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Review: BurgerTime World Tour (PS3)

April 4, 2012

BurgerTime World Tour/MonkeyPaw Games/platformer/PlayStation 3/Reviews

It was a bit surprising to see that a developer was taking on an update to the classic BurgerTime. It’s a series that hasn’t been around for a long while, and it’s a series that wasn’t all that great to start with. But that’s exactly what MonkeyPaw have done with…

Nintendo scores Sonic co-creator, Hirokazu Yasuhara

April 4, 2012

Hirokazu Yasuhara/Industry/Nintendo/staff movement

Nintendo’s newest high-profile staff acquisition is the game director of the early Sonic the Hedgehog games. Hirokazu Yasuhara has been around the industry since 1988, and will be serving Nintendo from its Redmond base in Washington, USA. His experience extends far beyond those early days where he was a level…

Nintendo scores Sonic co-creator, Hirokazu Yasuhara

April 4, 2012

Hirokazu Yasuhara/Industry/Nintendo/staff movement

Minecraft creation, Markus Persson, formally announces his next game

April 4, 2012

0x10c/game announcement/MMO/Notch/space game

Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is one of those indie success stories. Minecraft was a bigger hit than perhaps anyone expected it would be. And now his next project, 0x10c, has been formally announced. It’s going with the space theme this time, and its newly launched website shows off some of the…

Minecraft creation, Markus Persson, formally announces his next game

April 4, 2012

0x10c/game announcement/MMO/Notch/space game

Blacklight: Retribution now live and still free to play

April 4, 2012

Blacklight/FPS/Free-to-play

Blacklight: Retribution is a game I know some FPS fans have been following closely. Good news, folks, it’s out of beta and live for all. If you’re keen to play Perfect World Entertainment’s newest multiplayer run-and-gun game (and remember, it’s completely free to play), head on over to www.playblacklight.com They’ve…

Blacklight: Retribution now live and still free to play

April 4, 2012

Blacklight/FPS/Free-to-play

Report: Indies don’t make enough money to eat

April 3, 2012

Indies/wages

Some interesting statistics from UBM TechWeb Game Network’s Game Developer magazine suggest that though the games industry is getting far more profitable for indies, it’s still a risky career decision. The 11th annual Game Industry Salary Survey for salaries through 2011 found that individual indies make an average of just…

Report: Indies don’t make enough money to eat

April 3, 2012

Indies/wages

Review: Arc The Lad 2 (PSOne Classic)

April 3, 2012

Arc The Lad/JRPG/MonkeyPaw Games/PlayStation 3/Retro Reviews

The PlayStation really wasn’t short on entertaining JRPGs. Though many have had their fix from three incredible Final Fantasy games, the more committed fans were able to experience the genesis of Atelier games, the first Wild Arms and, of course, Grandia. Arc The Lad is probably one of the least…

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