Rock Paper Shotgun reports that GAME, the leading games retailer in the UK, is going under. What does this mean for the UK gaming industry? Take it away, RPS: Without GAME, supermarkets will perhaps become the de facto leading games retailers – and thus far they have seem uninterested in stocking an
Screw Attack has a piece on the history of console development, and it basically breaks down why some consoles win, and other consoles lose. Though it makes points about how the Dreamcast couldn’t play DVDs and that the Super Nintendo was somehow inferior, there’s something significant to be taken a
We love games of all shapes and sizes, and guess what? So does the rest the world. This is part of a larger project to document a homegrown game from every country in the world. If you’ve enjoyed Thai food there’s a good chance you’ve smelled fish sauce, shrimp paste, or some variation thereupon. Fi
Since Apple recently agreed to let independent auditors into their suppliers’ factories, Buzzfeed editor Matt Buchanan decided to ask some other tech companies if they’d do the same. He received no response from Sony but Microsoft was a bit more forthcoming, though they wouldn’t be taking the same l
For those who’ve toyed with the difficulty of games like Spelltower or QWOP, we know our relationship to our keyboards can be challenging. Over at Wired, Dave Mosher points to a new study that suggests that where words are may have effects on how we think of them. To be more precise, a new study fr
Here’s today’s news: – Quantic Dream, Heavy Rain developers, have released a new trailer to show off their new game engine. It’s not a new project but it’s a pretty incredible short film. – Irrational Games have released a trailer for BioShock Infinite showing off one of the new enemy types: mechani