Archive : Gaming

Apple on Thursday published its best of 2012 selections on the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore — and there are a few surprises. Last year, Instagram received iPhone app of the year, while Snapseed got the best iPad app. The “Best of 2012” rankings include winners in a variety of mediums among multiple categories. Below are a list of the biggest overall winners: iTunes Store Music Best [...]

Trion have today announced that the fifth closed beta event for MMORPG title “Rift” will kick off on the 25th of January. Entitled “Battle of the Ascended”, this beta will include a raised level cap (up to 30), access to the Scarlet Gorge Zone and the opening of the Foul Cascade dungeon.

Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to a Ubisoft Games Day in London, where we were given the chance to try out Your Shape. The idea behind Your Shape is that you can get fit while having fun, the mantra is “Fitness Evolved” and after playing the game for a couple of hours, I can’t think of a more fitting phrase for this game. There are three main game times in Your [...]

AMD has announced that it will  shed the ATI brand name from its line of graphics products. It could make sense to the gamers and graphics enthusiasts who’ve been scratching their heads over different lineups from AMD.  AMD will be rechristening  its consumer graphics products as Radeon and professional graphics products as FirePro. This will bring to an end of a brand name synonymous [...]

According to Microsoft’s Major Nelson  Xbox Live Gold will be more dearer in the UK, US,  Canada, and Mexico from November 1 this year.  A single month will see a rise of 1 GBP, it will be raised to 5.99 GBP  from the current 4.99 GBP per month. “Since launching Xbox LIVE in 2002 we have continually added more content and entertainment experiences for our members, while keeping the [...]

Google’s Android mobile platform has a come a long way in the past two years, it has been winning users, developers and fans with its open-to-all approach. Android mettle may have been proven for smartphones, nevertheless, its gaming capabilities are yet to be put to test. Sony Ericsson seems to be taking that plunge. Sony Ericsson is reportedly making a PSP Go type Android smartphone [...]

Image via CrunchBase Microsoft announced the updated version of the Xbox 360 console  yesterday at the E3 Expo 2010, named Xbox 360 250GB, the new console features a number of changes, including smaller design, larger internal hard drive and Wi-Fi 802.11n support. Microsoft also showcased Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest edition in the popular Call of Duty series. Microsoft has gone [...]

Fifa  Football World Cup has started today and all the action and attention has shifted to South Africa. If you are regretting not booking your trip, now is your chance to be not only a part of a special one-off football tournament event and what’s better you could also participate in it. Leading online gaming magazine and community GodisaGeek is organizing  a virtual xbox 360  FIFA Word [...]

London Mayor Boris Johnson pledged a blanket Wi-Fi coverage in time for the Olympic Games in 2012 while speaking at the Google Zeigeist event in Hertfordshire. The statement comes as the city continues to upgrade its infrastructure in time for the Olympic games in 2012. Johnson said his vision was that “every lamppost, every bus stop” in the capital would offer wireless internet access. Reportedly, [...]

Google UK (www.google.co.uk) pays homage to Pac-man, one of the most favored game of all times on its 30th anniversary with a fully playable version of Pac-man replacing the search engine’s logo that too all the 255 levels of the arcade classic have been recreated  along with the game’s distinctive sounds. Google’s  tribute to Pac-man does not stop here, Google has replaced the familiar [...]