"What's inside the cube?" Peter Molyneux asked us with Curiosity. Well, we politely tapped a way a bit to try to find out, then got bored and stopped caring. After almost seven months, the final layer of Molyneux's cube has been cleared, granting its surprised winner godhood in Godus. A lucky lad from Scotland will have a say in how the god game works, and even receive a share of sales.
Ninja Theory is best known for its console action games, but the studio announced today that it will be trying its hand at a mobile title. The game is called Fightback, and will be published by EA's Chillingo division.
Lonely Lothario Larry Laffer has been forced to delay his return to the public spotlight about a month, as Replay Games has announced it is delaying the release of Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded until late June.
When Sony shut down Wipeout developer Studio Liverpool last year, a few former members banded together to set up Sawfly Studios. Its first game is, well, quite different to the futuristic racer--a urinary path-setting puzzler named Men's Room Mayhem. You'll get to play with it next week, publisher Ripstone announced today.
Nvidia's Android-powered handheld codenamed Project Shield will launch this June at the price of $349, now named simply Shield. Yes, that's $100 more than a PlayStation Vita. The big selling point is that it can stream proper PC games from your computer as well as running regular old Android games, but how much is that worth to you?
Opinions on the Ouya declare it everything from the vanguard of a new games industry to a novelty gadget, but we'll need to wait a little longer to see quite how it shakes out. The $100 Android-powered mini-console has been delayed by three weeks, from June 4 to June 25. In cheerier news, the makers have secured an extra $15 million in funding from investors--almost twice the $8.6 million it raised through crowdfunding.
Sony is aiming to get more developers on its PlayStation Mobile platform, and as such has announced that it is waiving the $99 license fee. That means developers will be able to create a game for the PlayStation Mobile platforms, including the Vita, essentially for free.
Making your own deck is one of the finest parts of playing Magic: The Gathering, but sadly we haven't been able to do this in the Duels of the Planeswalkers video games. This year's installment, Magic 2014, will finally introduce deck construction, in a way, with a digital version of sealed deck. You'll get to open virtual booster packs and make a deck out of the cards, then throw down against other wizards.
Carmageddon is coming to Android devices next Friday, May 10, following its iOS release way back in October. Like its iOS brother, the Android version of the blood-soaked racing game will be free at launch for a limited time.
Disney Infinity is including standard mission types alongside a more open-ended Toy Box mode. The Toy Box was pioneered in Toy Story 3, and Disney Interactive and Pixar naturally figured it would be a fit for Infinity as well. A new trailer shows the progression of the mode.
Star Command, a mobile Kickstarter success from way back in 2011, is preparing to launch. Developer Warballoon announced the game is due this Thursday, May 2, after which it will set a course for Android and finally PC.
What do you get when you mix Norse mythology with disco and funk of the '70s and '80s? You get Soul Fjord, an incredibly bizarre sounding dungeon crawler from Airtight Games and former Portal and Quantum Conundrum designer Kim Swift. It will be coming exclusively to the Android-based Ouya console.
Miiverse, Nintendo's social network, is now accessible on PC and mobile devices by going to the Miiverse website through an internet browser. The beta version includes access to your Activity Feed, where you can view updates from friends and give them Yeahs. You'll also be able to browse communities and check your notifications. However, the current version of Miiverse for PC and mobile is read-only. You won't be able to post updates, nor will you be able to register for the service. These features are exclusive to Wii U only, for now.
There are no flippy-floppies and no T-Pain, but the new trailer for Paradox Interactive's upcoming turn-based strategy game, Leviathan: Warships, does feature a whole lot of smooth jazz. The music and narrator is more akin to something you'd hear on "The Love Boat," but Warships is more about blowing boats out of the water than lounging by the deck.
Unlike other publishers, Activision has been lagging behind in selling content for mobile phones and tablets. For example, the publisher has only released a handful Call of Duty games on the App Store, all watered-down ports of the console games' zombies mode. The ports were merely "okay," Activision Blizzard senior director of global digital and mobile sales Jon Estanislao said. But, he promised that going forward, the company will be focused on avoiding ports, and making original experiences.
"Going forward for us, how do we really take that Call of Duty experience, what is the essence of it? These kinds of grandiose, immerse experiences--how do we move that to mobile or tablet? From a development perspective, we're investing a lot more in understanding how to marry that together with how customers expect to play on those devices," he said.
"I doubt I'll play it but it's kind of a cool experiment and I give him props for doing something ..."
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