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Reckless Endangerment Makes For A Sloppy Getaway

When video games call for criminal behaviour, I try to portray the bandit with a heart of gold. Running innocents off the road delivers neither a thrill nor a punchline in something like Grand Theft Auto. In fact, I take it as a sign of my own terrible driving.


Kotaku vs Gizmodo: How Long Can AAA Games Hold Off Against Mobile?

“How long do you think people will keep splashing out on console games when mobile gaming is so cheap,” shouted new Gizmodo Editor, Danny Allen, across the great Kotaku/Gizmodo divide. “Forever, I hope,” said I in response. “Because I want to keep playing them. So began, the great mobile/AAA game debate of lore – which I have now reprinted in full for your reading enjoyment.


CurveBot Is A Cutting-Edge Qix

With just about every classic arcade concept getting a fresh coat of paint, especially in mobile game marketplaces, I’m a little surprised I haven’t noticed a Qix update until now. Elpixo’s CurveBot, for all iOS devices, takes Taito’s territory-marking game and brings it into a third-person view.


Angry Birds Maker Says It’s Worth More Than PopCap

Whatever Electronic Arts is spending to acquire PopCap, its casual gaming rival Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, would cost more. That’s according to … well, Rovio.


iPhone And iPad’s Shift 2 Unleashed To Include EA Origin Mobile Extras

Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed on the iPhone and iPad will use Electronic Art’s new Origin online service, allowing players to access a universal friend’s list, as well as extra race tracks and in-game cash, the publisher said today.


iOS FIFA 12 Will Be Playable On The Big Screen

Soccer fans will be able to play the iPad version of EA Sports’ FIFA on a full-size television set when the game’s next edition arrives this Australian spring, Electronic Arts said at this afternoon’s Summer Showcase.


Nintendo Nixes Future iPhone, Android Games Despite Pokemon Title

The decision to bring a Pokemon game to the iPhone doesn’t mean that Nintendo has softened its views on Apple’s gaming phone.


Game Spending On The Increase – Expected To Reach $112b By 2015

Despite the fact that most publishers have been posting profit losses recently, a report issued by Gartner is claiming that money spent on gaming is on the increase. It will most likely hit $74b this year. By 2015 that figure is expected to rise to $112b.


Pac-Man Fever Duo Stake Their Comeback To A Mobile Game

When they cashed in on the video game crazy nearly 30 years ago, Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia didn’t have to worry about licensing. Columbia/CBS records took care of that as Pac-Man Fever soared to No. 8 on the charts in 1982. Of course, the price they paid came later, in the form of CBS’s insistence that they think up songs about Mousetrap, Frogger and Centipede, and the attendant decline in dignity.


World Of Fourcraft Is Like Real-Life Risk, Played In New York

Foursquare, the hot social network expansion that… does… social things… yeah, actually, that’s sort of the problem. Sensing an opportunity to make the “check-in” utility for Twitter “more compelling for long-term use”, some people have used it to turn New York into a giant game of Risk.


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