Most gamers may recognize the name DotA, or Defence of the Ancients, while many may have played it, many have not. Well DotA was a map for Warcraft 3 based on a Starcraft map named Aeon of Strife. I can’t really remember who created the first version of it, but once IceFrog took over the development, the map got known around the Warcraft 3 community and the interest in it grew. At this point the [...]

Spoiler Alert: Critical plots points of Diablo III will be discussed in this articles.   On May 15th at 12:01 A.M PST the battle for Sanctuary began. Unfortunately, only about 5 people showed up.   Yes, as expected by many the Diablo III launch did not go quite as smoothly as initially planned, at least not here in the Americas. The myriad of obscenities and threats that were hurled in the direction of Blizzard employees [...]

Out of all the indie developed titles on the horizon, Hawken is looking to be the best of them. Blending fast-paced shooter mechanics with intense mech gameplay, Hawken looks to redefine what it means to be an indie game. Developed by the up and coming Adhesive Games and built on the powerful Unreal Engine 3, Hawken looks set to bring an entirely new way to experience mech combat that the likes of MechWarrior introduced to [...]

If you’re an indie developer looking to promote your brand, there are quite a number of different ways to do so. In today’s day and age, social media marketing is one of the common forms of product or brand promotion, although something that many companies forget is the power of merchandising. Spreading the word via Twitter and Facebook is one thing, but to provide killer merch with your logo or product on it can actually [...]

With Diablo 3 officially released, the hotly anticipated Blizzard title is sending PC gamers into a frenzy of excitement. Although the venerable franchise’s long overdue sequel is currently only slated for PC and Macintosh platforms, Blizzard has slyly hinted at the possibility of an Xbox 360 or PS3 version on numerous occasions. Whether or not you feel that the game could work on the console platform, the notion of a killer PC action RPG reaching [...]