Reviews & Features
Dealing with Separation Anxiety… from games!
| 1 February 2010
Are work and the kids keeping you from gaming with friends? Then why not try these gaming alternatives to real life.
Till death or gaming do us (part 2)
| 1 February 2010
Sassy and her hubby uncover TOG's Guild Hall in her latest column.
TOG’s 2009 New Game of the Year
| 30 January 2010
Each year our members vote on their new game of the year, nominations are taken and polls are placed to determine the winner.
Read more » | PC PS3 Wii Xbox
That Special Ingredient
| 24 January 2010
What is it about some games, that they have an ineffable power to lure us into their warm embrace.
Read more » | PC PS3 Wii Xbox
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
| 23 January 2010 |
Wytefang has spent many an hour in COD:MW2, to bring you this hands on review of the game.
FPS and the Girl
| 23 January 2010
Having played many different genre's of games over the years, it was by accident that one day I discovered Battlefield 2142.
Where’s the PC Demo going?
| 23 January 2010
With so many huge up-and-coming new releases for 2010, Carn ponders the thought, "How many of these will the PC gamer taste as demo's?"
Reoh’s Massive Global Agenda Beta Review
| 17 January 2010 |
For the last week I've buried myself into Global Agenda's Beta, and have a massive four page review to help you decide if this is the right game for you.
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» GameSpot Headlines
Will Wright: Game design a lot like dealing drugs
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Sim City, The Sims and Spore creator offers thoughts on the rise of social media in games, the allure of Advance Wars, and how games fit into the overall entertainment picture.
Ubisoft on designing Assassins Creed 2
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Sequel designer discusses core gameplay pillars, mission repetitiveness, using play tests as a mirror.
Ubisoft on designing Assassins Creed 2
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Sequel designer discusses core gameplay pillars, mission repetitiveness, using play tests as a mirror.
Harmonix reviews Rock Band Network’s opening act
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Developers deliver a post-mortem on their indie-friendly user-created-song service, just weeks after taking the long-awaited project live in North America.
Harmonix reviews Rock Band Network’s opening act
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Developers deliver a post-mortem on their indie-friendly user-created-song service, just weeks after taking the long-awaited project live in North America.
Behind Borderlands’ 11th-hour style change
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Gearbox's Mikey Neumann and Brian Martel explain the studio's risky decision to scrap its popular shooter's art style three quarters of the way through development--and how it paid off.
Mass Effect 2’s shooter shift examined
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Lead gameplay designer Christina Norman talks about amping up the intensity with heavier emphasis on real-time combat in BioWare's sci-fi RPG.
Mass Effect 2’s shooter shift examined
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Lead gameplay designer Christina Norman talks about amping up the intensity with heavier emphasis on real-time combat in BioWare's sci-fi RPG.
Serious consideration given to comedy in games
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Tim Schafer, Rhianna Pratchett, and Sean Vanaman trade tips that made Brutal Legend, Overlord, and Tales of Monkey Island humorous hits.
Serious consideration given to comedy in games
14 March 2010 |GDC 2010: Tim Schafer, Rhianna Pratchett, and Sean Vanaman trade tips that made Brutal Legend, Overlord, and Tales of Monkey Island humorous hits.
» IGN Headlines
GDC 10: Mass Effect 2 Has ‘700 Plot Hooks’ to Mass Effect 1
14 March 2010 |BioWare explains just how much your actions matter in the RPG series.
GDC 10: Surprise, it’s Will Wright
14 March 2010 |Offers perspective, a positive outlook, and plenty of jokes.
GDC 10: Surprise, it’s Will Wright
14 March 2010 |Offers perspective, a positive outlook, and plenty of jokes.
GDC 10: Surprise, it’s Will Wright
14 March 2010 |Offers perspective, a positive outlook, and plenty of jokes.
GDC 10: Mass Effect 2 Has ‘700 Plot Hooks’ to Mass Effect 1
14 March 2010 |BioWare explains just how much your actions matter in the RPG series.
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Map Details
14 March 2010 |Upcoming map pack contains five maps total, two from Call of Duty 4.
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Map Details
14 March 2010 |Upcoming map pack contains five maps total, two from Call of Duty 4.
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Map Details
14 March 2010 |Upcoming map pack contains five maps total, two from Call of Duty 4.
GDC 10: The Top 5 Stories From the Show
14 March 2010 |See what had us drooling at this year's Game Developers Conference.
GDC 10: The Top 5 Stories From the Show
14 March 2010 |See what had us drooling at this year's Game Developers Conference.
» 1UP Headlines
How To Get Your Student Game Signed
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> At a discussion panel at the Game Career Guide seminar during the last day of GDC 2010, developers who ...
How To Get Your Student Game Signed
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> At a discussion panel at the Game Career Guide seminar during the last day of GDC 2010, developers who ...
Tournament of Legends: A Far Cry From Gladiator A.D.
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Tournament of Legends, once known as Gladiator A.D., has changed a lot since we first saw the game at last ...
Tournament of Legends: A Far Cry From Gladiator A.D.
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Tournament of Legends, once known as Gladiator A.D., has changed a lot since we first saw the game at last ...
Nintendo Would “Happily” Make Kid Icarus Wii with Right Idea
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> For years, Nintendo fans have begged for a new Kid Icarus game only to see their wishes go unanswered (or ...
Nintendo Would “Happily” Make Kid Icarus Wii with Right Idea
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> For years, Nintendo fans have begged for a new Kid Icarus game only to see their wishes go unanswered (or ...
Insomniac Games Going Multi-Platform?
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> The Game Developers Conference is proving to be ripe with juicy rumors, and here's another to add to ...
Insomniac Games Going Multi-Platform?
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> The Game Developers Conference is proving to be ripe with juicy rumors, and here's another to add to ...
Nintendo Would Be “Embarrassed” to Be in Sony’s, Microsoft’s Position
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Sony finally showed off their PlayStation 3 motion controller (dubbed "Move") and sub-controller at ...
Nintendo Would Be “Embarrassed” to Be in Sony’s, Microsoft’s Position
14 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Sony finally showed off their PlayStation 3 motion controller (dubbed "Move") and sub-controller at ...
» GameDaily Headlines
GDC 2010 Coverage
14 March 2010 |Check out the latest videos from this week's feature packed show in San Francisco.
GDC 2010 Coverage
14 March 2010 |Check out the latest videos from this week's feature packed show in San Francisco.
Blur Beta Key Giveaway
3 March 2010 |Enter to win a chance to play Bizarre Creations' latest speedster three months early.
Blur Beta Key Giveaway
3 March 2010 |Enter to win a chance to play Bizarre Creations' latest speedster three months early.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer
11 February 2010 |Ubisoft releases a teaser to its much-anticipated Tom Clancy game.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer
11 February 2010 |Ubisoft releases a teaser to its much-anticipated Tom Clancy game.
NES Stress Test
26 January 2010 |Can Super Mario Bros. withstand subzero temperatures? GoNintendo hopes to find out.
NES Stress Test
26 January 2010 |Can Super Mario Bros. withstand subzero temperatures? GoNintendo hopes to find out.
MW2 MP Screwed
21 December 2009 |Xbox 360 version plagued by cheaters and 18 person deathmatches. What's Infinity Ward doing about this? Based on our experiences this week...nothing.
MW2 MP Screwed
21 December 2009 |Xbox 360 version plagued by cheaters and 18 person deathmatches. What's Infinity Ward doing about this? Based on our experiences this week...nothing.
» Gamasutra Headlines
GDC: Will Wright Peels Back Layers Of Entertainment, Games
14 March 2010 |When Will Wright looks at the world, he sees it differently than most people. He observes systems, he analyzes layers and he notices patterns in the most seemingly normal, every day things. "It's an affliction," he said at GDC on ...
GDC: Will Wright Peels Back Layers Of Entertainment, Games
14 March 2010 |When Will Wright looks at the world, he sees it differently than most people. He observes systems, he analyzes layers and he notices patterns in the most seemingly normal, every day things. "It's an affliction," he said at GDC on ...
GDC: Jason Rohrer Talks Diamond Trust’s ‘Knowledge Chains’
14 March 2010 |Independent designer Jason Rohrer is one of the gaming industry's few radicals. It makes sense that he fears people will assume his next project, a DS title ostensibly about the diamond trade in Angola, will be a quintessential ...
GDC: Jason Rohrer Talks Diamond Trust’s ‘Knowledge Chains’
14 March 2010 |Independent designer Jason Rohrer is one of the gaming industry's few radicals. It makes sense that he fears people will assume his next project, a DS title ostensibly about the diamond trade in Angola, will be a quintessential ...
GDC: EA’s Cousens Talks Social Gaming’s Wal-Mart Parallel
14 March 2010 |The shift of the game-playing population to internet-based games is analogous to the growth of the American supermarket, according to EA's Ben Cousins. In a talk Friday at the Game Developers Conference, Cousins explained how ...
GDC: EA’s Cousens Talks Social Gaming’s Wal-Mart Parallel
14 March 2010 |The shift of the game-playing population to internet-based games is analogous to the growth of the American supermarket, according to EA's Ben Cousins. In a talk Friday at the Game Developers Conference, Cousins explained how ...
GDC: Refining The Real-Time Combat In Mass Effect 2
14 March 2010 |On the final day of GDC 2010, BioWare designer Christina Norman outlined the dramatic change of combat in Mass Effect 2, explaining how and why these changes took place. Mass Effect 2 put a lot of emphasis on real-time gun combat ...
GDC: Refining The Real-Time Combat In Mass Effect 2
14 March 2010 |On the final day of GDC 2010, BioWare designer Christina Norman outlined the dramatic change of combat in Mass Effect 2, explaining how and why these changes took place. Mass Effect 2 put a lot of emphasis on real-time gun combat ...
GDC: Jenova Chen’s HeavenVille Wins Game Design Challenge
14 March 2010 |Noted game designers Jenova Chen, Kim Swift, Heather Kelley, and Erin Robinson presented concepts around the topic of "Real-World Permadeath" during this year's Game Design Challenge at Game Developers Conference, with Chen's ...
GDC: Jenova Chen’s HeavenVille Wins Game Design Challenge
14 March 2010 |Noted game designers Jenova Chen, Kim Swift, Heather Kelley, and Erin Robinson presented concepts around the topic of "Real-World Permadeath" during this year's Game Design Challenge at Game Developers Conference, with Chen's ...
» GamesIndustry.Biz Headlines
News: EA to ditch in-game ad partners and sell direct
13 March 2010 | Electronic Arts is to drop in-game advertising partners IGA Worldwide and Massive Inc. and sell its ads in-house. According to a report by digital marketing site clickz, ...
News: OnLive to offer rentals without subscription
13 March 2010 | OnLive boss Steve Perlman has revealed that the cloud gaming service will allow users to rent PC titles on a game-by-game basis, highlighting a more flexible approach for customers. ...
News: OnLive to offer rentals without subscription
13 March 2010 | OnLive boss Steve Perlman has revealed that the cloud gaming service will allow users to rent PC titles on a game-by-game basis, highlighting a more flexible approach for customers. ...
News: Molyneux “not surprised” by PlayStation Move
13 March 2010 | Peter Molyneux, Lionhead Studios founder and creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe, has characterised the PlayStation Move as "more a device for the core than it is for the casual market". ...
News: Molyneux “not surprised” by PlayStation Move
13 March 2010 | Peter Molyneux, Lionhead Studios founder and creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe, has characterised the PlayStation Move as "more a device for the core than it is for the casual market". ...
News: Pac-Man creator to open Festival of Games 2010
13 March 2010 | Toru Iwatini, the creator of arcade classic Pac-Man, is to open the Festival of Games 2010 event in The Netherlands with a keynote speech. Iwatani is now a professor at ...
News: Pac-Man creator to open Festival of Games 2010
13 March 2010 | Toru Iwatini, the creator of arcade classic Pac-Man, is to open the Festival of Games 2010 event in The Netherlands with a keynote speech. Iwatani is now a professor at ...
News: EALA vets form Supergiant Games
13 March 2010 | Three veterans from Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio have announced the formation of their own San Francisco Bay Area developer: Supergiant Games. The new studio has ...
News: EALA vets form Supergiant Games
13 March 2010 | Three veterans from Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio have announced the formation of their own San Francisco Bay Area developer: Supergiant Games. The new studio has ...
News: Blossom Pink PSP trounces DS in Japan
13 March 2010 | Sales of the PSP in Japan almost doubled this week, following the release of a new "Blossom Pink" hardware colour. As a result the PSP shot past the Nintendo DS in terms ...
» GamePolitics Headlines
Unlikely Pair Come Out Against RI Adult Game Bill
13 March 2010 |While Rhode Island Bill S.2156 drew backing from the Parents Television Council, an unlikely pair has come out against the Bill, which proposes fines and possible jail time for retailers that sell “M” or ...
Unlikely Pair Come Out Against RI Adult Game Bill
13 March 2010 |While Rhode Island Bill S.2156 drew backing from the Parents Television Council, an unlikely pair has come out against the Bill, which proposes fines and possible jail time for retailers that sell “M” or ...
Why People Do What They Do to Earn Social Game Points
13 March 2010 |Research released by Offerpal Media offers some insight into why so many social gamers are willing to complete marketing actions in order to obtain virtual currency.The comScore-conducted study among 799 panelists reported that ...
Why People Do What They Do to Earn Social Game Points
13 March 2010 |Research released by Offerpal Media offers some insight into why so many social gamers are willing to complete marketing actions in order to obtain virtual currency.The comScore-conducted study among 799 panelists reported that ...
Silent Hunter 5 CE Recalled in Germany
13 March 2010 |A German website (translated) is reporting that the Collector’s Edition of Ubisoft’s Silent Hunter 5 PC game has been recalled in Germany due to the appearance of “anticonstiutional symbols” in the game.This ...
God of War Copyright Infringement Case Dismissed
13 March 2010 |David Jaffe can breathe a little easier today. According to the embattled developer, Bissoon Dath v. SCEA and David Jaffe, a copyright infringement lawsuit over various themes in the God of War series, was dismissed by a federal ...
God of War Copyright Infringement Case Dismissed
13 March 2010 |David Jaffe can breathe a little easier today. According to the embattled developer, Bissoon Dath v. SCEA and David Jaffe, a copyright infringement lawsuit over various themes in the God of War series, was dismissed by a federal ...
AU Customs Seizes Imported R4 Cartridges
12 March 2010 |In what could be chalked up as another win for Nintendo Down Under, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officials have seized an incoming shipment of R4 cartridges, which can be used with Nintendo’s DS to play ...
AU Customs Seizes Imported R4 Cartridges
12 March 2010 |In what could be chalked up as another win for Nintendo Down Under, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officials have seized an incoming shipment of R4 cartridges, which can be used with Nintendo’s DS to play ...
AMD Grant Supports Student Game Competition
12 March 2010 |Chip-maker AMD, through its AMD Foundation, and in conjunction with the AMD Changing the Game program, has provided a $65,000 grant to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.The funds will be used to back the Alliance’s ...
» Joystiq Headlines
Q4 release for Mafia 2 (re)confirmed; Payne, Noire, Civ V still on hit list
15 March 2010 | Earlier this month, Take-Two announced the potential movement of one of the titles planned for release in its fiscal fourth quarter, extending from August to October. The choices were: LA Noire, Mafia 2, Max Payne 3, or ...
Q4 release for Mafia 2 (re)confirmed; Payne, Noire, Civ V still on hit list
15 March 2010 | Earlier this month, Take-Two announced the potential movement of one of the titles planned for release in its fiscal fourth quarter, extending from August to October. The choices were: LA Noire, Mafia 2, Max Payne 3, or ...
GDC 2010: EEDAR talks new IP strategy
15 March 2010 | Game industry analysis firm EEDAR dropped some interesting statistics during its GDC panel this year. The first half of the presentation -- hosted by EEDAR president Geoffrey Zatkin -- concerned new intellectual property in the ...
GDC 2010: EEDAR talks new IP strategy
15 March 2010 | Game industry analysis firm EEDAR dropped some interesting statistics during its GDC panel this year. The first half of the presentation -- hosted by EEDAR president Geoffrey Zatkin -- concerned new intellectual property in the ...
Will Wright predicts social games will grow to 25 percent of market
15 March 2010 | One of the big trends at this year's Game Developer's Conference is social gaming, thanks to wild success stories like Facebook-powered Farmville. While many see social gaming as the next big thing, Will Wright -- famed creator of ...
Will Wright predicts social games will grow to 25 percent of market
15 March 2010 | One of the big trends at this year's Game Developer's Conference is social gaming, thanks to wild success stories like Facebook-powered Farmville. While many see social gaming as the next big thing, Will Wright -- famed creator of ...
Impressions: Mass Effect 2 DLC - Kasumi’s Stolen Memory
15 March 2010 | click to kazoomi Like some of the best loyalty quests in Mass Effect 2, "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" is an inventive sub-story that steps away from all the galactic peril just long enough to explore the motives and traits of a newly ...
Impressions: Mass Effect 2 DLC - Kasumi’s Stolen Memory
15 March 2010 | click to kazoomi Like some of the best loyalty quests in Mass Effect 2, "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" is an inventive sub-story that steps away from all the galactic peril just long enough to explore the motives and traits of a newly ...
Medal of Honor trailer defines Tier One Operative (in case you were wondering)
15 March 2010 | The latest trailer for EA's upcoming reboot of the Medal of Honor series, which debuted this week on GTTV, really goes out of its way to explain exactly the kind of gentlemen you'll be piloting this summer. These guys are Tier One ...
Medal of Honor trailer defines Tier One Operative (in case you were wondering)
15 March 2010 | The latest trailer for EA's upcoming reboot of the Medal of Honor series, which debuted this week on GTTV, really goes out of its way to explain exactly the kind of gentlemen you'll be piloting this summer. These guys are Tier One ...
» Kotaku Headlines
Crysis 2 Footage Looking As Nice As Expected
14 March 2010 |Crysis 2 is at the Game Developers Conference, seemingly there not just for its own ends, but to help developer Crytek shill its engine, CryEngine 3. It’s doing a very good job. (more…)
Crysis 2 Footage Looking As Nice As Expected
14 March 2010 |Crysis 2 is at the Game Developers Conference, seemingly there not just for its own ends, but to help developer Crytek shill its engine, CryEngine 3. It’s doing a very good job. (more…)
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Tester-Free
14 March 2010 |It’s a pretty slim week on the PAL PlayStation Store, but then, looking at the stuff Europeans and Aussies are missing out on – like the Tester – maybe that’s not such a bad thing. (more…)
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Tester-Free
14 March 2010 |It’s a pretty slim week on the PAL PlayStation Store, but then, looking at the stuff Europeans and Aussies are missing out on – like the Tester – maybe that’s not such a bad thing. (more…)
Rumour: Ratchet & Clank Devs Going Multiplatform?
14 March 2010 |According to “a trusted source”, IGN is reporting that Insomniac Games – creators of both Resistance and Ratchet & Clank – is about to abandon the land of PS3 exclusivity and become a multiplatform ...
Rumour: Ratchet & Clank Devs Going Multiplatform?
14 March 2010 |According to “a trusted source”, IGN is reporting that Insomniac Games – creators of both Resistance and Ratchet & Clank – is about to abandon the land of PS3 exclusivity and become a multiplatform ...
I Am A Master Of Picross 3D, At Least The Tutorial Part
14 March 2010 |I may have liked Tetrisphere, but I am not a man who believes the puzzle games, like Mario games, can be as good in three dimensions as they are in two. (more…)
I Am A Master Of Picross 3D, At Least The Tutorial Part
14 March 2010 |I may have liked Tetrisphere, but I am not a man who believes the puzzle games, like Mario games, can be as good in three dimensions as they are in two. (more…)
Sony Says PlayStation Move Precise Enough To Play StarCraft
14 March 2010 |There’s been a flood of information coming from Sony about the new PlayStation Move controller for the PS3, but Sony’s technically inclined folks showed off some of the more technically capable members of GDC, getting ...
Sony Says PlayStation Move Precise Enough To Play StarCraft
14 March 2010 |There’s been a flood of information coming from Sony about the new PlayStation Move controller for the PS3, but Sony’s technically inclined folks showed off some of the more technically capable members of GDC, getting ...
» Next Generation Headlines
GDC: Sid Meier Explores Player Psychology
14 March 2010 |Veteran game designer Sid Meier gave the keynote of the Game Developers Conference Friday morning, and dispensed lessons he’s learned about player psychology. He described the “unholy alliance” between the ...
GDC: Sid Meier Explores Player Psychology
14 March 2010 |Veteran game designer Sid Meier gave the keynote of the Game Developers Conference Friday morning, and dispensed lessons he’s learned about player psychology. He described the “unholy alliance” between the ...
GDC: Seeing the Light in Arkham Asylum
14 March 2010 |David Hego, art director on Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Aslyum discussed the use of art and lighting within the game to direct the player experience and maintain a consistent and believable—yet still definitively ...
GDC: Denki’s Penn on the Way to the End
13 March 2010 |A founding father of British games journalism for his time at Zzap 64 and now creative director at Denki, Gary Penn argued during GDC’s early-morning Microtalks session that while there are more ways to play than ever, ...
GDC: Denki’s Penn on the Way to the End
13 March 2010 |A founding father of British games journalism for his time at Zzap 64 and now creative director at Denki, Gary Penn argued during GDC’s early-morning Microtalks session that while there are more ways to play than ever, ...
Sony Concerned About PS3 Move Shovelware
13 March 2010 |Sony says it doesn't want to flood the market with minigame collections for PS3 Move, although it admits the release of shovelware utilising the new motion controller is a concern. read more
Sony Concerned About PS3 Move Shovelware
13 March 2010 |Sony says it doesn't want to flood the market with minigame collections for PS3 Move, although it admits the release of shovelware utilising the new motion controller is a concern. read more
Molyneux: Motion Controllers Making “Designers Sweat”
13 March 2010 |Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux believes that “poor old designers” are having a tough time getting to grips with new motion control technology. read more
Molyneux: Motion Controllers Making “Designers Sweat”
13 March 2010 |Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux believes that “poor old designers” are having a tough time getting to grips with new motion control technology. read more
PSP Increases Weekly Lead In Japan
13 March 2010 |Sony’s PSP increased its lead at the top of the Japanese hardware chart during the week ended March 7, boosted by the release of a “blossom pink” model. Sales rose by almost 30,000 units week-on-week to nearly ...
» Digg Headlines
Final Fantasy XIII Sells 450K Units in the Americas in 1 day
15 March 2010 |A very strong start for the latest Final Fantasy title with two thirds of sales on PS3 - now updated with the figures for Other Regions as well.
Final Fantasy XIII Sells 450K Units in the Americas in 1 day
15 March 2010 |A very strong start for the latest Final Fantasy title with two thirds of sales on PS3 - now updated with the figures for Other Regions as well.
This is why we don’t have the next Half-Life game yet.
14 March 2010 |*****
This is why we don’t have the next Half-Life game yet.
14 March 2010 |*****
10 of the Best Modern Warfare 2 Kill Cams to Date
14 March 2010 |We’re leaving alien carbines and plasma ‘nades behind, and we’re now in the gritty reality of Modern Warfare 2.
10 of the Best Modern Warfare 2 Kill Cams to Date
14 March 2010 |We’re leaving alien carbines and plasma ‘nades behind, and we’re now in the gritty reality of Modern Warfare 2.
Heavy Rain Review, Spoilers and All
14 March 2010 |If the headline isn’t an indication, this Heavy Rain review is full of spoilers. The decisions you make in the game, and their consequences, deserve an open discussion.
Heavy Rain Review, Spoilers and All
14 March 2010 |If the headline isn’t an indication, this Heavy Rain review is full of spoilers. The decisions you make in the game, and their consequences, deserve an open discussion.
Makers of Halo Have a New Project
14 March 2010 |Bungie is working on a whole new project, but this time it's not a Halo!
Makers of Halo Have a New Project
14 March 2010 |Bungie is working on a whole new project, but this time it's not a Halo!
» Slashdot Headlines
Licensing an Abandonware Game?
14 March 2010 |WolverineOfLove writes "I'm recreating a 1980s abandonware game with copyrights that have been seemingly unused for the past 18 years. The situation is detailed further in a Slashdot journal entry I just wrote, but in short: Is it ...
Licensing an Abandonware Game?
14 March 2010 |WolverineOfLove writes "I'm recreating a 1980s abandonware game with copyrights that have been seemingly unused for the past 18 years. The situation is detailed further in a Slashdot journal entry I just wrote, but in short: Is it ...
University of Wyoming Studies Video Games
13 March 2010 |krou writes "The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting story about how the University of Wyoming's English Department is helping fund a collective called the Learning Games Initiative to study video games. Jason Thompson, an ...
Sony Begins Selling HD Movies On Its PSN
13 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "Sony on Tuesday 'rolled out the ability to buy HD movies from the PlayStation Network,' writes blogger Peter Smith. Sony claims they're the first service to offer HD titles to own from all six major movie ...
Sony Begins Selling HD Movies On Its PSN
13 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "Sony on Tuesday 'rolled out the ability to buy HD movies from the PlayStation Network,' writes blogger Peter Smith. Sony claims they're the first service to offer HD titles to own from all six major movie ...
Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller Gets Demoed and Named
12 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "In a 45-minute press conference at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony announced its motion controller, officially named the Playstation Move. The Move consists of the Eye Toy (a camera pointed ...
Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller Gets Demoed and Named
12 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "In a 45-minute press conference at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony announced its motion controller, officially named the Playstation Move. The Move consists of the Eye Toy (a camera pointed ...
Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller Gets Demoed and Named
12 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "In a 45-minute press conference at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony announced its motion controller, officially named the Playstation Move. The Move, consists of the Eye Toy (a camera pointed ...
Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller Gets Demoed and Named
12 March 2010 |itwbennett writes "In a 45-minute press conference at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony announced its motion controller, officially named the Playstation Move. The Move, consists of the Eye Toy (a camera pointed ...
Accidental Wii Suicide
12 March 2010 |Paul Taylor noted a story that I would have thought to be an april fools day joke a few weeks from now, which makes it only seem more tragic. A 3 year shot himself with a gun after mistaking it for a Wii controller. Read ...
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