Yesterday, Sega laid off 73 of its employees as part of a structural reorganization to focus on digital games (such as iPhone, Facebook and Xbox Live Arcade) and move all administrative duties and traditional console game development to its London office. The news may have seemed shocking to most, but according to Sega West CEO [...]
Argharta Studio has finally submitted the second episode of 1112 to the App Store. The original installment of the series was first released in November of 2008 and was a highly anticipated point and click adventure for the iPhone. The follow up episode is finally arriving soon.
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Contrarian Corner is a feature meant to take a critical look at some recently-released games, a place for a more holistic discussion of titles which have been the recipient of either an abundance of single-minded praise, or an undue amount of criticism. Our intent is not to contradict or undercut our own reviews, but rather [...]
Want to hold up an iPad as you give a talk, but afraid that you’ll drop it as you gesticulate with your hands? Here’s a clever way to keep control over your device while limiting risk, as seen at this weekend’s Voices that Matter iPhone conference in Seattle. iPhone developer and author Andrew Donaho demonstrates [...]
Since its introduction in January, the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest has been a popular weekend feature. If you’re looking to brush up your skills creating a subject marginally relevant (spoiler alert) to tomorrow’s challenge, here’s an excellent tutorial.
Power commenter Deanbmmv sent along this step-by-step how-to for making box art…
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This hack didn’t require any hardware alteration in either the PSP or the PS2 controller – just a custom-made plug-in that enables the controller usage. Perhaps more impressive is the guy playing Full Auto 2 with one hand while he films with the other.
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Sony released the patch to make all PlayStation 3s ready to play 3D games earlier this week, but here’s a small word of notice for really nitpicky technofiles who plan on buying a 3D TV to play them: Those first batch of 3D games will feature reduced graphical fidelity compared to playing them in 2D. [...]
Some believe that having a big-time college football team is the key to boosting enrollment. George Mason University has found that offering a degree in video game design does the trick, too.
GMU, located in Fairfax, Va. and the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, says the Fall 2010 anticipated enrollment in its newly created Computer Game Design [...]
Call of Juarez developer Techland has announced the next title that it has in development – and it’s about as far away from a Western shooter as you can get. This time around the developer will be putting down the guns in lieu of creating an arcade racing title called nail’d.
Nail’d will give players a [...]
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Listen up all you lucky PS3 owners in Europe. On April 29th, 2010 you have a chance to be one of the 10 winners to sport a brand spanking new Iron Man suit. Check the vid and good luck!
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