Posted in games on Jun 11th, 2010 No Comments »
The next iteration of the venerable Mortal Kombat series was announced by Warner Brothers this morning and promises a return to brutal form for the game series. To be released on the PlayStation 3 and 360 in 2011, Mortal Kombat is being developed by the newly re-named NetherRealm Studios, led by Mortal Kombat creator and creative director Ed [...]
Posted in games on Apr 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Last week, Sony’s newest PlayStation 3 firmware update removed the system’s ability to install other operating systems on your PS3. Time constraints and a lack of interest have prevented me from ever installing a new operating system in my PlayStation 3, and I imagine I’m in the huge majority here, but the idea of a company [...]
Posted in games on Apr 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Students from Imperial College London have modified an open source version of the 1972 arcade game Pong to allow physically disabled players to control in-game paddles using eye movements. Players wear special glasses that use infrared light and a webcam to track the motion of one eye. A laptop linked to the webcam processes eye [...]
Posted in games on Apr 8th, 2010 No Comments »
A new piece of Swiss video game legislation will likely ban only certain games, and not all games with violent content as previously assumed, according to statements by a member of the National Council. The legislation is comprised of two proposals, one of which seemingly called for legally restricting minors from purchasing games rated PEGI [...]
Posted in games on Jan 10th, 2010 No Comments »
It’s been going on 13 years since Duke Nukem Forever was first announced, and you’d think that the closing of its developer, 3D Realms last year, and the effective cancellation of the game would be enough to take down the Duke for good. Well, think again…maybe.
