Microsoft's annual "Summer of Arcade" event for highlighting Xbox Live Arcade titles returns this July with Lara Croft and the Guardian of the Light, 2010 IGF award winner Limbo, and three other games. Now in its third year, the promotion points Xbox 360 owners to high-profile titles debuting on the digital download service in the next few months. Previous Summer of Arcade releases included Shadow Complex and Trials HD. Last year's Summer of Arcade lineup ...
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in the games industry this summer, British developer Rare, Ltd. is replacing its gold logo with a new design that is designed to look both "modern and classic". The company, famous for developing successful franchises like Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie, says the upcoming anniversary presented it with an opportunity to introduce a "distinctive new look". Rare's new logo, which keeps keeping the stylized "R" from the old design visible, offers ...
[Magazine veteran -- and proud ferret-breeder -- Kevin "Magweasel" Gifford takes an analytical look at the latest video game magazines, all of which are currently trying to squeeze in all the E3 hype they can.] Summer is upon us. It's upon me, anyway, with nothing but searing heat and vengeful hurricanes in my future for the next four months, and it can put even the stoutest of men into a severe state of melancholy. It's ...
Several weeks after signs of the two companies' partnership began appearing online, Zynga and 7-Eleven have formally announced their deal to sell FarmVille-, Mafia Wars-, and YoVille-branded products at nearly 7,000 7-Eleven locations across the U.S. and Canada. This six-week summer campaign, which Zynga notes is its first partnership with a retailer, begins on June 1st and will allow consumers to redeem exclusive virtual items in the social game developer's titles by purchasing branded products ...
Rebellion is working with cloud-based game streaming service OnLive to offer its Aliens vs. Predator. The service has built a lot of momentum ahead of its launch this summer, and although major publishers like Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and 2K are on board, no titles have been revealed. But at the IBIS/LBS Videogames Investment Network event in London, Rebellion head Jason Kingsley broke the news -- which suggests that publisher Sega could be among the companies ...
With the unveiling of the PlayStation 3's Slim redesign late last summer, Sony aimed to reduce costs and create a profit on its hardware, but it seems the company's GPU chip has also been streamlined to reduce the console's energy consumption. Website PlayStation University, crediting a Japanese site for stripping down and analyzing the Slim's components, reports Sony reduced the PS3's RSX GPU to 40nm -- previously, it stood at 65nm. More simply, it's a ...
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