PixlBit

New friends are a quick trip to the toy store away.

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure has been getting a lot of buzz from some interesting places. The game on its own is a pretty standard kid-focused adventure game (read our  review here), but what sets it apart from other things on the market is the set of action figures that can be scanned and placed into the game, and the official website. There were 32 figures available at the outset, and you can now add three more to the roster, if you can find them on shelves, that is.

Read more »

The codename is "Loop". Or "Project Ten".

With Nintendo already putting their hat in for the next console race, it was only a matter of time for some official-sounding information about the next machine from Microsoft. Considering that the Xbox 360 is now six years old (two years older than the Xbox was before getting replaced), development of a new console has been a foregone conclusion. But today, two tidbits of slightly conflicting information have come out regarding the future of the Xbox console front.

Read more »

Is the mega-popular MMO on the downslide?

The World of Warcraft has been that 800 (make that 8,000) pound gorilla in the MMORPG room for seven years now. It has become a worldwide phenomenon, slipping into the mainstream as easily as Pac-Man, Grand Theft Auto, and Call of Duty. The game has a rabid fanbase, was featured in a wildly-popular episode of South Park, and became the inspiration for Felicia Day’s popular web series “The Guild”. WoW boasted over 12 million subscribers for the past few years, but it looks as if the massively successful MMO has finally peaked. This year has seen a noticeable decline in paid subscribers, to the tune of almost 2 million.

Read more »

The only sure things are death, taxes, and Assassin's Creed.

Since the release of the first game in 2007, Assassin’s Creed has gone on to become one of Ubisoft’s most successful game franchises ever. Assassin’s Creed II was released in 2009, and since then there has been a major release in the series every year. Don’t expect that to change in 2012, as a new game in the popular stealth-action series is due to be released about a year from now.

Read more »

Thanks to a slight hiccup, we get a window into the way you'll be able to play.

With the announcement of Mass Effect 3 getting online co-op multiplayer, it was only a matter of time before news of a beta would emerge, especially with EA’s huge push for beta tests as pre-order incentives. The modern age of beta tests are far different from the Wild West of the PC scene of the 90s and early 2000s, however, and when the Mass Effect 3 beta accidentally got leaked last week BioWare was quick to issue some damage control, reminding people that the version of the game leaked out is in a rough, unfinished state.

Read more »