2011 | Console Games

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

“Japan Review Check: Yakuza 5, Steel Diver”

Japan Review Check: Yakuza 5, Steel Diver

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:23 AM PST

A quick rundown of the most interesting console games hitting Japan next week, as seen in the review pages of the latest Famitsu magazine: - Ryu ga Gotoku Of The End (10/9/9/9, 37 points): The top-scoring title of the week is Toshihiro Nagoshi's mix of GTA-ish mobster action and Dead Rising -ish zombie apocalypse. "The battle system is different from before, but the autoaim makes it so that even ...

Monday, March 7, 2011

“Nvidia Helping Devs Port Titles to Tegra-Android”

Nvidia Helping Devs Port Titles to Tegra-Android

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:21 PM PST

Nvidia will conduct a workshop on how to port PC and console games to its Tegra platform and the Android OS.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

“Motorcycle races and Mafia drama feature in new console games”

Motorcycle races and Mafia drama feature in new console games

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:22 PM PST

Cologne - Signs of spring are emerging. If that's not enough to get you outside, console games makers are ready to provide you with reasons to stay on your couch, assuming your tastes run to car and snowboard races or journeys through the world of Japanese gangsters.

Friday, March 4, 2011

“House Party heats up Xbox Live Arcade” plus 2 more

House Party heats up Xbox Live Arcade
Fight Night Champion for iPhone: It's a knockout
Disney buys children's social network Togetherville

House Party heats up Xbox Live Arcade

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:25 AM PST

Microsoft's latest downloadable game campaign promotes ports over original content

Fight Night Champion for iPhone: It's a knockout

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:14 PM PST

"He's gettin' killed out there!" "No, he's gettin' mad!" (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida) I've always been a fan of the Fight Night series of console games, so I couldn't wait to strap on the virtual mitts for EA's new Fight Night Champion for iPhone. After going a few rounds with Ali, Tyson, and 18 other boxing legends, I can safely say this: the game lives up to the Fight Night name. Which ...

Disney buys children's social network Togetherville

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:51 PM PST

Purchase is part of company's move away from console games and into social networking

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

“3DS Virtual Console Delivers The Classics”

3DS Virtual Console Delivers The Classics

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:21 AM PST

As the Wii did for older console games, the 3DS will let you play some of the great portable games of yesteryear. Nintendo announced today a bunch of new information about the 3DS. Hidden away in the information was a little tidbit that should be welcome news for fans of old-school portable games. Players will be able to purchase downloadable classic games to play on their 3DS Virtual Console ...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

“de Blob 2 (DS)” plus 2 more

de Blob 2 (DS)
6 Mobile Games That Beat Playing on a Console
ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

de Blob 2 (DS)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:36 PM PST

De Blob 2 is a splash of easygoing, side-scrolling fun.

6 Mobile Games That Beat Playing on a Console

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:10 AM PST

The Social Gaming Development Series is supported by Level 3 Communications , an international provider of fiber-based communications services. L …

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

If you've got a gamer in the household, and he or she has already mastered that stack of console games they received for Christmas, don't despair. There is a new website that facilitates the trading of console games among players.[...]

Monday, February 28, 2011

“Disney buys children's social network Togetherville” plus 1 more

Disney buys children's social network Togetherville

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 10:25 AM PST

Purchase is part of company's move away from console games and into social networking

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:08 AM PST

Sunday, February 27, 2011

“Disney buys children's social network Togetherville”

Disney buys children's social network Togetherville

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST

Purchase is part of company's move away from console games and into social networking

Saturday, February 26, 2011

“Disney buys children's social network Togetherville” plus 1 more

Disney buys children's social network Togetherville

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 10:25 AM PST

Purchase is part of company's move away from console games and into social networking

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

Friday, February 25, 2011

“News Corp Launches 'First Full-Service' Social Games Publisher” plus 1 more

News Corp Launches 'First Full-Service' Social Games Publisher

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:54 AM PST

Media giant News Corp. is dipping its toe into the gaming waters, but not with triple-A console games (an area that many conglomerates, such as Viacom and Disney, have been backing away from).

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:08 AM PST

Thursday, February 24, 2011

“Nvidia Helping Devs Port Titles to Tegra-Android” plus 1 more

Nvidia Helping Devs Port Titles to Tegra-Android

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:20 PM PST

Nvidia will conduct a workshop on how to port PC and console games to its Tegra platform and the Android OS.

Disney buys children's social network Togetherville

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST

Purchase is part of company's move away from console games and into social networking

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

“HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games [Video]”

HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games [Video]

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:39 PM PST

# tablets Like every other 7-inch Android tablet, HTC's Flyer is essentially a very big phone. It even looks slightly phonier than the rest. But it might be the nicest oversized phone-tablet yet. More »

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

“Minecraft client coming to iOS, Android platforms”

Minecraft client coming to iOS, Android platforms

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:57 AM PST

Mojang's popular PC indie game Minecraft is getting iOS- and Android-supporting client releases later this year, according to reports.

Monday, February 21, 2011

“ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt” plus 1 more

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games [Video]

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:39 PM PST

Sunday, February 20, 2011

“ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt”

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:08 AM PST

Saturday, February 19, 2011

“ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt”

ENT: Exchanging video games - Online column by Bob Vaillancourt

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 05:08 AM PST

Thursday, February 17, 2011

“Game Closure Makes it a Breeze to Build Multiplayer, Cross-Platform Games” plus 1 more

Game Closure Makes it a Breeze to Build Multiplayer, Cross-Platform Games

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:09 PM PST

It's probably fair to say that most people love the interactive experience of playing realtime multiplayer games, yet perhaps surprisingly, the majority of games on the App Store today are single player. Even the popular social games on Facebook don't offer the rich experience of the classic multiplayer console games like Halo. This seems largely due to the fact that the coding, synchronizations ...

Finnish startup merges social networks, core games

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST

Finnish startup Supercell aims to build success on combining social games with elements from traditional console games.

“RECOMMENDATIONS: Game Set Match!” plus 1 more

RECOMMENDATIONS: Game Set Match!

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:20 AM PST

Mario heads to the tennis court for this week's look back on the Virtual Console. As we march towards the launch of an entirely new set of handheld games on 3DS Virtual Console, we stop along the way and take another look back at the Virtual Console games that have been available on Wii. First up is Matthew Blundon's trials of Mario Tennis for Nintendo 64. Does the grandfather of Mario Sports ...

NEWS: 3DS eShop to Feature Rating System, Wish List

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:05 AM PST

Videos from the Minna no Nintendo channel on Japanese Wiis show off more about the eShop. Downloadable games can be rated in the Nintendo 3DS eShop, according to a video on Nintendo's Minna no Nintendo channel on Japanese Wiis. The video shows Super Mario Land with a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Unfortunately, the price for Super Mario Land and other Virtual Console games were not shown. There is ...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

“Video Game Industry Thinks Mobile” plus 2 more

Video Game Industry Thinks Mobile
Interview: CrowdStar Developers On Facebook Policy Changes, Social Game Stigmas
HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games [Video]

Video Game Industry Thinks Mobile

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

"After years of consistent growth, retail sales of core console games, which often cost around $60, are at best flat these days. Though an improving economy could change that, the major growth in the game business is on social networks and cellphones."

Interview: CrowdStar Developers On Facebook Policy Changes, Social Game Stigmas

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:34 AM PST

Independent developer CrowdStar stands among the largest companies in the social games space, with 41 monthly active users across all of its titles. The company currently specializes in Flash-based games for Facebook with Happy Aquarium and It Girl among its most popular releases. A number of the company's developers originally moved over from the console space, and have since been forced to ...

HTC Flyer, the Aluminium Android Tablet That Plays Console Games [Video]

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:39 PM PST

Monday, February 14, 2011

“Crysis 2, Killzone 3 Already Hitting BitTorrent” plus 1 more

Crysis 2, Killzone 3 Already Hitting BitTorrent

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 12:26 PM PST

Piracy will eventually force PC games into digital-only distribution while console games will require serial numbers. Arg!

Sony Console Games Come To Mobile Phones

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 06:08 AM PST

Sony Corp. released the tech world's worst kept secret on Sunday afternoon by announcing the Xperia Play Android phone at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, PC World reports. Despite what you may have read, it's not a PlayStation Phone. In fact the PlayStation logo is not anywhere on it. Consider it instead an Android "Gingerbread" slide-bottom phone (with PSP-style controls ...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

“Chess, shooters and yarn: February's new console games”

Chess, shooters and yarn: February's new console games

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:22 PM PST

Berlin - Anyone seeking respite from the cold weather in console games has a healthy range of choice this month. Along with classics like shooting, fighting and racing games, there are some new ideas, including a chess-themed battle simulator and a whole world of fabric and yarn.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

“Report: Facebook games make more than console games” plus 1 more

Report: Facebook games make more than console games

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:10 PM PST

IGN estimates that Facebook games CityVille and FarmVille make more than multi-release console franchises like Madden 11 and Halo: Reach.

More games jobs to go at Disney

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:18 AM PST

Epic Mickey dev Junction Point hit this time