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  • 24 May 2012

  • Opinion: Double Fine Reveals New Adventure Game "The Cave"

    Double Fine, the game studio that brought you games such as Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, have announced a new adventure game called The Cave that the company plans to release early next year for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The Cave is the brainchild of Ron Gilbert, the man behind seminal adventure games like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island. We visited Double Fine HQ yesterday to get an early look at the game, and after watching Gilbert guide us through some basic gameplay it's clear that The Cave draws inspiration from Gilbert's earlier work on PC adventure games.

  • 23 May 2012

  • Opinion: Why Diablo III is the Fastest-Selling PC Game Ever

    Diablo III has become the fastest-selling PC game of all time, with more than 4.7 million players clicking the demons away on launch day.

  • 22 May 2012

  • Opinion: Swift Kick: Diamond Trust of London

    Since the launch of Double Fine Adventure, a gaming Kickstarter campaign which raised over $3 million earlier this year, game designers and gamers have quickly embraced the possibilities of crowd-funding to finance original and unusual games. Swift Kick is PCWorld's attempt to highlight gaming Kickstarters we think are worthy of your attention.

  • 21 May 2012

  • Opinion: Leap Motion Wants to Make Gesture Controls More Awesome

    The Kinect brought on a whole new kind of gesture controls, and the iPhone helped bring multitouch controls to the masses. Each is great at what they do, but there are drawbacks; with a touchscreen you have draw your finger across a relatively small surface, and most motion sensing technologies are still only accurate enough to detect your hand as a single entity.

  • Opinion: Microsoft Renews Free Xbox 360 with Purchase of Windows PC Deal

    If you missed last year's free Xbox 360 with the purchase of a Windows PC deal from Microsoft here's some good news. Microsoft is repeating the offer.

  • Opinion: Nintendo Wii U Not Yet Out, But Purported Photo Surfaces

    Nintendo isn't quite ready to pull the curtains off its next generation Wii U, but a purported photo of the game console has already circulated on Twitter.

  • 15 May 2012

  • Opinion: A Guide to the Classes in Diablo III

    Diablo III is finally here and if pre-orders are any indication, many of you are probably already playing it. With five separate classes that each have their own unique playstyle, you may be having trouble picking which one to play first. Luckily we've got a guide to choosing which class is right for you so you can start facing Hell's most powerful demons as fast as possible.

  • 14 May 2012

  • Opinion: Diablo III Launches at Midnight: What You Need to Know

    Gamers around the world are getting ready to mouse-click the night away with the midnight launch of Diablo III.

  • 12 May 2012

  • Opinion: This DIY Tesla Gun Must Be The Deadliest Weapon Ever

    Tesla coils are pretty awesome, and no doubt there have been plenty of attempts to harness their incredible power for projects (other than making them perform the Nyan Cat theme, that is). Though I think no other project could be as cool as the sinister Testla gun.

  • 11 May 2012

  • Opinion: Free Game Friday: A Tiny Wizard and Wolfenstein 3D in Your Browser

    This week's Free Friday has two new browser games with interesting twists on some old gaming formulas along with a game that's two decades old and now free to play right inside your browser.

  • 10 May 2012

  • Opinion: Missing Diablo? Play Drakensang Online for Free

    Blizzard sweats the details of its games, and action RPGs served up Diablo-style are the house special. These spicy dishes are carefully made, but the truth is the recipe for a good Diablo clone is more fast food than fine dining. There are a few basic elements: satisfying click-based combat mechanics, a varied leveling and loot system, a bit of crafting and a dose of personality, but the formula isn't hard to follow. The few games (Torchlight, Titan Quest, etc) that made a credible attempt were successful, but the number of good spinoffs has remained bafflingly low. Bigpoint.com adds its new MMO RPG, Drakensang Online, to that select lineup and provides two unique distinctions to set it apart from its brethren: It's browser based, and it's free to play. No money or installation required.

  • 09 May 2012

  • Opinion: Angry Birds Reaches 1 Billion Downloads

    Rovio announced today that its Angry Birds games have been downloaded more than one billion times, an astounding accomplishment for a simple slingshot game with a goofy birds-vs-pigs backstory.

  • 08 May 2012

  • Opinion: Super Mario Bros. Pipe Mug Caffeinates, Holds Plants in Style

    What's green, cylindrical, and can take you to another level (of consciousness, which is to say any consciousness at all), as long as it doesn't have a carnivorous plant growing in it?

  • Opinion: $99 Xbox Confirmed: What You Really Need To Know About Microsoft's Offer

    Microsoft Monday confirmed rumors of an $99 Xbox (£61), announcing a deal that pairs an Xbox 360 4GB, a Kinect, and two years of the Xbox Live Gold service for $15 (£9.20) per month--after $99 down. Only Microsoft's own retail stores carry the offer, so don't look for it at other retail outlets like Target or Walmart.

  • 04 May 2012

  • Opinion: Fill a Gap in Your Day With Filler 2 Browser-Based Game

    Filler 2 is a Flash game in which you have to fill up the screen with balls while avoiding small circles that bounce around chaotically. It sounds simple, because it is. But it's also lots of fun, and on the lowest difficulty setting, it can even be soothing. Then again, if you are looking for a challenge, later levels on the Hard setting verge on frustrating.

  • Opinion: Free Game Friday: A Modern Spin on Asteroids, A Platformer Where You Make the Platforms and More.

    This week we spent most of our time by looking for games that were overlooked from recent game competitions like Ludum Dare and the Molyjam. Even though these games might have been overshadowed out of the gate, they've got a lot to offer; give 'em a shot and let us know what you think!

  • Opinion: This EEG-Controlled Pong Game Puts Idle Minds to Good Use

    Two Cornell University students, inspired by one of the pair's experience of Obstructive Sleep Apnea disorder and his struggle to get access to his sleep lab data, decided to take matters into their own hands, so they built an EEG machine for their microcontroller lab final project.

  • 03 May 2012

  • Opinion: Move the Landscape to Conquer Pseudo-Platformer Continuity

    Continuity is a free puzzle game that pretends to be a platformer. Like most side-scrolling platform games, you control a character that runs across the screen, jumps to climb and avoid obstacles, and must make its way to the end of the level. Unlike any other platformer I know, you must shuffle the level itself to get to the end.

  • Opinion: Samsung Galaxy S III: Watch Live Video Feed of the Announcement

    The hotly anticipated next generation Samsung Galaxy phone will make its debut today at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET in London. Not in the UK? No worries, you can watch the announcement unfold on a livestream hosted on Samsung Mobile’s Facebook page. PCWorld’s sibling publication from across the pond, PC Advisor, is at the event and will have a live blog hosted on PCWorld.

  • Opinion: $99 Subsidized Xbox 360 Would Widen Battle for Living Room

    Microsoft could soon offer a subsidized Xbox 360 for $99 along with a two-year contract for Xbox Live Gold in an attempt to popularize the Xbox as the main digital hub in living rooms across the U.S., according to an online report. As early as next week, Microsoft may start offering a 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect sensor plus a two-year commitment to pay $15 per month for Xbox Live Gold, giving you access to the console's online services.

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