Posts from 'Games and consoles' category

Gaming is a beautiful passion, but it should not keep one locked in the house, so while we all demanded more portability, the manufacturers decided to obey and deliver. This way a new type of hardware has seen the light of the day: the portable gaming console. The consumer’s market abounds in variety of offer, but one product of the kind that we thought it wordy of attention is the Sony PSPgo. S...

The best gaming hardware available on the market is very hard to enjoy if the gamer is seating in an uncomfortable position or in an inappropriate chair; that could cause distress, health issues, and defeat to the gamer. And that is indeed a very unpleasant situation! The appropriate gaming chair, on the other hand, is meat to provide not only comfort for the gamer, but also to supply his needs, b...

I've been a fan of Civilization games since version 1 (read our Civ 5 review), lots of years ago, and when I've heard about Sid Mayer planning the launch of Civilization World, a massive online multiplayer game for Facebook I was ecstatic. Then I've found out it will be FREE. What more can you want. As of this week CivWorld for Facebook is here in beta form (access the game here). All you need to ...

Civilization fans have real reasons of joy due to the fact that 2K Games recently announced that the 5th part of the popular TBS (turn-base strategy) game will appear in September this year.For those less familiarized with the game it is worth mentioning that the Civilization series is based on leading a prehistoric civilization to the ultimate victory by achieving a diversity of objectives: e...

If you like driving games you have surely heard about the famous Need For Speed series, released by EA Sports 16 years ago, when a part of the fans the game has today were not even born. Each year brought a new NFS game, sometimes better, sometimes not that good. However this year EA Sports have prepared no less than 3 titles.If NFS Shift and NFS Nitro are classical games things change when it...

Electronic Arts recently revealed the first official information about Crysis 2, the game developed by Crytek as a natural successor of the first Crysis and Crysis Warhead, which offer the same kind of events from a narrative perspective.Unlike other sequels placed in a similar environment to the original one Crysis 2 abandons the classical jungle for an urban challenge in New York City, which...

The Ninendo 3DS is finally out, complete with an autostereoscopic 3D screen and augmented reality support. the device was launched in February in Japan and a month later in Europe and North America.OverviewThe main feature of the 3DS is its autostereoscopic screen. Each normal pixel is being divided in two, one for the left and one for the right eye. Consequently, assuming you are holding ...

Even if you are not interested in PC or console video games it is impossible for you to have not heard anything about the famous Microsoft Flight Simulator game until now.Considered by everyone a game, especially because that is how Microsoft promoted it, Flight Simulator is actually software that simulates flights in high detail. Its popularity is also justified by the fact that it is conside...

Fans of the famous series of Heroes of Might and Magic games received news that delighted them in August: Ubisoft announced that it would launch a new game in March next year also offering a few interesting details about its new features.For those that are less familiarized with the Heroes of Might and Magic universe it is worth mentioning that it is a turn-based strategy (TBS) game in which t...

The Lord of The Rings trilogy remains in the memory of most Science Fiction fans due to the complex story and the amazing charm of the Middle Earth.As a side note I must say that the 3 books written by J.R.R. Tolkien in the Lord of The Rings trilogy are even more spectacular compared to the movies, as essential elements from the book could not be put in the movie because of the extreme complex...