Friday, February 7, 2014

Threes Review

Threes Review:
Threes Review By Carter Dotson on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: THREE OUT OF THREEUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Threes is a puzzle game with absurd amounts of charm. Developer: Asher Vollmer and

Naughty Kitties Review

Naughty Kitties Review:
Naughty Kitties Review By Lucy Ingram on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: A SLOW GROWERUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad A strategic tower defense-cross-endless runner, Naughty Kitties is slow going but

'Platforms Unlimited' Review - Chill Platforming for Squares

'Platforms Unlimited' Review - Chill Platforming for Squares:
The worst thing about Platforms Unlimited is that it denies you vengeance. My fellow run-and-jumpers know what I'm talking about. You die at a certain point in a platformer, so you retry, and you die again, and again--until at long last,

'Threes!' Review - Checking the Boxes of a Perfect Mobile Game

'Threes!' Review - Checking the Boxes of a Perfect Mobile Game:
I feel like as a developer you can go broke attending conferences, buying books, and listening to seminars on how to make the "perfect" game, when, in my eyes, it has always come down to simplicity. The best, most universally

Kapu Blocks Review

Kapu Blocks Review:
Kapu Blocks Review By Amy Solomon on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: RELAXING CONSTRUCTION APPUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad KAPU Blocks is a construction app for toddlers with an elegant sense of

Naughty Kitties Review

Naughty Kitties Review:
Naughty Kitties is an adorable, energetic mash-up of two genres that excel on mobile: endless runner and tower defense. It's a unique pairing that works surprisingly well. The nonstop obstacles of the ever-scrolling runner have

Street Punch Review

Street Punch Review:
Street Punch Review By Jordan Minor on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: BOYS IN BLUEUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Action and strategy gameplay make a great buddy cop team. Developer: NuOxygen

Toast Time Review

Toast Time Review:
Toast Time Review By Stacy Barnes on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: THE TOAST IS READY!Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad “Breakfast is served!” Make toast of the bad guys in this quirky little arcade-style game.

Review: Avoid: Sensory Overload

Review: Avoid: Sensory Overload:
If you've only played the easy levels of Avoid: Sensory Overload, you could be forgiven for thinking the game was a parody, such is the lolling pace that the early chunks of the game roll by at. It's less sensory overloard and more

Angry Heroes Review

Angry Heroes Review:
Angry Heroes Review By Lucy Ingram on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: MASSIVELY ENTERTAININGUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Witty, comical, and entertaining, Angry Heroes offers hours of endless fun

Miner Birds – Mental Math Review

Miner Birds – Mental Math Review:
Miner Birds – Mental Math Review By Amy Solomon on February 6th, 2014 Our Rating: :: ENGAGING MATH GAMEUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Miner Birds – Mental Math includes some unique gameplay that makes

Review: Galcon Legends

Review: Galcon Legends:
A stream of triangles flows out from my home base. My armada. A jumbled mess of tri-cornered warships destined to colonise a greyed-out planetoid on the far reaches of the battlefield. Or, more likely, to be crushed by enemy

Square-Enix sales remain flat, but company back into black

Square-Enix sales remain flat, but company back into black:
Publisher turns ¥5.7bn loss into ¥5.1bn profit in 9 month fiscals

Crytek's "free-to-play" Warface hits Xbox 360 today, but it's not exactly free

Crytek's "free-to-play" Warface hits Xbox 360 today, but it's not exactly free:
Crysis developer Crytek's free-to-play first-person shooter Warface launched on Xbox 360 today through a public beta. But while the game is free-to-play, you'll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription ($60/year) to actually partake in the

Line generates $70 million in Q4 games revenue

Line generates $70 million in Q4 games revenue:
Social messaging service Line has reported $70 million in Q4 revenue from games hosted on its service. This shows that Line's games revenue is growing commensurately to its userbase - now 340 million globally - s Line

Witcher devs join 11 Bit Studios

Witcher devs join 11 Bit Studios:
Update: ""We make games in small teams where creative input is the key" says MD

SMITE unveils your new nemesis, Nemesis

SMITE unveils your new nemesis, Nemesis:
Filed under: Fantasy, Video, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA Hi-Rez has introduced a new goddess to the world of SMITE. Nemesis, Goddess of Revenge, is a physical melee warrior who "unleashes her vengeance on all

It's Not Classic Dungeon Keeper, But It's Not All Bad

It's Not Classic Dungeon Keeper, But It's Not All Bad:
Every time I launch EA's free-to-play mobile reboot of the classic Dungeon Keeper franchise, I imagine a chorus of demons and imps singing Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday."

Activision sales slip in "transformational" year

Activision sales slip in "transformational" year:
Call of Duty publisher beats outlook, but sees revenues and profits trimmed year-over-year

EverQuest Next: Landmark Alpha Hands-On Impressions | Ten Ton Hammer

EverQuest Next: Landmark Alpha Hands-On Impressions | Ten Ton Hammer:
SOE hosted its community event to celebrate the EverQuest franchise this week and Ten Ton Hammer was there to get some hands-on time with Landmark.

EverQuest Next: Landmark: The Sandbox MMO Begins Alpha TODAY

EverQuest Next: Landmark: The Sandbox MMO Begins Alpha TODAY:
Sony Online Entertainment has made no bones about the fact that EverQuest Next: Landmark is going to be something special and a true sandbox title that will cater to a huge variety and type of MMO player. We had the opportunity to

Dave Georgeson on Future EverQuest Franchise Development | Ten Ton Hammer

Dave Georgeson on Future EverQuest Franchise Development | Ten Ton Hammer:
EverQuest franchise Director of Development Dave Georgeson updates on the future development plans for the series

Pocket Gems revenue climbs 32% to hit $82 million in 2013

Pocket Gems revenue climbs 32% to hit $82 million in 2013:
The Sequoia Capital-backed mobile games company Pocket Gems has announced that its 2013 revenue was $82 million - up 32 percent from its 2012 total. Pocket Gems attributed much of its success to the performance of

General: Undead Labs Hires Patrick Wyatt and He Writes...Stuff

General: Undead Labs Hires Patrick Wyatt and He Writes...Stuff:
Undead Labs, hot off their new multi-title agreement with Microsoft Studios, just brought former Blizzard VP, ArenaNet co-founder, NCsoft West CTO, and En Masse co-founder: Patrick Wyatt. If you've played games from any of those

Dragon's Prophet Launches New Zone - Olandra | Ten Ton Hammer

Dragon's Prophet Launches New Zone - Olandra | Ten Ton Hammer:
Dragon's Prophet rings in the Chinese New Year with a firecracker of an update!

GTA Online has huge potential, but Take-Two isn't saying how much

GTA Online has huge potential, but Take-Two isn't saying how much:
Analysts are slavering over GTA Online's potential to generate revenues, but CEO Strauss Zelnick just isn't ready to talk about it -- though he says online is a big focus for the company. ...

GTA V tops 32m shipped as Take-Two's Q3 profits hit $578m

GTA V tops 32m shipped as Take-Two's Q3 profits hit $578m:
The publisher's quarterly sales and profits were way up thanks to the continued success of GTA as well as NBA 2K14 and WWE 2K14

Age of Conan Update Talks PvP Gear and New Content | Ten Ton Hammer

Age of Conan Update Talks PvP Gear and New Content | Ten Ton Hammer:
Senior Designer Matthew Bennett once again fills in for Joel Bylos to deliver the January update for Age of Conan.

The Sims studio EA Salt Lake hit with layoffs, shifts to mobile

The Sims studio EA Salt Lake hit with layoffs, shifts to mobile:
Electronic Arts has laid off part of the staff at its Salt Lake City, Utah office as it shifts to mobile development."EA Salt Lake is becoming largely focused on mobile development, including ‘The Sims’ and other projects," EA said in a

Elder Scrolls Online Hosts Another Beta | Ten Ton Hammer

Elder Scrolls Online Hosts Another Beta | Ten Ton Hammer:
The Elder Scrolls Online (to give it its full title) is ticking along nicely in the Beta. So much so, fresh invites were dispatched by Zenimax several hours ago.

Minecraft snapshot 14w05a released

Minecraft snapshot 14w05a released:
It's that time again -- a new Minecraft snapshot has been released. So what's new this week? As per...

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Jeff Hickman on Galactic Starfighter

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Jeff Hickman on Galactic Starfighter:
MMORPG was given an exclusive phone interview with BioWare Austin's General Manager Jeff Hickman, along with Bruce himself, and Senior Marketing Director DebySue Wolfcale. We discussed the past year for Star

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter, 2014 Plans and Much More

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter, 2014 Plans and Much More:
MMORPG was invited by BioWare to a press event showcasing their upcoming full launch of Galactic Starfighter, the digital expansion for Star Wars: the Old Republic. The event included a livestream with developers

Hyperspace Beacon: The official launch of SWTOR's second expansion

Hyperspace Beacon: The official launch of SWTOR's second expansion:
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Galleries, Screenshots, Trailers, Video, Events (In-Game), Expansions, Interviews, Launches, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Hyperspace Beacon, MMORPG Today, Galactic

SWTOR's 2014 Road Map Outlines Content Plans | Ten Ton Hammer

SWTOR's 2014 Road Map Outlines Content Plans | Ten Ton Hammer:
Senior Producer Bruce Maclean lays out the content plans for SWTOR’s 2014 content complete with new major updates and two expansions.

Chris Remo leaves Double Fine

Chris Remo leaves Double Fine:
Joins new studio Campo Santo

Capcom's mobile revenue falls 40 per cent

Capcom's mobile revenue falls 40 per cent:
Nine-month fiscal results show weak returns on mobile, Dead Rising 3 sells a million

TSW Monthly Update Brings Tidings of Raids and New Content | Ten Ton Hammer

TSW Monthly Update Brings Tidings of Raids and New Content | Ten Ton Hammer:
TSW update reveals new information about the conclusion of the first story chapter and the upcoming Whispering Tide raid event.

Power of mobile ads: Facebook's 2013 sales up 55% to $7.9 billion

Power of mobile ads: Facebook's 2013 sales up 55% to $7.9 billion:
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has announced its full year financials for 2013. Revenue was $7.9 billion, up 55 percent year-on-year. Net income was $2.8 billion. This performance was driven by a strong Q4 period, in which revenue

Facebook game revenue strong, even as desktop user population declines

Facebook game revenue strong, even as desktop user population declines:
Game revenue at Facebook was strong for the past fiscal quarter, the company said yesterday, even as the population of desktop users is on the decline. ...

EA's Dungeon Keeper is a real torture

EA's Dungeon Keeper is a real torture:
Rather than condemning all F2P, Dungeon Keeper should be a lesson in what can go wrong and how to avoid it