Tagged: Games
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Fan remake of Half-Life will finally see light of day on 14 September News
04.09.2012 Fans of the award-winning Half-Life video game decided to remake it using superior software not available at the time of its original release in 1998. Now, after eight years in... -
NeverMind Games’ first iOS release comes with an educational twist (video) News
29.08.2012 Irish games development studio NeverMind Games launches its first app for iOS devices on Friday, and this time they’ve gone the educational route with a maths-based puzzle game. -
Havok AI and Physics to power new Guild Wars 2 game from NCsoft News
28.08.2012 Dublin headquartered games software company Havok has licensed its AI and Physics software to NCsoft and ArenaNet for the creation of the of MMO game Guilds War 2. -
Angry Birds hijack NASA’s Curiosity rover (video) News
24.08.2012 In Red Planet, the latest episode in Angry Birds Space, Rovio’s kamikaze birds shoot off to Mars for an adventure involving the Curiosity rover. Now we know curiosity killed the... -
Dublin app firm creates digital sticker Facebook game for wrestling giant TNA Impact News
23.08.2012 Wrestling icons such as Hulk Hogan, Bobby Roode and Kurt Angle will feature in a new game from Dublin-based developer Fantom created in partnership with TNA Impact. -
Green Day pig out for new Angry Birds Friends game (video) News
21.08.2012 Pop-punk band Green Day have been transformed into adversaries of the famous Angry Birds for a new game from the Facebook app. -
User-generated content: An evolution in gaming (video) News
20.08.2012 User-generated content is practically a staple of new media, and even the complex world of video games is no exception. With developers encouraging players to get creative, a... -
Sony Pictures Interactive launches Hotel Transylvania game on Facebook News
16.08.2012 Sony Pictures Interactive has checked into Facebook with its first premium social game, The Hotel Transylvania. -
More than 235m Facebook users play games on the social network each month News
14.08.2012 Every month some 235m people – more than a quarter of Facebook’s known user base of 910m people worldwide – play video games on the social network. That’s an 8.4pc increase... -
Nineties nostalgia: New Neo Geo handheld console due for release in December News
13.08.2012 The Neo Geo AES console celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, but those feeling nostalgic for the arcade-style gaming system need only wait until the end of the year for an... -
London 2012 football: Today’s Doodle is a penalty shoot-out News
10.08.2012 Google’s daily interactive Doodles are likely costing companies a lot of down-time – though perhaps no more than yesterday when Ireland held its breath as Katie Taylor won... -
Ouya’s crowdfunding campaign ends with final tally surpassing US$8m News
09.08.2012 The production of the (quite literally) game-changing Ouya console is now well under way, having racked up more than US$8m in Kickstarter donations and secured key partnerships... -
London 2012 basketball: Shoot some hoops with today's Google Doodle News
08.08.2012 Today’s Google Doodle for the London 2012 Olympic Games is another interactive and addictive one, following up yesterday’s hurdles challenge. Basketball is the sport of choice... -
Amazon has a new game studio, and a literary Facebook game (video) News
07.08.2012 Amazon has revealed its new games team, Amazon Game Studios, along with the release of a new social game for Facebook, Living Classics, that sees gameplay take place amid the... -
More than half of mobile gamers play at home News
06.08.2012 ‘Mobile’ gamers seem to misunderstand the meaning of the term, with more than half of those surveyed in the US and UK opting to play games on their mobile device while at home,... -
Samsung brings motion-controlled Angry Birds to smart TVs News
03.08.2012 Samsung has introduced an Angry Birds app for its range of smart TVs. Developed by Rovio, the app lets smart TV viewers play the popular pig-destroying game using gestures... -
The writing on the wall: WebElevate aims to upskill 200 more job seekers (video) News
01.08.2012 WebElevate, an honours degree programme offered by Dublin’s Digital Skills Academy and certified by Dublin Institute of Technology, is seeking eligible participants to fill 200... -
Gadgets of the month News
30.07.2012 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month and look ahead at what’s to come.Categories: Week in Gadgets, Phones, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Sony seeks avid gamer to judge LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Vita competition News
26.07.2012 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) is seeking a gaming enthusiast to judge the best creations by the LittleBigPlanet community for PlayStation Vita in a Europe-wide... -
Uniloc sues Minecraft, EA and others for patent infringement News
23.07.2012 Copy protection software company Uniloc has filed a lawsuit citing 10 companies – including Electronic Arts and Mojang, developer of Minecraft – whom it alleges have infringed...