Video Games and Gaming

'Our future is on PS3 and Xbox 360' declares boss of Resident Evil publisher's France HQ. Resident Evil and Bionic Commando publisher Capcom is to move focus away from Wii and onto Xbox 360 and PS3 - as it admits that hardcore titles have underperformed on the Nintendo system.Click here to read the full article  

The company's future is on PS3 and 360. In a frank interview (in French) with Gamekult (via Spong), Antoine Seux, director general of Capcom France, has deplored the poor sales of hardcore games on Wii, saying gamers have turned their backs on the platform. Capcom's future, Seux says, is firmly on Xbox 360 and PS3. Seux's...  

I've been tempted to buy an Xbox 360 for some time now but I'm a little bit worried because many people have told me the Xbox 360 has a lot of problems and although I really want to get my hands on one, I don't think shelling out $449 ...  

Modern Warfare usually is discussed as a major franchise for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and is subject for debate on the PC. By at least one measure, it's significant on the Wii too. Those who follow our monthly tally of Wii playing time (the so-called "measure of pleasure," as I've dubbed it) know that the average amount of time that Wii gamers spend playing 2008 Call of Duty: World At War is sky-high. At last count, gamers were averaging more than...  

NOTE: May be offensive to people, especially in this comm. I've come across countless, countless gamers like this guy in-game (and gotta admit, they can be entertaining!) and have always wondered what it may be like if they treated the ...  

... Farmville and Pet Society, they (along with alot of moms and dads and grandparents) are playing games now. So how do we simplify those RPG games? I thought we should look at some board games for ideas. One of the activities my professor in Game ...  

There are no calls for an encore and lighters remain in pockets. Video gamers seem to have had their fill of the genre made famous by Guitar Hero and Rock Band causing the music-game category to take a massive sales hit in 2009. Even with The Beatles: Rock Band's guaranteed fan base and the innovative controls in DJ Hero strumming and scratching along to scrolling discs has worn out their welcome this year almost as quickly as auto-tune...  

theodp writes "In a blog post, venture capitalist Fred Wilson gives his thoughts on ripe areas for tech investment in 2010 — mobile, gaming, new forms of commerce/currency, Cloud platforms/APIs, education and energy/environment. Asked to comment on scams and social gaming (he is an investor in Zynga), Wilson defended Zynga's Farmville: 'Zynga makes almost all of its revenue on virtual goods. I said in my etsy/san telmo post the other day that...  

Platform: XBox 360 Halo 3 is brand new but is not shrinkwrapped. It was once part of a bundle with Fable II, but the Fable II game has been removed. Halo 3 is the third game in the Halo Trilogy and the thrilling conclusion to the events begun in Halo: Combat Evolved. Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding...  

(Evergeek) - Wii can have its chortling plumbers and waggle-activated bowling; serious console gamers own an Xbox 360 or PlayStation3. The gift of serious games will make those gamers seriously happy, especially if you wrap up one or all three of these.  

Over on my secret gaming blog I just wrote a long post analyzing Farmville FarmVille is a great social, viral app. The puzzle I can't work out is whether FarmVille would be more successful if it were a better game. I think probably not; the casual, simple gameplay along with the fun Sims-like construction is a pretty sweet spot for the Facebook market. Too bad, I'd love to play a game like this that was actually interesting as well.  

Most political parties or interests (from countless fan pages or groups devoted to espousing one doctrine or another, or just general forums where people can go to learn more) use Facebook in a pretty innocent way. But why go through all that effort to inform and educate when you can just manufacture political opinion with "money"? That seems to be the philosophy of several major health insurance companies at least. Companies opposed to...  

There may not be any special handshakes or furtive high signs for it, but make no mistake: Video gamers are part of a secret society. Sure, nowadays billions of people from all walks of life enjoy the occasional video game. They play Farmville on their lunch break, Hearts while working on a term paper. Celebrities famously tweet about World of Warcraft or dish about gaming on talk shows. But none of that matters to those devotees of gaming...  

You might as well have a manifesto that says "Your XBOX Games should allow me to play with mouse and keyboard". The thing is, you yourself can do a lot to minimize the amount of crashes in your games. Run a clean system with updated ...  

Hey Folks, My friend bought a PS3 the other day and asked me what games she should play for it. I have a PS3 but I primarily game with my xbox, and only really buy the PS3 exclusives. Anyway, I was trying to find games she would like ...