Category: News (Page 77 of 108)

      Steam is coming to Macs

      March 4, 2010 /

      TF2 Heavy eating a sandvich.Fanboys rejoice! It looks like Steam is finally joining the cult. Six media outlets were given teasers today, all of which came from Valve with some kind of Mac theme. There’s the heavy pictured at right in all his iPod glory. There was also an image of Gordon Freeman with a Mac logo on his chest and a little homage to my favorite Valve game, Portal.

      As more consumers consider the Mac alternative to PCs, we’ll see a lot more of this. Gaming is extremely lucrative and publishers aren’t going to stand by and watch as a simple platform choice steals away potential customers. Steam for the Mac isn’t a world-shattering release, though. Will it be a nice choice for Mac users? Of course. But we’ll probably only see Valve titles in the immediate futures, and a lot of the smaller games that make Steam so great won’t make it over for several years, if ever.

      This is a step in the right direction, though. Few things would please me as much as playing Portal 2 on my lappy during a flight.

      Development, News

      Bingo Bonanza

      March 2, 2010 /

      Apple has revolutionized the entire computer and Internet service. With its iPod, iTunes, and iPhones, music, and games are available right in your hand. Now winning money too is just one click away, thanks to real money casino games on your iPhone. The Bingo Bonanza, a first of its kind, lets you play bingo for fun or money on your iPhone. So if you love iPhone and you love bingo, what better combination to choose from! The best part is you can play the game anywhere, anytime and keep winning money. So you can chuck your boredom out of the window while waiting at the doc or in a long line at the grocery or just about anywhere.

      A combination of lotto-ball drawing game and bingo, the Bingo Bonanza is pure fun and excitement on your palm. You have to figure the winning two matching balls with the six already drawn balls. Multiply the value on the balls with your bet and you could win almost 20,000 times the original bet. That’s iPhone online casino games in short for you.

      To make it even more interesting, the game comes with a turbo mode for an even adrenaline rushing game. A variety of colors and themes help you to personalize the game thus increasing your gaming experience. Unlike a free bingo game that you can just download, the real money available in this Bingo Bonanza makes the stakes higher and the excitement manifold.

      Games in Media, Mobile Gaming, News

      Top Infinity Ward execs part ways with Activision

      March 2, 2010 /

      Modern Warfare 2.I’ve heard in the past that Infinity Ward has a less than cordial relationship with Activision. The shit finally hit the fan this morning, though, when two of IW’s top guys took a hike after meeting with the publisher.

      At some point yesterday, Vince Zampella and Jason West met with Activision, after which they didn’t return to IW offices. Instead, a bunch of “bouncer-types” came around, presumably to ensure that neither exec would come back to work. By noon today both Zampella and West had updated their LinkedIn profiles to include Infinity Ward as previous experience.

      Kotaku also dug up an SEC filing from yesterday that showed Activision had launched an investigation at IW for “insubordination” and “breaches of contract” regarding “two senior employees.” Activision has since confirmed both departures and announced the formation of a special division dedicated to churning out one Call of Duty game every year. Looks like the company will continue to bank on that franchise as a major source of revenue for as long as it can.

      Activision, Development, News

      Activision gets almost 70% of its revenue from three franchises

      March 2, 2010 /

      Tauren dance, baby.Activision’s fiscal report for 2009 contained some seriously juicy news. First, there’s the scandal at Infinity Ward. Second, there’s this. The report included statistics regarding the company’s revenue sources, revealing that a large majority, like 68%, come from just three franchises: World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and Guitar Hero. The report also noted that WoW accounts for a whopping 98% of Blizzard’s revenue.

      The obvious concern is for one of those franchises to flop. One bad Call of Duty and suddenly Activision doesn’t look so stable. As the company puts things, “Due to this dependence on a limited number of franchises, the failure to achieve anticipated results by one or more products based on these franchises may significantly harm our business and financial results.” I would say so, fellas.

      We already know that rhythm games are on the decline and WoW hasn’t grown in more than a year. No wonder Blizzard’s trying to push Starcraft 2 out the door by mid-year.

      Source: Kotaku

      Activision, News

      Natal to catch some unconventional advertisement

      March 1, 2010 /

      Project Natal could be in Cosmo soon.According to an MCV report, Microsoft is going to take Natal marketing outside the male 18-34 demographic. The company supposedly held a VIP showcase for select media outlets, particularly women’s mags like Cosmopolitan and Glamour, to show off Natal and talk about options for exposure.

      Microsoft is taking a page out of the Nintendo playbook if this thing is true. The Wii’s success came largely from marketing to non-gamers and convincing them that bowling, even with terrible graphics, is a lot of fun if it doesn’t play like a traditional game. It’s that same group of people Microsoft is after, people who may want something social to do with friends that doesn’t have the learning curve of a controller. The only real problem I see is that a lot of those people already own a Wii. How can you convince them they need a Natal, too?

      MCV says Microsoft will be using celebrity endorsements to market Natal in “the parenting press, toy retailers and publications which primarily cater for non-gamers.” Good luck with that guys.

      Source: MCV

      News, Xbox 360

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