Ever since we spoke last month with CD Projekt’s Tom Ohle about the company’s new digital delivery system for recent-retro PC games, we’ve been looking forward to getting our hands on some Good Old Games. GOG.com, at present, is in the early stages of beta testing, looking to fully launch in September. GameCyte has had a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
Episodic gaming’s newest addition has finally hit GameTap’s online shelves, with the launch of American McGee’s Grimm, available today for zero dollars. GameTap and McGee are, indeed, providing the first of 24 twisted fairy tales free of charge — you needn’t even be a GameTap subscriber. In fact, American McGee’s Grimm offers no less than [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 25, 2008
Some time ago, we editors of GameCyte had a disagreement about the future of gaming on the iPhone, and whether it was destined for glory or a modest niche. Whatever the future may hold, a number of game companies, large and small, have now entered the iPhone gaming space, and are relying on the experiences [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
Earlier today, CD Projekt announced a new distribution system for PC gaming — a service called Good Old Games, so named for its intent to focus on the treasured classics of our youth. Including semi-old-school favorites like Fallout, MDK, Freespace, and others, GOG’s intent is to re-invigorate gamers’ enthusiasm for these disappearing titles — selling [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 25, 2008
This week’s WiiWare offering is Gyrostarr, an on-rails space shooter from High Voltage Software. It represents a fairly clever bit of engineering in its own way — the game’s press release boasts that through clever use of High Voltage’s Quantum3 game engine, Gyrostarr has managed to squeeze 50 procedurally-generated levels into WiiWare’s 40MB size limit. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 20, 2008
GameCyte took Stardock’s digital-distribution platform Impulse for a spin earlier this afternoon — but before we had the chance to download a single program, we discovered some curious lines in the end-user license agreement. They suggest that Stardock will not only encourage the production of user-generated content, but that they plan to sell it, incenting [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Spotted over at ActionTrip, Steam is adding several new games from Ubisoft to its digital distribution library. The games are available to buy and play now for under $20 each, with one exception: Beyond Good & Evil is available for ten bucks.
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