DirectX12 Announced and Xbox One Improvements
Social network feeds and the Internet at large have been buzzing with announcements from the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco these past few days. And now, the last day has dawned. It appears one of the best a...
Student Replicating Manhattan In Minecraft
Christopher Mitchell, a Computer Science PhD student, is actively replicating Manhattan in Minecraft to scale. So far, he has built Yankee Stadium (which resides in the Bronx), the Time Warner Center, the Chrysler Building, ...
Amazon’s Bulky Game Controller for Android-Powered TV Box
A while back, rumours surfaced of a supposedly Android-powered TV box by Amazon. While no hardware details were released, some photos of its supposed controller made its way online very recently. Judging by the images, it’s u...
Get-Well Gamers Foundation – Your Donation Can Help A Child
The Get-Well Gamers Foundation is a non-profit charity for sick children in hospitals to give them an escape from reality. The founder of the charity, Ryan Sharpe, grew up in and out of hospitals (to the point he had a “...
Courtnee Draper Interested in Portraying Elizabeth in BioShock Movie
Back in 2010, a planned film adaptation of BioShock halted development and was eventually shut down by series creator Ken Levine. However, Courtnee Draper, the voice of BioShock Infinite’s Elizabeth, has stated that sho...
Google May Have a Console in the Works
Rumors of Google’s possible entry into the console space are intensifying, as Pandodaily has discovered that Green Throttle Games has been quietly acquired by the search engine giant. Green Throttle Games went silent last...
SpawnFirst’s Picks for E3 2014 Official Game Reveals
Last year was known as the “Wallet Apocalypse” after E3 to gamers for multiple reasons. Accompanying the multiple Steam sales was a plethora of big title releases like Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Call of ...
Final Fantasy Type-0 Fan Localization Has A Release Date
Final Fantasy Type-0Â has been heralded as one of the best games in the Final Fantasy franchise. It received a near perfect score from Famitsu (39 out of 40) and received high scores from other publications. Fans of the franchi...
Naughty Dog’s Amy Hennig Leaves Studio After 10 Years – UPDATE
UPDATE: As I stated in the original story, the claims of Hennig being “forced out” by Druckmann and Straley should not have been taken as the truth; and it turns out it wasn’t the truth at all. Regarding that ...
Chinese Government Wants to Ban Video Game Commercials on Children’s TV
It’s well-known that Chinese television has a strict regulation system and video games are still a target of the blame-game when it comes to discussions about violence. But it’s ineffective. Why? Because the problem...
GameFly To Start Renting Movies Alongside Games
GameFly is currently in the “beta” stages of renting out movies alongside their games. The service will begin shipping movies by April 4, but members can start adding desired movies to their GameQ immediately. They ...
True HD Version Of Resident Evil 4 Being Made By A Fan
With the release of Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD, one player (NeoGAF user crisdecuba) thought it wasn’t HD enough so he’s taking matters into his own hands. He is updating the textures by hand using Photoshop (with...
UPDATE: Sony Layoffs: First Sony Santa Monica, Now Sony Stores
UPDATE:Â The canceled project was a new IP that Stig Asmussen was working on. @GrumpyGamerGuy I'm not sure. But the IP is canceled. — jonathanhawkins (@jonathanhawkins) February 26, 2014 @helghastA7X @NaughtyGods Yup....
New Tony Hawk Game on the Horizon
The Tony Hawk series has been in dire straights since 2009 when the release of Tony Hawk: Ride failed to meet the publishers expectations. Only two other titles in the series have been released since then and neither performed ...
BioShock Developer Announces Shutdown
On the developer’s website Irrational Games’ founder Ken Levine has announced the shutdown of the studio. Levine cited a desire to create different kind of games than the studio had developed before as a reason for ...
