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SimCity comes to Mac in February
What press conference? We just got an email from EA alerting us to the Mac release of the new SimCity, due in…
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel takes out baddies with Overkill mode
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel will include a new Overkill mode, which can be activated to allow you and your buddy…
The Simpsons: Tapped Out returns to iOS this week
If you’ve missed the iOS social game The Simpsons: Tapped Out, it’s returning to the App Store this week, after being quickly…
Origin coming to Mac, getting achievements and free-to-play later this year
Over 21 million users have signed up for Origin, EA COO Peter Moore revealed during the publisher’s annual Gamescom keynote – Origin…
Hitman: Absolution Introduces New Contracts Mode
One of the best things about working with a vibrant and productive community, such as the one attached to the Hitman games,…
Simcity Details Revealed: Simcity World, Mac Version In February
EA made some interesting SimCity announcements at Gamescom 2012 today, including showing off the game’s social features for the first time. They…
Mobile games taking big bites out of Nintendo, Sony’s handheld biz
Richard Firminger, CEO of metrics firm Flurry Analytics, told a GDC Europe audience today that revenue that is coming from the iOS…
Official ‘Dominion’ Coming this Week, Unofficial Version Pulled from the App Store
In January of this year an unofficial iOS version of the popular physical card game Dominion hit the App Store. Dominion was…
Industry vet Don Daglow on how failure is a tough sell for American gamers
Americans, according to Don Daglow, have trouble with failure, especially when it comes to their games. He should know, he has an…
The Medal of Honor Tomahawk
As a games journalist growing up in England during the rise of the internet and social media, I’ve never been terribly conscious…
Hitman Absolution introduces online mode Contracts
Hitman Absolution is getting an all-new online challenge creator, designed to extend the game’s life beyond its single player campaign. In Contracts…
Hitman: Absolution features asynchronous multiplayer ‘Contracts’ mode
Hitman: Absolution will feature an asynchronous multiplayer mode known as “Contracts,” IO Interactive revealed at a Gamescom event. Players make their own…
Sleeping Dogs review: Triad true
Sleeping Dogs has been through a heap of concept and name changes throughout its development, but the Vancouver-based firm United Front Games…
Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 recreated in, err, Trials Evolution
Someone, some one person, has recreated Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 using the modding tools of motorbike racing game Trials Evolution! Besides…
How GoldenEye’s famous multiplayer mode was sneaked in at the last minute
GDC Europe attendees were today treated to a rare postmortem for the Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 from the game’s director Martin…
Seen@GDC Europe: The adorable video that led to GoldenEye 007
When Martin Hollis first pitched GoldenEye 007 to Rare boss Tim Stamper in 1995, he had worked as a programmer on the…
‘Half-Life 3’ pops up on Gamescom product listing
Is Valve showing Half-Life 3 at Gamescom 2012? One product list from the event’s official page certainly thinks so, but … well,…