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DLC: The good, the bad and the ugly

February 22, 2011

Call of Duty/DLC/Dragon Age/Magic the Gathering/Opinion

DLC has become a permanent part of the gaming industry, and with good reason – it means wins all round. The developer and publisher win because they have additional revenue streams open to them, and they don’t rely on one single release to earn back the investment they make into…

Play a sexy Facebook game with Kelly Brook!

February 21, 2011

Facebook/Kelly Brook/Lynx/Marketing

Brand marketers are coming to realise the value of using video games as advertising tools, and Lynx is looking to sexy things up on Facebook with game starring Kelly Brook. The press release reads like the kind of game you can only find in Japan: “To stay ahead in the…

Play a sexy Facebook game with Kelly Brook!

February 21, 2011

Facebook/Kelly Brook/Lynx/Marketing

Black Lab Games talks PlayStation Minis, indie development and Western Australia

February 21, 2011

Black Lab Games/Paul Turbett/Profile

Black Lab Games is the indie project of Western Australian developer, Paul Turbett, and has already produced the (very good) Star Hammer Tactics. He recently sat down to chat with us about the Minis platform, plans for the future of Black Lab Games, and what it’s like being a developer…

Black Lab Games talks PlayStation Minis, indie development and Western Australia

February 21, 2011

Black Lab Games/Paul Turbett/Profile

Review: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (iPad)

February 21, 2011

iPad/Mortal Kombat/review

The upcoming Mortal Kombat refresh will bring the gory series right back to its roots, as a casual friendly, splatter heavy 2D fighting game, but the gothic arenas and characters will be rendered in gorgeous, modern technology. Don’t worry, folks. There is plenty of red blood. Suffice to say the…

Review: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (iPad)

February 21, 2011

iPad/Mortal Kombat/review

Study shows that playing PopCap games makes you happy

February 17, 2011

Medical research/PopCap Games

Apparently, playing video games can help depression. An experiment from East Carolina University’s Psychophysiology had nearly 60 (half of which served as controls) subjects – all meeting the criteria of clinical depression – play three casual games – Bejeweled 2, Peggle and Bookworm Adventures. According to the study, those that…

Study shows that playing PopCap games makes you happy

February 17, 2011

Medical research/PopCap Games

Retro Review: MediEvil (available on PSN)

February 17, 2011

MediEvil/PSN/Retro Reviews/SCE

In 1998, Sony had a stroke of genius with MediEvil (one of the many strokes of genius SCE has had over the years). A genuinely funny mix between 3D action platforming and puzzle, the game had a likable lead character, a cool gothic ‘horror’ world, and tight level design. Which…

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