Angry Birds is one of the biggest hit titles of 2010 regardless of the platform. Here, Peter Vesterbacka talks about the game and parts of the processes that helped make it a hit.
In this [a]list summit video, the future of gaming is discussed. Involved are Mike Webster of Capcom, Rich Hilleman of Electronic Arts, Matty Rich of Matty Rich Games & Entertainment, and Lorne Lanning of Oddworld Inhabitants with John Gaudiest.
Developer HandCircus is making a game Okabu that they describe as a “hyper-tactile toybox. The PSN exclusive game, has all the appearances of a whismical puzzle game in a cel-shaded universe starring… clouds.”
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Showing how mainstream gaming iconography is getting, the Black Eyed Peas’ Light Up the Night video is infused with various games. Check out the references to Pong, Space Invaders and Pac-Man.
Kevin Butler is pretty awesome on his own, but what if he combined forces with Best Buy? The result is an unstoppable force!
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The whole Murder Your Maker thing has taken a twist in a very brief teaser trailer. If the images are to be believed, it appears as though the game will be Prototype 2.
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In case you think that The Warrior’s Way had the market cornered on cheesy CG cowboy movie ideas, you haven’t seen Cowboys and Aliens. Just like The Warrior’s Way, the actors play it surprisingly straight.
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Machinima is running a new series called Bite Me. Featuring Dead Rising 2, the series will focus on nerds who have just happened to accumulate a vast amount of knowledge about zombies from video games; here are the first two episodes.
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PlayStation Home has become a reservoir for various casual games, but there’s still some things to interest more hardcore players. Check out Novus Prime, which brings space combat and zero-g shooting.
There probably won’t ever be a new Back to the Future movie, so the best we have to hope for is this game by Telltale. In the least, they certainly have the voices down.
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