UberSoldier II
Windows PC
Apparently, what the world needs now is another World War II themed first-person-shooter (FPS) in which you kill many, many Nazis. Well, the world also needs cheaper games, and UberSoldier II certainly fits that bill.
Spore spawns a million
Macintosh, Nintendo DS, Windows PC
Sure, a few of the exceedingly vocal have complained about tyrannical digital rights management (DRM) accompanying EA's new Spore game, but a million of the tyrannically tolerant haven't said boo.
Spore
Macintosh, Windows PC
Better and more sadly described as a "Life Simulator for Dummies," Spore is not quite the evolution of videogaming most hoped it to be, though it is all about evolution.
TechKnow: DirectX 10 and the future of PC gaming
Windows PC
You may have heard of DirectX, DirectX 10, OpenGL and APIs because you're into PC games. You may also have heard that Microsoft's Windows Vista isn't worth the hassle and vowed to stay with XP. The thing is, you can't... not for much longer, anyway. Chad Sapieha explains.
Peggle Nights
Windows PC
Phoop, thonk, ping, wap, boink, boink, tink, tink, tink, TINK, bonk, piddle, piddle, piddle, sploosh. Sure, it's no Call of Duty 4, Halo 3 or Rock Band 2, but Peggle Nights pretty much dares you to call it a "casual game" Go on, try. Thing is, there's no such thing as a "casual crack" either.
Bejeweled franchise hits 25 million mark
Handheld, Internet, Legacy Systems, Macintosh, Mobile, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Isn't this the dream? Buddy says you won't amount to anything, then you amount to something -- something large --, then buddy suddenly wants to be just like you and you're all like, "pfft w/e." So it happened with Bejeweled, the Little Chic Game That Could.
Lumosity
Windows PC
If you've any sort of penchant for "brain games," be they the Touch Generation titles found abundantly on Nintendo DS, or just the classics like the New York Times Crossword and 100,000 piece jigsaw puzzles, you'll likely take a shine to Lumosity.
NPD: Children, Boomers surpass young males in game market
Handheld, Hardware, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, Television, TV Plug-n-Play, Videogame, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
According to the first-ever consumer report on video gaming, the standard as the young male as the quintessential gamer has forever changed. NPD's latest study of video gaming market reveals surprising results among seven unique gamer segments.
Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.
EA signs publishing deal with Epic Games
PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Xbox 360
News you might find useful because it'll net something tangible someday: EA and Epic in bed together. In Poland. Everyone is very excited.