Latest Articles (Page 1789)

Organic Panic is an easy game to write off based on its concept art and premise. Casting the player as a group of cartoon fruits and vegetables fighting off nefarious meats and cheeses seems like the sort of pandering, kid-friendly "edutainment" shovelware we'd expect to find in an elementary school computer lab rather than on an adult's home console. Rushing to judgment would be a mistake, however, as beneath its VeggieTales-esque veneer, Organic Panic looks like a very fun physics-based platformer/puzzler with extremely dynamic environments.

Ubisoft Reflections rounded off day two of last week's Develop conference with an intriguing talk, tantalisingly entitled "Tips and Tricks for Porting to Next-Gen". For Digital Foundry, it was a must-see presentation primarily because the vast majority - and perhaps even all - of the multi-platform games we'll be playing on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 by the end of the year have been derived from PC code, necessitating some level of porting across to the new hardware.

UPDATE #2: More good news about Transport Tycoon - creator Chris Sawyer has confirmed that the game will not be turned into a free-to-play experience.

Magicka: Wizard Wars publisher Paradox Interactive has shown off the first in-game footage from its bewitching PVP role-player.

Dota 2 is out now on Mac and Linux, Valve has announced.

Eye-catching PlayStation 4 and Xbox One open-world game The Division will launch towards the end of 2014, Ubisoft has said.

Microsoft has released Halo: Spartan Assault, the top-down shooter spin-off.

Hello everyone! Let's start with a list, because that's all the internet is comprised of these days. Time was you couldn't move for nobs and tits, now it's all Top Ten Cats Wearing Tiny Hats. ("About 4,010,000 results.")

Battlestar Galactica scribe Michael Angeli is working on the next game from God of War studio Sony Santa Monica.

The new Ace Combat game is for PlayStation 3.

Nintendo 3DS had a strong month of sales in the US in June.

Xbox One pre-orders are trending ahead of Xbox 360 pre-orders, Microsoft has said.

Triumph Studios has delayed turn-based fantasy strategy game Age of Wonders 3 from this autumn to Q1 2014.

The roll of the dice is the beating heart of games. Before there were joypads, there were dice and counters and boards, and random chance trumped player skill every time. Nobody won Snakes & Ladders through superior tactics, and even in later board games where strategy was possible, picking the wrong card or rolling the wrong total could still unravel your best-laid plans.

Capcom has announced a new Strider game for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Batman: Arkham Origins will contain the assassin Copperhead, the latest in the series' roster of impractically-dressed female characters.

Last month Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams developer Black Forest Games announced its intentions to Kickstart its next project, a 1-4 player side-scrolling platformer/shooter called Ravensdale, and now it's launched said crowdfunding campaign.

PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate HD, the enhanced Vita version of Q-Game's beloved 2008 tower defense title, is due in Europe on 31st July for £9.99 / €12.99, developer Double Eleven has announced.

A renovated version of Worms Revolution will be heading to Vita in Q3 this year with Worms Revolution Extreme, developer Team 17 has announced.

We celebrate this eighth holy day of Steam's annual Summer Sale with a new host of daily deals.

Procedurally-generated platformer Cloudberry Kingdom is now set for a release towards the end of the month on multiple platforms for $9.99 / €9.99 / 800 MSP (about £6.50).

Back in May I wrote about a promising looking avant garde stealth adventure called Tangiers and unsurprisingly, it's now on Kickstarter.

This is a pleasant way to end a sweaty Thursday - EarthBound's release date has been announced, and it turns out it's today.

Take out an annual subscription to Microsoft Office 365 and you'll get a free year of Xbox Live Gold, the company has announced.

Sony has confirmed that PlayStation 4 will be compatible with PlayStation 3 wireless headsets.

It's the summer of 2010. Typing to a backdrop of Chatroulette and Chilean Miners, it becomes clear that none of us in the Rock, Paper, Shotgun staff chatroom, where I worked at the time, know how to react to the news that Valve, a company famous for giving gamers what they want before they know they want it, is making the sequel to Defense of the Ancients.

The bosses behind Android console Ouya have announced a new $1 million games fund to try and ignite a wave of exclusive software development.

Imagine waking up to find that someone had turned your name into a video game Easter egg and hidden it inside one of the world's biggest shooters. Then imagine all this had happened nearly two years ago, and the internet had only just found it out after someone hacked into said game's innards.

In the 90s, Delphine Studio was a developer defined by two brilliant Frenchmen. On the one side there was Eric Chahi, whose Another World was a game marked by dense, surreal imagery. It was Jodorowsky played as a slick side-scroller, an alien fever dream that retains its ability to stun over 20 years on.

All crafting professions in Guild Wars 2 are going to rise from 400 to 500 this year, according to game director Colin Johanson. It means you'll be able to make your own ascended gear.