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‘Non-critical’ SimCity features disabled to improve server issues
Electronic Arts is sending out a hotfix to help improve the experience for beleaguered SimCity players. The fix includes some unspecified improvements…
ASCII And Ye Shall Receive: 7 Day Roguelikes
If you play as many roguelikes as I do, peoples’ email addresses begin to look like a vulnerable hero trapped in a…
Square Enix wants to tap into India, Latin America mobile audiences
Square Enix has set up new offices in both Mexico and India, as it prepares to tap into the video games markets…
Torment is Kickstarter’s fastest ever to $1M, clears $1.7M in first day
The Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter is the fastest ever to reach $1 million, doing so in under 8 hours – Ouya…
Double Dragon 2 remake achievements suggest upcoming, belated release
Achievements emerged today for Gravity’s 3D XBLA remake of Double Dragon 2, subtitled Wander of the Dragons, a bit surprising really since…
Deus Ex 3′s Producer On Hollywood, TV & Videogames
Following his exploration of that murky world of game-to-film adaptations, movie brat David Valjalo finds himself in deep debate with Deus Ex…
US retail giant GameStop reminds Microsoft and Sony why it thinks always-online consoles are a bad idea
US retail giant GameStop has moved to remind Microsoft and Sony why it reckons always-online consoles that don’t play second-hand games are…
Dead Space 3: Awakened DLC out next week
Is Dead Space alive and kicking or dead as a dodo? Whatever the case, this week’s drama over the future of the…
Deadpool on PS3: Madness is His Method
We asked Deadpool, who graciously volunteered his leadership to relieve us of the pressures of developing a video game for him, to…
Watch out for these HTML5 pitfalls
HTML5 game development is becoming an increasingly viable option, but there are still traps one can fall into. Here are some tricks…
‘Penumbear’ Review – Bringing Light to Dark Platforms
A world of teddy bears and pretty lights doesn’t sound like the perfect setting for a killer platformer, I’ll grant. Penumbear’s [$1.99]…
EA adding more SimCity servers over next two days
In order to help get more people connected to SimCity during a launch period plagued by intermittent (at best) access and data…
A Weeping Song: After To The Moon, A Bird Story
One of the best games of 2011, To The Moon, has finally had its sequel announced. Called A Bird Story, developer Kan…
To The Moon 2 turns out to be new game A Bird Story set in same universe
Update: To The Moon 2 is in fact not real but a new game called A Bird Story, developer Freebird Games has…
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance VR Missions DLC out next week
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s VR Missions DLC releases next week, Konami has announced.The pack will be available to download in Europe on…
Understanding Metal Gear Solid 2’s Raiden
What did Hideo Kojima really intend to say with his controversial choice of new lead Raiden? Media critic Brett Fujioka takes a…
Castle of Illusion ratings suggest re-release of Mickey’s Genesis classic
Multiple ratings for Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse indicate the classic Sega-developed Genesis platformer is getting a digital re-release. An Australian…
Bringing horror out of stasis in Dead Space 3’s ‘Awakened’ DLC
If there’s any worry at Visceral Games over criticisms that Dead Space 3 strays too far from its horror roots, no one…