Cyan Worlds’ late-2000 remastered version of the classic adventure game, Myst, is now available for DRM-free purchase on Good Old Games. Real Myst takes the classic graphic adventure title and refines it with free-roaming and real-time 3D graphics, replacing the original’s pre-rendered stills. According to GoG, this is the Myst designers Robyn and Rand Miller originally wanted to make.... 

Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, has claimed around 80 per cent of all third-party games publishers are working on Project Natal related games. The Xbox boss told CBC News at CES: “Part of the reason we showed Natal at E3 — which is actually a little bit risky to be honest because it’s a new technology, very cutting edge and relatively early... 

This trailer for Artificial Mind and Movement’s Naughty Bear sets up the story, depicting the social slight that turns the title animal toward thoughts of revenge. Which means that this trailer consists almost entirely of footage of a sad, stuffed bear. We kind of think the “sadistic stuffed animal” idea is cute, but seeing Sad Bear just makes us feel, well, sad. That poor bear! Well,... 

Greenpeace harshed on Nintendo’s eco-coolness last week, and this week the House that Miyamoto Built is firing back. It’s released a statement to Gamasutra saying that it takes environmental responsibilities seriously, and that the company is committed to saving energy, making both of its consoles energy efficient and using carefully picked and clearly-labeled materials in an effort to... 

Much of the gaming talk at CES this month has been focused on motion-control and 3D technologies, with Microsoft now stating that it has no current plans to release a successor to the Xbox 360. Microsoft’s Project Natal, along with other new software and content services, are being developed to prolong the life of the Xbox 3 60, instead of the company focusing on any type of entirely new ‘Xbox... 

In case you hadn’t noticed, CES 2010 dominated the news this week. Heck, there were even a few interesting PC game items to report from the show — a rarity in recent years! Let’s look back at the highlights of the past seven days: Exclusive Features 10 Games We Wish Were Coming in 2010: There are some upcoming games that have already been announced that won’t be out this year.... 

We were really hoping that Nintendo and Microsoft could rally after their near-bottom finishes in former annual iterations of Greenpeace’s green business practice rankings — after all, we bet they’re pretty sick of getting beat by Nokia. (Ewwww!) Unfortunately, this latest “Guide to Greener Electronics” report (.pdf link) looks a lot like all the previous ones: Nintendo... 

In the contrails of 0 Day Attack on Earth’s December 23 release, Square Enix has announced that its next XBLA title, Death By Cube — also a twin-stick, multidirectional shooter — will be the new kid on the Live Marketplace block when it arrives on January 20. Seeming to draw inspiration from arcade classics such as Robotron and Smash T.V., the Premium Agency developed title is easily...