After Flagship Studios became embroiled in a legal controversy regarding the fate of its intellectual properties, it seemed nothing -- not Hellgate, not promising action-RPG Mythos, and not an explanation of any kind -- would escape. But today, the heads of the newly-established Runic Studios give GameCyte a glimpse of Flagship Studio's wreckage, and explain how their group of survivors is planning for the future.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
You can't keep a good man with someone else's great idea down. A while back, some enterprising young programmers created Scrabulous, a free online application which was later adapted for the wildly popular Facebook social network. As can be inferred from its name, Scrabulous was an adaptation of the long-celebrated word game Scrabble, allowing players to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
At the 2008 Social Gaming Summit, GameCyte happened to run into Brad Hargreaves, CEO and Co-Founder of GoCrossCampus, and couldn't help but strike up a conversation about the promising local gaming endeavor. While I was rather disappointed to learn that the company is expanding its game topics beyond simple college turf (and losing some of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
Speaking at a roundtable luncheon in New York earlier today, Sony's John Koller revealed that the PlayStation Portable will finally receive its long-awaited keyboard peripheral. According to Koller, Sony's director of hardware marketing, it should arrive within the next 12 months.
Continue reading...Monday, May 12, 2008
Next-Gen is reporting that PMOG, or the "Passively Multiplayer Online Game," has been launched by GameLayers. Played in a Firefox browser by surfing with a free extension, PMOG transforms a user's typical web-crawl into an online battlefield, where visiting one's usual sites can allow you to find missions and items, or stumble over booby traps [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 28, 2008
GameCyte looks at a new casual browser game that might have the power to teach.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 8, 2008
What do you know, MI6? The future of online gaming is upon us, and it is a social networking title for players to get together and share their hatred of deer.
Continue reading...Friday, March 28, 2008
Social gaming is on the rise. Read inside for our analysis of the phenomenon.
Continue reading...Friday, March 28, 2008
Remember how you and your buddies made Tommy, CJ and that unnamed dude from GTA3 do all kinds of crazy ****, then checked out their rap sheet to see how many prostitutes you flattened and how much collateral damage you caused? Well, yesterday Rockstar announced they're expanding that feature a little bit:
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
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