E3 2012 - Medal of Honor Warfighter multiplayer preview

E3 2012: Medal of Honor Warfighter multiplayer preview
Telegraph.co.uk
By Tom Hoggins, Video Games Editor The last Medal of Honor's multiplayer hardly set the world on fire. It was unfocussed and unbalanced, caught in a limbo between the one man run-and-gun Call of Duty and the team-based Battlefield without a hook to ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Civilization – the video game that is as much a history simulator as it is ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
By Daniel Knowles Society Last updated: June 12th, 2012 For the last few months, I've been having a running debate with my girlfriend about the merits of video games. She's very sweet about it, but I know that she really thinks that they're a pointless ...

Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

Sony and Microsoft Unveil New Innovations for the Video Game Industry
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, NY, Jun 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Traditional video gamecompanies have been facing stiff competition from the emerging mobile gaming market. Fewer consumers are willing to spend upwards of $50 for a console game when they can ...

Asian gamer's Echo bid eyes Crown jewels
Herald Sun
THE Asian gaming giant aiming to gain control of besieged casino group Echo Entertainment has more than $4.5 billion to wage a protracted takeover battle. Genting Singapore has secured a 4.9 per cent stake in Echo and speculation is rife it will start ...

Which video game would you play in real life?
CBC.ca
by Fabiola Carletti Posted: June 12, 2012 1:34 PM Last Updated: June 12, 2012 1:59 PM Gamers who enjoy shooting virtual zombies are about to have their dreams - or nightmares - come true as Melbourne, Australia, prepares to host a live action zombie ...

CBC.ca

Visa Launches Video Game to Help Educate Youth on Balancing Savings with ...
Sacramento Bee
By VISA Canada Corporation TORONTO, June 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Today, Visa Canada is launching a dynamic educational video game called Money Metropolis that teaches youth the basics of setting financial goals, earning, saving, and prudent spending.

Remember This? The Terrible 'E.T.' Atari 2600 Video Game
Huffington Post (blog)
This week, for ET the Extra-Terrestrial's 30th anniversary, Mike Ryan writes about the terrible ET Atari 2600 video game. If there's a topic you want us to cover, let us know in the comments. The worst Christmas present I ever received was the Atari ...

Gamer plays one game of 'Civilization II' for almost ten years
Digital Spy
A gamer has claimed to have played a single game of Civilization II for almost ten years. User Lycerius posted on Reddit's gaming boards asking for advice in ending the bloody stalemate between his communist state and two theocracies in his world.

A Zumba video game helps women get in shape using movement-sensing abilities ...
New York Daily News
New videogames mixing music with real-world action promise to get players off the couch, turning basketball dribblers into "true ballers" and helping new moms tighten their tummies. "NBA Baller Beats" laid claim to being the first videogame to...

New York Daily News

New Video Game Releases for the Week of 6/12: Fun With Sneaking, Gravity, and ...
MTV.com (blog)
The Vita, it has games! Plus, Lollipop Chainsaw is finally on shelves, and Ubisoft has an interesting spin on the tower defense genre on the way to consoles and mobile devices. The latest from Suda51 and the Grasshopper team is one we've been looking ...

MTV.com (blog)

New video game releases: June 12th
Examiner.com
We all know what that means... new video games! Unfortunately, we don't have much to announce today as we are in the middle of a gaming drought. There are only two big titles that are being released today. The first, and most ridiculous, ...

Examiner.com

Video Game Quick Hits 6/12/12
Big Shiny Robot!
Last week was an amazing deluge of great content from E3. Unfortunately, we can't get such great stuff in plentitude every week. So it's a little more low-key, but that doesn't mean it isn't interesting. If you've missed some of the highlights of E3, ...

Big Shiny Robot!

Video game review: 'Bloodforge'
NorthJersey.com
BY CHRIS CAMPBELL Reach into your kitchen drawer and pull out a butter knife. Now, walk outside and start cutting down a tree with it. Even a wee sapling — I don't care. Sure, you'll eventually fell that tree, but I'm guessing about 15 seconds of...

NorthJersey.com

Gamer plays Civilisation for a decade
Orange UK News
A computer gamer says he has been playing the same strategy game for 10 years - and turned the world into a "hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation". The Civilisation 2 player, who calls himself Lycerius, posted on Reddit that he's been playing ...

Orange UK News

E3 2012 Wrapup: Four under-the-radar video games that deserve players' attention
New York Daily News
It adds cooperative play, too, letting one gamer control Mickey while another steps in as Oswald the Rabbit. DOUBLE DRAGON NEON Developers described Double Dragon Neon as "a love letter" to the series, and after playing through a few levels,...

New York Daily News

BioGamer Girl: "LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW" (Video Game Review)
FANGORIA (blog)
When Suda 51 and Warner Bros. Interactive announced LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW last year, heads were turned, people were offended, but most importantly, gamers were given a glimpse at an interesting new take on what both zombie and action titles could encompass ...

Athletes recount their favorite video games
ESPN (blog)
By Zach McCann | ESPN.com What's the greatest video game of all-time? That's a question with no easy answer. Andrew Luck, for instance, says "Mario Party" for the Nintendo 64. Chad Ochocinco picks "Call of Duty" for the Xbox 360.

Cyberpunk 2020 getting not just a video game, but a new tabletop game as well
The Verge
By Brian Crecente on June 12, 2012 02:00 pm 0Comments The decision to turn classic tabletop game Cyberpunk 2020 into a video game comes with a pleasant surprise: A brand new edition of the pen-and-paper game is in development.

VIDEO GAMES: LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Talking Mini-Figures Trailer
Comic Book Movie
Get a great listen to the voices of Lego Batman 2 and check out more characters that will be in the game after the jump and share your thoughts on the voices. For those who don't know, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the first LEGO game feauting a ...

Wii U Black Ops 2 out 'this holiday' - analyst
Computerandvideogames.com
By Mike Jackson for CVG UK Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 looks like it will be making its way to Wii U following reports earlier today of a preview for the game in the next issue of Nintendo Gamer. But that's not the only evidence.

Gamification advocates better living through video games
The National
By age 21, says McGonigal, the typical American has spent 10000 hours playingvideo games: that's a whole lot of tenacity and determined problem-solving that could be tapped for real-world good. Her call is being heeded. Foldit (www.fold.it) is a ...

The National

Gamer Plays Civilization II For A Decade, Pretty Much Destroys the World
Side Mission (blog)
If we're being honest, we don't play turn-based strategy games like Civilization II to beat them. We play them to see how we can destroy the entire world if we were in charge. And one Redditor has managed to create one doozy of a dystopia.

VIDEO GAMES: First Footage of YOUNG JUSTICE: LEGACY
Comic Book Movie
One Will Rise, One Will Fall and One Will Die. Check out new gameplay footage of Young Justice: Legacy featuring Nightwing and more after the jump and share your thoughts on the gameplay footage. Obviously, this picture is updated from the last roster ...

The Totally Wrong History of the Future According to Video Games
IGN
Not to be left out of the nonsense, video game developers spent the better part of the 80's, 90's and 2000's predicting a totally wrong future that would never actually happen. How can we prove that? Because in most cases, we've already passed the eras ...

Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 might head to Wii U
SlashGear
Forget the fact that Nintendo will finally offer HD graphics in a video game console. And you can even forget the new online community Miiverse. All of those things are irrelevant if the Wii U doesn't manage to bring significant third-party support and ...

SlashGear

6 Moments That Make Video Games Worth It | Cracked.com
With joy in my heart, let me try to explain the feelings that come with being a video game player.... As a gamer who's pushing 40, there's still some shame attached to the hobby (sometimes for good reason), and let me assure you, I have much worse things to be ashamed about. Much worse. Much, much worse. Anyway, as a writer I am known for two things: .... There's no doubt that as an art form, video games are way, way behind Hollywood in several ways. Game plots are still either ...
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Video Games: Gordon Freeman With a Portal Gun? I'm In - Memebase
By Cheezburger Network
Video Games: Gordon Freeman With a Portal Gun? I'm In. x. Share. internet memes - Video Games: Gordon Freeman With a Portal Gun? I'm. Get Over Here and Play a Video Game · Incorrect source or offensive? 3category:the ...
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cryptogon.com » Gamer Plays Civilization II for Almost 10 Years ...
By Kevin
Gamer Plays Civilization II for Almost 10 Years, Turns World Into 'Hellish Nightmare of Suffering and Devastation'. June 12th, 2012. Via: Reddit: I've been playing the same game of Civ II for 10 years. Though long outdated, I grew fascinated ...
cryptogon.com

Video Games in '60s vs. Today |
By Paul Tassi
In the 1960s video games were very different than they are today.Video game systems were much simpler and the games for them were less complex. The first video game that was made popular in the 1960s was Pong. It was 1966 when the ...

Games of Thrones video game review/RPG roundup | Toledo ...
By Michael Miller
The HBO television series just ended their second season, but fans can continue their experience Game of Thrones in this role-playing (RPG) video game.
Toledo Newspaper

Free Video Game Rental from Redbox
By Charlene
There is a new promotion available from Redbox. If you send a text to them, you can get a one time use code for a free rental of a video game. You do need to return the game on time.
My Frugal Adventures

The Human Abstract's Dean Herrera Picks His Six Most Metal Video ...
By Josh Hart
To give us the lowdown on the most metal video games out there, we tapped Human Abstract guitarist and self-professed video-game junky Dean Herrera to give us his picks for the most metal video game franchises (console) of all time.
Revolver Magazine

Creator of "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games ... - Gay Gamer
By Super Swede
Having regularly released videos at her site, Feminist Frequency, Sarkeesian, "a gamer, a pop culture critic and a fan," seeks to turn her attention to the world of video games. The goal of the Kickstarter project is to raise ... in Video Games project on Kickstarter. This coordinated attack was launched by various online video game forums and has included attempts to get my accounts banned, a torrent of hate on YouTube, plus countless threats of violence, death, sexual assault and rape.
GayGamer.net

Nerd Nite SF #25: Video Games' Urban Design, Death-Proof Cities ...
By sf
Cap off the longest day of the year with a night's worth of bacchic nerdery! Our speakers will set their laser pointers on “stun” as they teach us about disaster-proof megalopolises, the urban planning of video games, and the real science of ...
Nerd Nite SF

Gamer Keeps Civilization II Game Going for 10 Years - Slashdot
Have you ever wondered what a game of Civilization 2 would look like after running for 10 years? According to one gamer it's a "hellish nightmare of suffering ...
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