Game Critics Awards announces its Best of E3 2008 winners
The Game Critics Awards list of the best games of 2008 has just been announced and the winners for the Best of E3 2008 include Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Spore, Gears of War 2 and Madden NFL 09.
Click through for the complete list of winners…
PC games now playable with PS3 SIXAXIS
Initially, StreamMyGame allowed users with Windows or Linux systems to play PC games on the PS3. And people who would be able to do it downloaded the free program from StreamMyGame and rejoiced. Now StreamMyGame has a new software that allows people to use a PS3 SIXAXIS controller to play PC games.
The StreamMyGame PS3 player and SIXAXIS pairing tool are free downloads. Once everything is installed, there is configuration option which allows users to set PC game controls to buttons on the SIXAXIS. Also, the program will let you set the SIXAXIS to work by being connected to the PC with a USB cable, or use it wirelessly with Bluetooth.
Click through to watch a video from StreamMyGame showing how to set up the program and set up SIXAXIS…
Scrabulous users - spell G-O-O-D-B-Y-E
Hasbro has just filed a lawsuit against the makers of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. Scrabulous was created by Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwalla under the name RJ Softwares and has 506,580 daily active users according to its Facebook page.
Hasbro is alledging that Scrabulous is ripping off its board game (and now Facebook game) Scrabble. Hasbro is demanding that the application be removed from Facebook in US and Canada, since EA and Hasbro have released a Scrabble Facebook app in those countries.
Send out of this world Spore e-cards
MashON has a brand new e-card creator designed to promote Maxis’ Spore. The Spore e-card creator tool allows users to create a customized card featuring Spore environments and characters, and then send it. You do have to be a MashOn member to send cards, but membership is free and it is easy to create an account.
There are 12 different backgrounds and 64 different clip art characters that can be added to your card. The clip art characters can be rotated and positioned wherever you like on the background. Once you’ve picked out the best characters for you, you can add one of eight different word bubbles and write in some text. Then send it off to your favorite EA fan.
Comcast’s Dark Knight online Flash game
If you are a Batman fan, loved The Dark Knight movie and cannot wait to play the movie-based videogame, well, you pretty much have to keep waiting waiting. But, if you can settle for an online Flash game based on the movie, Comcast has posted Gotham City Street Chase for you to play.
The game is a pretty straightforward side-to-side shooter, where you dodge oncoming cars and blast vans driven by the Joker’s henchmen, who are also tossing bombs a you. Periodically crash the BatPod through crates for extra life and extra points so you can…
Many game companies, analysts disappointed with E3 2008
Not many attendees were impressed with this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). During an interview held Thursday, (July 17, 2008) Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s senior managing director and general manager of entertainment analysis and the development division, told MSNBC that even though many fans of long running Nintendo franchise games such as Mario, Zelda or even StarFox were upset he felt that E3 was no longer a place for those types of game.
Click through to find out what game companies thought of E3 2008…
PopCap survey indicates kids with ADHD may benefit from casual games
It’s difficult for the parents of a child diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) to find ways to control their child’s disorder and help him or her live a normal childhood.
PopCap Games recently contracted Information Solutions Group to conduct a unique survey in April 2008 in which 2,728 respondents (of the 13,296 casual gamers surveyed) indicated they or someone they are caring for has a disability…
Visionman releases the wickedly fast Widow Double Nine gaming notebook
FROM GADGETELL - Visionman really knows the name of the game when it comes to gaming notebooks. It just released a powerful and wickedly fast gaming machine with an ultra-cool name, the Widow Double Nine. This portable gaming machine boasts of a NVIDIA GeForce 9800M video chipset supported by a whooping 4GB-8GB of… MORE »
Gaia Online prepares for Rejected Olympics
From July 21 through 27, 2008, Gaia Online will host its very own Rejected Olympics. The event is free and open to registered Gaia members.
Gaia Online is an online hangout that was founded in 2003 and has since become the leading hangout with more than 5 million visitors a month to make friends, play games, watch movies and participate in monthly activities.
This year’s rejected Olympic will have up to 100 new games and Olympic-themed…
EA brings Hasbro’s Scrabble to Pogo, later to Facebook
EA is ready to wipe your Scrabble clone-playin’ guilt away with a legit, free version of the tabletop classic for Facebook. The videogame megapublisher has the official Hasbro board game available on Pogo right now and it will be available on social networking site Facebook later this month.
What really jumps out of the Pogo version is the more authentic replication of the traditional board and tiles although it’s a little…
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