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The Vision Engine might not be as much a household name as Epic’s Unreal Engine, but come this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), Trinigy is hoping to change that view with its release of the latest version of the Vision Game Engine. The grand unveiling of Vision 6.4 will be… Continue Reading »

For all you Tron fanatics out there you’ll have reasons to be happy come February 13, 2008, as Discs of Tron comes to Xbox Live Arcade. Discs of Tron was the second of the two 1980’s classic arcade games that was based on the 1982 cult Disney science fiction flick,… Continue Reading »

Sometimes game have “Platinum Hit” written all over them. And then, they are contenders for the “What the Hell are They Thinking?” award. When it comes to creating a videogame based on the world’s most gluttonous acts, the so-called sport of professional eating, we’ll let you decide which award is… Continue Reading »

After a year of waiting for Capcom’s Lost Planet: Extreme Condition demo for the Playstation 3, it was pulled by Sony with 24 hours after being released on the PlayStation Network. Chris Kramer, Son’s senior director of communications and community, posted on the PlayStation Blog that the multiplayer demo was… Continue Reading »

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS),  a non-profit organization that promotes entertainment software, held its 11th Annual Academy of Interactive Achievement Awards at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, NV, during this year’s D.I.C.E summit.  Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4 took home the night’s top honors… Continue Reading »

Cheap Ass Gamer wants all gamers to remember that, while they are spending hours upon hours fragging your friends on Xbox Live or the PS3 Network, the tens of thousands of America’s brave men and women are overseas defending our freedoms on a daily bases in both Iraq and Afghanistan.… Continue Reading »

The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G), a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of audio in video games, has announced the nominees for its sixth annual G.A.N.G. Awards. The awards are given for outstanding creative, technical and artistic audio achievement in interactive entertainment. The winners will be announced… Continue Reading »

Gearbox Software, the Texas-based developer famed for the Brother’s in Arms series, the original Halo for the PC and the expansion packs that followed the first Half Life, has announced on its forum that it is working on something huge. Really huge. In a brief interview with Kotaku, Gearbox CEO… Continue Reading »

After reporting its first ever billion-dollar quarter, Silicon Valley-based chipmaker Nvidia has announced planes to purchase chipmaker, Ageia. While Ageia’s might not be a household name, the company was responsible for the world’s first dedicated physics processor in 2006. The chip was designed to handle real-time physics calculations for more… Continue Reading »

Midway and Surreal Software is looking to bring a new twist to the popular open-world genre with the release of This is Vegas. Filled with plenty of gambling, parties, fast cars and even faster women, gamers will try to reclaim Vegas from megalomaniacs with fat pockets who are trying to… Continue Reading »