Valve is launching a beta test for its new Steam service called Big Picture mode. This version of Steam will allow you to play your Steam games directly on your television. In their hands on preview, Kotaku reports that it is “sleek, intuitive, and groundbreaking in several ways.”
Watch Valve’s Big Picture trailer here…
Steam Big Picture features a brand new interface, specifically designed for viewing on your … [ Read More... ]
What can only be seen as a great move, Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it will start taking submissions of user created content for its MMORPGs. Not only that, but they will pay you for it too. The SOE Player Studio will allow fans to submit items for Everquest and Everquest II. There is also planned support for Free Realms and Vanguard in the near future.
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Today at a PAX 2012 event in Seatttle, Metal Gear Solid mastermind, Hideo Kojima, presented about 14 minutes worth of Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes gameplay.
If this video is truly all rendered in real time, then the FOX ENGINE sets forth some serious competition for graphics engines all over the world. Look out id Software & Epic. Konami and Kojima Productions have created an engine … [ Read More... ]
Beyond Retro is a new section of the site dedicated to displaying really old video games. Some of these games don’t even pixels… some of these games aren’t even fun… but they paved the way for what we play today.
To start things off, we have what is considered by some to be the first “FPS” ever. Although you are supposed to be in a jet (rocket) plane, … [ Read More... ]