We haven’t seen a party game from Nintendo since 2007′s release of Mario Party 8, but Nintendo CEO Iwata has broken the dry spell and announced ‘Wii Party’. The title will be the newest in the ‘Wii’ software line, companion to ‘Wii Sports’ and ‘Wii Fit’. As reported by Joystiq, Nintendo has high hopes for [...]
Continue reading...20. April 2010
As reported by Industry Gamers, the newest premium item to be released in the marketplaces of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is a Celestial Mount, that is available for purchase for… wait for it… $25. Before you scoff and predict the item’s failure, know that the exact opposite is happening. The unofficial World of Warcraft blog [...]
Continue reading...29. March 2010
Last fall, Sony launched Facebook integration on the Playstation 3, allowing users to connect their PSN accounts with their Facebook accounts, to share news about earned trophies, store purchases and so on. The above was accomplished outside of any games, via the console’s main interface. Now, thanks to an announcement on the Official Playstation Blog [...]
Continue reading...17. March 2010
Jack Buser of Sony has reported that Sony’s PlayStation Home on the PlayStation 3 has hit 12 million users. Buser also noted that the total population of the virtual world has increased by 2 million since 2009 and has overall doubled since June 2009. Also of note is that apparently 85% of Home users have [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2010
The most social aspect of Rock Band which was revealed last year known as Rock Band Network is now officially ready for primetime. MTV is promoting it by saying that it is designed to allow independent or unknown musicians to get their music in the game. The program allows these independent musicians the chance to [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2010
Social gaming and networking have been showing dominance with communication, sharing and competition, but rarely do we see a group of people team up to collectively prove a point or for a cause. Jordan Verner from Ontario Canada was told at a young age that he would go blind. Despite that actually not happening, he [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
Edge Online is reporting on Sony’s announcement that LittleBigPlanet now features over two million user created levels. Mike Perona of SCEA had this to say about the significant milestone: “Congratulations to all of the LittleBigPlanet community, as we hit another big user-generated milestone with over two million levels created and posted on the Share Planet,” LittleBigPlanet [...]
Continue reading...28. January 2010
Netflix and Nintendo recently announced plans to bring a little more joy into the world. To the delight of twenty-six million US Wii owners, Netflix’s online streaming video service will soon be available through Nintendo’s Wii gaming console. Netflix, based in the Bay Area, boasts eleven million subscribers to its DVD-by-mail business. Fifty percent of [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
Microsoft’s newly announced Xbox Game Room is coming. Get ready to relive your coin-op glory days with 1000+ classic arcade titles headed to Xbox 360 over the next three years. The retro gaming service is slated to launch this Spring and will also be available for Windows Live on PC. The Xbox Game Room will [...]
Continue reading...8. December 2009
November saw 9 new game releases on Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA), and Gamasutra sister-site, GamerBytes just posted some interesting analysis of the console’s social section. For all those gamers willing to set Modern Warfare 2 aside long enough to play anything else, XBLA had some quality new titles to offer last month. On the casual [...]
Continue reading...4. December 2009
On December 15, Games for Windows will become a bit more like its console counterpart, Xbox LIVE. Yesterday Microsoft announced that Games for Windows LIVE will soon include a portal for accessing and downloading LIVE-enabled titles courtesy of Games on Demand. Microsoft’s social strategy here is clear: Games for Windows delivers a truly connected experience [...]
Continue reading...30. November 2009
Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts studio recently announced ‘Go to Hell’, an all-new social application inspired by the upcoming game, Dante’s Inferno. Go to Hell “takes the poem’s canonized nine circles of hell, and brings them into everyday life. With the click of a button, anyone can send a friend foe, place, product or brand [...]
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8. May 2010
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