Square Announces The Long Awaited Thief Reboot For Next Gen Hardware [Gallery]
Tuesday, 5th March 2013Posted in Preview
Tags: brief, city, dark, game, Garret, new, project, reboot, screens, The City, thief, Thief 4
Written by: Craig Hunter
The long awaited announcement for a new iteration in the longstanding Thief series has finally been made. Square has unveiled the new reboot in the latest issue of Gameinformer. You can see the cover image below along with some brief details of the game.
We also have a bunch of screens and concept art from the upcoming stealth reboot below courtesy of GamesManiac via AGB. There is a brief trailer for the GI coverage below as well.
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Fan-made StarCraft Universe ‘MORPG’ Goes Where Blizzard Won’t
Wednesday, 27th February 2013Posted in Gaming Personality
Tags: blizzard, fan, game, mod, players, project, scu, starcraft, universe
Written by: Bryan Dare
Are you a long-time StarCraft fan who hungers for more than your usual RTS fix? Have you spent the last eight years gazing longingly towards Blizzard’s Warcraftian pastures? Luckily, the team at Upheaval Arts, an assembly of fans with a broad and impressive set of skills, are doing what many have asked of Blizzard since the release of 2004′s World of Warcraft: turning StarCraft into an MMO… sort of.
Upheaval’s StarCraft Universe is a fan-made mod that will be officially published through Blizzard’s Battle.net service, providing SC players with a raiding experience similar to that of WoW, pitting groups of players against powerful enemies for a shot at loot and glory. Continue reading “Fan-made StarCraft Universe ‘MORPG’ Goes Where Blizzard Won’t” »
Project Awakened Dev Tells You How You’ll Get To Build Your Own Superhero:
Monday, 18th February 2013Posted in Gaming Personality
Tags: AAA, action, awakened, exclusive, game, games, jhs, like, players, project, stuff, Superhero Sim
Written by: Craig Hunter
A new AAA action game recently caught our on eye on Kickstarter called Project Awakened.
Developed by Phosphor Games, the title is being called a superhero simulation title that for the “first time in a modern AAA action game,” will allow you to “completely define your dream videogame character, from abilities to aesthetics, all while playing in an action-packed world that responds to your personal playstyle.”
Below we have an exclusive interview with the developers of Project Awakened as well as a video showing of the Create-A-Player and some of the many powers and abilities.
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Just Cause 2 Developer Teases New Title
Friday, 15th February 2013Posted in Preview
Tags: appears, avalanche, cause, driving, grapple hook, image, just, Kotaku, project
Written by: Craig Hunter
Just cause Developer, Avalanche Studios has just released a blurry image teasing one of their next big projects.
The image, seen below courtesy of Kotaku, was dropped by Avalanche co-founder Cristofer Sundberg and depicts what appears to be a man driving a motorcycle through a desert like area while kicking another guy off.
At this point it is well known that avalanche has three different project in the works so it is hard to say what the image represents. There is a good chance though that the image is for Just Cause 3 or something in that storyline.
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Shadow of Colossus Film Still Happening, Has a Writer On Board
Tuesday, 8th January 2013Posted in Pop Culture
Tags: adaption, attached, film, game, lochhead, project, Shadow of the Colossus
Written by: Craig Hunter
It feels as though every popular game series is rumored to have a film adaption in the works. Sony’s Shadow of the Colossus has been in the works for a while now and today we get a brief update on the situation.
Back in 2009 Sony put the Shadow of Colossus film into motion, since then there has been an almost complete blackout on the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter Sony has tapped writer Seth Lochhead to pen the adaption of the popular cult hit Playstation 2 game (via GameSpot).
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Project Shield, NVidia’s Portable Gaming Console Unveiled
Monday, 7th January 2013Posted in Industry
Tags: controller, core, gaming, mobile, nvidia, project, Shield, tegra
Written by: Craig Hunter
NVidia is entering into the mobile gaming console space with the announcement of Project Shield. Shield is an Android mobile gaming and media device that ships with the company’s newly introduced quad-core Tegra 4 mobile processor (via CNET). Check out the Shield real-time demo announcement video and image gallery below.
Project Shield, along with the new quad-core Tegra 4 were announced during the Nvidia press conference at this year’s CES. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage in Vegas to unveil the company’s surprising offering into to the mobile gaming space.
Here is what we know so far about the Shield. It looks like a common PS3 or Xbox 360 controller but with a 5-inch touch display attached. The flip-top “retinal display” is a 1280×720 HD multitouch screen. The mobile console has full 802.11n on-board WiFi. Continue reading “Project Shield, NVidia’s Portable Gaming Console Unveiled” »
Bill Murray Finally Signs On To ‘Ghostbusters 3′; Movie Might Be Doomed Anyways
Friday, 7th December 2012Posted in Pop Culture
Tags: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ghostbusters 3, harold Ramis, project, Sony
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Good news for Ghostbusters fans who suspected knew that the long-in-development-hell Part 3 wouldn’t have been the same without Dr. Venkman: After years of wavering, Bill Murray has officially signed on to the project.
According to The Toronto Sun, co-star/creator Harold Ramis has revealed that Bill Murray called him last month to give him his word that he was in. Continue reading “Bill Murray Finally Signs On To ‘Ghostbusters 3′; Movie Might Be Doomed Anyways” »
An Amazing Chrono Trigger Tribute Out of Beads
Thursday, 29th November 2012Posted in Gaming News
Tags: beads, Chrono Trigger, game, panels, Perler beads, piece, project, reddit, tannon, thanks, took
Written by: Craig Hunter
A Redditor by the name of Tannon has posted images of his amazing Chrono Trigger Tribute and they have gone massively viral. The art piece is made entirely from Perler beads and took Tannon and his girlfriend almost two years and 47,096 beads to complete.
Gametrailers got a chance to speak with Tannon about the project check out the highlights below. The piece took almost 200 hours to complete and is almost a perfect re-production of that part of the Chrono Trigger map.
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Peter Molyneux Reveals His New Game Project Godus on Kickstarter
Wednesday, 21st November 2012Posted in Preview
Tags: 22cans, game, Godus, kickstarter, Peter Molyneux, Populous, project, world
Written by: Craig Hunter
Just after the release of Curiosity, Peter Molyneux has announced his next game.
Molyneux’s newly formed game studio, 22cans, is creating an “innovative reinvention” of the popular classic Populous currently dubbed project Godus. 22cans has taken the project to Kickstarter seeking £450,000 (via Polygon).
Check out the Kickstarter pitch video and some images below.
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Daily Gaming: Gambitious Launches Crowd-funding Service Specifically For Games
Tuesday, 25th September 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: funded, funding, gambitious, game, games, industry, kickstarter, mushroom men, project
Written by: Craig Hunter
Over the last year Kickstarter has become a major player in the gaming industry giving interesting game ideas a chance to be produced without having to follow the traditional big business publishing model. Both larger and smaller independent game makers are getting there games funded through Kickstarter and now a new crowd-funding service, tailored soley to gaming, has been launched called Gambitious.
Created and funded by Paul Hanraets, Andy Payne, Harry Miller from Mastertronic and Mike Wilson from Devolver Digital, Gambitious “is the first professional crowdfunding platform exclusively dedicated to the games industry.” Continue reading “Daily Gaming: Gambitious Launches Crowd-funding Service Specifically For Games” »
Ouya: The $99 Android Game Console Reaches $3 Million On Kickstarter
Wednesday, 11th July 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: $3million, android, Boxer8, console, free, games, gaming, kickstarter, ouya, project
Written by: Craig Hunter
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If you haven’t heard by now, Boxer8 has recruited Yves Behar to develop an Android-based gaming console called Ouya that has an intense focus on a free, dev-friendly ecosystem. The project, which will feature free to play games, built to be hacked hardware and a free, included developer kit, has now reached $3 million on its Kickstarter project.
The Kickstarter project named, “OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console,” has surpassed its original funding goal of $950,000, which was reached in just 8 hours after posting. Backers will see benefits ranging from early access and a free console to spending a day with the designers including Yves Behar, among other things. Continue reading “Ouya: The $99 Android Game Console Reaches $3 Million On Kickstarter” »
Project Glass: Google Unveils Augmented Reality Glasses With Concept Video
Wednesday, 4th April 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: concept, glasses, google, Google X, Larry Page, project, Project Glass, smartphone, terminator, video
Written by: Craig Hunter
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The last time we told you about Google terminator-style glasses a built-in HUD and specs similar to a smartphone Google had not yet confirmed the project. Today out of nowhere previous reports from 9to5Google have been proven accurate with Google introducing the augmented reality glasses concept through a concept video and series of images.
The images above and below show what is most likely just a concept of the glasses (we’re hoping anyway), and the video what it might be like to use a pair. As reported by The New York Times, Goog will soon Continue reading “Project Glass: Google Unveils Augmented Reality Glasses With Concept Video” »
New Specs Published For Real Linux-Powered STAR TREK Tricorder
Thursday, 29th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets
Tags: project, specs, star trek, tricorder
Written by: Paul Nyhart
The device made famous by Star Trek is quickly becoming a reality. The device that allowed the fleet to explore unfamiliar areas, amongst basically everything else, would conceivably allow our modern society to do the same thing.
“The open source science tricorders that I’ve developed are very much a way to help people explore and feed their curiosity for the world,” Peter Jansen, who created and built the gadget, said.
The tricorder project is being Continue reading “New Specs Published For Real Linux-Powered STAR TREK Tricorder” »
Kojima’s Says “Project Ogre” Will Include Actual Ogres As 1/48 scale MG Rex Goes On Sale
Friday, 24th February 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: demon, devil, figure, game, hideo, kojima, metal gear, ogre, oni, preorder, project, tweet
Written by: Craig Hunter
With all of the news surrounding a new MGS in the works, we get some interesting news coming from a Hideo Kojima tweet today regarding what he calls “Project Ogre”. Although most of Project Ogre has lived in myth and theory, remaining mostly unknown, finally we get some insight into what the name itself actually means.
“Oh BTW, my Ogre Project doesn’t mean a game like a ogre nor a game create w/ soul of ogre but a game w/ the use of ogre.” – Kojima tweet
In the tweet, time stamped 7:12 PM – 23 Feb 12 and translated by Andriasang, Hideo explained that the term “ogre” is to be taken literally. The game, in Japanese “Oni Project”, will in some way, shape or form deal literally with ogre’s or oni. Pointed out by Andriasang,“oni” can be translated to not only “ogre” but a number of different things including the likes of “demon” and “devil”. Continue reading “Kojima’s Says “Project Ogre” Will Include Actual Ogres As 1/48 scale MG Rex Goes On Sale” »
12-Year Old Building 17-inch Windows Tablet On Kickstarter
Friday, 17th February 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets, Technology
Tags: 12-year old, 17-inch, DIY, funding, gaming, hardman, kickstarter, PC, project, tablet, windows
Written by: Craig Hunter
With tablets quickly taking over the PC market, one 12 year old from California is thinking about the bigger picture, literally. While the average size of a tablet’s display typically ranges from 5- to 10-inches, tech fanatic James Hardman is taking the tablet game up a notch with a 17-inch Windows-powered tab he plans on manufacturing.
With a goal of $50,000 in funding, Hardman turned to Kickstarter to realize his dreams and posted his plans for the 17-inch super tablet. Oh, and according to him, the device is 5.1x as powerful as iPad 2.
James spoke to Mashable regarding his overarching motivation behind the project.
“I personally love bigger screens,” says the 12 year old Hardman, “And I know other people did, too. I looked everywhere and nobody had anything Continue reading “12-Year Old Building 17-inch Windows Tablet On Kickstarter” »
Code Year: Learn To Code in 2012 With Free Interactive Lessons From Code Academy
Thursday, 5th January 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: code, Code Year, codecademy, learn, lessons, new year's resolution, programming, project, website
Written by: Craig Hunter
A new project/promotion available through online coding tutorial site Codecademy will let you learn how to code through interactive tutorials once a week throughout 2012. As Slate notes- the ones who turned us on to the site- “learning to code is becoming as important as knowing how to read and write”.
Founders of the Codecademy (pronounced Code Academy) startup Ryan Bubinski and Zach Sims are urging beginner coders to sign up for a new course that provides one lesson a week over the next year as their New Year’s resolution. Each lesson takes about five hours to complete, so you can get each one done spending around an hour a day during the work week.
According the website Codecademy has up for the project, around 149,183 people have signed up for “Code Year”. The lessons appear to be completely free and the rest of Codecademy’s JavaScript courses are as well. Continue reading “Code Year: Learn To Code in 2012 With Free Interactive Lessons From Code Academy” »
TouchFire: A Physical Onscreen Keyboard (Laptop Killer) for iPad
Wednesday, 21st December 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive, Gadgets
Tags: brad, ipad, key, keyboard, kickstarter, onsceen, physical, product, project, touchfire, typing
Written by: Craig Hunter
Lack of responsiveness when typing on the iPad’s onscreen keyboard has always been a strong argument for those who think it can never truly replace the efficiency of a laptop’s full-size, physical keyboard. That’s precisely the inspiration behind a new product called TouchFire that recently received over $200,000 in funding on Kickstarter.
The TouchFire is an ultra-thin silicon keyboard overlay that is meant to provide your iPad with all the benefits of a real, physical keyboard. It attaches via iPad 2′s magnets and also clips onto a Smart Cover with a small clip. The best part is the accessory has been engineered specifically to allow you to rest your fingers on the keys without accidental presses on the touch screen, but also still lets you swipe horizontally. Continue reading “TouchFire: A Physical Onscreen Keyboard (Laptop Killer) for iPad” »
Kinect-powered GLaDOS Personal Assistant Does Siri-like Voice-Control on a PC
Wednesday, 2nd November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: ai, apple, artificial, commands, control, glados, intelligence, kinect, microsoft, project, SDK, siri, video, voice
Written by: Craig Hunter
With the recent launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S, the artificially intelligent personal assistant Siri has been getting all the love from those who think voice-control is the way the future for navigation.
Not so fast says Corey Thomas, who just posted the video below to Vimeo showing his latest voice-control project using Kinect…and a little help from Portal’s GLaDOS.
Siri already got a GLaDOS concept video, but this thing is the real deal. In the video we see Corey controlling his PC with his voice Continue reading “Kinect-powered GLaDOS Personal Assistant Does Siri-like Voice-Control on a PC” »
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