Tag: video games

Finding time to "get your game on" while living in a housefull of kids is never easy to do, and today's new Focal Point breaks down exactly why.  Come inside to take a look!

The Harvest Moon series, known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari, has been capturing the hearts of its fans with its simplistic gameplay style for nearly twenty years. The series originally launched on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996 and fans have been losing their lives to the time sink that is Harvest Moon ever since.

In this week’s episode of TFGP, the cast discusses the current state of Nintendo’s Wii U and what they hope the future holds for the legendary game developer.

It’s Love Week on TFGP! (belated)

In this week's episode we celebrate nerd and geek love and discuss our favorite couples in gaming, movies and TV. As well as breaking down how we stay in a relationship with our hobbies and hearts still intact.

I always knew that one day, I would write a tribute to my favorite game of all time in the form of an article. There’s no better time, as it’s Nintendo Exclusives month in Gamerlinx town and I’m pulling in, parking my rhino, and telling you why I think Donkey Kong Country 2 was one of the greatest Nintendo exclusives to grace this earth.

With whispers of a “shocking announcement” around the corner for the past week, The Pokémon Company and BANDAI NAMCO have collaborated to reveal Pokken Tournament which resembles a mash-up between two popular game series, Tekken and Pokemon.

All sorts of new and amazing games are springing up on Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter.  These are great tools for game developers to present new ideas to the masses, and provides gamers the chance to try out something different. Not all games have a fairy tale ending, however, and sometimes gamers get burned on the promise of something intriguing, only to be completely ignored and cast aside after helping to fund the project.  Such is the case with The Stomping Land, and we decided to look into it. 

Welcome to our first edition of Cinelinx's Fan Art Friday, where we cull from fan artists all across the web in order to showcase them for all to see.  Come inside to see what we're bringing this week and learn how to submit your own!  

Exciting images reveal the glorious title logo for the eagerly awaited movie adaptation of the popular Warcraft game series, as well as some shots of weaponry!

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be press at a game convention? This episode is a great look into what went on behind the scenes with our coverage of QuakeCon 2014.

We sit around the table with our SCNS:Live Cinemates and discuss the BYOC, The Evil Within and what its like to cover a convention.

Gamers will undoubtedly remember the huge success of Grand Theft Auto V and will be delighted to hear that this fall the game will be released on the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC (though it was officially announced last night during Sony's E3 2014 press conference).  Come inside to check out a new trailer of the game running on PS4!

At this years E3, Ubisoft presented a thrilling cinematic trailer for their latest upcoming release in the Far Cry series, Far Cry 4.

In this special episode of The Fathergamer podcast, we got the chance to sit down and talk with former Lucasarts alum, Mike Levine about his new gaming studio, Ninja Time Pirates, and his time working for Lucasarts.  Come inside and have a listen to our latest podcast!

Indie game studios are popping up all over the world. From freshly graduated student teams, to game industry vet collaborations. From the one-man-band to the massive orchestra. Kickstarter campaigns here, Greenlight proposals there, in a constant battle to get a game noticed.  As a gamer and someone with an avid interest in the Indie games industry, I have noticed patterns and trends settling into successful and not so successful Indie studios. Here I will attempt to identify recurring problems and mistakes new Indie studios make, and offer the best medicine I can muster.

Nintendo’s latest addition to the Mario Kart series will be with us on the 30th of May, and has 7 additional shelled racers available. 

It’s Valentines day again and here at Cinelinx we are feeling all loved up. Take a look at 5 of our favourite video game couples and what we think makes them so perfect for each other.

The latest episode the Fathergamer podcast sees the crew talking about the games they enjoyed the most in 2013 and why they were so fun and exciting.  As we look forward to 2014 and all the great gaming experiences we've yet to enjoy, it's important to remember all the industry produced in previously.

[Update: Looks like they've announced a release date for everyone else now!] Kickstarter-backers of Broken Age are in for a treat as they are due to recieve the game tomorrow. With a large fanbase following Double Fine's Kickstarter project, Broken Age is expected to be a huge hit.

Its not suprising that playing games can teach us a thing or two about life. Mario Kart is particularly brutal and fun, in this editorial we take 5 things this leviathan of a racer can teach us about the real world.