Reviews & Features

Left 4 Dead 2

Posted by wytefang | 14 February 2010 |

Brains - they're not just for breakfast anymore.

Read more » | 5 user reviews | PC

Dealing with Separation Anxiety… from games!

Posted by Reoh | 1 February 2010

Are work and the kids keeping you from gaming with friends? Then why not try these gaming alternatives to real life.

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Till death or gaming do us (part 2)

Posted by Reoh | 1 February 2010

Sassy and her hubby uncover TOG's Guild Hall in her latest column.

Read more » | PC

TOG’s 2009 New Game of the Year

Posted by Reoh | 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

Recall to Duty

Posted by Reoh | 29 January 2010

New and Old TOG's alike are being Recalled to Duty!

Read more » | PC

That Special Ingredient

Posted by Reoh | 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

Posted by Reoh | 23 January 2010 |

Wytefang has spent many an hour in COD:MW2, to bring you this hands on review of the game.

Read more » | 5 user reviews | PC PS3 Xbox

FPS and the Girl

Posted by Reoh | 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.

Read more » | PC

Where’s the PC Demo going?

Posted by Reoh | 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?"

Read more » | PC

Reoh’s Massive Global Agenda Beta Review

Posted by Reoh | 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.

Read more » | 3 user reviews | PC

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» GameSpot Headlines

Skate 3 rolling out May 11

18 March 2010 |EA Black Box returns with team-oriented skateboarding sim in two months on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Samurai Warriors 3 slicing US Wiis

17 March 2010 |Nintendo announces deal with Tecmo Koei to bring next installment in Dynasty Warriors spin-off exclusively to its latest console.

ChartSpot: February 2010

17 March 2010 |Aliens vs. Predator 360, BioShock 2 PS3 barely miss NPD's top 10 non-PC game chart; Star Trek Online edged out by Sims 3: High-end Loft Stuff atop PC rankings.

Demon’s Souls sells roughly a quarter million - Report

17 March 2010 |Atlus-published From Software role-playing game hits sales milestone in the US after Sony passed on it for concerns over difficulty, unforgiving design decisions.

Rabbids to ‘Travel in Time’?

17 March 2010 |Ubisoft files USPTO trademark application indicating disturbed lagomorphs' next game will play fast, loose with four-dimensional continuum.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep waking this summer

17 March 2010 |Square Enix confirms North American release for PSP prequel to 2002 PS2 original will arrive later this year.

Capcom bags Monster Hunter Freedom 3

17 March 2010 |Japanese publisher confirms fourth PSP release in cooperative action role-playing game franchise to see debut by end of the year; new regions, monsters among planned changes.

GDC 2010 attendance record tops 18,250

17 March 2010 |Showrunners announce top turnout for industry conference last week; next year's show returning to San Francisco from Feb. 28-Mar. 4.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker delayed to June 8, PSP Pack unveiled

17 March 2010 |Konami's portable stealth action game pushed back two weeks, will also be available in a green PSP hardware bundle with 2GB memory stick, voucher for downloadable movie.

Need for Speed World beta revs up

17 March 2010 |Electronic Arts gives players an early chance to try out browser-based massively multiplayer online racer, full release set for summer.

» IGN Headlines

Red Dead Redemption Video: Life in the West

18 March 2010 |Check out this hot new gameplay trailer.

Highlighted Session for EA’s The Sims 3 Announced for MI6 Videogame Marketing Conference

18 March 2010 |EA Play Marketing VP to discuss marketing and launching 2009's best-selling PC Game and showcase The Sims 3 ambitions expansion pack.

God of War III - Minotaur Horn Guide

18 March 2010 |God of War 3

StarHunt Released - New 3D Adventure Game for iPhone/iPod Touch

18 March 2010 |To the stars and beyond.

Red Dead Redemption Video: Life in the West

18 March 2010 |Check out this hot new gameplay trailer.

The Digital Journey Begins - Digimon Battle Open Beta Officially Launches

18 March 2010 |WeMade Entertainment unlocks access to the first-ever online DigiWorld and launches a triple play event.

God of War III - Gorgon Eyes Guide

18 March 2010 |God of War 3

An Incredible Journey Through Ancient China: Loong - The Power of the Dragon

18 March 2010 |Harness your inner dragon.

NTreev Announces New Poppuri Event For Trickster Online: A New Discovery

18 March 2010 |The spring Poppuri Olympics gives players a chance at winning both fabulous in-game and real-world prizes.

Short Order Cook Announced for iPhone/ iPod Touch

18 March 2010 |New iPhone game heats the grill.

» 1UP Headlines

Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days Scheduled for August 24 Release

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Got a soft spot in your heart (or maybe your head) for Kane and Lynch? It looks like you're going to ...

Skate 3 Releasing May 11, Full Roster Revealed

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Electronic Arts announced today that Skate 3 will be releasing for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on ...

Fils-Aime Prods Sony’s Hopes for a Move Migration

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> <object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" ...

Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising Review

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Dawn of War II was one of the more under-appreciated games of 2009, and that's a shame. The shift from ...

It’s Official: PS3 The Heaviest Console Ever

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Former Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi (above) would undoubtedly be pleased as punch to ...

All About Square Enix’s Chaos Rings

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Square Enix is hardly any stranger to the iPhone -- both Final Fantasy (above) and its sequel are ...

Two Tales of Phantasia Remakes Hitting PSP

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Namco Bandai games weren't content with just announcing Solarobo this week -- the company also ...

Japan Review Check: God of War III, Hokuto Musou

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Some highlights from next week's new game releases in Japan, courtesy of Famitsu magazine: - God of ...

CyberConnect 2 Announces Solarobo

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Japanese developer CyberConnect2 released the first details today on Solarobo, a new robot action game ...

Third PSP Monster Hunter Announced

18 March 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> The Monster Hunter Freedom series (called Monster Hunter Portable in Japan) is one of the few ...

» GameDaily Headlines

Red Dead Redemption

18 March 2010 |New video details life in the Wild West.

Fan Backlash

16 March 2010 |Mess with someone's favorite game franchise, and you'll get more than the horns.

Your Shape Has its Eye on You

16 March 2010 |Ubisoft's new exercise game comes bundled with a camera that not only tracks your movements, but also allows you to put exercise equipment into your routine.

Mass Effect 2: Meet Samara

16 March 2010 |She's blue, kicks butt and has no interest in materialistic possessions. Sounds like our kind of alien.

Guild Wars 2 Video

16 March 2010 |New trailer showcases five races, different characters and locations from ArenaNet's ambitious sequel.

Mass Effect 2: The Engineer

16 March 2010 |Unleash combat drones and hack your enemies with Mass Effect 2's nerdy Engineer class.

MW2 MP Broken?

16 March 2010 |Xbox 360 version plagued by cheaters and 18 person deathmatches. What's Infinity Ward doing about this? Based on our experiences this week...nothing.

NES Stress Test

16 March 2010 |Can Super Mario Bros. withstand subzero temperatures? GoNintendo hopes to find out.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer

16 March 2010 |Ubisoft releases a teaser to its much-anticipated Tom Clancy game.

GDC 2010 Coverage

14 March 2010 |Check out the latest videos from this week's feature packed show in San Francisco.

» Gamasutra Headlines

In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - March 2010, Pt. 2

18 March 2010 |[Kevin Gifford's regular "What The (Game) Papers Say" roundups chronicle the world of video game magazines, this time looking at coverage of Portal 2 and God of War III -- and observing a cultural shift at GamePro. ] Right-o, let's ...

EA Exec Steven Chiang Joins Zynga

18 March 2010 |After spending 15 years with Electronic Arts, executive Steven Chiang has left the publisher to join social gaming firm Zynga (FarmVille) as the president of its development studios. "I am excited that Steven Chiang, a veteran of ...

Playdom Invests $5M In Argentinian Dev MetroGames

18 March 2010 |Mobsters developer Playdom has invested $5 million in Metro Games, a social gaming studio headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With the financing, Playdom's CEO John Pleasants joins the company's board of directors. Playdom ...

Mikami Reveals New Studio Plans, 3D Ambitions

18 March 2010 |Renowned Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami plans to launch a new Tokyo-based studio, Tango, as soon as his current project wraps. Mikami, currently at work on Platinum Games' shooter Vanquish tells Famitsu (as translated by ...

Women In Games Conference Cancelled Due To ‘Low Delegate Numbers’

18 March 2010 |Organizers for the annual Women In Games Conference have announced that they are cancelling the event for 2010 due to low attendance. The conference was planned for March 25-26 this year in Bradford, UK. The Women In Games ...

Majesco Profits, Revenues Slide In Fiscal Q1

18 March 2010 |New Jersey-based publisher Majesco Games said its Cooking Mama franchise performed well during the company's fiscal Q1, but it wasn't enough to stop a decline in profits and revenues for the quarter. CEO Jesse Sutton said the ...

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gets PSP Hardware Bundle

18 March 2010 |Sony Computer Entertainment America will launch a PSP bundle in conjunction with upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's North America release on June 8, it announced. Notably, the bundle will not contain Sony's most recent ...

God Of War III Sr. Producer: ‘Don’t Do Anything Just To Be Sensationalist’

18 March 2010 |The God of War series has gained a reputation for its graphic violence -- but this console generation, graphics are better and sharper than ever. How does the team approach it now? "That was definitely a challenge for us," Steve ...

In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, February 2010

18 March 2010 |[Sister site GamerBytes' editor Ryan Langley examines February 2010's Xbox Live Arcade debuts and continuing successes, with charts and leaderboard data for a look at how XBLA titles are performing.] February has always been a ...

Analyst: Console Install Bases, Software Unit Sales See Big Disconnect

18 March 2010 |The coming months will see a packed software slate -- Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PS3), Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360, PS3), God of War III (PS3), and Pokemon Soulsilver/Heartgold (NDS) all due out in just March, there ...

» GamesIndustry.Biz Headlines

News: Resident Evil creator to open new Tokyo studio

18 March 2010 | Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has announced plans to open a new development studio in Tokyo. According to a translated Famitsu article by 1up, the new company will ...

News: Rebellion confirms Derby closure, cuts at Oxford studio

18 March 2010 | UK developer Rebellion has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it has finally closed its studio in Derby and has also let a number of junior positions go at its main team in Oxford. ...

News: Zynga hires EA Sports vet Steven Chiang

18 March 2010 | Social games company Zynga has announced the hiring of EA Sports veteran Steven Chiang as president of game studios. Chiang spent 15 years at Electronic Arts, most ...

News: Majesco reports Q1 profits of $3.8 million

18 March 2010 | Cooking Mama publisher Majesco has reported first quarter profits of $3.8 million (£2.4m / €2.7m), down from the $4.2 million recorded for the same period last year. ...

News: Former Ensemble designer hits back at crunch claims

18 March 2010 | A lead designer at the now defunct Ensemble Studios has hit back at claims that the Age of Empires developer closed because of a combination of ingrained crunch culture and spiralling costs. ...

News: iPhone free-to-play revenues can rival consoles - ngmoco

18 March 2010 | Neil Young, the CEO of iPhone developer and publisher ngmoco, has said that the revenue made from free-to-play iPhone titles can rival that made from console games if designers are able to deliver compelling enough ...

News: Lib Dems hedge bets on games tax breaks

18 March 2010 | The Liberal Democrats are "sympathetic" to the call for games tax relief, but will not "categorically back it" over concerns the "industry itself is not totally united behind it". ...

News: Publishers lost over £6m following Red Ant collapse

18 March 2010 | A year on from the collapse of distributor Red Ant, legal documents have revealed that game companies have lost almost AUS $10 million (£6m / $9.1m) to the Australian company, with former staff still AUS $250,000 ...

Article: The Rise and Fallout of Red Ant

18 March 2010 |They were one of Australia’s largest independent videogame distributors until the Australian dollar crashed and brought them down with it. A year on from the collapse of Red Ant Enterprises, documents have emerged that raise ...

News: Court rules in favour of Nintendo, MS over controller patent breach

18 March 2010 | A Washington court of appeal has ruled in favour of Nintendo and Microsoft following accusations the companies breached a patent relating to controller power conversions. ...

» GamePolitics Headlines

UK Advertising Codes Updated, Games Addressed

18 March 2010 |The UK’s Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) have launched a series of new advertising codes.The updates go into effect on September 1, 2010 and include new ...

EduGame Pilot Deployed in West Virginia

18 March 2010 |Educational videogame developer Tabula Digital has scored a pilot test of its DimensionM software in seven middle and high schools in West Virginia.The testing runs through January of 2011 and will see 1,000 students get hands-on ...

ELSPA to Host Political Q&A;

18 March 2010 |In advance of the looming general elections, UK Trade organization ELSPA has organized a videogame-related question and answer session with three MPs.Scheduled for March 29, the talk will include pro-gaming Labour MP Tom Watson, ...

Where Videogames & The Military Collide

18 March 2010 |It’s not often that a conference features speakers as diverse as Sims creator Will Wright and Joint Forces Command boss General John Mattis, but when the symposium focuses on promoting the use of videogames in the Department ...

A Look Inside the Profitability of Used Games

18 March 2010 |If any doubt remains about how lucrative the used videogame market is, news from a company that specializes in the field should remove such misgivings.A Maryland-based company called Gamers Factory completed a public stock swap ...

Facebook Boots Grow Up Australia Group

17 March 2010 |Citing a violation of its terms of use, social website Facebook has removed the group page of the pro R18+ organization Grow Up Australia.A message from Facebook, while not specific, offered that “groups that are hateful, ...

Lords Pass Digital Economy Bill

17 March 2010 |The British House of Lords has pushed through the latest version of the Digital Economy Bill, which features provisions that would put the onus on ISPs to track and report illegal file sharers and copyright violators.The Bill, ...

One Solution for DRM-Free Games: Wait

17 March 2010 |As DRM technology becomes more invasive, an article on CNET takes a look at the methods used and offers some possible suggestions for DRM-free gaming.The reaction to Ubisoft’s DRM, which requires a constant Internet ...

FCC Unveils National Broadband Plan

17 March 2010 |The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its National Broadband Plan to Congress.FCC Chair Julius Genachowski called the document an “action plan” for a “21st century roadmap to spur economic ...

Fellowship Funds Year-Long Study of Asian Game Culture

17 March 2010 |Spending a year studying the culture of gamers in East Asia sure sounds like a lot of fun even if you had to pay for it yourself, but imagine how much better it would be if the whole trip was paid for by a fellowship grant.Lawrence ...

» Joystiq Headlines

Microsoft trademarks streamlined Xbox 360 DLC purchasing system

18 March 2010 | Nothing derails the excitement of playing games online with your friends quite like finding out that you don't have a certain piece of DLC required to join their game. The USPTO recently approved a Microsoft patent application ...

Red Dead Redemption trailer offers taste of life in the old west

18 March 2010 |<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="580" height="362" id="viddler_7d12a6ef"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/7d12a6ef/" /><embed ...

Former Transmission staffers open comms again as Trickstar Games

18 March 2010 | Members of the recently deceased Transmission Games, developer of Heroes Over Europe, have apparently started Trickstar Games. Develop reports that several former members of Transmission, including studio head Tony Parkes, have ...

Kane & Lynch’s Dog Days begin on August 24

18 March 2010 | Though it seems like we just got back from Shanghai, it appears we're going to be booking another flight soon. Square Enix has announced that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will kick off "48 hours of hell" for its duo of miscreant ...

Leap into the first screens of Comic Jumper

18 March 2010 | Jump into our Comic Jumper gallery After having to endure concept videos and shaky-cam gameplay, we finally have some real, honest-to-goodness screens of Twisted Pixel's upcoming Comic Jumper for you to rest your weary eyes upon. ...

Hands-on: ModNation Racers PSP

18 March 2010 | The PSP has become home to a growing number of PS3 ports, from Super Stardust to LittleBigPlanet, but rarely has a portable rendition of a PS3 game remained so faithful to the original as ModNation Racers on PSP. (Well, perhaps ...

Shinji Mikami opening new Tokyo-based studio, Tango

18 March 2010 | [M for Mature] Shinji Mikami didn't just have a hand in bringing the Viewtiful Joe and Devil May Cry series to gamers. He also helped create the survival horror genre in 1996 through Resident Evil -- so the dude has a pretty ...

GDC: Designing Assassin’s Creed 2 (or: Dodging a curveball from upper management)

18 March 2010 | Though Uncharted 2 may have snatched away most of the Game of the Year trophies, Assassin's Creed 2 stands out as another of 2009's most acclaimed and successful titles. Lead game designer Patrick Plourde candidly discussed ...

Rumor: Slimmed-down Xbox 360 motherboard images leaked

18 March 2010 | Last week, speculation surrounding a pending announcement of the oft-rumored, slimmed down "Valhalla" model of the Xbox 360 was kicked into high gear, thanks to a Microsoft hiring notice for a motherboard engineer, and Steve ...

Bad Company 2 ‘F.R.A.G.S.’ video continues Modern Warfare mockery

18 March 2010 | Hey, you remember when Infinity Ward released that unbelievably offensive "Fight Against Grenade Spam" video starring Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels to promote Modern Warfare 2? Yeah, we were trying to forget it too ...

» Kotaku Headlines

Yakuza 3 Review: A Foreign Film Festival

18 March 2010 |It’s funny, for all the Japanese games you and I have ever played – and they number in the hundreds, if not thousands – few of them are Japanese in the way that Yakuza 3 is. (more…)

Syncopation In The Super Mario Bros Theme

18 March 2010 |[Kotaku proudly presents the following in-depth look - and listen - to the evolving music of Super Mario Bros via gaming blog Cruise Elroy] (more…)

Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling Like To PlayStation Move It

18 March 2010 | Sony has updated its official PlayStation Move page with a couple of new games taking advantage of the PlayStation 3’s upcoming motion controller, Toy Story 2 and Brunswick Pro Bowling. I hope those wrist straps are sturdy. ...

The Video Gamer’s Eternal Struggle Summed Up In One Photo

18 March 2010 | As seen on Crass Anxiety.

Shocking Study Finds Video Games Interfere With Schoolwork

18 March 2010 | Direct from the We Could Have Told You That department, a recent study determined that introducing young boys to video games has a direct effect on their academic performance. Introducing a major distraction interferes with ...

My Pokemon Battle Went Downhill From Here

18 March 2010 |That’s me vs MTV Multiplayer’s Russ Frushtick, before our Poke-battle yesterday. Despite the wonderful Pokemon advice that the world’s best game designers gave me, my Level 15 Totodile could not beat his Level 17 ...

Comic Book Series Helps Make Sense Of Nier

18 March 2010 | DC’s Wildstorm imprint makes video game comic book magic once more with Nier, a three-part online comic book series detailing the fall of humanity and its lasting effects in Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG. (more…)

Drop Into Skate 3 In Early May

18 March 2010 | Riding high on the failure of Tony Hawk: Ride and feeling absolutely no threat from Ubisoft’s upcoming Shaun White skateboarding title, EA gears up for an early May release for the third installment of the Skate series. ...

Guilty Party Offers Billions Of Mysteries To Solve

18 March 2010 | Think of it as Guess Who for the Wii set, or, if you’re in mixed company and want to sound smart, maybe Mastermind. (more…)

Mass Effect, Dragon Age Creators Consider The Post-Release “Romance Pack”

18 March 2010 |The doctors behind BioWare, the hallowed game studio behind Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins, were telling Kotaku last week that their plans to add content to their recent games is flexible. More vehicle missions are possible. ...

» Next Generation Headlines

Video: Jane McGonigal On The Value Of Gaming

18 March 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->The I Love Bees and serious games designer presents a talk for TED about World Of Warcraft's benefits for the real world. In her 20-minute talk, recorded during TED2010 in Long Beach in February and ...

Majesco Reports Slight Q1 Decline

18 March 2010 |US-based publisher Majesco has reported a slight decline in revenue and profit for the first quarter ended January 31. Net revenue came in at $29.2 million (£19.1m), down from $32.8 million (£21.4m) during the same ...

Ex-Transmission Staff Form Trickstar Games

18 March 2010 |Former members of Transmission Games have established Trickstar Games, a new development studio based in Melbourne, Australia. “Trickstar Games is Australia’s newest, but most experienced games development ...

ELSPA To Host Political Q&A;This Month

18 March 2010 |MPs from the UK’s three leading political parties will field questions from the videogames industry during a Q&A session on March 29. Tom Watson MP will represent the Labour Party, while Ed Vaizey MP and Don Foster MP ...

EA Veteran To Lead Zynga’s Game Studios

18 March 2010 |Former EA Sports group general manager Steven Chiang has been appointed president of Zynga’s development studios. “I am excited that Steven Chiang, a veteran of the video game industry who is strongly regarded for ...

Resident Evil Creator Forming New Studio

18 March 2010 |Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is to open a new development studio in Tokyo later this year once he finishes his work on Platinum Games shooter Vanquish. read more

Judge Dismisses God Of War Copyright Claim

18 March 2010 |A US judge has dismissed a copyright claim targeted at Sony Computer Entertainment and game designer David Jaffe relating to the 2005 PS2 game God Of War. Writers Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Dath had sued SCE and Jaffe for ...

Where Did You Go?

18 March 2010 |My kid and I play a game. We’ll be sitting at the coffee shop Kilim, and he tells me, “Close your eyes, daddy”. I do. While I’m not looking, I hear him crawl under our tiny table, or run around the corner ...

Women In Games Conference Cancelled

18 March 2010 |The 2010 Women In Games Conference has been cancelled, organisers have announced. Diversity was set to be the theme of the seventh WIG Conference, which had been due to take place at the UK's University of Bradford and Bradford ...

Nintendo, Microsoft Win Controller Patent Appeal

18 March 2010 |Microsoft and Nintendo have been cleared of patent violation accusations related to Xbox 360, Wii and GameCube controllers. The two console manufacturers had been sued by Fenner Investments. The Texas-based firm claimed that the ...

» Digg Headlines

How to Build and Market a Fighting Game

18 March 2010 |Round 34,392... Fight!

Voicing concerns: the Problem with Video Game Acting

18 March 2010 |Why are modern video games still having problems with voice acting? And what can be done to solve them?

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Patch Removes SecuROM from Steam

18 March 2010 |DICE is releasing a patch with an enormous amounts of bug fixes and improvements, but one most noticeable for players on Steam is that the SecuROM DRM will be removed.

Ubisoft vs. the Pirates (PIC)

18 March 2010 |Did we mention that many legitimate Assassin's Creed 2 owners are STILL being boned by Ubisoft's dead servers, while the pirates that cracked the DRM have been able to play the game from day one?

Xbox 360 slim already under production?

18 March 2010 |Apparently a Xbox 360 slim version might be under works.

Gears of War 3 Reportedly Coming in April 2011

18 March 2010 |According to Edge, a "trusted US publishing source" has told them that Gears 3 is expected to be released in April 2011, with a debut trailer set to hit next month, on April 8. They also claim that we'll then see a full reveal of ...

How to get DRM-free PC games: Just wait

18 March 2010 |Digital rights management for PC games is getting more stringent, but history shows us that publishers eventually scale back the protections over time or after user outcry.

Break The Wall (Flash Game)

17 March 2010 |Break through the walls before the guy smack the wall with his head.

Videogame Movie Spectacular

17 March 2010 |Hollywood gets revenge for all the terrible videogame versions of movies.

If Modern Games Were Around on the Atari [CHART]

17 March 2010 |Some games just wouldn't have worked back then.

» Slashdot Headlines

Aussie Gamers Dress As Zombies To Raise R18+ Awareness

18 March 2010 |swandives writes "Australian gamers will dress as zombies to raise awareness about the lack of an R18+ rating for video games in the country. The protest will begin at Hyde Park Fountain on March 27 and lumber through Sydney, ...

The Problems With Video Game Voice Acting

18 March 2010 |The Guardian's Games blog explores the tendency of modern video games to suffer from poor voice acting, a flaw made all the more glaring by increasingly precise and impressive graphics. Quoting: "Due to the interactive nature of ...

Study Finds That Video Games Hinder Learning In Young Boys

18 March 2010 |dcollins writes "Researchers at Denison University in Ohio have shown that giving PlayStations to young boys leads to slower progress in reading and writing skills. Quoting: 'The study is the first controlled trial to look at the ...

Designer Builds Coffin For Xbox’s Suffering RROD

17 March 2010 |angry tapir writes "The Xbox 360 RROD coffin is created by Aussie designer Alexis Vanamois, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It's the ultimate final resting place for 'bricked' Xbox 360 consoles that have suffered the ...

Bethesda Unveils New Co-op Dungeon Crawler

16 March 2010 |Bethesda Softworks took advantage of the recent Game Developers Conference to take the wraps off a new game called Hunted: The Demon's Forge that they're partnering with development studio inXile to create. It's planned for the PC, ...

BioShock 2’s First DLC Already On Disc

16 March 2010 |An anonymous reader writes with this quote from 1Up: "Trouble is brewing in Rapture. The recently released Sinclair Solutions multiplayer pack for BioShock 2 is facing upset players over the revelation that the content is already ...

Mario Reduced To 8x8 With Open Source and Arduino

15 March 2010 |adeelarshad82 writes "The open-source Arduino electronics platform has received a ton of attention from the hardware enthusiast community. And one more follower is joining the fray--Mario himself. The mustachioed plumber of console ...

Mario Reduced To 8x8 With Open Source and Arduino

15 March 2010 |adeelarshad82 writes "The open-source Arduino electronics platform has received a ton of attention from the hardware enthusiast community. And one more follower is joining the fray--Mario himself. The mustachioed plumber of console ...

How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market

15 March 2010 |An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. "The cards Sony has placed ...

How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market

15 March 2010 |An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. "The cards Sony has placed ...

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BF2142 - Rusty Knife War Declared!

Posted by Reoh | 28 January 2010

Yes, it's on again! The BF2142 Division's two casual squads (Artreides & Harkonnen) are going head to head in another battle of the Rusty Knife Wars.

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Fremen BF2142 Season 7

Posted by Reoh | 23 January 2010

With the GameArena's ladder season 7 coming to a close, we're looking back on the season that was.

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An Unnatural Gamer

Posted by Reoh | 4 January 2010

Pander Bear speaks up about being an Unnatural Gamer

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EQ II: The TOG EverQuest II Division is now on Twitter

Posted by RogueSlayer | 20 December 2009

The Old Guard jumps into social networking.

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Sunday night is Battlefield 2 night!

Posted by ReaperSmurf | 15 December 2009

If you're an old hand at BF2, or you're looking for something new to fill your evenings on a Sunday then jump into TeamSpeak and join the regular Battlefield 2 crew.

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COD:WAW - Grimberror interviews Revengerer

Posted by Reoh | 24 November 2009

Correspondant Grimberror interviews TOG's COD:WAW Division Captain Revengerer

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BF2142: Knife Wars 5 begins tonight

Posted by Reoh | 24 November 2009

TOG's Battlefield 2142 Divisional Knife Wars 5 begins tonight!

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An interview with the COD4 Division Captain

Posted by Ulric | 20 October 2009

An interview with Salvationjane777 the Division Captain of COD4 in TOG.

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COD4 - Never a Dull Moment

Posted by Ulric | 15 October 2009

In the TOG COD4 division, there is never a dull moment.

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COD4 Teamspeak Issue 1

Posted by Ulric | 15 October 2009

Initial issue of COD4 Teamspeak - a behind the scenes look at the Squads and Teams

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