South by Southwest lasts 10 days during the month of March. The festival takes place in Austin, TX. SXSW is broken up into three sections: Interactive, Film, and Music. Throughout the festival, many innovations come to light and old ideas are reinvented. Most days’ events begin with panels at 9:30 or 11 AM and end […]
While moderating the SXSW panel on Women in the Video game industry on Tuesday, A.J. Glasser of Inside Network made a few basic points that are often overlooked by male gamers. Women play games. Women make games. Women write about games. A woman who does any of these things is not, in Glasser’s words “a […]
Bing Gordon’s resume reads like a who’s who of major players in the last 20 years of digital media. Amongst other things, he’s a former chief creative officer at Electronic Arts and a current board member at Amazon and Zynga. At his SXSW panel on Tuesday, Gordon played the role of prognosticator and, surprisingly, poet. […]
SXSW has arrived in Austin, TX, which is unusually chilly this time of year. The festival’s big gaping maw has barely begun to open to swallow up the tens of thousands of people who show up each year to discover and celebrate the seemingly infinite amount of creative endeavors put on display. And to network. […]
Bungie has finally revealed what it’s been working on since the departure from the Halo franchise in 2010. After weeks of whispered excitement stemming from a few “leaks” of some of the screenshots, Bungie and Activision recently unveiled their new game, Destiny, at an event in Washington. Destiny is a sci-fi first-person shooter set in […]
“We’ll be fighting in the streets, with our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone, and the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong.” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who If you know these words, chances are you’re a nerd. A milquetoast. A milksop. […]
Mars: War Logs explores life on Mars a century after a catastrophe that destroyed any sense of order or law. Since then, water has become the most precious resource and frequently acts as a catalyst between corporate warfare for control of this invaluable resource. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQCAJvSzJI’] Players experience the cyberpunk action RPG as Roy Temperance, a Martian renegade. […]
On January 15, 2013, Disney Interactive announced via press release its newest video game project, Disney Infinity. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96U2gkgK0o4′] Essentially, this upcoming title features a line of collectible figures that erupt into photonic life on the TV (or handheld device) when placed on the Infinity Base. There’s an initial lineup of 17 character figures that […]
Rocksteady Studios and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment bought 15 domains and every single one of them has the word Arkham somewhere in the URL. A chosen a title for the new game hasn’t been announced and there isn’t much information beyond speculation about its mechanics or story, but it is rumored that the universe will delve into the […]
What has four wheels, two thumbs, and the possible release date for Grand Theft Auto V? Most of the internet by now, it seems. On Christmas Eve, Amazon leaked the launch date of March 26 for the pre-purchase time. As the date hasn’t yet been confirmed by any official sources, we’ll keep an open mind […]
