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12 Jul 2010Google has “secretly” invested an undisclosed amount of money (estimated to be between $100 million and $200 million) in virtual Ville creator Zynga Games, TechCrunch claims. Why would one highly profitable company dump such a large amount of duckets into another successful company’s coffers? TechCrunch believes that it’s part of a strategy to partner with [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News
24 Feb 2010Yesterday’s announced update to Valve’s Steam digital distribution service came with a surprise—hints that the Half-Life developer may be planning to add Mac OS X support to the currently Windows-only software. Steam forum members dug through newly released files from the recently launched open beta and dug up a handful of Mac OS X-specific graphics, [...]
The latest issue of Game Informer magazine has a bit of potential bad news for Gordon Freeman fans, casting doubt on the release of Half-Life 2: Episode Three in 2010. Specifically, Game Informer’s rumor-centric Loose Talk column notes that there “won’t be any game from the [Half-Life] franchise in 2010, and what will finally come [...]
In: Gaming News
17 Jan 2010It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything about GRIN’s “unreleased masterpiece” — a collaboration with Square Enix (and assumed Final Fantasy off-shoot) titled Fortress. An anonymous report released last September claimed the title was currently in the hands of another, unnamed developer. Yesterday, some tech demo footage purportedly displaying the fruits of said studio’s labor [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News
4 Jan 2010Apple is set to unveil its take on the tablet computer, the touchscreen bigger brother to the iPhone rumored to be branded the iSlate, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s report cites “people briefed by the company” who say the multimedia device will “let people watch movies and television [...]
In: Gaming News|Microsoft
28 Dec 2009This is supposedly video of somebody playing Geometry Wars on Project Natal. Emphasis on the supposedly, in case you missed the italics first time around. A Destructoid reader reckons this was shot at a “Christmas Party”, though that’s where the information dries up. On the “could be” side of things, there’s lag at several points, [...]
In: Gaming News
19 Aug 2009There were the faintest of rumblings about this a couple of months ago, but now that GRIN are officially out of business, it can now come to light that they’d been working on…a Final Fantasy game. Professional resume snoop superannuation has uncovered some concept art and CV listings for a game code-named “Fortress”, which we’re [...]
In: Gaming News|Microsoft
13 Jun 2009Last week, Microsoft’s Shane Kim told us that the launch of the 360′s motion-controlled camera system – Project Natal – would be as big as a console launch. Maybe he was onto something with that. Because 1UP are reporting a rumour that while Natal will be released next year for existing 360 consoles, it will [...]
In: Gaming News|Playstation|Sony|Technology
30 May 2009GamersConsoleNetwork scored a big scoop this morning, pulling the first images of the PSP Go (running LittleBigPlanet) out of the latest edition of Qore, which apparently went live early. On top of that, someone managed to film the video and place it on YouTube. That’s below (bad audio) In the video: • Grand Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, [...]
In: Gaming News|Playstation|Sony|Technology
28 May 2009Don’t expect the PS3 Slim at E3! According to website Ars Technica, it won’t be there. A “very well-informed mole” says that there won’t be a PS3 Slim announcement next week at E3, and that the console won’t be in stores until late summer or early fall. Why? “There are plenty of PS3 systems sitting [...]