Mail Sack E18HTEEN

Source: Bungie

The Mail Sack for this week was sullied with more impassioned demands for comment than our inbox for official media inquiries. Now just isn’t the time, friends. And this is certainly not the venue. There are some people at Bungie who are willi ...
Full article at: Bungie  More like this  14 hours ago, 6:02pm CDT

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Sony games to be interrupted by adverts?

Source: Digital Spy

A recently discovered Sony patent details a method for pausing games to insert ads. The patent involves the game first slowing down as a warning appears on-screen that it is about to pause. The ad then fills the ...
Full article at: Digital Spy  More like this  18 hours ago, 2:02pm CDT

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Source: Simons Foundation Autism Research

You may think of video games as a waste of time — and in many cases, you may be right. But some researchers are using multiplayer games to measure how social and other factors influence an individual’s decision-making process. The games, these research ...
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Sony patents method for PlayStation in-game advertising that stops games to show you a commercial

Source: Digital Trends

Nintendo interrupts its games with messages telling you to take a break outside, but Sony may start interrupting games to tell you to buy stuff. NeoGAF user onQ13 spotted a patent describing said technology on Thur ...
Full article at: Digital Trends  More like this  21 hours ago, 11:45am CDT

More Research Questions The Supposed Connection Between Video Games And Violence

Source: Gay Gamer

Long-time readers may remember our previous coverage of the on-going debate concerning video games and the looming Armageddon we keep hearing they're going to cause - as though Skynet were preparing the youth of today to take the place of its m ...
Full article at: Gay Gamer  More like this  1 day ago, 6:01am CDT

3 Ways Diablo 3's Lack of Avatar Customization Fails Players

Source: New World Notes

Pre-defined characters make it hard to pick yourself out of the crowd Rather than giving Diablo characters any appearance choices when they create their character, Blizzard has opted to put the entire burden of customization on equipment. Early on in ...
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Google adds In-App Subscriptions to the Play Store

Source: Android Community

Google+ isn’t the only one getting new tricks today. Google has just rolled out some new goodies for the Play Store that should help our friendly developers make even more cash money. Google Added in-app billing last year but today we now h ...
Full article at: Android Community  More like this  1 day ago, 12:45pm CDT

In Support of Supports (Moving Pixels)

Source: PopMatters

The damage dealers may get the accolades, but the true unsung heroes of class-based games are the support champions and their designers. The flashy menaces of multiplayer games get all the love. Their flurry of sword strikes, bestial roars, ...
Full article at: PopMatters  More like this  2 days ago, 7:29am CDT

DiRT Showdown Review | Gamereactor UK

Source: N4G

GRUK: "The game can be roughly divided into three types of competition, two of which have appeared previously in the series. Returning are rallycross-style races on closed courses, as well as the Gymkhana-derived Hoonigan events ...
Full article at: N4G  More like this  2 days ago, 4:05am CDT