Technology

Sony’s Patent on Temperature Controlled Move Peripheral
Innovation: For some, it’s the complete redesign of a gaming console while others look at it as taking a gameplay mechanic and tweaking it to...

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by Mark Loproto 12 years ago12 years ago

Innovation: For some, it’s the complete redesign of a gaming console while others look at it as taking a gameplay mechanic and tweaking it to be a more advanced version of itself. According to Sony Computer Entertainment, though, apparently the concept of innovation includes filing oddball patents that may nor may not come to fruition...

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846 points
Kickstarter Focus: Distance
Backed by industry leaders such as the co-creator of Gears of War, Cliff Bleszinski, and lead programmer of San Francisco Rush 2049, Aaron Hightower, Distance...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago12 years ago

Backed by industry leaders such as the co-creator of Gears of War, Cliff Bleszinski, and lead programmer of San Francisco Rush 2049, Aaron Hightower, Distance is a spiritual successor to indie racing game Nitronic Rush. Their intention is to take arcade racing to the next level, and instead of pursuing realism like the rest of...

818

818 points
Black Ops 2 Gets Free Elite Service And Tablet Support
For all you zombie slaying, Call of Duty Black Ops players out there, you will be glad to know that Activision are bundling in a...

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by Martin Toney 12 years ago12 years ago

For all you zombie slaying, Call of Duty Black Ops players out there, you will be glad to know that Activision are bundling in a rather nice, and somewhat refined version of the Call of Duty Elite service. The new an refined version of the Service will include features like: Player HQ: Track Black Ops II...

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845 points
5 Most Generous Game Developers and Publishers
Most of us like to moan about how games developers are out there to bleed every penny out of our shallow pockets by peppering us...

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by Robert Zak 12 years ago12 years ago

Most of us like to moan about how games developers are out there to bleed every penny out of our shallow pockets by peppering us with overpriced arbitrary DLC, elitist subscription services to keep us paying for games we already paid good money for, or making us pay for ‘additional’ content that should’ve been in...

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837 points
5 Games That Redefined Their Genres
A game doesn’t have to be first at something in order to succeed—it just has to take an old element and find a way to...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago12 years ago

A game doesn’t have to be first at something in order to succeed—it just has to take an old element and find a way to make it new and enjoyable. These five games did just that: they took everything good about their genre, added in their own unique ideas, and delivered a new archetype that...

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826 points
Great Little War Game
Great Little War Game might just have everything you require to be the best jarhead you can be. The game is as fast paced as...

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by Chris Le'John 12 years ago10 years ago

Great Little War Game might just have everything you require to be the best jarhead you can be. The game is as fast paced as a 3D turn-based game can be too. Going into it I was thinking something along the lines of chess or something but no, I was wrong. Well, if chess involved...

812

812 points
Too many leaks in the industry?
Close your windows, shut your eyes and for the love of god disconnect your internet and turn of your twitter feed and Email applications. Halo...

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by Martin Toney 12 years ago12 years ago

Close your windows, shut your eyes and for the love of god disconnect your internet and turn of your twitter feed and Email applications. Halo 4 has leaked and the internet is all in a buzz over it. As of yet the leak has not been nailed down, and 343 have preferred not to comment on the...

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823 points
How Sci-fi Games are Getting Old
Recently Mojang’s developer tweeted about a surplus of space games in the indie and major games market—and while it was mostly sarcasm referring to his...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago12 years ago

Recently Mojang’s developer tweeted about a surplus of space games in the indie and major games market—and while it was mostly sarcasm referring to his own space game, 0x10c, it still stands as a problem in the current games industry. Browsing through Kickstarter, nearly all of the upcoming games are based in space, and a...

823

823 points
The Finger Fix: TFF Radio – Assassins Creed 3 is Historically Accurate
Think back to a time when it was fun to be naive to the better things in life. Back when you didn’t have to know...

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by Chris Le'John 12 years ago12 years ago

Think back to a time when it was fun to be naive to the better things in life. Back when you didn’t have to know much about anything to get ahead. Well you know what? Nothing has changed, it’s just that most things really aren’t that interesting. Everything that is, except video games. Track...

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861 points
Godville
Godville is such a huge time-killer that it’s disgusting. Once you start you can barely remember why you started and you won’t care, in fact...

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by Chris Le'John 12 years ago12 years ago

Godville is such a huge time-killer that it’s disgusting. Once you start you can barely remember why you started and you won’t care, in fact I think that might be the point. Seriously, you are almost expected to neglect this game. And it has turned the whole experience into who-can-care-the-longest contest. See, it’s not you...

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800 points