Author: Jimmy Tran

Is Virtual Reality a Threat?

Technology is rapidly advancing.  In the last 15 years, we have seen gaming evolve from 3-D animations to life-like environments.  It’s breath-taking if you think about it.  We possess the capacity to upgrade our various forms of entertainment, but will it be our downfall? Virtual reality is becoming the new trend in gaming.  How does ...

Mortal Kombat X Review – Raining Blood

Saying that the Mortal Kombat series has come a long way would be an understatement. From the graphics to the mechanics, Mortal Kombat has evolved numerous times, constantly tweaking the formula in each iteration. With the addition of 8 brand new characters to the series and accessible – but deep – fighting mechanics, developer NetherRealm Studios is set out ...

2K Australia Gone for Good

It sucks when you hear news of developers closing their doors.  No longer will they be contributing to the gaming community and no longer will their ideas come to life.  It’s not the first time we had to deal with such strife, and it certainly won’t be our last.  But it’s news like this that ...

Categories: NEWS

Tags: 2k, 2k australia, AAA, Developer, Gone, Studio

Star Wars Battlefront: Totally Worth the Wait

Have you seen the latest trailer for Star Wars Battlefront? If not, you can take a look below.  The breathtaking trailer of the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront is awesome.  For ten years, we have waited for this game to come out.  We have endured setback after setback, until we faced the grim reality that maybe ...

Unity supporting New Nintendo 3DS

Unity Technologies, a company that created the Unity game engine has revealed their support for the New Nintendo 3DS at their conference in Tokyo. The Unity engine powers games from Hearthstone to Slender: The Arrival. In a press release, Unity stated their desire to bring their game engine over to the New Nintendo 3DS models, ...

Categories: 3DS, NEWS

Tags: new nintendo 3ds, Unity

Hearthstone released for iPhone and Android

Blizzard’s popular card-battler, ‘Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft’ now fits in your pocket. Previously only available for virtually every other platform imaginable, Blizzard now brings all the tactical action to the small-screen. Get your ‘Handlock’ and ‘Freeze Mage’ decks in order, because Hearthstone is now on iPhone. The mobile version requires at least an iPhone 5 running iOS 5.1 ...

Guitar Hero Live: A Brand New Experience

Remember how you felt when you first played Guitar Hero?  You felt like a rockstar, right?  The crowd cheering as you aced every riff, the familiar rock songs, even playing side-by-side with your best friend. It was a wonderful, innovative feeling.  However, the weak spin-offs caused the series to lose it’s charm.  Future games were nothing more ...

Halo Online: What is Microsoft Doing?

In this day and age, nothing is safe. Because technology is so advanced, it’s nearly impossible to keep files from being leaked onto the Internet. Look at what has happened to Microsoft.  Their attempt to create a Russian exclusive Halo game resulted in the “El Dorito” hack.  The not-so-secret Halo: Online has been leaked. Now, modders are working on making ...

Wolfenstein: Bringing Back the Real Nazi Zombie

It would be impossible in this day and age for someone to not be familiar with World War II.  There are movies, and games, dealing with the science of the war and the individuals who fought in it.  For some of us, reliving those particular moments of history give us a fraction of what the ...