The $60 retail game model is broken
Video games, for the most part, are far too expensive. Maybe its time for the industry to change tactics.
Video games, for the most part, are far too expensive. Maybe its time for the industry to change tactics.
When development team 5th Cell announces a game, people should pay attention – these guys have made some fantastically innovative and unique titles in the past. Scribblenauts? Drawn to Life? Yeah, they did those! So now they’ve got a new game in the works and it is (wait for it) a third-person, post apocalyptic shooter for Xbox Live Arcade. Wait, …
The first Scribblenauts from developer 5th Cell was a wildly ambitious game. It featured a rather comprehensive lexicon of objects that could be summoned – with the properties and characteristics you’d expect of them – to be used in puzzle solving levels. It was ridiculously charming, and ended up being a pretty damned successful title – but ended up being …
Regular readers would know that 5th Cell’s Scribblenauts is on of my most anticipated games. With over 10,000 in-game summonable objects, its sheer scope is astounding. with so many variables, many people wonder what lengths you can go to while playing. Could one, for instance, Summon godzilla? Chris from the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine has a preview copy of the …
There’s one game that was showcased at E3 that I can say blew my mind. It’s not an HD blockbuster concerning a pale angry Greek’s beef with deities, It’s not a tale about a bulletproof treasure hunter’s exploits, nor is it a comedic rock-opera with one too many umlauts in its name. No, the game that has me trying to …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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