Nintendo has announced a new game of brain training exercises starring Dr Kawashima, to be released in Japan this summer.
The game was announced by company president Satoru Iwata in a Nintendo Direct briefing earlier today. Speaking from a sound studio in the bowels of Nintendo's Kyoto HQ, Iwata recalled that he first met Dr Kawashima on the day DS launched in Japan, showing him a prototype that would eventually become Brain Training.
Nintendo has announced a new game of brain training exercises starring Dr Kawashima, to be released in Japan this summer.
The game was announced by company president Satoru Iwata in a Nintendo Direct briefing earlier today. Speaking from a sound studio in the bowels of Nintendo's Kyoto HQ, Iwata recalled that he first met Dr Kawashima on the day DS launched in Japan, showing him a prototype that would eventually become Brain Training.
Our April issue, which is on sale March 14, features a Post Script interview with head of franchise development Oskari Häkkinen on the challenge of squeezing big-budget production values into XBLA file sizes and why guns are holding games back.
Our April issue, which is on sale March 14, features a Post Script interview with head of franchise development Oskari Häkkinen on the challenge of squeezing big-budget production values into XBLA file sizes and why guns are holding games back.
PopCap Games has launched Lucky Gem Casino, a collection of slot machine games based on the company's existing properties, on Facebook.
The game, which you can play now at the source link below, features seven slot machines based on the likes of Bejeweled, Zuma, Chuzzle, and Bookworm.
PopCap Games has launched Lucky Gem Casino, a collection of slot machine games based on the company's existing properties, on Facebook.
The game, which you can play now at the source link below, features seven slot machines based on the likes of Bejeweled, Zuma, Chuzzle, and Bookworm.
You won’t need to play Beat Sneak Bandit for long to realise its creators are every bit as nimble as their protagonist. Swedish duo Simon Flesser and Magnus Gardebäck have crafted a bright, angular comic-book world that distances itself from the pastel-hued melancholia of the pair’s earlier Bumpy Road with every bass squelch and synth stab. Both, however, are equally unfashionable.
You won’t need to play Beat Sneak Bandit for long to realise its creators are every bit as nimble as their protagonist. Swedish duo Simon Flesser and Magnus Gardebäck have crafted a bright, angular comic-book world that distances itself from the pastel-hued melancholia of the pair’s earlier Bumpy Road with every bass squelch and synth stab. Both, however, are equally unfashionable.
On paper, it’s incoherent: a bewildering congregation of inputs and delivery methods that should struggle to come together with any grace. Look at the specifications: Sony’s new handheld has game cards, memory cards and a digital store. It has two touchpads, thumbsticks, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a microphone and cameras.
On paper, it’s incoherent: a bewildering congregation of inputs and delivery methods that should struggle to come together with any grace. Look at the specifications: Sony’s new handheld has game cards, memory cards and a digital store. It has two touchpads, thumbsticks, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a microphone and cameras.
Kojima Productions is hiring for staff to work on a new Metal Gear Solid game.
A listing on publisher Konami's website confirms that Kojima Productions will have its own booth at the GDC Career Pavilion next month, and is looking for staff in Japan and California.
Kojima Productions is hiring for staff to work on a new Metal Gear Solid game.
A listing on publisher Konami's website confirms that Kojima Productions will have its own booth at the GDC Career Pavilion next month, and is looking for staff in Japan and California.
Kojima Productions is hiring for staff to work on a new Metal Gear Solid game.
A listing on publisher Konami's website confirms that Kojima Productions will have its own booth at the GDC Career Pavilion next month, and is looking for staff in Japan and California.
Sony's new handheld, PS Vita, has launched in North America and Europe.
First in line at Game's flagship store on London's Oxford Street was Zohaib Ali, 21, who had been waiting outside the store since Sunday.
"No sleep," he told VG247. "Tonight I'm just going to play Vita all night. I've stayed awake all night. I've already played it - it's really good! I love games, I love technology - I just want my Vita."
Sony's new handheld, PS Vita, has launched in North America and Europe.
First in line at Game's flagship store on London's Oxford Street was Zohaib Ali, 21, who had been waiting outside the store since Sunday.
"No sleep," he told VG247. "Tonight I'm just going to play Vita all night. I've stayed awake all night. I've already played it - it's really good! I love games, I love technology - I just want my Vita."
Internal studios including Sony Santa Monica are assisting Team Ico in development of long-awaited, much-delayed PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian.
Speaking to Wired, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida admitted that several Sony studios were helping out to help ship the game, which was first announced at E3 in 2009.
Internal studios including Sony Santa Monica are assisting Team Ico in development of long-awaited, much-delayed PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian.
Speaking to Wired, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida admitted that several Sony studios were helping out to help ship the game, which was first announced at E3 in 2009.
Beleaguered UK retailer Game Group has cancelled all Special Edition pre-orders of Wii RPG The Last Story.
In an email to customers who had pre-ordered the Special Edition of the Mistwalker RPG, which will be released on Friday, Game confirms: "Unfortunately, this product is no longer being stocked and we will therefore be unable to fulfil your order, which has been cancelled.
"Please accept our apologies for any disappointment and inconvenience this may have caused."
Beleaguered UK retailer Game Group has cancelled all Special Edition pre-orders of Wii RPG The Last Story.
In an email to customers who had pre-ordered the Special Edition of the Mistwalker RPG, which will be released on Friday, Game confirms: "Unfortunately, this product is no longer being stocked and we will therefore be unable to fulfil your order, which has been cancelled.
"Please accept our apologies for any disappointment and inconvenience this may have caused."
DICE is looking for a software engineer and senior software engineer to develop its Frostbite game engine. The jobs are based in Stockholm, Sweden, and include openings on the core systems, physics and destruction, rendering and infrastructure teams. Find all DICE's jobs here.
DICE is looking for a software engineer and senior software engineer to develop its Frostbite game engine. The jobs are based in Stockholm, Sweden, and include openings on the core systems, physics and destruction, rendering and infrastructure teams. Find all DICE's jobs here.
UK retailer Game Group's fortunes have taken another turn for the worse after it admitted it will not be stocking Ubisoft-published PS Vita titles when the new handheld launches tomorrow.
A spokesperson told VG247 that the company, the largest specialist videogame retailer in the UK, will not be selling Lumines: Electronic Symphony, Michael Jackson: The Experience HD, Rayman Origins, Asphalt Injection or Dungeon Hunter Alliance.
UK retailer Game Group's fortunes have taken another turn for the worse after it admitted it will not be stocking Ubisoft-published PS Vita titles when the new handheld launches tomorrow.
A spokesperson told VG247 that the company, the largest specialist videogame retailer in the UK, will not be selling Lumines: Electronic Symphony, Michael Jackson: The Experience HD, Rayman Origins, Asphalt Injection or Dungeon Hunter Alliance.
EA is weeks away from releasing The Simpsons: Tapped Out, a free-to-play game for iOS devices.
CNET reports that EA has committed significant resources to the project, using the cartoon's writers and voice actors. The game starts with Homer causing a nuclear explosion that wipes out Springfield, tasking the player with rebuilding it, completing quests and unlocking characters along the way.
EA is weeks away from releasing The Simpsons: Tapped Out, a free-to-play game for iOS devices.
CNET reports that EA has committed significant resources to the project, using the cartoon's writers and voice actors. The game starts with Homer causing a nuclear explosion that wipes out Springfield, tasking the player with rebuilding it, completing quests and unlocking characters along the way.