I’ll just say what most people are thinking: Somalia…with its lack of food, infrastructure, and a stable government actually has video games? Yes, until today when Somalia’s Islamist insurgents banned video games, reports AFP. They argue that games are destroying the country’s social fabric. Well, they’re not fond of girls going to school either.
David Crane, the co-founder of Activision and the creator of Pitfall! has been named the first ever recipient of Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ Pioneer Award. [Read more...]
Fighting terrorists requires quick reaction times and a high level of adaptability, traits which are improved from playing video games. This is according to the Office of Naval Research from an article on the Department of Defense’s website (via GamePolitics).
Recently Microsoft has been slowly letting the public know about an upcoming event that will be held in our own backyard of San Francisco. There they plan on showing off some of the upcoming games, ad-ons, and accessories that we can expect in 2010 (such as Natal). Among these games include Halo: Reach, Crackdown 2, Alan Wake, and Final Fantasy XII. Today on its Facebook page, however, Microsoft has confirmed several rumors about Fable 3 and its status at X10. [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE:
Capcom announced the release timing for their most highly-anticipated Spring titles including Monster Hunter™Tri, Lost Planet®2, Final Fight™: Double Impact and Super Street Fighter® IV for North America and Europe.
Mafia Wars…Farmville…Rolling with Katamari?? Now Facebook has yet another reason to keep its 350 million users on its site: Namco Bandai has announced that they have launched their new Namco Arcade on the social networking site, reports Industrygamers.
In the past couple of weeks, we normally see one big-ish release coming out, but this week is aiming for something a little more familiar. Each of the home consoles is having their own notable release as if they were competing to win this completely nondescript week. Is there a hidden Christmas I never hear off or something? What’s so special about the 4th week of January? Whatever it is, at least we get to reap its benefits.
Maybe… Maybe. At the moment however there is no current project for any Mass Effect movie being pursued at this time, the game’s project director Casey Hudson has stated they’ve been picking up a lot of Hollywood attention. [Read more...]
Earlier this morning Ubisoft announced via Twitter that the first of two pieces of Assassins Creed 2 DLC will be available next week.
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