There are some games that are inspired from other games. A $4 iPad game on the market called Incoboto says that it came into being with inspiration from both Portal and Ico. While I can’t say that either theme seems to be a prevalent force in the game, there are small snippets of their essence...

If you haven’t heard already, the Double Fine Kickstarter was funded. Well, when I say funded, I really mean that it hit the cut off date to receive anymore money. The end result was a big ole pile of money, and now we sit in wait. For those of you who are just now tuning into this endeavor, this...

Happenstance brought me to find this game that is currently in the works, and I couldn’t have been happier to find it. Just to clarify, this game is not touting itself to be in the steampunk genre, but it most certainly fits there. As the official website says, “it taps into a rich seam of...

There are very, very few apps I would be willing to pay money for. Should they cost more than a dollar, they would have to have more than appealing qualities about them to part me from my money. This is especially the case when it comes to games. Making a good app that is a game, especially when it costs...

Games have become a little bit to simple nowadays. There are tutorial upon tutorials, and little icons that flash on screen whenever the game feels like you’re not understanding something. Games come wrapped up in a nice little basket, and some people aren’t too fond of that. If you are one of...

Well, that was a rousing legal battle. Quite some time ago, Mojang decided to make a game and call it “Scrolls”. It was not to be confused with the Bethesda game series, “The Elder Scrolls” as it is going to have a completely different feel. Notch had requested a Quake match to duke it out, but the...

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) happened last week, and had loads of exciting things that poured forth from it. One such item is the footage that came from early version of Apotheon from Alientrap. It seems like only yesterday that news of this game was released, but I’m glad that we have...

Everyone and their brother seems to be using the Unreal engine. Although, I can’t blame them as it makes for some beautiful scenery. A once beloved sci-fi online multiplayer shooter is seeing a revival, and its offspring is called Tribes: Ascend. It will be functioning on the Unreal engine 3, and will...