Whoops! Many players of Warhammer Online have been cleaned out by errant billing. And despite their promise of refunds, this spells big trouble for EA.
I’m not sure how many people were hit with the billing error, but I’m doubting that it really will be taken care of as quickly as they promise. [...more]
The Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package is a set of 5 new multiplayer maps for the mega-hit game, and sells for$15. When I first heard about it, I thought to myself, “Wow, that’s a lot of scratch for a measly 5 maps.”
Apparently, I’m the only person on earth who thought that – the expansion was [...more]
So when I think virtual reality, I think Lawnmower man, me in a sweet gyroscope shooting terrorists, aliens, hookers and adorable animals from the hip.
I never think I’d need to do neck exercises.
Gavan Woolery, who combined an Acer GD235HZ 3D monitor, a pair of shutter glasses, and a TrackIR 5 [...more]
If you have an Xbox 360, chances are that you’ve already downloaded a game or two through Xbox Live Arcade. Microsoft has expanded on its library of classic arcade games with Game Room, a virtual arcade that lets you play your old favorites in a customizable arcade environment. Unlike other Xbox Live Arcade titles, Game [...more]
It’s Friday, and therefore it’s the perfect day to waste time. Today’s Flash Friday selection is Robot Wants Kitty, a surprisingly solid little platforming game in which you, the robot, try to find the Kitty that you want oh so much. You can see the Kitty right away, but you won’t be able to get [...more]
Looking forward to the iPad? Apparently a number of iPhone game developers are. A number of “HD” or “XL” versions of existing iPhone/iPod games have been confirmed by the App Store. It’s safe to assume that these games will be merely higher-resolution versions of the games that will look better on the larger screen, but [...more]
A Bulgarian lawmaker is out of a job because of his Farmville obsession.
Dimitar Kerin was voted off a committee assignment by the Plovdiv City Council for his inability to stop tending his virtual crops on the Facebook game during meetings.
Kerin was not alone in his obsession among council members. Council chairman Ilko Iliev [...more]
One of the PlayStation 3’s bragging points amongst the technorati was the fact that you could install other operating systems on the machine, usually Linux. The redesigned Ps3 Slim removed this ability, and now the original version is losing it as well. On April 1, PlayStation 3 firmware 3.21 will be available, and when installed [...more]
In a surprising move, Nintendo announced today that the company will be releasing a new handheld platform sometime before the end of March 2011. More information will be revealed in a few months at the annual Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3), but we know the primary selling point of the system already: 3D gaming.
Currently [...more]
We’d be remiss if we didn’t tip our hats to the juggernaut of flash gaming, the one, the only, the indispensable…As tower defense games go, few are as deceptively simple yet maddeningly complex as Plants vs. Zombies. The concept is simple – an army of the undead inexorably marches towards your home. Your only defense? [...more]