Computer/Console Gaming Category - Page 16

It’s no secret that the opposition to the flawed Stop Online Piracy Act is growing by the day, and today we can add three more game studios to the list of dissenters. Epic Games, 38 Studios, and Trion Worlds have all spoken out against the frightening bill, which will definitely [...]

To this day, Sega fans lament the death of the Dreamcast. To someone who wasn’t an avid gamer around the time the Dreamcast peaked in popularity, this obsession can get a little bit confusing. Why do people still mourn the death of the Dreamcast more than 10 years after the [...]

Wait, isn’t PC gaming supposed to be dead? That’s what the meteoric rise of console gaming and the fuss over the PC being an open platform (thus allowing easy piracy) seem to imply, but Steam has a different answer to that question. Valve’s immensely popular digital distribution platform enjoyed over [...]

It has been an appy Christmas for Rovio, as its signature Angry Birds series gets a record download rate over the course of Christmas day itself. Rovio credits it to the increased rate of smartphone activations, which is likewise reaching record highs.

This year, all eyes will be on Crystal Dynamics and its upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. The Tomb Raider series has been struggling against mediocrity for years now, and from the looks of things, Crystal Dynamics is well on the way to bringing the series back to the glory days of [...]

The Star Wars universe is filled with many things that can kill you very quickly. Lightsabers, for instance, can slice a person in half in the blink of an eye, and we all know that it’s a terrible idea to get on a Wookie’s bad side or sit down for [...]

Entering the world of flight simulation can be a scary thing. Flight sim players are a different type of gamer than what you’re typically used to – for whatever reason, it seems that there’s a lot of people who exclusively play flight sims, and those players take flight sims very [...]

Despite the fact that every member of the Entertainment Software Association has either dropped support for SOPA or never outright supported it in the first place, the ESA continues to support the stinky piece of legislation. When Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts rescinded their support of the bill last week, [...]

We know that by now you probably don’t need more evidence that the 3DS has bounced back from its post-launch rut, but just in case you still need to be convinced, then you’ll probably like to know that 3DS sales topped 4 million in the United States in 2011. The [...]

Unless you were living in a cave for the majority of 2011, you probably already know that Supergiant’s Bastion is a popular title with both indie game enthusiasts and budget gamers alike. Its worthy of all the praise its been getting too – for $15, you can’t do much better [...]