By Maximum PC |
Console gamers await the launch of Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox 720. GameStop chief Paul Raines referred to 2012 as a “challenging year for console gaming” in a statement related to the new and used game retailer’s financial report for its fourth quarter and fiscal…
By Brandon Russell |
How fitting that “The Rise of Competitive Gaming & E-Sports” shows up a few days before the Big Game. What was once a market people participated in for leisure—to escape—gamers now compete in actual tournaments—for money, pride and bragging rights. The height of the video…
By Brandon Russell |
Hulu is giving viewers one more reason to visit the site over competing services like Netflix. Aside from its robust library of TV and movies, the streaming company on Friday further extended its media reach by introducing a new hub for video games. The online…
By Ron Duwell |
It’s no secret that the biggest games of the year also receive the most marketing. This year, Halo 4, Medal of Honor Advanced Warfighter, and Call of Duty: Black Ops II are bound to pull in record numbers once again this holiday season as the do…
By Maximum PC |
Gaming historians and fans of the Final Fantasy franchise are aware of the fact that the original version of Final Fantasy II was never released in the U.S. However, there does exist a Final Fantasy II cartridge put together by Square Soft USA (now Square…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s not unusual for folks to become disenchanted with, well, life. You can have all the possessions in the world, but they might not necessarily equal happiness. Ever seen Into the Wild? Shane Butcher’s story is a bit like that. After amassing a swath of…
By Brandon Russell |
Noah K. tackles the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode: Sony prepping a super-slim PS 3 update? Amazon Kindle Fire 2 coming August 7? $199 iPad mini rumors heat up. Super Slim PS3 Revealed by FCC? Amazon Readying Kindle Fire 2 for…
By Adriana Lee |
As time marches on, video game graphics seem to be getting incredibly good. My husband, a well-seasoned machinima producer, often shows me the eye-popping visuals in his PC games (for work, of course. He’s only playing games to stay familiar with the different game engines…
By Brandon Russell |
Noah K. tackles the biggest tech rumors of this week! Big games for little Vita? Big brother for Kindle Fire? Leaked names for Samsung’s big new phones? Four Big PS Vita Titles Leaked 10.1-inch Kindle Fire Coming This Year? Samsung Galaxy S III Names Revealed?…
By Joey Davidson |
We thought about not tossing this story up, quite honestly. Because of commercials like the one you see above, going to school for game design is kind of…well, cheesy. Then we talked amongst ourselves and realized that we absolutely support the idea that this industry…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R is back from CES 2012 to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon provides his thoughts on the best smartphones available on Verizon. JR also provides some insight to the recently leaked Samsung Galaxy S…
By Joey Davidson |
Doing voice acting for a war style video game requires, apparently, a lot of yelling. Gary Oldman, English actor famous for recent roles like Not-Yet-Commissioner Jim Gordon in The Dark Knight and Sirius Black inHarry Potter, played the role of Victor Reznov in Call of Duty: Black…
By Mike Perlman |
Since when did the cell phone become a digital Swiss Army Knife? Not that there’s anything particularly wrong with that—hold your horses because there’s a caveat involved here. And before my ADHD takes hold and blasts me into 199 different channels in space, I’m going…
By Joey Davidson |
Earlier this week, we posted news of an upcoming announcement from Epic Games. Cliff Bleszinski, Lead Designer at the studio, did a promo clip for the Spike Video Game Awards which indicated that his company would be unveiling a brand new IP during the show.…
By Joey Davidson |
What ho, gamers! We bring you good word of holiday savings abound at two separate retailers. Amazon and Toys “R” Us have both elected to do the gaming world a favor by celebrating the shopping season with, essentially, the same exact deal. Buy a single…
By Joey Davidson |
Geoff Keighley is the host of Spike’s GameTrailers TV. The network aimed at the young male demographic is set to kick off their annual Video Game Awards show this Saturday night at 8 PM EST. One of the featured pieces of content during the program…
By Joey Davidson |
Spike just sent out a press blast that fell directly into our inboxes here at TechnoBuffalo. In it was some information regarding both several upcoming games and a few of their awards night’s nominees. The Spike Video Game Awards will air live on December 10th…
By Joey Davidson |
Buying brand new video games was once the highlight of just about every gaming enthusiast the world over. There was something about cracking into a new case to find a fresh, shiny, unmarred game within. That still remains, of course, as not much has changed…
By Emily Price |
When I’m out at parties, or out with nerds, and the conversation turns to video games I often describe my gaming style as ‘Like a 12-year-old girl.” I absolutely love old school Nintendo and Atari games and will play those whenever I can. I own…
By Joey Davidson |
Welcome to this brand-spankin’-new TechnoBuffalo feature we’re going to try and run once every week. We’ve got ourselves an outstanding, talkative community and we’re looking to harness that and spur it along with a weekly debate topic. So, every Friday, I’ll toss up a debatable…
By Joey Davidson |
Video game sales have officially been in decline for nearly a full season. The NPD results are in, and they show that gaming sales in the States only reached $669.9 million for the month of August. That’s a 23% dip in sales when compared to…
By Adriana Lee |
When the iCade from ThinkGeek came out, I was super intrigued. As an old-school gamer, this marriage of iPad plus classic arcade experience definitely caught my attention. But sadness descended upon this writer — the accessory costs a wallet-spanking $100. And dang it, Noah got…
By Emily Price |
I received my first video game console, an Atari 2600, in the early 80s. At the time the gaming system made me one of the coolest kids on my block, a title which I soon lost when the guy next door got a Nintendo for…
By Joey Davidson |
Mike Perlman’s rants have been delightful. Really. I feel like I’m standing across the street from a man as he sits on his front porch in a rocking chair, whittles wood and mumbles loudly to himself about those darn kids and his darn lawn. It’s cute, in…
