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What? Battleship Is Evolving… Into A First-Person Shooter?

4:30AM Yesterday | Jason Schreier

Battleship was once a strategic board game in which players had to guess where their opponents had placed their war ships. This summer, it will be an action-packed movie in which ships blow each other up. And this May, publisher Activision said today, it will be a video game in which you shoot people. More »

News

This Is What The Official Transformers MMO Will Look Like (Sort Of)

1:00PM October 13, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

We’re getting a massively multiplayer Transformers game next year–a free one–and now we finally have a hint of what it’ll look like. More »

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Video Game Version Of Twister Offers Fewer Flirting Opportunities

5:20AM August 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In the old days, playing Twister involved a group of (hopefully drunk) friends of mixed sex, a plastic play mat and a spinner. In November, thanks to the video game magicians at Majesco, all you’ll need it a $US200 to $US300 video game console, a $US150 add-on, and a $US50 video game. More »

Mobile

There Are No Words To Describe Cross-Platform Mobile Scrabble

6:52AM July 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Scrabble fans might want to sit down before reading this news. During EA’s live summer preview event, EA Mobile demonstrated a live round of Scrabble played across four different platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android and Facebook. You’re probably floored right now. Catch your breath and read on. More »

Retro

Only In The 80′s Would They Put Video Games On A VHS Tape

3:00PM March 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Video games have made their home on any number of storage mediums over the years, from compact discs to cassette tapes to plastic cartridges. Someone even, in the 1980s, thought it was a good idea to put them on video tapes. More »

PC

RuneScape Creators Take On Massively Multiplayer Transformers

3:30AM March 15, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Autobots wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons online next year, as Hasbro grants the power to create a massively multiplayer online game based on the robots in disguise to Jagex, the folks behind popular free-to-play MMO RuneScape. More »

PC

Become A Millionaire With Facebook Monoopoly

3:00AM February 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The offline social game you play with your friends becomes the online social game you play with your friends with Monopoly Millionaires, the Facebook game where everybody gets their own Monopoly board. More »

In Real Life

I Am Definitely At The Transformers Showcase In New York

5:19AM February 13, 2011 | StephenTotilo

There is no doubt I’m at the Hasbro showcase for all of its new Transformers, Marvel, GI Joe and other toys here in New York City. The truck gives it away. More »

News

Star Wars: The Old Republic, Force Unleashed Toys High On Hasbro’s Wish List

8:40AM June 30, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Lucasfilm isn’t shy about diving deeply into Star Wars lore to churn out plastic toys based on the people, starships and beasts of George Lucas’ universe(s). But what about turning those Star Wars video games into action figures? More »

News

Activision In Talks Over More Non-Movie Transformers Games

5:30PM June 29, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Transformers: War For Cybertron is good enough to deserve a sequel, but that doesn’t mean a second game in the universe will be another shooter. More »