TOG - The Older Gamers

Final Fantasy XIV Online Screens

16 March 2010 |48 new shots posted.

New Releases: March 14th - 20th, 2010

16 March 2010 |It's a busy week at retailers with God of War III, Metro 2033, Resonance of Fate and more hitting store shelves.

Just Cause 2 Anatomy of a Stunt: Tuk Tuk Guided Missile

16 March 2010 |It's the latest in the Anatomy of a Stunt series in Just Cause 2: Tuk Tuk guided missile!

Transformers: War for Cybertron Behind the Scenes Vignette #1

16 March 2010 |In this video, the developers talk about envisioning the Transformers universe and adding new design ideas to Hasbro's existing franchise.

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Justice Trailer

16 March 2010 |Not all the denizens of the Fade identify with darker emotions like rage and pride. Some embody the nobler qualities found in humanity: faith, hope, compassion, and justice. Justice is not a name, it is an identity.

Final Fantasy XIII tops UK chart

16 March 2010 |The Square-Enix developed RPG takes the number one on the British sales chart and becomes the fastest-selling game of the year; Modern Warfare 2 hits number two in the all-time chart.

Runes of Magic Screens

16 March 2010 |6 new shots posted.

Medal of Honor Official Trailer 1

16 March 2010 |We are experts in the application of violence; we are tier one.

Blur Q&A;with Gareth Wilson and Ged Talbot

15 March 2010 |We drop the clutch, swap some paint, and chat all things racing with Bizarre Creations lead designers Gareth Wilson and Ged Talbot about upcoming arcade racer, Blur.

Ousted Call of Duty creators get Hollywood representation

14 March 2010 |The LA Times reports Vince Zampella and Jason Ward have signed up with Creative Artists Agency, which also represents Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, Tony Hawk, and David Letterman.

GDC 10: Global Agenda Trailer

16 March 2010 |Be nice to the elves.

Contrarian Corner: Battlefield Bad Company 2

16 March 2010 |The anxious social habits of the North American male, or Facebook for men who don't want to sleep with each other.

Medal of Honor Trailer

16 March 2010 |An extended look at war brought home.

Platinum Life: Web Edition Launches Ludacris “Battle of the Sexes” In-Game T-shirt Giveaway

16 March 2010 |Get the shirt of your dreams.

Hunted: Brian Fargo Interview

16 March 2010 |One of the founding fathers of the western RPG talks Hunted, The Bard's Tale, Fallout, Interplay and sexy elf.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Hands On

16 March 2010 |Our trooper reports for duty at LucasArts San Francisco studio.

The World’s One-and-Only Ninja-Robot-Explode-Yourself Multiplayer Game Has Awesome Modes

16 March 2010 |Bored of everyday multiplayer game modes? Well, try these on for size.

Another Important Update for Field of Glory

16 March 2010 |Several fixes and minor changes coming in hot on the heels of the previous update.

Hunted First Look

16 March 2010 |The classic dungeon crawler gets a face lift.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Interview

16 March 2010 |Lead writer Daniel Erickson talks us through a brand new trooper mission.

BitComposer Games Announces Jagged Alliance 3

10 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Jagged Alliance is about to pick up its first true sequel in more than a decade. German publisher ...

BitComposer Games Announces Jagged Alliance 3

10 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Jagged Alliance is about to pick up its first true sequel in more than a decade. German publisher ...

Playing Favorites: BioWare’s Greg Zeschuk

16 March 2010 |BioWare co-founder loves BioShock, Gothic 2 and other PC hits.

Call of Duty: World at War v1.6 Patch and v1.4 Mod Tools Released

16 March 2010 |Call of Duty fans can finally update World at War, courtesy of Big Download.

New Modern Warfare 2 Trailer

16 March 2010 |Airing tonight on NBC's Sunday Night Football is a new trailer for Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Left 4 Dead 2: New Scavenge Mode Revealed

16 March 2010 |Valve officially announces new multiplayer mode for its upcoming zombie fest.

A Brief History of Windows Gaming

16 March 2010 |Big Download takes a look back at Windows gaming and all of the sweet shooters and adventures we enjoyed along the way.

Quest Online Fires President, Hires Derek Smart

16 March 2010 |Alganon developer and publisher Quest Online has fired president and founder Dave Allen for insubordination, replacing the executive with industry veteran Derek Smart (Battlecruiser 3000AD) as the company prepares to re-launch its ...

ZeniMax Online Adopts Fork Particle Tech For MMO

16 March 2010 |ZeniMax Online Studios will be using the Fork Particle SDK to create the particle effects in its unannounced upcoming massively multiplayer game, the studio said in a statement. A division of ZeniMax Media, which also owns ...

GDC 2010: The Announcements, The Top Talks

16 March 2010 |With Game Developers Conference 2010 now at an end, Gamasutra has rounded up the top announcements, from Sony Move through OnLive's release specifics, and write-ups of the biggest talks into one handy news story. The official GDC ...

Microsoft Patents Friend-Based DLC Promotion System

16 March 2010 |Microsoft hopes upcoming games will encourage your friends to sell you downloadable game content, based on a system described in a recently-granted patent for an integrated DLC distribution system. If implemented, the ...

Autodesk Announces 2011 Versions Of Maya, Max, Softimage

16 March 2010 |Design software developer Autodesk has announced new 2011 versions of its widely-used software suites Maya, 3ds Max, and Softimage, introducing a variety of new features for each. Among other additions, Autodesk Maya 2011 includes ...

AI Tool Dev Xaitment Expands Into Asian Market

16 March 2010 |Xaitment, developer of a range of artificial intelligence tools for games, has appointed a VP of sales for the Asian market and has partnered with Gamebase to coordinate the company's South Korean operations. David Brame will take ...

Dassault Launches Web-Driven 3D Creation Suite

16 March 2010 |Dassault Systemes, owner of the Virtools development environment, has launched a public beta of two web-centric 3D creation applications: the downloadable 3DVIA Studio and the browser-based 3DVIA Scenes. Formally announced during ...

Analysis: Examining Declining Wii Software Revenue In 2010

16 March 2010 |[As part of his monthly NPD review, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews notes how year-to-date Wii software revenue is down 25%, a decline he attributes to evergreen game sales that "are beginning to weaken somewhat."] In our NPD ...

GDC Sees Record Attendance, Reveals 2011 Dates

16 March 2010 |Organizers of the 2010 Game Developers Conference, the world's largest industry-only event dedicated to the advancement of interactive entertainment, has announced an all-time record of 18,250 game industry professionals attending ...

Final Fantasy XIII Debuts At Top In UK

16 March 2010 |Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII debuted at the top of the all-platforms retail charts in the UK for the week ended March 13, bumping down last week's number one, Electronic Arts' Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Chart-Track reported ...

News: Bethesda to publish new title from inXile Entertainment

16 March 2010 | Fallout publisher Bethesda has picked up inXile's latest dungeon romp, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, for release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The title is being overseen by ...

News: Registration opens for Develop 2010

16 March 2010 | Registration is now open for Develop in Brighton, taking place July 13-15, 2010, with a number of early bird discounts on offer until June 7. One, two or three day ...

News: PlayStation Home audience hits 12 million

16 March 2010 | The worldwide userbase for the PlayStation Home virtual world now stands at 12 million users, according to comments made by Sony's Jack Buser. Speaking at the recently ...

News: Microsoft patents online upselling

16 March 2010 | Microsoft has patented a new system of purchasing downloadable content via an automatic prompt, which attempts to ensure all players in the game have the same updates. ...

News: Final Fantasy XIII breaks 2010 records in UK

16 March 2010 | Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has entered straight in at number one in the UK all formats chart, becoming the fastest-selling title of the year so far. ...

News: Realtime Worlds wins Scottish Innovation award

16 March 2010 | APB and Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds have been awarded the John Logie Baird Award for Innovation in Scotland. The award was presented at a gala award dinner at ...

News: Bioshock 2 DLC was already on disc, claim fans

16 March 2010 | New downloadable content for Take-Two's BioShock 2 was already on the game's disc, according to accusations from fans. The Sinclair Solutions pack was released on ...

News: Ex-Ensemble dev attacks “workaholic” culture

16 March 2010 | Former Ensemble Studios developer Paul Bettner has blamed himself and Ensemble's studio culture for the company's demise and has refused to condemn Microsoft for the developer's closure. ...

News: West and Zampella sign with Hollywood talent agency

16 March 2010 | Vince Zampella and Jason West, the two ex-studio heads at the centre of the controversy between Activision and Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward, have signed with the L.A. based talent agency Creative Artists Agency ...

Interview: Sony’s Michael Denny

16 March 2010 |One of last year's biggest talking points was the latest clash between Microsoft and Sony in the console space - this time around motion control. While Nintendo surpassed both companies with the Wii, the next-gen rivals announced a ...

Venezuela: Violent Games Banned, Internet Censorship Next?

16 March 2010 |As a result of a Venezuelan website falsely reporting the death of a senior government minister, the Internet has now draw the ire of the South American country’s president Hugo Chavez.The Venezuelan website NoticieroDigital ...

G4C Constitution Hinges Around “Don’t be a Dick”

16 March 2010 |As time winds down before Australia's March 20th elections, Gamers4Croydon continues to up its presence.The group issued a call to arms announcement via its Steam Community presence, in which it outlines its policies, candidates ...

AU Paper Runs Game Retailer Rating Sting

16 March 2010 |Australia’s Sun-Herald recently conducted a field test to determine local retailers adherence to videogame ratings.The sting used a 14-year old boy named Peter (pictured), who was ‘described as looking even ...

U.S. Military Eying Larger Role for Games in Troop Training

16 March 2010 |The U.S. Military, already a big practitioner of videogame-based training for its members, plans to spend even more on the technology in the future.In a bid to cut battlefield casualties the Pentagon has approved an ...

MSU-Developed Game Teaches Kids to Avoid Landmines

16 March 2010 |A game in development at Michigan State University was designed to teach Cambodian kids, and others around the world, how to avoid landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) that might be scattered about their ...

Kiwi Internet Filtering Goes Live

16 March 2010 |While Internet filtering went live for some New Zealand web surfers in February, the enactment was only recently announced to the general public.The filtering technology is currently in use by two New Zealand ISPs, Maxnet and ...

Unlikely Pair Come Out Against RI Adult Game Bill

13 March 2010 |While Rhode Island Bill S.2156 drew backing from the Parents Television Council, an unlikely pair has come out against the Bill, which proposes fines and possible jail time for retailers that sell “M” or ...

Unlikely Pair Come Out Against RI Adult Game Bill

13 March 2010 |While Rhode Island Bill S.2156 drew backing from the Parents Television Council, an unlikely pair has come out against the Bill, which proposes fines and possible jail time for retailers that sell “M” or ...

Why People Do What They Do to Earn Social Game Points

13 March 2010 |Research released by Offerpal Media offers some insight into why so many social gamers are willing to complete marketing actions in order to obtain virtual currency.The comScore-conducted study among 799 panelists reported that ...

Why People Do What They Do to Earn Social Game Points

13 March 2010 |Research released by Offerpal Media offers some insight into why so many social gamers are willing to complete marketing actions in order to obtain virtual currency.The comScore-conducted study among 799 panelists reported that ...

Wakeboarding HD splashes onto PSN this month

16 March 2010 | Take one part Wave Race, mix it with some Tony Hawk and Smash Cars and you get Creat Studios' next PSN game, Wakeboarding HD. The game has you snatching all sorts of collectibles while you navigate the choppy, trap-filled waters ...

Hands-on: Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Trooper class

16 March 2010 | Click to Jabba-size LucasArts and BioWare have thus far released information for their upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, at a painfully slow pace -- the same goes for the hands-on opportunities they've offered us over ...

Windows Phone 7 app partners, marketplace, Netflix prototype shown

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Molyneux explores Fable 3’s episodic potential (with the aid of Charles Dickens)

16 March 2010 | During a one-on-one conversation with writer Frank Rose at South by Southwest titled "The Emotion Engine: Can a Video Game Speak to the Heart?," Lionhead's Peter Molyneux offered some early details on the episodic potential of ...

ModNation Racers coming to PSP and PS3 on May 25

16 March 2010 | Sony's next entry in the "Play, Create, Share" lineup is drawing near. ModNation Racers will launch simultaneously on PS3 and PSP on May 25. Both versions of the game will feature a career mode, online multiplayer and a track ...

Splinter Cell Conviction demo drops March 18

16 March 2010 |Last week, we brought you the incredibly exciting news that a Splinter Cell: Conviction demo was confirmed for release on Xbox Live. That thrilling news just got too awesome to bear: the demo will be out this week. March 18, in ...

EA completes Battlefield: Bad Company 2 server maintenance

16 March 2010 | [sugree] After a rocky launch period, EA assures us via Twitter that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online servers should now be finally stable. Pretty much every iteration of Bad Company 2 has seen issues arise when connecting ...

GDC: Harmonix on the ups and downs of creating the Rock Band Network

16 March 2010 | Eleven days ago, Harmonix delivered on a concept many of us had fantasized about since the very first time we ever played Rock Band: It democratized the track-making process. For the first time in the franchise's history, any ...

Now Playing: March 15-21, 2010

16 March 2010 | We hear he's a lot bigger up close. Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list: Last updated: Monday, 3:00 PM ...

Hands-on: Limbo

16 March 2010 | Very few games manage to instill a pure kind of terror such as Limbo, an aptly-titled puzzle-platformer in development for the past four years. Winner of multiple IGF awards, Limbo is a beautiful and haunting journey, one that ...

Remember This?

16 March 2010 |Can you guess this old game from just one screenshot? (more…)

NCAA Video Game Picks Kentucky, But Trouble Lies Beneath

16 March 2010 |A tournament simulation I did with NCAA Basketball 10 returns a believable national championship – Kentucky 88, Kansas 82 – but the rest reads like 3/4ths of the brackets in your average pool: Lots of chalk, and ...

An Extra Life In The Dying Light

16 March 2010 | Photographer Jon Beard discovered an extra life in the dying light of an unprotected light bulb filament. Ghostly and gorgeous, as seen (appropriately enough) on Flickr, via Digg.

Final Fantasy Director’s Take On Western Vs Japanese RPGs

16 March 2010 |How does Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama explain the difference between Japanese-designed role-playing games and their western counterparts? By pointing out the divide between classic RPGs like Tomb Raider, Hitman and ...

ModNation Dated, Kratos, Ratchet & Clank, Nathan Drake Join The Race

16 March 2010 | Want to know how to get Ratchet & Clank, Kratos and Nathan Drake figures for ModNation Racers when it hits stores on May 25? It all depends on which retailer you preorder the game from. (more…)

Call Of Duty For The Rest Of Them

16 March 2010 |There are people who can’t play Call of Duty. Maybe, according to a flight of fancy proposed last week at the Game Developers Conference, those people could at least help us CoD players out. (more…)

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, The Cool Thing At GDC

16 March 2010 |I wish I’d seen Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP for the iPhone/iPod Touch at the start of last week’s Game Developers Conference, instead of at the end, so that I could better answer the event’s most ...

The Hunt For Sam Fisher Begins On Facebook

16 March 2010 | Third Echelon’s best agent has gone rogue, and they’ve turned to Facebook for help tracking down Sam Fisher. Where would you go if you were a top secret government agency trying to track down a traitor? MySpace? ...

Should Windows Phone 7 Offer Easy Achievements?

16 March 2010 |One of the stories I told to a few people at the Game Developers Conference was about the bright idea I had on Tuesday about a psychological trick Microsoft could play, if they wanted to. (more…)

The Super Championship Edition Mash Up That Is Pac-Man Battle Royale

16 March 2010 |newVideoPlayer( ...

No New Epic Game In 2010

16 March 2010 |Epic Games' Mark Rein has said that the Gears of War developer wont be releasing a game this year but instead said the company would be supporting games made by customers of its Unreal Engine. "We don't have any games coming ...

THQ: Metro 2033 Sets New Xbox 360 Visual Standard

16 March 2010 |Metro 2033 has pushed Xbox 360 graphical standards in a way that hasn't been "done before", according to THQ's head of communications Huw Beynon. read more

Alan Wake DLC Planned This Year

16 March 2010 | Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has said it plans to release at least two downloadable episodes to expand the title this year."I think it'll depend a lot on the audience, but certainly we want to -- if we're ...

Blizzard May License Battle.Net To Third Parties

16 March 2010 |Blizzard's Rob Pardo has said the company could make its upcoming Battle.Net publishing and multiplayer platform available to third parties. "It's something that we've definitely always talked about," Pardo told the ...

Rockstar: LA Noire Isn’t A Traditional Adventure Game

16 March 2010 |LA Noire is a unique open-world detective title that doesn’t “have a point of reference from other games”, according to Rockstar. In other words, though it’s being published by Rockstar and takes place in an ...

Crackdown 2 Gets July Release

16 March 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->Microsoft will release Crackdown 2 worldwide this July, the publisher has confirmed.Announced last June, the Xbox 360 exclusive will hit North America on July 6, Asia, Australia and New Zealand on July 8, ...

Out Tomorrow: E213

16 March 2010 |Out tomorrow, blowing the case wide open on LA Noire, Rockstar's off the record, on the QT, detective thriller. We travelled to LA to meet developer Team Bondi and play the game that isn't, contrary to widespread assumption, just ...

Modern Warfare 2 Becomes UK’s Second Bestselling Game

16 March 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the second highest selling game in UK history.The title has overtaken Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and now sits ...

Codemasters Exec: PSP User Experience Not Right

16 March 2010 |Gavin Cheshire, vice president of Codemasters Studios, has told us that negative user experiences will put people off using Sony’s PSP. Asked about the handheld’s future, he told us: “Well, speaking as a person ...

3D-ing Is Believing

16 March 2010 |Officially, the 2010 edition of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas began on January 7. Unofficially, however, the show kicked off the moment that James Cameron’s record-breaking hit Avatar landed in cinemas ...

11 Awesome “Mario Bros” Creations (PICS)

16 March 2010 |When Mario was first introduced, he was playing second fiddle to Donkey Kong and was just called "Jumpman." Lame. Now look at him. 30 years have passed and fans are still paying tribute to the portly plumber, bringing him (and his ...

A Gorgeous Gallery of the Best Princess Zelda Cosplayer Ever

16 March 2010 |We’ve featured a lot of cosplayers on this site in the past year or so, but I’m not sure we’ve ever seen one quite like this, which is why she’s getting her own post.

1UP Mushroom (PIC)

16 March 2010 |Photographer Jon Beard, who normally photographs broken light bulbs at the exact moment the filament burns altered this still because, "What can I say? I grew up gaming and learned that if you break enough objects you'll eventually ...

Game Guru Sid Meier Explains Gamer Psychology

16 March 2010 |Sid Meier knows how gamers think. He has been making hit games such as Civilization for decades. Today at the Game Developers Conference, he shared his insights on gamer psychology and how he has had to change his assumptions about ...

Perfect Dark N64/Xbox 360 Video Comparison

16 March 2010 |A Perfect Dark comparison video between the new XLBA version, and the original N64 game.

Top Ten: Game Titles That Sound Like a Bunch of Random Words

16 March 2010 |For the game developer that needs a title quick, a thesaurus and a random word generator may be a good idea, but these did not come out right...

Mario Gone GTA | Koku Gamer

16 March 2010 |Mario is Italian, so it would make sense if there was a game one day that featured the characters from the Mario universe in a GTA like action adventure game. 

First ever Gears of War 3 footage and Unreal Engine Updates

16 March 2010 |At GDC, Epic demonstrated the first ever tech demo of Gears of War 3 and some really slick Unreal Engine updates.

Modern Warfare 2 DLC Is FIFTEEN DOLLARS

16 March 2010 |Capping off a fairly terrible fortnight of news surrounding Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward comes word this morning that Modern Warfare 2's map pack is one of the most over-priced pieces of downloadable content we've ever seen.

Super Mario Bros Played on an 8 x 8 LED Matrix (Video)

16 March 2010 |Super Mario Bros Played on an 8 x 8 LED Video, Carnegie Mellon student Chloe Fan wired an 8 x 8 LED matrix to play a 64 pixel version of Super Mario Brothers.

Bethesda Unveils New Co-op Dungeon Crawler

16 March 2010 |Bethesda Softworks took advantage of the recent Game Developers Conference to take the wraps off a new game called Hunted: The Demon's Forge that they're partnering with development studio inXile to create. It's planned for the PC, ...

BioShock 2’s First DLC Already On Disc

16 March 2010 |An anonymous reader writes with this quote from 1Up: "Trouble is brewing in Rapture. The recently released Sinclair Solutions multiplayer pack for BioShock 2 is facing upset players over the revelation that the content is already ...

Mario Reduced To 8x8 With Open Source and Arduino

15 March 2010 |adeelarshad82 writes "The open-source Arduino electronics platform has received a ton of attention from the hardware enthusiast community. And one more follower is joining the fray--Mario himself. The mustachioed plumber of console ...

Mario Reduced To 8x8 With Open Source and Arduino

15 March 2010 |adeelarshad82 writes "The open-source Arduino electronics platform has received a ton of attention from the hardware enthusiast community. And one more follower is joining the fray--Mario himself. The mustachioed plumber of console ...

How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market

15 March 2010 |An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. "The cards Sony has placed ...

How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market

15 March 2010 |An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. "The cards Sony has placed ...

Licensing an Abandonware Game?

14 March 2010 |WolverineOfLove writes "I'm recreating a 1980s abandonware game with copyrights that have been seemingly unused for the past 18 years. The situation is detailed further in a Slashdot journal entry I just wrote, but in short: Is it ...

Licensing an Abandonware Game?

14 March 2010 |WolverineOfLove writes "I'm recreating a 1980s abandonware game with copyrights that have been seemingly unused for the past 18 years. The situation is detailed further in a Slashdot journal entry I just wrote, but in short: Is it ...

University of Wyoming Studies Video Games

13 March 2010 |krou writes "The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting story about how the University of Wyoming's English Department is helping fund a collective called the Learning Games Initiative to study video games. Jason Thompson, an ...

Sony Begins Selling HD Movies On Its PSN

13 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "Sony on Tuesday 'rolled out the ability to buy HD movies from the PlayStation Network,' writes blogger Peter Smith. Sony claims they're the first service to offer HD titles to own from all six major movie ...