Gamertell

Another movie-based game the world probably didn’t need has arrived, as Blockdot’s online game Trapped, based on Saw IV, has now hit the internet. For those daring enough to risk possible gore, chills and the other side-effects that come from a movie-inspired game, there is also a contest running. After… Continue Reading »

By far one of the best and most addictive online multiplayer games out there is, Team Fortress 2. Released by Valve Software last year as part of the hugely successful Orange Box, Team Fortress 2 had been in development for nearly ten years. Even with that much development behind it,… Continue Reading »

EA Games has announced that Battlefield Heroes, a cartoon-style online multiplayer shooter based on the popular series of the same name, will be free for download when it is released in summer of 2008. Instead of gamers having to buy the title at retail stores, Battlefield Heroes   will be… Continue Reading »

Today I received one of the largest bits of promo swag from a game company. In a wooden box that measures approximately 19 x 19 in. (packed in an even larger cardboard box), the Walt Disney Internet Group sent a wooden ship replica. The ship was sent to promote Pirates… Continue Reading »

Just when the light at the end of the tunnel seemed to be getting brighter for us Star Trek fans, bad news comes out from the game’s San Francisco-based developer. P2 Entertainment, formerly Perpetual Entertainment, has announced it will no longer be working on the highly anticipated Star Trek Online… Continue Reading »

Nintendo is livid with retailers selling unsanctioned Wii bundles, which is a retailer gambit to take unfair advantage of the Wii shortage to boost their own profits. But it seems Nintendo can save its anger for other unethical trade practices, one of which has been uncovered by technology website Ars… Continue Reading »

Blue Ribbon Games, a site run by Funkitron, Inc. a game publishing company known for creating high-quality, fun games that appeal to a broad audience and can be distributed digitally via online networks, has launched a few holiday demos ready for download. Here are the games offered with a brief… Continue Reading »

It’s no secret that there are thousands of people and websites on the internet ready to trade World of Warcraft valuables for real money. It is something that games publisher Blizzard has never approved of, and the game’s terms of use explicitly prohibit such trades. But the rest of the… Continue Reading »

With the increasing popularity of MMOGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games) and the growing user community, the technologies behind them have to evolve in order to accommodate hordes of players living and interacting in a virtual world. As hundreds of thousands of users conduct raids and battles, powerful computer clusters have… Continue Reading »

Xfire and Blizzard Entertainment is bursting with joy that they have passed their original goal of 8 million subscribers with more than 100 online games supported. It’s much more than a community and data collection tool, it’s also an online instant messenger and more. Unlike other IMs, players can send… Continue Reading »