Sim City for Everyone through OLPC’s $100 XO Laptop

Will Wright (the creator of Spore and The Sims) and Electronic Arts have thought of a great idea to make a contribution in helping out developing countries. What they’re hoping to do is to distribute a free version of an open source version of the original...

Next-Gen Games: Better Visuals – Less Story

The quality of a video game is recognized through various observations regarding, gameplay, sounds, visuals, movement, camera angles and of course story-line. Aaa, story-lines, all good games are based on great story-lines. Sometimes, a great story is what sells a...

Mexican mayor slams GRAW2

Mayor of border town Juárez says new Ubisoft shooter instills poor values and portrays his city as violent. The line between the real world and a digital world based on the real world is becoming more and more blurred as next-gen systems and high-end PCs crank out...

The Light and Dark Sides of 2D Gaming

Castlevania boss talks on preserving a fading format. Konami producer Koji Igarashi has become, perhaps unintentionally, one of two-dimensional gaming’s greatest champions. While the industry marches ahead into high definition 3D, Igarashi’s Castlevania...

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed First Look

Last year’s impressive tech demo is this year’s hyperkinetic Star Wars action game. We find out how it’s shaping up. LucasArts caused a bit of a stir last E3 with a series of innovative tech demos showing off new gaming technology the company was...