Blogs Posts in New Games category; 295 blog posts

Game Diary - September 3, 2008: New PSP vs Old DS

I spent a lot of time last night playing the PC game that is failing to wow German reporters, but I can’t write what I thought of “Spore” until… the first minute of Thursday (Pacific Time). Regular Diary readers wil [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

'Chimps' is film-based fun game for children

Rocket to other worlds with the primates of "Space Chimps.”Ham III, grandson to the famous spacefaring Ham, is a circus chimp with great bloodlines. He's recruited onto a team of highly trained space chimps by a senator eyeing re [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

New Puzzle Games Available For Mac

Everett Kaser Software has announced the Mac OS X debut of its logic and puzzle game products, previously only available for Windows users. Thanks in part to work by Brad Oliver all 24 titles are now available for Mac. The games include Sol [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Codemasters Announces Three New Overlord Games

UK publisher Codemasters has revealed three separate new games in the Overlord franchise, each tailored to a specific format. Overlord II, by series creators Triumph Studios, will be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC next year [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

New Wii games bring the outdoors in

Summer's the time for outdoor adventure, but come fall the rafting, riding and rallying don't have to end. The Daily News got a sneak peek at two new games for the Nintendo Wii that bring outside activities into your living room. Coming thi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Seven games from 7Seas

7Seas has released seven new online and casual educational games targeted at children of all ages. Amongst the seven new games, two games are related to mathematics, while four others target vocabulary improvement and one seeks to [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

LEGO Star Wars has sold 15 million units

Speaking to Variety, Traveller's Tales president Jon Burton has revealed that the LEGO Star Wars developer has already "started doing some LEGO games on the Warner IP... down the line". It's no surprise to hear that the developer [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Capcom struggles with piracy, DRM, and low PC sales of DMCIV

It's always fascinating when developers and publishers have an open discourse with gamers about the industry, and in a recent thread where a fan wondered if Capcom was happy about Devil May Cry 4 sales on the PC, a conversation about digi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Video game simulation suggests Packers would be better off w...

Brett Favre filed his reinstatement papers Tuesday, making it official — he's coming back. Now it's up to Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson to decide what to do with the quarterback. Trade him, release him or clear space [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

3 robbers tie up clerk, ransack video-game store

Three robbers, one with a gun, tied up a clerk at EB Games in La Mesa and ransacked the store yesterday, police said. The 19-year-old clerk was not injured. Authorities said it took her about half an hour to work free of her duct-tape bindi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Star Trek Online 'rescued'

The troubled Star Trek Online project has been rescued from the brink of extinction by City of Heroes creator, Cryptic Studios. This was rumoured months ago, of course, but it has finally been made official today. The project is being devel [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft reportedly to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299

Microsoft Corp plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.The price cut for the Xbox 360 model with the 20 gigabyte hard driv [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Kevin Unangst on Games for Windows LIVE / Direct...

Today, Microsoft announced that Games for Windows LIVE is now free, their plans for a LIVE Marketplace on PC, and DirectX 11. We hopped on the phone with Kevin Unangst, Senior Global Director of Games for Windows, to get a little more info [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

E3 2008 Picks and Pans

For once it doesn't matter whether you swear by the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, or PC gaming. It's all here. Here's what caught our eye--and what we wish we'd never laid eyes on--at this year's E3 gaming expo in LA.$HOME$ Xbox 360 Gets Net [...]