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Archive for the Cards Tag
Valve confirms Steam Trading Cards
New service to offer gamers rewards like DLC, coupons, and emoticons for playing titles through Steam. First revealed in a Steam database entry, Valve today confirmed Steam Trading Cards, a new service that offers rewards to gamers who play on Steam. Launched today in beta, Steam Trading Cards gives participants game-specific trading cards that can be collected to earn rewards like badges, profile backgrounds, and coupons. Continue reading...
Valve Launches Steam Trading Cards, So Much Better Than Achievements
Launching today in beta across a selection of popular titles, Steam Trading Cards are collectibles Steam users gather while playing their favorite games, with sets tradable for game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons, and more. As if hunting for achievements wasn't enough. Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
South Korea’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Are Unexpectedly Sad
Yu-Gi-Oh! is fun. The trading card game from Konami is fun, too. So why is Korea's version an out-of-the-blue bummer? Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
Cosplayers Have Business Cards, Too, You Know
In Japan (and most of Asia), business cards are a big deal. You need business cards! There's even a correct way to exchange them. So no wonder many Japanese cosplayers have business cards, too. Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
Is it worth it to run two graphics cards in one gaming PC? Our friends at Lifehacker have some answe
Is it worth it to run two graphics cards in one gaming PC? Our friends at Lifehacker have some answers. (Short version: it depends, but then generally recommend one great card over having two lesser ones.)Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Details of the Cards
Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has attracted lots of attention at PAX this year, as a free-to-play strategy card game for different platforms, Heartstone is designed to be deceptively simple and epically engaging for players of all backgrounds. Continue reading Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Details of the Cards. MMOsite Gaming News Continue reading...
Her Amazing Dress is Made of Magic: The Gathering Cards. So Is Her Axe.
Meet Amy Demicco. She's wearing the coolest dress in Boston this weekend at the PAX East convention. Her dress is made almost entirely out of playing cards for Magic: The Gathering. She estimates that she's got about 800 cards in this ensemble, mostly in the helmet. More » Kotaku Continue reading...
Ready your credit cards: Bejeweled the board game is here
Not sure if this is the jump the shark moment for PopCap's Bejeweled, but the hugely popular puzzle game that pretty much defines the match-3 game genre got the IRL treatment courtesy of Hasbro, resulting in this: And this: The first game pictured, titled Bejeweled, is a tabletop version of the match-3 game we all know and love, and can be played with up to three others. The goal it...
Crysis 3 Performance Test: Graphics Cards And CPUs
Built with CryEngine2, the original Crysis raised the bar for PC gaming graphics in 2007 with stunningly detailed visuals that crippled even the fastest of rigs. Looking back at our first Crysis performance article, which was based on the game's demo, the fastest GPU available at the time (the GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB) struggled to average 30fps when running at 1920x1200 with high quality settings on DirectX 10. More » Kotaku...
