Tag: Community
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Steam to Monetize Mods
Valve have been fairly tight lipped, aside from a few menial whispers about the ability to monetize a heap of community modifications. Starting with one of the most highly modded games on Steam is Bethesda Softwork’s triumphant RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The process supposedly hands over a great deal of control to the…
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Steam Greenlight – Online Players Can Choose Valve’s Next Game Releases
PC gamers will soon be able to choose which titles they want to see become available on Valve’s digital distribution service Steam. The scheme called Steam Greenlight will allow members of the online gaming community to vote on their favourites from a selection of unreleased games from a number of developers. Titles will be supported…
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Diablo III Real Money Auctions Postponed Following Account Hacking
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Following a number of reports of unauthorised account accessing and missing in-game valuables on the Diablo III online community Battle.net developer Blizzard, who earlier claimed its security password Authenicator was not to blame, have postponed plans to bring a real-money auction house to the game. Dark-fantasy title Diablo III was released in the U.K and…
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MagPi Raspberry Pi Computer Community Magazine Launches
A great feature-packed publication on all things Raspberry Pi has launched, catering for beginners to enthusiasts
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WWE Wrestlemania 28 Comes Running Wild & Streaming Live on Apple iPhone & iPad!
The “Superbowl of Professional Wrestling” is soon upon us – Wrestlemania 28! It takes place on April 1st and WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has announced that the biggest and most star-studded show of its action-packed calendar will be streaming exclusively on iPhone and iPad! Things have become a lot more high-tech since the 80s and…
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WWE Wrestlemania 28 Comes Running Wild & Streaming Live on Apple iPhone & iPad!
The “Superbowl of Professional Wrestling” is soon upon us – Wrestlemania 28! It takes place on April 1st and WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has announced that the biggest and most star-studded show of its action-packed calendar will be streaming exclusively on iPhone and iPad! Things have become a lot more high-tech since the 80s and…
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Only in Japan! PARO – The Responsive Robotic Seal Offering Comfort to Tragedy Sufferers
It’s almost been a year since the Japanese tragedies which saw an earthquake and subsequent tsunamis rock the country with many losing their homes, possessions and most unfortunately for many even their loved ones. With the rebuilding of not only the affected area of the Pacific coastline but also the lives of those who survived,…
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Google Earth to document hidden Amazon Rainforest village
Following fantastic views of popular tourist sites across Europe, including the Colosseum of Rome and the Château de Fontainebleau of France, Google plans to take us for a walk on the wild side – presenting the world with a never-before-seen look at the tiny village of Tunbira, deep within the Amazon rainforest through its stunning Google…
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“Beyond the Game” trailer hits web – Amazing real-life look at video game culture
WarGames, Tron, The Wizard and more recently Scott Pilgrim vs The World. These are movies based around a central theme of video gaming. There have also been movies based on video games, most of which have been Epic Fails such as 1994’s Street Fighter. However, we don’t think we’ve ever seen a movie based within…
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Sony deny new Playstation Network attack – “URL exploit fixed”
Sony has spoken out and denied the claims that the Playstation Network was violated once again – this time during the mass password reset by users weeks after the last attack crippled the gaming community for a month. Sony were quick to comment on its Playstation Blog regarding speculation circulating that another attack had taken…
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Playstation Network Update – Sony now admit security threat!
Many gamers will be aware that the Playstation Network (PSN) has been crippled for almost a week (if you’re not aware – where have you been? You can catch up with our previous article here). Sony has now confessed there has been a serious security threat to user’s vital information on the Playstation gaming community. The problem was initially claimed…
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Playstation Network down in Europe for “maintenance”
The Playstation Network is currently still down in Europe after being first reported at around 9:15am GMT this morning when it was confirmed in a tweet through the PlaystationEU Blog account. Sony is claiming “maintenance” to be the reason for the PSN going down earlier today – due to issues affecting network features such as Qriocity,…