Last week Drew Sanders brought you his review of Dragons and Titans the Steam powered game from WyrmByte, you can check out his full review HERE. This week WyrmByte is sweetening the pot by offering up 25 Hellfire Starter Packs to our readers here on Techaeris. Full details on what’s included after the break.
First things first, this review is going to assume a certain level of knowledge of the MOBA genre. I am intentionally not getting mired down with the minutia that is shared between practically every title in the category. If you are unfamiliar with these types of games, I would recommend reading up here, before proceeding further into this review.
Leo’s Fortune follows the story of Leo, a small little fur ball with a mustache and what seems like a Russian accent. You are Leo and you are hunting down the animal that decided he was going to steal your fortune. The game starts off with a short narration and overview of the game, the story and its objectives.
I recently found a Kickstarter campaign for a very novel (pun completely intended) idea. Storium is a web-based multi-player story writing game. Take a second and re-read that last sentence, I’ll wait. From the Kickstarter page:
I’ve certainly complained about Facebook in the past, and my feelings have largely remained the same. It’s no secret that Facebook doesn’t seem to respect your privacy, and really wants to pry open and inspect all aspects of your life. For the most part we seem to let them. They roll out changes to their privacy settings, making you opt-out of updates that increasingly open up your data – if you can even find where to opt-out in their giant mess of settings.
Earlier today, Sony unleashed a 99¢ Flash Sale for the weekend. Many of these games are PS1 or PS2 classics, but there are also quite a few newer games as well. There are over 30 Playstation Network downloadable games available for Playstation 3, PSP, and PS Vita. See the full list below.
The official launch day for the PC version of The Elder Scrolls (TESO) has come and gone, and now millions of users are exploring the … Read more…
We’ve all seen the headlines – Violent Video games Cause Aggression! But what if they didn’t? Video games and gaming in general have grown significantly in a relatively short amount of time. It’s easy to see how games, and the people that play them can be misunderstood. The University of Rochester has conducted a study and found that the cause of most aggression in gamers stems from their failure and frustration during gameplay, not the violent content of the games they play.
I recently got my hands on the newest game from Itzy Interactive – Vex Puzzles. Vex Puzzles is a match 4/block elimination puzzle game with a few twists. Most notably, the way you actually have to twist your phone during some puzzles to move your blocks. Not all of Vex’s 480 puzzles require your phone’s accelerometer, but enough do that I would be sure to have two hands available during gameplay.
The Sony PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is a little over 2 years old now, but don’t think for one second that this current generation handheld gaming platform has lost any of its forward momentum.
CNET is reporting that Gamestop will be opening another 300-400 stores over the next year. But these stores will be selling Apple products and other mobile devices. We all know GameStop as one of the biggest gaming retailers out there, they’re not hard to find. Well, the company is aiming for a broader growth footprint branching out from gaming products to technology products. GameStop’s “Technology Brands” division already operates 200 of these types of stores in the United States and they generate around $63 million dollars in annual revenue. And let’s face it, technology products, especially mobile, wearable and portable products, are just growing in popularity and demand so it seems a natural way to go.
I was recently told about a Kickstarter campaign for Planets³, a game that was described to me as Minecraft/Terraria/Starbound mixed with deeper RPG elements inspired by games such as Mass Effect, Skyrim, and Zelda. Having played all of those games for more hours than I can count, my interest was certainly piqued.
Plantronics is a company known for their audio accessories, and their latest audio fruition, the Rig headset doesn’t disappoint. I picked up a pair in Vegas at CES and have been using them daily since.
Wal-Mart is jumping into the world of video game trade-in’s starting next week. CNBC is reporting the retail giant will start accepting used video games … Read more…
A mother has filed a class action complaint in California against Google over in-app purchases made by her son. The story begins with the mother buying a 99¢ game, Marvel Run Jump Smash, for her son. By buying the game, her Google account was left authenticated for 30-minutes (by design) so that in-app purchases would not require a password. In that 30-minute window, her son bought $65.95 in virtual in-game currency known as crystals.
Microsoft wants to use their popular Xbox Live platform as well as Skype and MSN to run political ads targeted at their users based on the data collected from those services. The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft was handing out promo materials at CPAC that outlined and presented the idea. There’s no question that there’s money to be had in political advertising, on both sides of the aisle, and the political season is upon us.
Are you ready to get Stinky? I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into when I agreed to review the Stinky gaming footboard by Stelulu. I must’ve missed their successful Kickstarter campaign last year, so I had to do a bit of research while I was waiting for my review unit to arrive. The Stinky is a USB foot controller for PC – console models may be available in the future. It currently allows any keystroke from the keyboard to be bound to one of four Cherry MX switches on the footboard. I play a lot of PC games, and have feet, so I waited patiently for my Stinky to arrive.
Microsoft is experience some high level management shake ups this morning. First Julie Larson-Green has been moved to the position of Chief Experience Officer and now ex Nokia man Stephen Elop is taking the helm at the devices and studios division. This division includes Xbox and the Surface lineup. Larson-Green sent out a memo explaining the moves to her team (find that below). One things for certain, Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella, seems to be working fast to restructure and place people where he feels they’ll be of best use. It remains to be seen if these choices are good or bad but at least there seems to be a battle plan. Not quiet sure what Elop has to offer in the gaming sector of Microsoft but I’m sure he has some good ideas for the Surface products. Elop has worked for Microsoft in the past as President of the Business division so he has insight and experience into Microsoft culture. What do you guys think of the upper management shake up at Microsoft? Let us know in the comments below! Read Larson-Green’s full memo after the break.
Both Microsoft and Sony have said that they’d like to offer digital format titles at a discount on their respective next-gen hardware. Microsoft has taken … Read more…
Watch our very own Justin Jelinek and AndroidSPINs Stephen Yuen interview The Trese Brothers from Heroes of Steel. Live Jan 31 7:30EST. Live link below! … Read more…
Microsoft is offering a $100 store credit when you bring in your old PS3, Xbox 360 S or Xbox 360 E. If you’re looking to get … Read more…
In the world of mobile, exclusivity agreements are very normal and widely practiced. Awhile back Electronic Arts and Nokia made such an agreement. Mass Effect … Read more…
The fun thing about smartphones is that people of all ages can find some form of gaming enjoyment and entertainment in them. Whether we’re playing … Read more…
The highly anticipated Acura NSX, in concept form, will fire up its twin-turbocharged engine and innovative new three-motor, torque vectoring Sport Hybrid powertrain in Gran … Read more…
Looks like Razer is throwing on the boxing gloves to do battle with PowerA (Moga) and Logitech in making a game controller for iPhone. @evleaks … Read more…
I was given access to Heroes of Steel – the upcoming tactical fantasy role-playing game from the Trese Brothers – on November 24th at around 1:30 am. I was getting ready to head to bed and figured I would just install the game and really dive in after I got some sleep. After getting everything downloaded I thought I would just boot it up so I could check out the beginning of the game, but then get some sleep and play more in the morning. The next thing I knew, it was 4am and I was still playing.
Amazon has this Xbox 360 bundle on sale for Black Friday now, hit the link to get yours. Xbox 250GB 360 E Console: The Xbox … Read more…
