Rare - the games studio responsible for Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark - have had a drastic new rebrand. The new flat colour logos are a striking and modern updates to the old 'golden R' design. Nice stuff. Full gallery inside...
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Watched this video the other day, some pretty interesting insight into and predictions for facebook and non-traditional games.
"Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, dives into a world of game development which will emerge from the popular 'Facebook Games' era"
Play a bit of pong with browser windows! It doesn't seem to work in Safari though 
and you'll need to turn your popup blocker off.
MadeByPi® hits Forza Motorsport 3! Turn10's latest racer was released last week and you can now download a MadeByPi® logo from the in-game storefront.
Have a look at this video of Sony's EyePet, (skip to about 1:00 to see it in action). It's a kind of virtual pet using the Playstation camera, but the level of interaction is amazing. You can even draw toys for it, which appear in the game.
Eurogamer's 'Hands on' article has more info.
Check out this amazing video of a new iPhone app called Ocarina. For any of you Zelda geeks out there or the musically talented, then this is a must-download. What it doesn't show on this video is that you can listen to people's live compositions from around the world too!
More videos and information can be found on the official site for the app.
How well are you able to distinguish between different colour hues? Take the Colour IQ Test and find out.
I stumbled upon a very interesting flash game called Coign of Vantage the other day. It makes very interesting use of 3D and perspective to creative quite an addictive game.
