Valve and Zen Studios have revealed the fruits of their recent collaboration, taking one of the most beloved game series of the past decade, Portal, and giving it the pinball treatment! Portal Pinball will be available for Zen Pinball 2 on PS3, PS4 and PS Vita on May 26th, 2015. Crafted in collaboration with Valve…
We take a look back at the storied legacy of PC graphics Don’t believe anyone who tells you that the PC isn’t the king of video game graphics. Ever since the very first 3D graphics accelerators hit the consumer market, the video game industry has catered to the supreme power of the PC as the…
Top Deal: Everything is cloud this and cloud that. Remember when we used to burn these things called CDs? Ah, the era of optical media. It was a fine time, and if you ended up with a bad burn, well, you had high-tech coaster for your coffee mug (or 1980s style earring). If you still…
We have some exciting news: PlayStation Now subscriptions will be coming to PS3 later this May! Now you’ll be able to play a huge library of more than 100 hit PS3 games on PS4 and PS3, as well as select Sony Blu-ray players and TVs, all for one monthly price. That’s an incredible number of…
Getting situated in a new Office Make no mistake, Microsoft’s head (and heart) is in the cloud, hence the growing number of subscription-based services. But if you’re more grounded to the desktop, fear not, the Redmond giant hasn’t forgotten about you. In fact, Microsoft today expanded the availability of its Office 2016 Preview suite as…
Welcome back to PlayStation Underground, our online show about video games! Today, we go underground with Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, a spectacular fighting game with a ton of personality that’s coming to PS4, and PS Vita soon after. I crash on the couch with Lab Zero Games Designer Earl Gertwagen, who decimates me with the newest…
Reacting to declining Windows sales Microsoft surprised a lot of folks when it announced that Windows 10 would be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, especially after explaining that the new operating system was such a departure over previous versions that it warranted skipping a version number. As many speculated, the…
While working on Lost Orbit, we were faced with two seemingly opposing ideas. We wanted to create a lonely, unforgiving universe that followed the journey of a doomed astronaut. At the same time, as designers, we wanted to entertain and reward our players with sound mechanics and positive reinforcement. We wanted players to have fun….
Rumors of a deal between the two companies first began to swirl in February For many Surface users, the Surface Pen is critical to the whole device experience. It is one of the things that sets Microsoft’s device apart from most other tablets on the market. And who else would know this better than Microsoft…
The 13-incher comes in two flavors The 13-inch LaVie Z notebook that we caught a glimpse of at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is now up for sale. The device has, however, put on a bit of weight since its unveiling as the “world’s lightest laptop” in January, and it’s also pricier than expected. But…