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Temple Run Gives Us Adrenaline Rush: Second Edition Goes Like Lightning To Hit 20 Million Downloads

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  Gaming enterprise Imangi has released the second edition of its ever popular game, Temple Run and has managed to clinch the top spot with its latest release. So what makes the game click? One finds out… It has been a wondrous time for Imangi Studios which has reveled in the success of its ever popular game, Temple Run which recently had the release of its second edition. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the game has raced away to the top spot. Within four days of release in its iOS version, the game has gathered a whopping 20 million downloads. Temple Run 2 follows the key plot where the central character, a wandering explorer steals an idol from an ancient temple and unfurls a conundrum of demons, chaos and random events. The gamer controls the character through his fingers maneuvering him out of the temple and escaping the [+more]

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Assassin’s Creed 3 Faced with Bugs and Glitches

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The exploits of Connor and his ilk have catapulted Assassin’s Creed 3 into the golden ring with a record breaking 3.5 million figure for the first week. But the game is now getting bogged down by a series of bugs and glitches which have led to disappointment all around. The game which features the half British, half Mohawk, Connor Kenway battling adversaries through the events of the American Revolution is facing dire straits with its troubled game play which has bugged gamers in large numbers. But there is hope at the end of the tunnel as Ubisoft has promised a patch by the end of this week to fix the spotted bugs in the system. The PC version, on the other hand, would be released with the aforementioned patch and PC gamers can have a better experience as compared to their PS3 and Xbox counterparts. The patch may feel like [+more]

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Get Ready for a Smaller Version of the Sony PlayStation 3 or PS 3

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A smaller version of PlayStation 3 video game console is in the making, announced Sony at the start of the Tokyo Game Show in Japan, which the firm hopes to launch by the fall this season. Sony PlayStation 3, famously known as PS 3 has been a hit ever since its first launch in 2005. Now Sony is in plans to launch the smaller version of PS 3 in three models, one with a 12GB flash memory drive, another with 250GB hard disk drive, and a third model with a 500GB hard disk. Sony is designing this latest version with 25 percent less weight and 20 percent small volume of its predecessors that had 60GB hard disk drive. Designed in a curved style, the new PlayStation 3 will have a sliding disk cover. The smaller console from Sony will go in sale in North America this fall. The 500GB version will hit [+more]

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The 007 Virtual Experience: Coming Soon

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Here’s some great news that will make all fans of James Bond rejoice. The classiest, most suave and sexy spy is coming soon in the form of a video game, giving everyone a hand at going undercover in a stylish way. Designed as a first-person shooter game, 007:Legends is expected to launch on October 16, and will be available as a PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game. The story of the game spans across Bond’s entire career, and features missions from across numerous Bond flicks, including Goldfinger, Die Another Day, License to Kill, and even the yet to be released Skyfall. A sneak preview into the Goldfinger mission reveals young James Bond as an investigator into the villain, Auric Goldfinger, and his plan to irradiate all the gold held within Fort Knox. The mission even has memorable characters from the original movie like Oddjob and Pussy Galore making appearances. You [+more]

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Social Gaming Company Zynga Loses its Chief Creative Officer

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Even as Zynga comes to terms with the round of multiple resignations, the latest one to follow suit is Mike Verdu, Chief Creative Officer of the social gaming company. Other executives who recently left the firm include chief operating officer, John Schappert, and general managers Alan Patmore, Eric Bethke, Ya-Bing Chu, and Jeremy Strauser. Verdu has handed in his resignation and plans to set up his own company. The creators of popular social games such as Farmville, Zynga’s stock prices have tumbled down to 20 percent of its peak value from the first half of the year. In his parting blog post, Verdu thanks his colleagues at Zynga for all of their support and encouragement, and expressed pride on having seen the company transform into a “vibrant community of game designers, producers and creative leaders”. As Verdu transitions out and tries his hand at being an entrepreneur, his roles will [+more]

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Tapity, Tapity, Tap: One Tap Hero is Here to Stay!

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Innovative and fun, the One Tap Hero game works on a single touch concept and still offers interactive entertainment for the gamer. If you haven’t tried it yet, we suggest that you have a go at this unique addition… Saving a damsel in distress is a tedious business, more so, if the girl in question, your girlfriend, has been turned into a teddy bear. So what do you do to fight the evil wizard and save the day? Well, for beginners, you just need to collect three stars across various levels planned in the One Tap Hero game. The game released by Chillingo Ltd. is a unique puzzle game where the key character, a white figure with inquisitive eyes keeps running across the board to achieve its target. With simple tapping, your character will walk, run, jump or more like hop and operate a number of buttons or levers in [+more]

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Run Mikey Run; Mikey Shorts, A New Gaming App Coming This Thursday!

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Running category has been the hot favorite of all gaming enthusiasts. Keeping this in mind, a new app based on speed running will make its way this Thursday in the app store for $0.99. The new 2 dimensional App is called Mikey Shorts and the players have to jump for one level to another to get rewarded. The score depends on how fast you cover the level. In this adventurous game, you will slide, jump, rescue people, and collect coins to buy fun costumes. The game has been loaded more than 100 disguises, which includes an avatar head, eyes, and faces. In-game leaderboards will be available to access through Game Center. The game has been developed by Designer Mike Meade and programmer Mike Gaughen of Beaver Tap Games. The names of the game have been derived from the developer names itself. You would be able to enjoy Mikey Shorts on [+more]

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Fear of Meltdown Hovers City Hall, Employees Stopped from Watching Olympics Online

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Who could have thought that ongoing Olympics could raise the risk of computer meltdown? The fact is that Olympics 2012 are so popular among people that most of city employees are watching games online at work. This has raised a risk of computer meltdown in municipal offices in Los Angeles. The intensity of risk is so much that Randi Levin, chief technology officer for California’s largest city has send an email to two thousand city employees asking them to stop watching games online at work. “We are experiencing a high volume of traffic due to people watching the Olympics online” and it is affecting city operations, Levin said. Following the email, the employees have stopped watching the games online at office, which has returned the traffic to normal said Mark Wolf, executive officer at city’s information technology agency. “It had spiked about 20 percent,” Wolf told The Associated Press. “It [+more]

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Technology Dominates London Olympics 2012

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The 2012 London Olympics Games have come through some of the great evolution not only in games but also in technology. Olympics Games started in the year 776 BC in ancient Greece and in 1894 were reincarnated into the modern version. The Games have now grown in scale in every aspect. This modern day Olympics see fully integrated games with technologically advanced features. Let’s take a look at some of the latest technology and advancements that the athletes are using this year at the Olympics in London. Michael Phelps- the great American swimmer will move through the pool using swimming cap and goggles that are specially designed to reduce torque. There are also special uniforms designed with dimpled texture just like the outer side of a golf ball that can help some of the fastest racers in the world go even faster. The technological advancement being used in London Olympics have [+more]

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