EA Clarifies: Microtransactions for mobile games

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In a recent statement from EA, they said that all games in the future will include microtransactions. Fan outrage began, criticizing EA for it’s business practices. EA responded to gamers via a statement to Polygon clarifying what they meant.

Electronic Arts chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said, “I made a statement in the conference along the lines of ‘We’ll have micro-transactions in our games’ and the community read [ Read More... ]

Shigeru Miyamoto discusses his retirement in an interview

shigeru miyamoto not retiring yet The 60 year old developer who brought us Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong has been thinking about his retirement. But not in the short term; rather he’s been trying to prepare Nintendo for when he does retire at some point in the future.

In an interview with Gamespot, Shigeru Miyamoto says, “This year I’m past 60; I’m going to be turning 61 this year. So for me [ Read More... ]

Retrospective: SimCity on DOS & SNES

With the release of the new SimCity (2013) it asks the question: Does the original SimCity hold up?

SimCity DOS review 1

I played 2 versions of classic SimCity to see if it was still up to snuff. First I tried the classic, aged graphics, DOS version. One thing is for sure, the game can be difficult. That’s not to say that it’s hard to play, but it does require a substantial amount of … [ Read More... ]

King Leonidas (300) gameplay in God of War: Ascension

King Leonidas 300 gameplay in God of War Ascension 1

The film, 300, was pretty cool. Unfortunately, it’s video game adaption didn’t really set the world on fire. God of War: Ascension revives King Leonidas for another battle when you pre-order from Gamestop.

Check out the God of War: Ascension King Leonidas gameplay video below…

Here’s all the stuff you get when pre-ordering God of War: Ascension from Gamestop

Pre-order the standard or Collector’s Edition of God [ Read More... ]