Morning DLC: Video Games News And Rumors 5/2/14
By Nick Tylwalk
"Activision has revealed Tony Hawk’s Shred Session is a free-to-play endless runner developed by UK studio Big Bit.The game is planned for release this summer on iOS and Android devices and tasks players to perform tricks using their finger as they ride through levels set in Santa Monica boardwalk, London and more.Role-playing mechanics such as leveling-up and unlocking more additional tricks will also be included."
"What if video games could read your mind? Engineers at Stanford are inching closer to the answer. We explain how the technology they’re working could one day affect you, even if you’re not a gamer.“You don’t need to do anything extra, you can just hold the controller as you normally would,” explained Stanford doctoral candidate Corey McCall.But that controller is anything but normal.“We’re working on a video game controller that is able to sense how the player’s feeling,” he said."
"A great sale on KOTOR isn’t the only Star Wars-related iOS news today, as Disney has also released a brand new app/game called Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace [$6.99]. It’s broken up into two main parts: an interactive visual storybook that retells the tale of Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and a pod racing game.The pod racing is surprisingly decent, considering this isn’t even really a “game” and is billed as an Entertainment app. There are plenty of different pods and characters to choose to play as, along with a good number of different tracks."