Hasbro have posted their financial results for the first quarter of 2012. There are some mixed signals but the overall performance of the company is down. To blame? Girls and bad games. The company has four product categories. Here they are along with their 2012 Q1 performance and percentage change. Boys made $302.8m in net […]
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Heroes of Ruin or exclusive Assassin’s Creed III edition in the UK?
Let’s imagine you were wondering where you can get the exclusive Assassin’s Creed III edition in the UK but yo couldn’t find it anywhere. Or let’s imagine you wanted Heroes of Ruin instead – it’s an RPG from Square Enix, the Final Fantasy people, due out for the 3DS in June. You might be surprised […]
Why your old RPG books could be releasing volatile chemicals
This video answers the question; “Why do old books smell?”. There are a number of reasons but a key part is due to chemical reactions. It’s a bad idea, for example, to store a piece of newspaper in a book as the acidic paper from the newspaper will damage the book over time. At about […]
Chronicle City takes a Radical Approach
Radical Approach has announced that they’ll be entering into a distribution deal with Chronicle City. Chronicle City is Angus Abranson’s new vehicle, post Cubicle 7, and has already signed some interesting names including Wicked World Games’ Cold & Dark, Dungeonslayers and Firehawk Games. Radical Approach, also based in the UK, is known for fantasy RPG […]
Bethesda’s Dishonored
This trailer has been out for a couple of days now and this post is just to make sure you’ve seen it. Okay, this post would also like to debate the spelling; Dishonored or Dishonoured – but is willing to set aside all those minor concerns because the game looks epic. This is a story […]
Gary Dupuis and the Purple Duck demoness interview
Gary Dupuis is a Canadian artist who has worked with a range of RPG publishers. His credits include Steve Jackson Games, Goodman Games, Headless Hydra Games and Purple Duck Games. Gary’s kindly agreed to do a quick email around his latest commission for Purple Duck Games – a demoness. Purple Duck Games have also kindly […]
Fan service, ahoy! Lollipop Chainsaw cheerleader has two sisters
Warner are really pushing the Lollipop Chainsaw game. It’s due out on July 15th for Xbox and PlayStation. It’s been making geek news left, right and centre. For example, professional cosplayer Jessica Nigri managed to get herself banned from Pax East after she changed out of her Juliet costume and into something /pink/. Lollipop Chainsaw […]
Teasing Cold & Dark: the free to download Lost Redemption
Last month Geek Native was lucky enough to have an exclusive look at Cold & Dark; an RPG from Wicked World Games. At the time I speculated whether the game might touch on the Mass Effect style. Lost Redemption seems to suggest so. It’s also been noted that Cold & Dark promises to be a […]
Achieved with CryEngine 3
The Cry development portal team have released a preview of what their engine can do. This is a games engine – not a game itself, but the behind the scenes power. What the demo shows is an engine that makes it as easy as possible for publishers to concentrate on the story and action while […]
Video game planets challenge
This video was created by Tim Hijlkema (#FB) and has already shot past quarter of a million views in just a day. How many computer games can you recognise from their planets? I got, oh, just shy of ten. Some are easy; I got Portal and Assassin’s Creed with ease. Halo too. The question is […]
