Author: Jason Ragatz

It’s a Console! It’s a PC! It’s…Steam Box?

  DID YOU SAY STEAM BOX? This weekend a particularly bizarre rumor broke out over the interwebz. Tech outlet The Verge broke the story that esteemed game developer and digital distribution prognosticator Valve is...

Where–and when–will Assassin’s Creed III be set?

Ahh yes, Assassin’s Creed, one of this generation’s darling new blockbuster franchises and quite likely the preeminent historical fiction video game series. We’ve already played as Altair, an assassin from the Holy Land during...

Review Shooter: Shank 2

The ruthless ex-hitman Shank is back on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC for another round of hyper-violent 2D brawling This time the entry fee comes at a slightly more affordable price, launching...

DICE 2012: Sefton Hill on the Arkham Approach

Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain. While the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC) has grown increasingly commercialized, the annual DICE summit remains a game conference about a certain type of person in the game industry: the developers....

DICE 2012: David Jaffe’s Rant Against “Story Games”

Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain. While the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC) has grown increasingly commercialized, the annual DICE summit remains a game conference about a certain type of person in the game industry: the developers....

DICE 2012: Todd Howard’s Keynote

Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain. While the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC) has grown increasingly commercialized, the annual DICE summit remains a game conference about a certain type of person in the game industry: the developers....

Editorial: Why Rockstar Should Launch GTA V in July

It was only a few years ago that there was only one window in which to release an extremely high-profile, triple-A “killer-app” video game. You know, the kind of game that is not simply...

Review Shooter– Run Roo Run

What if Canabalt, Scribblenauts, and Cut the Rope had some magical three-way baby? It would probably resemble Run Roo Run, the latest project from developer 5th Cell, known mostly for the aforementioned Scribblenauts and...