Amazon posted on their Developer Blog today that the online retail giant will soon be launching its own form of virtual currency in the way of Amazon Coins. The service will become available this May and allow Kindle owners to purchase games, apps, and in-app items. Amazon Coins will be purchasable for the Kindle Fire tablet and […]
TERA Goes Free-To-Play Today
February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Big Kids Only TERA has launched it’s latest expansion today, ‘TERA: Rising.’ As most game expansions it’s brought along some new updates and changes to retain players and draw new in, and one of these is sending TERA into the wilds of the jungle that is Free-to-Play. The tier chart of what is available for F2P […]
Skylanders SWAP Force Announced
February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Activision has unveiled the next installment of the hugely popular Skylanders will be “mixing things up” when it hits store shelves. Skylanders is a game in which players are able to use a multitude of different characherts that they can actully collect in real life. The game is played using collectible toys that interact with the game via […]
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Blasting On To 3DS
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sega has announced that popular console title, ‘Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed’ will be getting the green flag to race onto the Nintendo 3DS on February 12. Gamers will be able to choose from 22 playable characters including Sonic the Hedgehog (see, it’s not just a clever name), Knuckles, or even NASCAR star Danica Patrick and […]
Fire Emblem: Awakening Delay
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We mentioned in the week’s Release Round-Up that ‘Fire Emblem: Awakening‘ would be hitting stores tomorrow for the Nintendo 3DS. Well it look like you’re going to have to wait if you were planning on picking it up. Both GameStop, and Amazon have posted that it may not arrive on time or unavailable due to “a potential shipping […]
How To Meet Kickstarter Goals? Make Devs Get Tattoos.
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The developers behind the game Starbattle, have launched their official campaign to get the game funded on Kickstarter today. And to reach their goals, the team have offered a…unique prize. Where most devs offer things like “founder” tags and exclusive in-game content to drive contributions Philipp Kock and Markus Haschny of Bad Habit Games have told their supporters […]
Release Round-Up: Feb 4 – 10
February 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Each week, Gamers Trust offers up info on what games are hitting store shelves. Not only the games and dates, but a bit about them as well as the content rating to help folks make informed decisions. Monday Anodyne (PC, Mac, Linux) – In Anodyne, you explore and fight your way through nature, urban and […]
Massive Call of Duty Xbox eTournament Set
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Big Kids Only Activision and Microsoft announced Friday that they will be teaming up to put on a world-wide gaming tournament using Xbox 360 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The tournament will pit the top 32 teams from around the world vying for a $1 million dollar prize. “More people play Call of Duty multiplayer every day than watch the average regular […]
New Digital Gaming Magazine, FirstLook Launches
February 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Cranberry Publishing launched FirstLook today, a free digital magazine all about the biggest game releases for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and PC. Today’s first issue includes 51 pages of content, including previews of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dead Space 3, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, as well as an interview with Trion Worlds (RIFT) about the revolutionary new […]
Xbox 360 Sales Up 5.9 Million
February 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s earnings season, and according to Microsoft’s latest sales figures, the Xbox 360 is doing just fine. Better than fine, in fact. The system that was released all the way back in 2005 has now sold over 75 million units as of December 31, 2012. The number adds an additional 5.9 million units sold since […]
