Alibek Omarov deserves a hearty round of applause for this feat of technical ingenuity. Current Android devices were never meant to run a game like Counter-Strike — yet here is Counter-Strike 1.6, running reasonably well on an Android tablet. Sure, the … Read More
Various words have been applied to Doom‘s “BFG” acronym over the years, but any real fan from the ’90s knows what those letters stand for: Big. F*cking. Gun. The BFG 9000 mega-weapon from id Software’s seminal first-person shooter has been … Read More
This past week, Facebook showed us what it’s like to take a virtual reality selfie using the Oculus Rift — an experience that has to be seen to truly grasp its awesomeness But that demo was just a prototype. You … Read More
Film aesthetes will tell you that nobody does geek-art the way Mondo does. The Austin-based art gallery has built big business around commissioning artists to create eye-catching movie posters that then sell — almost immediately — in extremely limited runs. … Read More
Not content to simply announce the long awaited-arrival of the Oculus Rift to consumers, company founder Palmer Luckey and Facebook (the parent company of Oculus) founder Mark Zuckerberg both engaged in unusually direct presentations to the public this week. See … Read More
And holy cats does it cut through zombie heads like they’re butter. Bloodborne is the PlayStation 4’s very own “Dark Souls on speed.” It’s as challenging as any of creator Hidetaka Miyazaki’s Souls games, but it features a more nimble protagonist … Read More
If you thought the rash of celebrity-inspired mobile games was going to slow anytime soon, it seems we aren’t out of the woods yet. Taylor Swift will turn her likeness into a mobile game in a partnership with Glu Mobile, … Read More
TOKYO — Sony Corp. reported a 33.5% jump in quarterly profit as sales improved in its PlayStation 4 video game business. Tokyo-based Sony kept its full-year profit projection unchanged Friday at 140 billion yen ($1.2 billion), which would be a … Read More
The LGBTQ community loves parades, color and fun. That’s about all you’ll learn from Atari’s new game PrideFest, a mobile game that bills itself as a celebration of the LGBTQ community. The social-simulation game has players take on mayorship of … Read More
Valve refuses to say anything about the prospect of a new Half-Life game, but it’s cool with letting fans make and sell their own creations. In certain cases, at least. The latest example is Prospekt, a sequel to the 1999 Half-Life: Opposing Force expansion/spinoff, and … Read More