Gamertell

Before I wrote “E3 could probably use a little more GameCock,” I tried to reach former GameCock CEO Mike Wilson for comment. Since he wasn’t with SouthPeak, the company that acquired GameCock in 2008, it took a little extra time to get hold of him. It turns out he was… Continue Reading »

Tired of reading books or playing games with boring 2D characters that do nothing? Well according to a press release from Games Press, Vuzix Corporation, developer of video eye wear for consumers announced a new game-changing Augmented Reality Accessory Kit to be used with the already popular VR920 Virtual Reality… Continue Reading »

On March 25, 2009, the president and CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, took the time out his busy schedule to travel all the way from Japan to grace the attendees of the 2009 Game Developer’s Conference (held in San Francisco, California) with a highly anticipated keynote. Held in the Moscone… Continue Reading »

According to GameDaily, the Game Developer’s conference (GDC) and D.I.C.E. summit - two of the most prominent industry conventions - may be going invite-only for next year. If this goes through, both events will only be open to press members that are specifically invited to partake. The intention is to… Continue Reading »

One of the least important but most hilarious stories to come out of this year’s Game Developers’ Conference came from the BBC back on Tuesday (February 19, 2008). Among the demo XBox 360s Microsoft had in their booth, one malfunctioned, showing off one of the 360’s most “popular” features: the… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has had a forgettable start to the year with the Xbox 360 finishing third for the first time on US sales charts in January 2008. The news of Blu-ray triumphing in the HD format war has only aggravated its woes, although it is putting up a brave pretense. But… Continue Reading »

GestureTek has been providing motion-recognition solutions for videogames and other industries for the past two decades including several motion-sensing technologies. It might just have some more mind-twirling innovations up its sleeve that it plans to unveil during this year’s Toy Fair (February 17-20, 2008) and Game Developers Conference (February 18-22,… Continue Reading »

The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G), a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of audio in video games, has announced the nominees for its sixth annual G.A.N.G. Awards. The awards are given for outstanding creative, technical and artistic audio achievement in interactive entertainment. The winners will be announced… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has announced the very first Xbox Live Arcade Awards to felicitate the developers who have created the 112 downloadable games for the service. Fans can now cast their vote to decide the winners in several important categories. The final nominees for each award were shortlisted by a panel of… Continue Reading »

CMP Media, responsible for organizing the Game Developers Conference each year, has been busy adapting to the changing global climate of game development.  Just this week, two new events have been announced: GDC China and PC GameOn. Taking its show to the Far East, CMP Media will hold the first… Continue Reading »