If there are any video game mascots that stand above the rest, it’s hard to argue that Lara Croft is one of the most recognizable. Many gamers sang praises of Tomb Raider’s protagonist as they followed her adventures on the original Sony PlayStation. Several years passed, development changed hands and the Tomb Raider series seemed [...]
I tend to enjoy board games most in video game form. Titles like Carcassonne or Catan take the busywork out of setting up a complicated game. Risk: Factions isn’t content to be a mere “port” of the classic board game. Instead, it riffs on a complex game, while keeping the spirit of the original alive.
In many ways, Factions doesn’t stray far from the source material. Armies claim territories, and you roll virtual dice to determine battle victors. The game can be won by controlling territory, or by fulfilling objectives that grant bonuses. For purists, it even includes a Classic mode with the standard world map, along with a wealth of new maps developed for Factions mode.
1UP member gamerfan85 was walking around the LA Staples center where the NBA Finals are going on — right next to where E3 will be held a week from now — and took video of a new game being shown on the large screens outside. Anyway, the trailer shows the word “Nerkas” at the end of it, and Destructoid checked the internet registry and found that Square-Enix owns the rights to the domain www.nerkas.com (nothing’s there yet). Whether this is the name of the game or just a name of something in the game is unclear, but we’ll certainly hear more about this one from Square-Enix at E3.
Via Playstation Blog
Sharing: It’s Win/Win
As longtime fans of the PSP Podcast, we’re really excited about the latest development from podcaster Lloyd Hannesson. Lloyd’s currently the creative genius behind DSLife, Touch of Gaming and WiiSpot, and he’s now decided for some crazy reason to add to his group of Video Game Podcasts with one focused purely on the PS3 and the PSP.
Episode one is out, and it’s a good one. Three dudes talk about all things Sony and share news, new releases, and talk about what each of them are playing. Lloyd has a long history of doing this kind of show, and it really shows here. Make sure you head over and check out the podcast and subscribe. And tell ‘em GrE sent ya.
Sharing: It’s Win/Win
The Merriam-Webster’a dictionary website defines an achievement as a "successful result brought about by hard work." However, the following achievements could not be classified as either being considered successful or the result of hard work, mostly since these achievements are boring.
Every gamer out there has that one video game
franchise that they can’t resist. Whether you line up at midnight for the next game in the Halo series or start to lose it at the possibility that a new Zelda game is coming to town doesn’t matter – you understand that even a stinker in the series won’t mar the franchise’s reputation.
Koku writes: "I admit, unabashedly, to being what one would call a nerd. Gaming has always seemed to be a big part of my life, even as a young girl. I remember vividly the day I got my first Tandy computer, and falling in love with parser driven games like King’s Quest, Space Quest, and Hugo’s House of Horrors. Because my love for computers and video games blossomed at such a young age, it stayed with me up until adulthood, and has even managed to sneak into my love life. As backwards as it may sound, I am a girl who would rather play a video game on a date, then go to a movie, so when I’m looking for a candidate suitable for dating, I make sure that video game play is going to be on the agenda."
Anybody who’s ever touched a video game knows the name "Nintendo." As a matter of fact, it’s almost safe to say that everybody knows the name "Nintendo," period. Still, even though most can agree that Nintendo is quite the impressive company, very few realize just how dang impressive they really are. Check out this great compilation of Nintendo statistics and facts which will leave your jaw on the floor.
More than 3 years after the PlayStation 3’s release, the system continues to amaze many with its incredible video game library. Uncharted 2, God of War 3 and Heavy Rain are just some of the latest PS3 games that have sold well in 2009 and 2010. But from the time of the PS3’s release in 2006 and today, there have been 5 PS3 exclusive games that have sold more than any other PS3 exclusive. Here are the top 5 best selling PS3 exclusive games to date.
