Blizzard Entertainment has finally launched the alternative pricing options for their highly popular RTS game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in Southeast Asia. Starting last week, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty prepaid cards will be available locally at select Internet gaming cafés, convenience stores, and gaming retail shops nationwide in the Philippines, and other countries will follow up shortly. The 3-day, 7-day, and 30-day passes can be used to connect to Blizzard Entertainment’s Southeast Asian Battle.net servers for single-player and multiplayer play of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which solves the issue for cybercafé players that are high in numbers in this region where game piracy is a big issue. Read more…
It seemed that the critically acclaimed Call of Duty: Black Ops has made a huge wave in the gaming world, as it has somehow broke a release record for the computer entertainment world. When Black Ops were launched, it racked in 5.6 million copies on first day of release. Now, they’ve smashed their previous title Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s $550 million sales figure in the first five days, with a new record of $650 million in the same period for Black Ops. Read more…
Pinball machine! They’re the antique of arcade gaming, something my parents would play before the arrival of Pac-man. But I bet nearly all of current generations never touched them before, the real thing I mean. Yes, we’ve played the Pinball game in Windows before, but the digital version would never be the same compared to the real deal. Now here comes the real deal, with a new theme! Read more…
Yes, we all know that computers can be more efficient and smarter than human, but only to the extent of the developers’ coding. It really depends on how you develop your AI. We’ve seen people playing with computers on chess, be it Chinese chess or English chess or Pizza chess, but now it’s the Japanese’s turn.
The Mainichi Daily News is reporting that for the first time ever, a computer has beaten a human Shogi champion, Ichiyo Shimizu, in Tokyo. The game lasted six hours, and the computer reportedly pursued Shimizu “aggressively” from the start. Must be much stressed to play like that for six hours. The governing association of pro Shogi players will now review the game to determine whether it will allow the computer to move onto challenge another player.
What? Winning is winning, be it a robot or a human. Let the robot show ‘em how it’s done.
I’m not sure about you guys, but I play Halo for the storyline, and I’d trash it aside after I’m done with it. Well I don’t represent the rest of the 99.99 percent of the population in the Halo universe anyway. The Halo series has always been about addictive multiplayer experiences, and trash talking with some noob little girls. Therefore, I believe that a huge number of people would be rather distressed right now when they can’t see anyone in the latest Halo: Reach’s co-op mode. Read more…
The Unreal Engine might be slightly dated, but they’re still very impressive, and plenty of game developers still use them for some new games that are not that intense, compared to the Cry Engine at least. The creators of the Unreal Engine and the games that run on it have brought their tech to the iPhone. Gives a new meaning to ‘Gaming on iPhone’ right? Epic Games is now letting iPhone owners see how well their engine works with a free demo, Epic Citadel. Soon, gaming on an iOS device might be the in-thing to do. Read more…
Many have already notice, but some might not. But luck so far is that none of the Sarah Kerrigan’s followers have been dining in fire, yet. It came to our notice that Blizzard had somehow, in some way forgotten to cap the frame rates of the game while you’re in the single-player’s menu, like for example the JoeyRay’s bar, the Bridge of the Hyperion and some others. Read more…
There hasn’t been a big participation when it comes to Android’s gaming platform. Most apps that show up in the app store are daily-use or work-related, which lacks the fun-factor. The number of games for Android has been small when compared to the iOS platform. Bu that’s about to change, as Sony gets its ‘1337 skillz’ onto the green monsters’ home. Engadget has news that says that ‘the company is actively and heavily developing a brand new gaming platform, ecosystem, and device which are already in the late stages of planning’. Perhaps this is where those game developing companies bought by Google steps in. What’s more, it’s going to be Android 3.0! Read more…
Well, another video game is getting ready to be translated into movie soon. This time, it’s the sci-fi alien series “Mass Effect”. Legendary Pictures has got hold of the rights to the video game, from Electronic Arts – BioWare. Mark Protosevich, the writer of “I Am Legend” and also the upcoming “Thor”, is in talk to write for the movie, which will be produced by Avi and Ari Arad as well as Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni.
Sony Pictures has released The Karate Kid iPhone game and it is available at the Apple appstore for free. “The Karate Kid game application comes with five martial arts training exercises. As you play, you will earn experience points. The more you train, the faster you progress towards becoming a martial arts master. New levels ranging from white to the highly honored black can be earned as you gain more points. Awards will also be achieved by completing specific tasks throughout the games.” Download link. More pictures after the break. Read more…
Recent Comments