Category Archives: Video Game News

Why You Should Play Angry Birds Space, The Game Everyone’s Talking About

By Stephen Totilo The fourth Angry Birds game is upon us. It’s called Angry Birds Space and it’s actually a far more impressive and interesting game of Angry Birds than we’v......

PEGI outs Dragon’s Lair for XBLA

A rating for an Xbox 360 version of Dragon’s Lair has just appeared on the official PEGI website. The rating, a PEGI 7 with a violence warning, was awarded on the 16th. The rating lists the pub......

The 12 Best Games for the iPad

By Evan Narcisse Stop watching movies on your iPad. Stop browsing the web. Your iPad can play some great games. iPad games that shine use the extra screen space and sharper resolution to deli......

The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge

The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge All eyes are on Iowa, as TIPGC 2012 goes big this weekend! The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge (#TIPGC on Twitter) is a regional video game tournament, being hosted by ......

Imagining Fortnite from Epic Games

By Chuck Rock Hanging out with the infamous Cliffy B and Rod Fergusson last month really got me thinking about what Fortnite (Epics next BIG IP) might be. Let me say before discussing this that......

Shooting Down Rumors, Valve Says They’re Not Making a Game Console Any Time Soon

By Stephen Totilo Delay those dreams of a Steam Box competing with a PlayStation, Xbox or Wii. Valve Software is not making a gaming console in the near future and that the various rumors swirl......

New iPad Announced: Apple Shows Off Its Next Tablet

Apple announced the new iPad, showing off the tablet device to the press and the internet world. The new iPad features a “retina display,” 4G LTE internet and features the addition ......

Public Comment Period on Console Jailbreaking Ending Soon

March 1, 2012 Video game console makers Microsoft and Sony are squaring off against enthusiast hackers, academics, and organizations such as the EFF who would like to make the act of jailbreaki......

It Is Official: NCG/GameTaste Heading To Pax East 2012

We are proud and excited to confirm that, for the second year in a row, NCG and GameTaste staff are heading to Pax East in Boston to cover the show. Staff members attending include Big Red, Sea......

Break Blocks, a break dancing, action puzzle game now available

Pay what you want – proceeds donated to charity!! 29 February 2012, Roswell, GA Greater Good Games’ debut title is Break Blocks, an action puzzle game which fuses the beat-based mech......

PlayStation 4 Ditching The Cell Processor, Sources Say, Which Leads to Some Wild Theories.

By Stephen Totilo The PlayStation 4 will not use Sony’s Cell processor nor any possible successor to the vaunted chipset that was introduced to the world through the PlayStation 3, ga......

CHANGE HISTORY … KILL HITLER WITH PRE-ORDER FOR SNIPER ELITE V2

28 February 2012 CHANGE HISTORY … KILL HITLER WITH PRE-ORDER FOR SNIPER ELITE V2 Milton Keynes (UK) – 505 Games and Rebellion have revealed Sniper Elite V2’s exclusive pre-order bonus for the ul......

Gears of War studio showing off Unreal Engine 4 behind closed doors at next month’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

By Eddie Makuch, GameSpot Posted Feb 27, 2012 8:14 am PT What might the future of gaming look like? Epic Games is answering that question next month at the 2012 Game Developers Conference, whe......

Ex-Tripwire Interactive Staffer Releasing Break Blocks for Charity!

Ex-Tripwire Interactive Staffer Releasing Break Blocks for Charity! 27 February 2012, Roswell, GA We are happy to pass on this message to the press from one of our ex-employees, Dayle Flowers, o......

Innovative Guild Wars® 2 Gameplay Piques Gamers’ Interest

Innovative Guild Wars® 2 Gameplay Piques Gamers’ Interest Signups for the Next Closed Beta Event Reach One Million in Just Over 48 Hours NCsoft® and ArenaNet® are proud to announce that ......

Oklahoma’s video game rights restored

Oklahoma House Bill 2696 was defeated in the House Revenue and Tax Subcommittee on February 20. This legislation would have placed a 1% excise tax on the sale of “violent” video game......

Batman: Arkham City Lockdown App – free update available now!

Batman: Arkham City Lockdown App – free update available now! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that a new update for the Batman: Arkham City Loc......

Guild Wars 2 Beta public sign-up page open for 48 hours

MEDIA ALERT Guild Wars 2 Beta public sign-up page open for 48 hours Tyria needs play testers! Sign up now for a chance to participate in one of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 beta events.......

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 News from Gamespot

The next Call of Duty game is apparently returning to the Cold War-era intrigue of 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. GameBlog reports that the French site of retail giant Amazon posted (and ......

Cliff Bleszinski Confirmed to Attend Pax East 2012

Chuck Rock of National Championship Gaming confirmed through an interview Monday that Cliff Bleszinski (aka Cliffy B) will be in attendance at Pax East this coming April. Cliff Bleszinski did s......

Tim Schaffer: Revolutionizing the Industry, One Joke At A Time

By NCG Staff Writer Alex Silver Revolutionizing the Industry, One Joke At A Time     It would be physically impossible for me to count the amount of times the thought “I want to hug Ti......