It's taken a while, but Triple Town finally has a contender for our Facebook gaming time. Solitaire Blitz, which is currently in beta, provides a minute in which to furiously match cards while being showered in PopCap-brand audio-visual reward. Read our preview of Solitaire Blitz here.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has hit out at Japanese news outlet Nikkei for employing what he describes as "gossip magazine techniques."
Earlier this week Nikkei's website ran a story which claimed Nintendo was looking to revive other publishers' back catalogues on 3DS, claiming oddball Dreamcast pet sim Seaman would be among the first.
Fez, the long-awaited Xbox Live Arcade platformer by independent developer Phil Fish, is finally complete.
A tweet from Fish's Polytron studio last night confirms that the game, which was originally intended to be released in early 2010, has been submitted to Microsoft for certification. While the time a game takes to clear certification varies, Polytron appears to be targeting an April release.
A new Medal Of Honor game, subtitled Warfighter, will be released this October.
The news comes from the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine in the US, as spotted by Game Informer. Like its 2010 predecessor, Warfighter is being made by EA subsidiary Danger Close Games.
While Battlefield 3 developer DICE worked on the original's multiplayer component, this time it is being developed entirely in house at Danger Close. The game runs on Frostbite 2.0, the DICE-developed engine that powered Battlefield 3.
This week sees the release of 1000 Amps, Brandon Brizzi’s lovely puzzle-platformer for Mac and PC. It’s complex, imaginative, and quietly challenging, and it’s made me curious about the designer’s previous work.
This week sees the release of 1000 Amps, Brandon Brizzi’s lovely puzzle-platformer for Mac and PC. It’s complex, imaginative, and quietly challenging, and it’s made me curious about the designer’s previous work.
Sony has acknowledged an issue preventing members of the PlayStation Plus subscription service from playing Minis on PS Vita.
Sony has acknowledged an issue preventing members of the PlayStation Plus subscription service from playing Minis on PS Vita.
Finnish studio Rovio is to spread its wings beyond the all-conquering Angry Birds franchise, promising that a new IP will be released "in a couple of months."
Finnish studio Rovio is to spread its wings beyond the all-conquering Angry Birds franchise, promising that a new IP will be released "in a couple of months."
Sony has announced that the multiplayer component of Killzone 3 will be made available as a free, standalone download.
Revealed on the latest episode of Sony's Blogcast and reported by CVG, the download will contain all the game's multiplayer maps, but progress will be capped at an unspecified level.
Sony has announced that the multiplayer component of Killzone 3 will be made available as a free, standalone download.
Revealed on the latest episode of Sony's Blogcast and reported by CVG, the download will contain all the game's multiplayer maps, but progress will be capped at an unspecified level.
Getjar, the self-billed largest independent app store with a catalogue of over 480,000 apps, has launched a virtual currency system for Android devices.
Dubbed Getjar Gold, the currency works on apps downloaded from any Android store, including Android Market and the Amazon Appstore. It's backed entirely by advertising spend: users earn currency by downloading apps, and can spend it on paid downloads or in-app purchases.
Getjar, the self-billed largest independent app store with a catalogue of over 480,000 apps, has launched a virtual currency system for Android devices.
Dubbed Getjar Gold, the currency works on apps downloaded from any Android store, including Android Market and the Amazon Appstore. It's backed entirely by advertising spend: users earn currency by downloading apps, and can spend it on paid downloads or in-app purchases.
Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio appears to be bound for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
Judging by the below teaser trailer, it will be the next Dreamcast game to be remastered for the console download services, following the likes of Space Channel 5 Part 1, Sega Bass Fishing and Sonic Adventure.
We've sought official confirmation from Sega.
Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio appears to be bound for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
Judging by the below teaser trailer, it will be the next Dreamcast game to be remastered for the console download services, following the likes of Space Channel 5 Part 1, Sega Bass Fishing and Sonic Adventure.
We've sought official confirmation from Sega.
Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian has formed Industrial Toys, a studio developing core-focused games for mobile platforms.
On its Facebook page, the studio promises to be "mobile to the core, with games that let you have an immersive session at home that blows your mind apart as well as a 30-second experience that still moves you forward while you're waiting for the bus.
Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian has formed Industrial Toys, a studio developing core-focused games for mobile platforms.
On its Facebook page, the studio promises to be "mobile to the core, with games that let you have an immersive session at home that blows your mind apart as well as a 30-second experience that still moves you forward while you're waiting for the bus.
World Of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment is working on a free-to-play game, according to reports.
A Develop source claims the studio is to embrace the increasingly popular business model, which makes money through microtransactions rather than monthly subscriptions.
World Of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment is working on a free-to-play game, according to reports.
A Develop source claims the studio is to embrace the increasingly popular business model, which makes money through microtransactions rather than monthly subscriptions.
Sony may be renowned for making great hardware, but its actual use has not always lived up to purchasers' expectations. But that, apparently, is all going to change: "User experience, not just solid hardware is the way forward for Sony", new Sony CEO Kaz Harai believes. But what does he mean by this in terms of PlayStation? Is he referring to user experience to mean only game experiences, or is he being more wide-reaching?
Sony may be renowned for making great hardware, but its actual use has not always lived up to purchasers' expectations. But that, apparently, is all going to change: "User experience, not just solid hardware is the way forward for Sony", new Sony CEO Kaz Harai believes. But what does he mean by this in terms of PlayStation? Is he referring to user experience to mean only game experiences, or is he being more wide-reaching?
Sega has unveiled Maimai, a new music game for arcades with a giant touchscreen and built-in camera.
Diginfo reports that Sega hopes the game will rekindle interest in arcade music games thanks to its eye-catching design and a lower difficulty level than many of its peers.
"This game is very simple to play," Ryuichi Taki of Sega's R&D division says in the below video. "You only need two actions: pressing the eight buttons around the main screen; and scrolling across the middle part of the screen, which is a touchscreen."
Sega has unveiled Maimai, a new music game for arcades with a giant touchscreen and built-in camera.
Diginfo reports that Sega hopes the game will rekindle interest in arcade music games thanks to its eye-catching design and a lower difficulty level than many of its peers.
"This game is very simple to play," Ryuichi Taki of Sega's R&D division says in the below video. "You only need two actions: pressing the eight buttons around the main screen; and scrolling across the middle part of the screen, which is a touchscreen."
Unity Technologies says it will "blow the development community away" with the latest improvements to its dev platform at next month's Game Developers Conference (GDC).
The company will show off the recently released Unity 3.5 at its GDC booth, along with some work-in-progress features including a first look at new animation technology currently in development at Unity Canada.