Posts By Tayo Stalnaker

Remember Myst, the PC game developed by Cyan? It was one of the first games that put CD-ROM gaming on the map. It became a household name when it launched in 1993, and spawned numerous sequels. It was an incredibly difficult adventure game that many feel is still one of the best in the genre, and a game that some developers cite as being a critical influence to their work. It's probably for these reasons that Cyan's new title called Obduction successfully met ...

Reviews are in for the Playstation 4's exclusive launch titles, and it's not a pretty sight. Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida recently spoke with GamesIndustry.biz about the Playstation 4 and expressed his thoughts on these early reviews.

Like most PC gamers, I love Steam. Sure, its awesome sales have put a dent in my wallet and given me a library of games I’ll probably never finish, but it’s a brilliant service nonetheless. I’ve always had one major problem with it, though – downloads pause while playing. Countless times I’ve wanted play something while I download a couple of titles in order to scratch them off my backlog, but no such luck. Thankfully, the most ...

The popular digital indie game service Humble Bundle has launched an online storefront dubbed The Humble Store. The new service offers daily discounts on video games for Windows PC, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. Continuing Humble’s tradition of being charitable, 10 percent of all proceeds are given to foundations such as The American Red Cross, World Land Trust, Child’s Play and Electronic Frontier Foundation.  At the time of this writing, The Humble ...

I've always been fond of games that can take a seemingly dull aspect of life and make it interesting. During the Summer, Lucas Pope managed to make stamping documents thrilling in Papers, Please (one of my favorites this year), but in 2012 the hectic job of sorting luggage at an airport was turned into addicting entertainment with Aero Porter on the 3DS.

There have been plenty of announcements at this year's BlizzCon, including the reveal that the Playstation 4 Diablo III release will include the Reaper of Souls expansion. Reaper of Souls will be packed with new features, including more randomization. Game director Josh Mosqueira understands that the original Diablo III campaign didn't sit right with many, primarily since none of the areas truly felt different when revisiting them. The older Diablo releases had ...

A YouTuber that goes by Moonlight Swami received an Xbox One early from Target and started sharing all the details on YouTube and Twitter. The video of the unboxing has since been removed and, according to Swami, his Xbox account has been banned. However, he chronicled the events on online, so there are a few choice pictures and Tweets available to read for those curious about Microsoft's new console. Here are a few below.

Sony is going viral with the Playstation 4 in their latest teaser video for a company called Hadouken Cabs. The advertisement is 31 seconds of strangeness that could be hinting at a future Street Fighter title for Sony's soon-to-be-released next-gen console. Check it out below.

Blizzard has filed a trademark for Warlords of Draenor, according to a post on MMO Champion. If this turns out to be an actual game, it more than likely is another expansion for World of Warcraft (Draenor is the orc's homeland). Adding further proof to this rumor is the fact warlordsofdraenor.com was registered over a month ago. However, this new domain comes with a couple of problems. For one, it was purchased on Go Daddy, which is not a place major businesses ...

Goichi Suda (or Suda51, as he's most commonly known) has to be one of the oddest developers in the industry. His games, like Killer7 and No More Heroes, are filled with unique ideas, subversive and absurd writing, and gameplay that isn't exactly the easiest to grasp. Even when he takes a straight-forward approach there's always a little something off, which is exactly the case with his contribution to Level-5's Guild01 game compilation, Liberation Maiden.

According to a post on Reddit, an Atlus teaser site slipped up and revealed Persona 5 early. The site is supposed to go live on November 24, but apparently displayed the image shown above for around a minute. If this turns out to be true, then it looks like MegaTen fans will be very happy when Persona 5 is released for the Playstation 3 next year.

Due to backlash from gamers, Ubisoft has decided to drop their controversial Uplay service. The most recent outcry about Ubisoft's version of an online pass is over the Edward's Fleet game mode in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. In order to access the feature, gamers had to enter in the code that came with their new copy of the game, or pay a fee. However, because of the inability for some users to be able to play Edward's Fleet, Ubisoft is now offering it for ...

Nintendo has pulled the SwapNote application from the 3DS due to users sending “offensive material.” The free app allowed people to send notes and photos to one another online, and apparently some of those using the program were being a little too naughty for Nintendo’s liking. Because of this, now SwapNote is no longer available worldwide, and it doesn’t seem likely that it will ever come back. All users have been notified of this ...

The free-to-play Command & Conquer game that was under development has been canceled by Electronic Arts. The developer behind this new game, which had been in its alpha testing phase, posted the announcement earlier on their website. Here’s a snippet:  Thank you for your participation over the last few months in the Command & Conquer closed alpha test. It’s been much appreciated, and you’ve been instrumental in helping define what a new Command ...

Telltale Games has just announced The Walking Dead: Season Two. As the sequel to their mega-hit adventure game based on Robert Kirkman’s highly acclaimed ongoing comic series of the same name, the second season will run five episodes long and feature Season One’s co-star Clementine as the main protagonist. Here’s more from the official press release:  The Walking Dead: Season Two – A Telltale Games Series will continue the story of ...