PushingPlay

We talk games.


CCP Games, the publisher of EVE Online–the most popular space MMO on the market and the home of the most populous single game world in existence–has announced that that world is about to get significantly larger. Hit the jump to read more.


But you can’t play it. For five years tireless fans and hackers at Chrono Compendium have been labouring away at the daunting task of creating a Chrono Trigger sequel true to the original and every bit as expansive. Anyone who played Chrono Trigger knows that such a goal is nearly unachievable, but every sign was [...]

It Means “King Drunk”

Posted in News by Frank Duff


Once again proving that Japan knows how to do “Weird-But-Cool” better than anyone else, the pieces for this years Famicase Exhibition of imaginary 8-bit console games from game shop Super Meteor can now be checked out online.

A Closer Look at MMO Darwinism

Posted in News by Frank Duff


No, we’re not talking about Spore. It seems that almost every day news of another upcoming MMO trickles down the gaming grapevine. M-ness, M-ness and O-ness are the magical qualities in today’s gaming market that many hope will turn their pet project into a goldmine. For the independent developer there is a particular appeal to [...]


The more astute reader may recall the announcement a few months ago regarding an upcoming Zork MMO. At the time, Dublin-based developer Jolt Online was so loathe to reveal any details about the game that there was much forum speculation as to whether there was even anything to speculate about. Well, as of today, the [...]


In this age of cheap, tiny and ubiquitous cameras, Sony’s attempts to keep gameplay video of God of War 3 from leaking off the floor of the GDC were doomed from the start. Still, given YouTube’s general delete-happy policies, you shouldn’t count on those leaked videos being available over there for very long. Video inside. [...]


Yes, the grand-daddy of shooting digital Nazis in the face has been released, for free, for everybody’s favorite Swiss Army phone. Of note is the fact that this isn’t some third party, quick and dirty port, but rather was done as a hobby project by id co-founder and original Wolfenstein 3D lead programmer John Carmack. [...]


I am really glad that they worked Pong into the middle there, because otherwise I would have no excuse for posting this Samsung advertisment. Personally, I love it when video games inject their way into modern art (as with when art-group Stereoscope turned Toronto’s city hall into a huge game console). Somehow, seeing our hobby [...]


So, the full length version of the wicked MF DOOM and Ghostface Killah track that you heard thirty seconds of in that Chinatown Wars trailer has finally found its way online. The song was recorded specifically for the game and includes a few knowing nods to the series. Good stuff. And after the cut, be [...]


CCP, the makers of the popular, if masochistic, science fiction MMO Eve Online have today released their latest free expansion. Bringing thousands of new solar systems to the game, as well as new graphics, new NPCs, new epic mission arcs, a fully revamped New Player Experience and an entirely new class of modular ships, CCP [...]

Theme by Ploc Media | Copyright 2008