Originally Posted by wraggster EA is charging users of Need for Speed World $100 to download the free-to-play PC racer’s first ‘premium elite’ car. The publisher has listed the Koenigsegg CCX Elite Edition motor at $100, although it’s currently on offer at $75 until December 21st, reports GameSpot. Although Need for Speed World is technically a free-to-play MMO game, EA has always charged users for extras such as new cars and upgrades in the form of paid-for SpeedBoost points. Need for Speed World has ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Markus Persson makes 'Minicraft' as part of the 22nd Ludum Dare competition Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has developed a new browser-based game in just 48 hours. The game, Minicraft, was created as part of the 22nd Ludum Dare competition, challenging developers to make a game in two days. It is a top-down action game in which users can mine rocks, chop down trees, fight zombies and create items. The game’s description reads: “The goal of ...
Originally Posted by wraggster A little known fact about the Padawan training program is that it includes an intense, three-month course on dance. Think about it: dueling with lightsabers is basically dance fighting. Right? That's why the ESRB rating for Kinect: Star Wars didn't really throw us. The promised "dance tournaments, podracing, and Jedi duels" sound like de rigueur, believe us. We've read extensively on the subject. Joking aside, there isn't really anything else we can say beyond ...
Originally Posted by wraggster The decision to import a Vita isn't as simple as, say, the decision to import the very first PlayStation was. Those were the days of region-locking and epic waits for Japanese or US conversions - conversions that were often disappointingly shoddy. Now, simply getting quality games into your country, then onto your console, is far from the only concern. With 'games as services' becoming the norm, you have to worry about how you're going to get on with all those Japanese online features, and ...
Originally Posted by wraggster New Call of Cthulhu game The Wasted Land launches on iPhone and iPod on 30th January 2012, Bristol-based indie developer Red Wasp Design has announced.The Lovecraftian turn-based strategy RPG is co-developed by Chaosium, the US publisher of the table-top RPG Call of Cthulhu. iPad, Android, PC and console versions will follow the iPhone and iPod launch, Red Wasp said.Red Wasp Design is made up of staff who worked on the Buzz! franchise, Savage Moon and the Conflict series. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...d-january-2012 ...