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OnLive Readying Subscription-Free Cloud Gaming

By Chris Faylor, Mar 12, 2010 12:42pm PST

Though online game streaming service OnLive will initially only be available to those willing to pay a monthly subscription of $14.95, the company...

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"no mods whatsoever, no ability to customize the game, relies on internet (lol), tiered ..."

- ETPC1 see all 47 comments

Puzzle Quest 2 Media Blowout

By Chris Faylor, Mar 12, 2010 12:40pm PST

When Puzzle Quest 2 was first announced, way back in November 2009, there wasn't much in the way of media for the puzzling Ninteno DS and Xbox 360 sequel.

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"I started Puzzle Quest on easy, and its way too easy. I either need to finish it or start over ..."

- isolated1 see all 5 comments

Original Civilization Could Have Been Quite Different

By Brian Leahy, Mar 12, 2010 12:00pm PST

In his keynote address at GDC 2010, Sid Meier discussed a few prototype designs for the original Civilization. If these had made it into the final...

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"The random tech tree in SMAC was amazing. Are there any mods for Civ IV that add this back in? ..."

- Agrona see all 21 comments

Rob Pardo on Blizzard's Success and Failures

By Brian Leahy, Mar 12, 2010 10:40am PST

During his Game Developers Conference 2010 presentation, titled "Making a Standard (and Trying to Stick to it!): Blizzard Design Philosophies",...

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"There are stats, loot, a semi-immersive story-thread, skills and a roll-based combat ..."

- GigiLeCheshire see all 87 comments

Game Developers Choice Award Winners Named; Uncharted 2 Wins Big

By Chris Faylor, Mar 12, 2010 10:00am PST

In a double-whammy of awarding goodness, the winners of the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards were revealed yesterday evening at Game...

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"that is the beauty of uncharted 2.. perfectly paced so you are never taken out of the game and ..."

- jaytima see all 13 comments

Independent Games Festival Winners Revealed, Co-op Crime Game 'Monaco' Swipes Grand Prize

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 12, 2010 9:20am PST

The "4-player co-op crime caper" Monaco has made off with the Grand Prize in the 2010 Independent Games Festival after the winners were named...

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"Hmmm, so that was the developer. I cannot find the game though to play. Maybe not out yet?"

- Sturm08 see all 14 comments

Deus Ex 3 Trailer Introduces Human Revolution

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 12, 2010 5:40am PST

Deus Ex 3 is now officially named Deus Ex: Human Revolution, developer Eidos Montreal revealed during GDC yesterday with a swish new cinematic trailer. The trailer--created with Square Enix

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"They're important character encounters. Not trivial boss fights."

- Xulu see all 84 comments

Lead and Gold Hands-on: Team Shooting in the West

By Brian Leahy, Mar 11, 2010 6:30pm PST

Lead & Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is a team-based, third-person shooter set, unsurprisingly, in the wild west. It sports a stylized look and a...

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"A DirectX10 or 11. 3D accelerated with modern (Post 1997) Graphics. "

- RookieCAF see all 7 comments

Gaikai Promises Subscription-Free Cloud Gaming

By Chris Faylor, Mar 11, 2010 6:00pm PST

While online game streaming service OnLive will require users to pay $14.95 a month on top of the as-yet-unspecified purchase or rental fees,...

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"UHH, last i looked onlive was free and they are almost giving stuff away. if u think onlive is ..."

- js111410 see all 18 comments

Slider Impressions: Good, Silly Move Fun

By Garnett Lee, Mar 11, 2010 5:20pm PST

Following last night's PlayStation 3 Move extravaganza, Sony had one more motion-controlled game up its sleeve: Slider. The premise is simple....

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"Well, I guess it's an evolution from swimsuit-wearing bodybuilders"

- zehh see all 12 comments

ModNation Racers Hands-on from GDC 2010

By Garnett Lee, Mar 11, 2010 2:00pm PST

ModNation Racers (PS3) is close to coming out, and while neither developer United Front or publisher Sony will say exactly when, the version I...

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"Did they improve the load times from the beta? Thats what made me give up on it!"

- jeffmace3917 see all 10 comments

Deus Ex's Warren Spector Warns Against Going Overboard with Motion Controls

By Chris Faylor, Mar 11, 2010 1:00pm PST

As hardware makers rush to embrace motion-controlled gaming--Sony with the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Move, Microsoft with the Xbox 360's Project...

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"I like it a lot too... I don't get the complaints. Is twisting your controller, or giving it a ..."

- Clone42 see all 43 comments

Metroid: Other M Intro is CG Retelling of the End of Super Metroid

By Brian Leahy, Mar 11, 2010 12:00pm PST

Correction: The intercut sequences from Super Metroid were included for Sakamoto's presentation and are not actually in the game. The editing was...

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"I agree, it looks too clean. But maybe it's only like that at the beginning of the game (not ..."

- oO SilentK Oo see all 23 comments

Command & Conquer Vets Form Supergiant Games

By Chris Faylor, Mar 11, 2010 11:40am PST

Former members of Command & Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3 developer Electronic Arts Los Angeles have gone off on their own with a new independent...

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"simpsons. homer and the guys take bart hunting, he says: "a bunch of guys alone in the ..."

- X-GOUKI see all 23 comments

Fable 3 Screenshots Celebrate GDC 2010

By Chris Faylor, Mar 11, 2010 10:56am PST

With this year's Game Developers Conference in full swing, Microsoft has issued forth several new screenshots from Lionhead's upcoming action-RPG...

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"Pete Molyneux and Lionhead need to convince Microsoft to bring Fable 2: GOTY Edition to the PC ..."

- MysterD see all 12 comments