World of Warcraft has suffered a major hack in which the entire populations of some of the game’s virtual cities have been destroyed. According to game creator Activision-Blizzard, hackers using level-one (beginner)…
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Nintendo Unveils Price and Date of New Wii U Console
Nintendo has finally blown the lid off its new Wii U console revealing the UK price and date in it’s European Nintendo Direct Briefing. The console, which is the videogame company’s successor…
Back to the Source – Black Mesa and Social Media
1998’s Half Life saw mute Physicist Gordon Freeman pitted against zombies, the army and the alien forces of the Xen dimension in a game so ahead of its time, that it is…
Free Indie Game Turns Players into Devs
The classic ‘dungeon-crawling’ video game archetype was spawned by a game called ‘Rogue‘ – an incredibly graphically-basic top-down game which had players exploring a randomly-generated dungeon, slaying monsters and collecting loot. The…
World of Darkness Online – a Work in Progress, or an Elaborate Masquerade?
Long before the advent of mainstream video gaming, another form of game reigned supreme. Pen-and-Paper roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons captured the imaginations of generations. One player would narrate the story,…
UK Adopts PEGI System
The Pan European Game Information (PEGI) system has, today (30/07/2012), come into-force in the UK. This system, among other things, will make it an offence punishable by prison to sell video games…
Dog DayZ are Over
Night has fallen, and crickets croak their ambient song. I’m slowly bleeding from a wound to my chest and hunger twists knots in my stomach, but I’m out of food and medicine….
Overgrowth – The Next Generation of Video Game Combat
Interest, both public and industry, in brawler-styled games has been slowly fading since the early 2000s. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule: the Super Smash Bros series, along with games…
Anna – The Stuff of Nightmares or an Industry-Dream?
“It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning.” ~ Poltergeist Italian video game studio Dreampainters have announced a revolutionary new game-AI, which they claim ‘learns’ from players’ actions, and…