Top Stories Gaming
-
Google's Answer To Apple's Game Center Leaks Days Before Google I/O
-
The Next Xbox: Everything We Think We Know For May 21
-
Disney Just Shut Down LucasArts
-
Can Aussies Get A SimCity Refund?
-
Everything You Need To Know About The PlayStation 4
-
Sydney Gaymers: Meet The First LGBT Gaming Group To March In The Sydney Mardi Gras
Regulars
Ex-Valve Engineers’ Crazy AR Glasses Put Tiny Projectors On Your Face
Want some more tech to put on your face? Neither full-on goggles like the Oculus Rift nor slender no-AR-yet specs like Google’s Glass, CastAR takes a whole different approach to modified-reality tech by slapping tiny projectors on your face, and The Verge got to take a peek.
This iOS Game Is Narrated By Shaun Micallef, Was Made By The Oz Bureau Of Statistics
So, uh, the ABS put together this slick little city builder, called Run That Town, released it on the App Store — free — and made very little noise about it. Well, noise we didn’t hear, anyway. But it deserves more attention, if only because it looks as polished, if not more so, than most top mobile games.
Google Play Games Just Made Android Gaming Awesome
Gaming on Android just got a way more legit. Google’s just announced its new “Google Play Games” app and service at I/O today, and that comes with a whole bunch of features from achievements to leaderboards to matchmaking, multiplayer, and even cloud saves.
You Can Pre-Order NVIDIA’s Project Shield On May 20 For $US350
NVIDIA says Project Shield will be available for pre-order starting May 20 for $US350. The portable gaming console will begin shipping in June.
That Cool ‘PS4 Teaser’ Is A Fake, Sony Says
Whoever made this clip wants you to believe it’s the first look at the PlayStation 4 hardware. But, Sony tells me it’s a fake. Too bad.
Guess Where You Are In The World With Google Street View
Think you know your geography? Think you know what a country looks like? What if you were dropped in the middle of no where and had to figure out where you were? That’s what GeoGuessr is. It’s an insanely fun game that gives you an image from Google Street View and asks you to point out where you are on Earth. It’s pretty hard.
Google’s Answer To Apple’s Game Center Leaks Days Before Google I/O
Gaming as a social activity has gone beyond simple multiplayer. Now it’s all about leaderboards, achievements and other virtual accolades, even in games that have no direct multiplayer components. On iOS, Game Center provides that native layer to hook into these services and in a few days, Android will have its own offering, called “Play Games”.
A Guy Made The Fire Breathing Piranha Plant From Super Mario Bros
If you ever thought real life should be more like the video games we play, you’re not alone. At the very least, you definitely have an awesome friend in Caleb Kraft, senior editor at Hack a Day. He made a real homemade version of the fire-breathing piranha plant from Super Mario Bros. It’s incredible.
