News - Confirmed: Video Games are Hard

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:52:00 +0000

Many people have long suspected that 8- and 16-bit videogames were hard, but up until now this was merely a hunch based on personal experience and anecdotal evidence, which as we all know are essentially useless for divining truth. Fortunately, the issue has now been settled in the only sensible way: advanced mathematics.

In the paper "Classic Nintendo Games are (NP-)Hard" Greg Aloupis of the Universit� Libre de Bruxelles, along with Eric D. Demaine and Alan Guo of

Video - Community's Joel McHale Stars in 3DS "Viral" Ad'

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:18:00 +0000

Check out Nintendo's new web-based advert for the 3DS:

News - Epic cancels Gears of War Kinect title

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:38:00 +0000

Gears of War's rumoured Kinect outing will never see the light of day, according to the developer's design director.

Epic Games very own Cliff Bleszinski said in a recent interview that Gears of War: Exile, an on-rails spinoff reportedly designed to be a motion-controlled Kinect exclusive, has been canned after disappearing from the rumour mill's radar several months ago.

"Let's just bury the hatchet now," he told Gamespot's Eddie Makuch. "Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I

News - Quantic Dream Unveil Kara

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:01:00 +0000

Quantic Dream, creators of Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit have released the first signs of their next game, in the form of a seven-minute tech demo Kara. The video, which runs in real-time on a regular PS3, focusses on an android being constructed and tested, before beginning to display human emotions to the surprise of her creator.

The main purpose of the demo is to show off some very impressive-looking new facial animation technology, which looks like a serious rival for the Motion Scan technology used in last year's L.A. Noire. In fact Quantic Dream claim that the video is based on year-old technology, and the current version is 50% more advanced.

News - Microsoft Points to be Given the Kick by End of Year

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:44:00 +0000

Inside Mobile Apps apparently states that Microsoft will be phasing out its 'Microsoft Points' system by the end of the year, instead replacing it with real-world currency much like the Sony's PlayStation Network and Apple's App Store.
This move will effect Xbox Live, Windows Phone and the Zune Marketplace as developers with upcoming downloadable content are briefed to plan ahead for the change.

Index

News - Confirmed: Video Games are Hard

Video - Community's Joel McHale Stars in 3DS "Viral" Ad'

News - Epic cancels Gears of War Kinect title

News - Quantic Dream Unveil Kara

News - Microsoft Points to be Given the Kick by End of Year