Prepare for a bunch of brightly-colored, ’80s-infused action, because Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition has been dated for mobile devices. As announced by Rockstar Games, the iconic open world action-adventure crime game will celebrate its tenth anniversary on December 6. Vice City will sport improved high resolution visuals, Retina display support, and boosted lighting effects. Additionally, character […]

It’s been quite the lengthy road leading up to this point, but Telltale Games has announced that The Walking Dead will reach its season finale soon. Titled The Walking Dead: Episode 5 – No Time Left, the final chapter in this wildly successful adventure game series will come to a halt next week. The game will launch on the PlayStation […]

If you’ve been feeling left out and uncool at the lack of Jet Set Radio on the Vita, those days are almost over. Sega has confirmed that the skate-and-tag game will be available on Sony’s handheld device via the PlayStation Network starting November 20. The original launch date for Jet Set Radio on Sony’s portable was pushed back last month […]

Goodbye old Xbox Companion. Hello Xbox SmartGlass. If you were waiting for this feature to land on iOS, the day has arrived. You can now head on over to the App Store and download SmartGlass to your mobile Apple device. As long as it’s running iOS 5.0 or higher, that is. Obviously, the app is still being refined and features […]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City launched on the PlayStation 2 on October 29, 2002. Rockstar Games delivered a riveting follow-up to Grand Theft Auto III that really managed to bring revolutionary gameplay to our beloved medium. It’s been 10 years since the launch of Vice City, and Rockstar intends to celebrate with releases on iOS and Android platforms. Rockstar is […]

iPhone and iPad owners will have the chance to play Borderlands Legends later this month. The mobile title, which was spotted in the game’s digital guide and shared on the Gearbox forums, will star the four protagonists from the first Borderlands and feature “thousands of weapons.” Sure, that’s not at the same level as bazillions of guns, but I’d say […]

Ubisoft’s limbless hero is headed to mobile devices. Rayman Jungle Run was recently announced for iOS and Android devices, and it will star the titular protagonist in a runner-type game. Jungle Run looks pretty impressive, which shouldn’t be too surprising since it’s built on the UbiArt engine just like the beautiful console and PC versions of last year’s Rayman Origins. […]

Sega is really embracing its newfound digital movement. The company decided to make a popular move by resurrecting the beloved Dreamcast fan favorite, Jet Set Radio, for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC. The remake, which will feature HD visuals, Achievement and Trophy support, online leaderboards, and almost all of the original soundtrack (all but two tracks), has become […]

Capcom recently announced that Street Fighter X Tekken was headed to iOS platforms. I don’t mean to sound like a jerk, but did anyone even want this? I mean, the console version of Street Fighter X Tekken is really buggy and pretty flawed, and mobile fighting games aren’t exactly known for being any good. In case you are interested, though, […]

Do you have an iPhone or iOS device and are on Xbox Live? If so, you can now download the My Xbox LIVE on any iOS device released yesterday by Microsoft. The app is available for free and will allow you to message friends, keep track of games played as well as customize your Achievements and your Avatar. You can […]

Courtesy of homebrew developer NTAuthority, you can now use your iPhone and iPod Touch to hack the PS3. The PSFreedom codebase has been ported over, with one not-so-small caveat: it only works on 2G and 3G iPhone models and 1G revisions of the Touch. Additionally, as this is considered a preliminary release, there’s a little bit of manual labor involved in setting things […]

The Librarian of Congress has issued a statement detailing six key exemptions to Digital Millennium Copyright Act — DMCA for short — effectively legalizing the practice of “jailbreaking” mobile phone devices and circumventing select DRM routines under fair use policies — including stripping away CSS protection on commercial DVDs. While many of these activities were once considered a grey area, they are […]

Famed iPhone hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz — father of the widely-used jailbreak hack — has thrown in the towel. Hotz delivered the news of his departure on his now-defunct Twitter account earlier today, noting that “It was a cool ride, and I’ve learned a lot about a lot. Perhaps one of these days i’ll do a more formal goodbye.” Apart […]

Hulu has announced today that it will be starting a new subscription-based service entitled “Hulu Plus” which will bring the popular video streaming service to a variety of new devices. Hulu Plus however will run $9.99 a month which will give you access to Hulu on a number of different devices, including the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, as well […]

Originally released on PS2, XS Games has announced that its top-down shooter and beat ’em up mashup is slated to hit PSP and iPhone. The handheld edition is due for a facelift, with the developer promising a “fresh visual polish” in addition to “improved controls.”

As one of the most addictive and well constructed offerings in the RPG space, Final Fantasy is a prestigious household name that needs no introduction. In an effort to expand its offerings in the mobile market, Square Enix decided to take a trip down memory lane, giving iPhone and iPod Touch users an innovative new way to play Final Fantasy […]

As part of an effort to reinforce its emphasis on digital distribution, THQ announced today that it has renamed its Juice Games and Rainbow Studios development studios to THQ Digital Studios Warringtonand and Phoenix. The two studios will focus their attention towards driving THQ’s presence in the vast and rapidly-growing market of digital distribution. Specifically, their development duties will entail […]

George Hotz, the man behind the infamous jailbreak hack for iPhone,  has released his PS3 exploit to the public.  Still very primitive, it takes advantage of OtherOS, granting unrestricted access to system memory. It was specifically tested on firmware 2.42, but Hotz notes that it should work on all system software revisions to date. That said, it isn’t geared towards […]

While the PS3’s defenses against unauthorized code have remained impenetrable up until now, hacker Geohot of iPhone fame claims he is the first to discover an exploit, a feat that will no doubt garner the attention of Sony. In a post on his personal blog, Geohot touts that he has managed to outsmart the PS3’s privileged-based hypervisor security system and […]

Sega America president Simon Jeffery has packed up and left the company to pursue an opportunity at mobile development house Ngmoco as head of publishing. Helmed by former Electronic Arts exec Neil Young, Ngmoco is launching a publishing network dubbed Plus+, led by Jeffery. As a prominent iPhone developer, Ngmoco will offer to publish and market iPhone titles under its […]