Earlier in September I named Twisted Pixel as my favorite indie game developer of the month. It brings a unique style to downloadable titles that we don’t tend to get very often. I certainly didn’t expect to see Twisted Pixel’s next project so soon, but the developer sent out a press release this week that [...]

The finalists from XNA’s Dream-Build-Play contest are featuring their games at PAX this weekend. Dream-Build-Play is a competition for independent game developers to create games for the Xbox 360 using the XNA Game Studio software. This year there were 350 entries from more than 100 countries. First place wins $40,000 while second place gets $20,000. [...]

Dashing pirate extraordinaire Guybrush Threepwood returns in the second episode of the (so far) successful Tales of Monkey Island series. Like other Telltale games, Tales of Monkey Island is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game divided into five mini-episodic games, with plans to release one each month. The first, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, received [...]

As some of you may know, a second film adaptation of the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are will be coming out this October. Surprise surprise! There’s a video game tie-in. The video game version will be released on all consoles except the PSP at roughly the same time as the film. Here [...]

Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be released for the iPhone and iPod Touch this fall. No exact release date has been given yet.
“Chinatown Wars is a perfect match for the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “We are very excited to bring this incredibly [...]

The PS3 doesn’t support backwards compatibility these days. The only way players can experience the classic games from the PS2 era is to either dig out the PS2 or hunt down a PS3 online that does have PS2 support. SCEA decided that no one should be left out of experiencing the God of War series [...]

It’s no secret the iPhone has solidified itself as being a legitimate gaming platform. Once a place where independent developers could show off their work, the App store has gotten the attention of big developers and publishers such as EA and id who release smaller games at an affordable cost. So what about mobile gaming [...]

We all know times are hard these days. A lot of people are out of work or had to serious cut back on their spending habits. We gamers are no different from anyone else when it comes to the all mighty dollar. We need every dime we can get and those dimes that we do [...]

Early this morning Amazon posted one of its famous gold box deals that’s sure to please many a game owner. From now until supplies last, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be sold for the bargain price of $9.99 for the Xbox 360. This could be a move to attempt to move stock in preparation [...]

EA has released its Achievement and Trophy List for Brütal Legend. It looks like a pretty sick list. There are 50 Achievements and 51 Trophies available for your collecting pleasure.
Incidentally, the “Six Degrees of Schafer” Achievement/Trophy is earned when you play with or against Tim Schafer during multiplayer mode. Interestingly, once you play Tim — [...]