Games and Entertainment Brief

Amazon rolls out monthly Prime subscriptions

Posted November 6, 2012 - 16:46 by Thomas Anderson

Amazon has quietly offered its Prime service for quite some time now.

Rare Air Raid Atari game worth at least $30K

Posted November 5, 2012 - 08:30 by Shane McGlaun

It never ceases to amaze me just how many classic toys I owned, broke and threw away. Sadly, most of them are worth some serious money today.

DayZ mod a collaborative effort

Posted November 4, 2012 - 07:15 by Shane McGlaun

The recent DayZ mod "half-done" patch represents a collaborative effort between devs and the DayZ community.

Picade is a tiny arcade enclosure for your Raspberry Pi

Posted November 3, 2012 - 07:15 by Shane McGlaun

Relive your arcade gaming past with the Picade.

Video: The end of Halo 4 - Forward Unto Dawn

Posted November 2, 2012 - 13:47 by Shane McGlaun

The fifth and final installment of the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn live action series is now live - with the long-awaited game poised for a mega-launch on November 6.

Video: Black Ops II zombie gameplay is in the wild

Posted November 1, 2012 - 15:29 by Shane McGlaun

Quite a lot of anticipation has been building around the launch of Activision's upcoming Call of Duty Black Ops II video game.

Grand Theft Auto V is almost here

Posted November 1, 2012 - 08:45 by Thomas Anderson

Rockstar Games will be rolling out a fifth game in the Grand Theft Auto franchise - which is undoubtedly one of the best-selling and most controversial game properties in history.

Video: Angry Birds Star Wars trailer goes live

Posted October 30, 2012 - 13:35 by Shane McGlaun

Angry Birds, coded by the Finnish-based Rovio, is easily one of the most popular games on any mobile platform.

The Xbox games of Windows Phone 8

Posted October 30, 2012 - 12:13 by Shane McGlaun

Gameloft will be coding a number of Xbox-enabled titles for Microsoft's recently launched Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system.

Retro Chrono Trigger goes live for Android gamers

Posted October 29, 2012 - 11:58 by Shane McGlaun

Chrono Trigger goes live for Android retro gamers.

Man in line for Wii U forced to evacuate

Posted October 29, 2012 - 09:35 by Mike Luttrell

The massive storm that is ravaging the East Coast has forced the very first man in line for a Wii U to leave.

Video: Moga Android gaming controller is in the wild

Posted October 28, 2012 - 07:15 by Shane McGlaun

The Moga Mobile Gaming System - which supports smartphones and tablets running Android 2.3 - began shipping this past week.

The co-existence of DayZ and War Z

Posted October 27, 2012 - 07:45 by Shane McGlaun

The zombie genre has certainly experienced a resurrection of sorts in recent years, bolstered by TV shows such as The Walking Dead and video games like the original DayZ mod for Arma.

Dystopian Distance racing game hits Kickstarter

Posted October 27, 2012 - 07:00 by Shane McGlaun

Racing games have been around for years now and have certainly come a very long way since the early CGA days of Test Drive.

Halo 4 War Games Pass offers up three map packs

Posted October 26, 2012 - 11:15 by Shane McGlaun

Let's face it, if you buy Halo 4 odds are you're going to love it, and you're probably going to pay for every single map pack that goes live - just so you can frag some noobs in multiple player mode.

EA has no desire to bring Origin to Wii U

Posted October 26, 2012 - 09:39 by Mike Luttrell

Although EA's PC digital download platform is branching out to other channels, Wii U will not be one of them.

Trailer teases more New Super Mario Bros 2 DLC

Posted October 25, 2012 - 12:14 by Raven Lovecraft

A new trailer has arrived to preview the next installment of downloadable content (DLC) for New Super Mario Bros 2.

Space sim Star Citizen obliterates Kickstarter goal

Posted October 25, 2012 - 12:00 by Shane McGlaun

Star Citizen easily passes Kickstarter funding goal with 26 days left.

Nintendo will lose money on every Wii U

Posted October 25, 2012 - 10:16 by Mike Luttrell

If you think the Wii U is expensive at $300, it's actually more expensive for Nintendo to make one.

SimCity launch pushed back to March

Posted October 25, 2012 - 10:14 by Shane McGlaun

Just about every PC gamer I know has spent at least some time playing SimCity at one point or another since the stalwart franchise first kicked off way back in 1989.

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