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…
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Review Shooter: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
Supernatural mystery writer Alan Wake returns less than 2 years after he infamously spent more than 5 years getting ready for his and developer Remedy Entertainment's Xbox 360 debut. Instead…
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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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…
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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…
A Peek into the Next Generation, Part 3: PlayStation 4
The 2011 holiday season marked 6 full years the Xbox 360 has been on the market in North America, and 5 full years for the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii.…