age old penguin dream: flight. Can our intrepid waster of office time achieve the impossible? Read and find out!
Amid slumping sales, THQ had quietly killed the Red Faction series. Sales for Red Faction: Armageddon have been lackluster despite an unprecedented marketing campaign that included an original movie on the sci-fi channel, leading to a decline of THQ stock prices. THQ reported a net loss of $38.4 million, or 56 cents per share in the April-June period, compared with a loss of $30.1 million, or 44 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. The news seems pretty bleak for THQ, given the poor reviews and sales for Homefront, their other big title to come out recently. … Continue reading THQ Kills Red Faction series
Carrie Swidecki, a 35 year old public school teacher from Bakersfield, CA, got her exergaming groove on and broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Marathon on a Dance / Rhythm Game playing DanceDanceRevolution (SuperNova 2 arcade game) in Charleston, West Virginia yesterday at 12:30 a.m. EDT. Ms. Swidecki broke the previously held record of 13 hours 33 minutes 56 seconds, set in the United Kingdom in October, 2010, with a time of 15 hours, 17 minutes and 44 seconds. "I couldn’t be more excited to have broken the Guinness World Record playing DanceDanceRevolution," said Carrie Swidecki, Physical Education teacher … Continue reading Teacher Sets DanceDanceRevolution World Record
