Casual gamers FTW, Hardcore gamers Fail
If you class yourself as a serious or hardcore gamer then count yourself in the minority. Casual and social gamers are taking over, and fast.
If you class yourself as a serious or hardcore gamer then count yourself in the minority. Casual and social gamers are taking over, and fast.
That damn Angry Birds. It’s killing console gaming, you know. Seriously, it is. Fox News says so.
The majority of us have probably played a social game at one time or another. But are we contributing to a trend that will eventually lead to the end of the games industry as we know it?
Sony sent out a press release earlier today detailing PlayStation Home’s most ambitious project yet. Apparently, Killzone 3 will interface with the PlayStation Home to deliver what Sony is calling “Total Game Integration.”
Gaming may have moved with the times, and seen an increase in the number of adults playing as a result, but kids are still heavily involved. In fact, 90 percent of tweens play online games.
Social gaming is big business, with Facebook and the iPhone showing how simple games can gain lots of fans. Could Home on the PS3 be used in the same way?
Online gaming is now where it’s at. Almost every game comes with some form of online multiplayer option, and it’s the driving force behind the success of titles such as Call Of Duty. Hell, even SingStar is now getting in on the action.
Tiger Woods has had a bad few months, to say the least. However, EA is sticking by him, at least for now, and the latest iteration of the long-running golf game bearing his name is upon us. It isn’t on consoles, instead being online and one of the new breed of free to play, social gaming efforts. And it’s now in open beta, meaning we can all give it a go.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is one of the biggest first person shooters of this year. One of the reasons as to why the game is so popular is due to the care Infinity Ward puts in to making the games as accurate as possible from the settings, scenarios and weapons. However, it seems like this may not completely be the case for Modern Warfare 2.
If you haven’t heard already, Cafe World is a highly addicting Facebook application game that was release a little over a month ago and has since taken Facebook apps by storm, generating over 28 million active monthly users! The game isn’t hard by any means, but it’s a science if you want to be truly successful. GAMER.BLORGE is going to share with you the strategy behind accumulating the most coins and points in the least amount of time.