By Joey Davidson |
The pitch for the product is fantastic, and one that actually got me to pop into Nyko’s booth at E3 for a few minutes to check out the device itself. Nyko is selling a peripheral for the Kinect that’s, essentially, a zoom for the camera…
By Joey Davidson |
The image above made its way around the net and gaming blogs after surfacing on German gaming site Konsolentreff, the folks responsible for the branding across the bottom of the shot. The Resistance 3 bundle featured in the shot has branding on it that highlights…
By Joey Davidson |
Speaking with OXM, Epic Games’ Vice President Mark Rein expanded upon his and his company’s positioning on Microsoft’s Kinect. Aside from obviously and overwhelming praising the hardware made by their publishing partner, Rein spoke to Epic’s excitement and thrill when it comes to their products…
By Emily Price |
Vintage Buffalo is a weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them. Are you like us and hanging on to some gadget relics of the past? Submit your story…
By Joey Davidson |
Atlus has announced through Twitter that the official Catherine demo will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 12th; next Tuesday. Where, when and what the demo will consist of was not detailed. Before announcing the upcoming availability of the demo,…
By Joey Davidson |
Gartner Inc., a market research group, has done research and published a report about the market trends surrounding the gaming industry. Their findings, which have been summed up and brought to light by GamesIndustry.biz, suggest that more than $74 billion will be spent wordwide on…
By Joey Davidson |
Notch, one of the two most talkative designers behind the breakout indie success, Minecraft, has posted a small update to his blog concerning the current status of the next update. Minecraft 1.8 is going to be massive with more than 40 changes planned. Moreover, it’s…
By Joey Davidson |
Team Ico’s classics, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, are getting HD remakes for the PlayStation 3. ICO and Shadow of the Colossus: The Collection will be released later this year and are set to include the aforementioned HD upgrades and Trophy support on the…
By Joey Davidson |
Far Cry 2 was enormous. Ubisoft‘s jungle shooter spanned a massive, dense and varied landscape that took what seemed like forever to traverse from corner to corner on foot. While that size and scale is definitely a bragging right for the title, the absence of…
By Sean P. Aune |
Move vs. Kinect is the focus of Console Wars Season 2, and in this fourth round, LP takes a look at the impact E3 2011 had on the latest generation of motion controls. The Sony Move and Microsoft Kinect were released within just a few…
By Jack McGrath |
Despite the fact that Sony has gone on record saying they have no intention of pursuing another piece of hardware any time soon, various rumors have been circulating since E3 suggesting that both Sony and Microsoft will release new consoles next year to compete with the launch…
By Joey Davidson |
News began to break last week of Team Bondi’s apparently and allegedly deplorable work atmosphere throughout the course of L.A. Noire‘s development cycle. The studio head, Brendan McNamara, supposedly created an environment of unending stress, fear and absurd work hours. Complaints suggested that a regular week…
By Joey Davidson |
While a massive chunk of the gaming world would probably like it just fine if Naughty Dog stuck to cranking out fantastic entries in the Uncharted storyline from now until eternity, there are gamers out there (myself included) that would like to see the team…
By Jack McGrath |
What games are coming out this week? Let TechnoBuffalo help you keep track with all of the new releases for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. PlayStation Move: Ape Escape PlayStation 3 Designed exclusively for PlayStation Move, Playstation Move: Ape Escape offers fun and accessible gameplay for…
By Jack McGrath |
Microsoft has made the decision to fuse its two online gaming portals and house them under one intuitive roof, Xbox.com. The news broke when a statement appeared on the Games for Windows homepage, explaining that the move is being implemented to consolidate the studio’s gaming…
By Joey Davidson |
The social gaming giant, Zynga, is officially filing for an IPO. That means Initial Public Offering, or, more colloquially, Zynga is going public with its stock. The thing about filing for IPO is that all of the financial data becomes open and eligible for public perusal. The company…
By Joey Davidson |
There’s something nice about being a part of a clean, silent social network. As one of the folks that managed to get into the Google+ beta, I can safely say that I love the fact that I haven’t been chided to help in a barn…
By Joey Davidson |
Notch, the lead on the Mojang team and designer of Minecraft, gets on Google+ for what amounts to several hours and almost immediately posts an exciting screenshot. Then Jens Bergensten, Jeb of the Mojang team, decides that he should up and post another exciting screenshot for 1.8. Notch’s…
By Joey Davidson |
Maybe this is just me being an old curmudgeon (get off my lawn, etc.), but I don’t think the title screens of today are at all as good as they used to be. I could sit here and prattle on about every single ancient title screen that…
By Joey Davidson |
Limbo was initially an Xbox LIVE Arcade exclusive developed by Playdead, an independent team from Copenhagen, Denmark. When the game first dropped last spring for the Xbox 360, the team was nearly overwhelmed with praise from journalists, critics and consumers. All at once, Limbo was…
By Joey Davidson |
Respawn Entertainment is the name of the studio birthed by former employees of Infinity Ward last year. Jason West and Vincent Zampella left Infinity Ward after suing Activision for royalties owed on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s sales. Their new development studio, part of…
By Joey Davidson |
In possibly the least dramatic way ever, Rockstar Games has confirmed the existence and future arrival of more downloadable content for Red Dead Redemption. The news comes from a Tweet posted by the company’s official account in response to a question. The question? From @Torpedo36: “Whens…
By Jack McGrath |
On September 2nd and 3rd, Activision will be holding a massive event dedicated to the Call of Duty franchise. It’s called Call of Duty XP 2011, and it will be held in the Los Angeles, CA area. During these two days, fans will be able to…
By Joey Davidson |
Team Mojang is pushing their latest big update out to Minecraft users today. 1.7 is live right now. The update, small in comparison to what’s planned for 1.8 and its adventure features, contains the much sought after piston mod. Once updated, the mod won’t really…
