Full FeedBlue Ribbon Games launches five holiday demos
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 »
Blizzard maintains stance against virtual item trade
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 »
The quest to create cohesive MMO worlds
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 World of Warcraft surpasses 8 million subscribers
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 »
FIFA 08 roster revealed
EA has always spent big bucks on licenses and the upcoming soccer game FIFA 08 exemplifies that. At the Leipzig Games Convention, EA revealed the roster of this stellar soccer title. The game is going to feature 30 international leagues, 575 club and international teams and - hold your breath… Continue Reading »
Martha Quinn to host online ‘80s trivia game
Earlier this week (July 12, 2007), Funkitron, Inc. announced the development of a new trivia title, The ‘80s Game with Martha Quinn, featuring the image and voice of former MTV VJ, Martha Quinn. The game, to be available for download in Q3 2007 for PC, will include approximately 3,000 trivia… Continue Reading »
Funkitron brings Blokus to the web
Funkitron is currently offering the addictive strategy boardgame, Blokus, as a free online PC game through its web site, Blokus.com. To play, you strategically place Tetris-esque pieces on a game board without touching while blocking another player’s moves. Since multi-talented artist and engineer Bernard Tavitian introduced this game to… Continue Reading »
Nintendo reveals online games
At yesterday’s E3 press conference (July 11, 2007), Nintendo made quite a few announcements regarding the company’s online strategy. Chiefly, full online support will be given to the Wii’s upcoming Madden 08, FIFA 08, Mario Strikers Charged, and a new Mario Kart title (due out in the first quarter of… Continue Reading »
Opinion: Where’s all the online gameplay you promised, Nintendo!?
Nintendo doesn’t know what it’s doing with multiplayer online gameplay. It’s just that simple. The Famicom and the Super Famicom, and the Nintendo 64 had online peripherals which were never a wide enough success to release in the US market. Nintendo tried, and it decided nobody cared… and then the… Continue Reading »
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