Until now, if you wanted to play 17-bit Studios' excellent turn-based strategy title Skulls of the Shogun on PC, you had to play on Windows 8. This put it in a rather exclusive set of only a few dozen games that were part of the confusing "Xbox on Windows 8" branding and also closed off the game to the more than 95 percent of computer users that don't use Windows 8. Thankfully, the game has finally broken free of its initial operating system … [Read more...]

EA At last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, EA was eager to show off how the power of its new Ignite Engine can create new, more realistic sports experiences titles. But while that engine will power EA's sports games on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the company says the PC edition of FIFA 14 will not take advantage of it, owing to practical hardware considerations. FIFA 14 is the only sports title EA still annually releases on the PC, and … [Read more...]

Sure, selling $2.4 million in development kits through a successful Kickstarter campaign is a good way to get started, but Oculus needs more funding than that to get its revolutionary virtual reality headset into shape for consumers. Today the company announced that it has been able to secure $16 million in Series A venture funding led by Spark Capital and Matrix Partners. In a note on the Matrix Partners blog, funding lead Antonio Rodriguez said … [Read more...]

Sony is getting busy trying to parlay its successful E3 into a sense of momentum for the PlayStation 4 leading up to its release this holiday season. Exhibit A for this effort is Sony Computer Entertainment International CEO and President Andrew House telling the Wall Street Journal that the company has raised its internal sales projections for the PS4. The newest estimate comes in light of "positive signs about demand for the device" and … [Read more...]

Microsoft publicly gave its opinion of used games—it's another story for game publishers. Andrew Cunningham Microsoft is taking a lot of heat for implementing an online check-in system that will allow publishers to explicitly block the resale of used game discs on the Xbox One. But it's the publishers themselves that will have to decide whether or not to take advantage of the ability Microsoft has given them. So far at … [Read more...]

Iam8bit, located on a gentrifying section of Sunset Boulevard, is easy to miss even if you're looking for it. But after a long week running around the E3 show floor, I decided to get away and check out the one LA art gallery I've always wanted to see. It was a good decision—the gallery is a kind of Mecca for anyone who believes in the power of video game imagery in our collective culture. This image collection gathers some of my personal … [Read more...]