When a game comes out every single year, it is inevitably going to face some criticism. Players quite often find themselves feeling fatigued. They cite minor improvements, or small touchups as the only changes and have a tendency to feel that the publisher is making a quick money grab. There…
Read More“iPhone and iPad games suck. There’s no buttons!” This is a constant (erroneous) statement we all see people making for why the traditional console makers have nothing to fear about Apple. Except now they do, if a recent patent filing is any indication. Apple has patented a design that looks…
Read MoreLooks like Xbox 360 fans of Valve’s zombie-shooting sequel are being left in a cold stream. First off, I would like to apologize for that awful pun. Secondly, Valve has announced that Xbox 360 who were eagerly looking forward to the Cold Stream update for Left 4 Dead 2 will…
Read MoreOne of the parties rumoured to be in discussions with Vivendi to acquire Activision Blizzard, following the news that it may well be up for sale, is Microsoft. This would be bad news for both Sony and Nintendo, and even Apple. Love it or hate it, Activision Blizzard is the…
Read MoreMagic 2013 hits Xbox Live this week with a deck full of card battling action along with some new Marvel pinball and a blue blur of a sale. It never ceases to amaze me how much people still like games like Magic 2013. Based on maybe the most popular card…
Read MoreAnother E3 has drawn to a close, the journalists have all packed up and gone home. We return to regularly scheduled viewing from tomorrow. Of course there’s going to be a lot of discussion in the press and in the forums about who ‘won’ E3 2012, and there were a…
Read MoreE3 is typically the most exciting time of year for the games industry. The fact that is manages to create a vacuum where very little interesting stuff (as in, news releases or game launches) happens for a couple of weeks before, and a couple of weeks after the event is…
Read MoreThere’s an interesting piece over at IGN about one of the more prominent PlayStation Mini developers. Firma Studios has done a great job giving gamers great Minis to play (Zombie Tycoon, A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks), but, dissatisfied with the return on investment, they’re looking to produce full-featured PSN…
Read MoreSome interesting numbers from a report I saw from Deloitte today, listing the top 250 consumer products companies across the world. I’m not going to list all 250, but the top 10 are:1) Samsung ($134,528 million in sales, 11.2% net sales growth)2) Nestle ($105,492/ 2.0%)3) Panasonic ($101,704/ 17.2%)4) Procter &…
Read MoreSome interesting numbers from a report I saw from Deloitte today, listing the top 250 consumer products companies across the world. I’m not going to list all 250, but the top 10 are:1) Samsung ($134,528 million in sales, 11.2% net sales growth)2) Nestle ($105,492/ 2.0%)3) Panasonic ($101,704/ 17.2%)4) Procter &…
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