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How To Turn Your Android Phone Into A Gaming Powerhouse

Your Android phone isn’t just for widgets, talking, Google Now and photos. It can also be one of the world’s best gaming platforms, if you’re willing to spend a little time on it.


The First Time I Played The Last Of Us…

Was a year ago, but it was brief, just to prove that it was a real game so I could vote for it for a pre-release E3 game critic’s award…


Big Layoffs Hit The Studio Behind Defiance And Rift

We’re hearing of big layoffs at Trion Worlds, the company behind big online games like Rift and Defiance. One person connected to the company tells us that the layoffs have affected over 100 people, and that they were triggered by the underwhelming performances of both Defiance and Rift‘s first expansion, Storm Legion.


Talking To The PS4, Hints Of Rockstar’s Agent And Other Secrets

Editor’s note: The mysterious figure known as Superannuation digs through the Internet to find secrets companies don’t want to announce yet. All of what Superannuation finds is available to the public. Are these true gaming secrets? Or are they gaming red herrings planted to throw Superannuation off? Read on…


The Most Amazing Video Game Title Screens

We did a gallery on the most awesome continue screens a few weeks ago, so it’s only fair that we give their complement — start menus and title screens — the same treatment.


EA Has No Games In Development For Nintendo’s Wii U

Less than two years after vowing to deliver on an “unprecedented partnership” with Nintendo, gaming giant EA is quiet on the Wii U front.


What’s Wrong With The One I’ve Already Got?

It was a friend who helped put it in perspective.

His parents had an old CRT. They’d had it for over 20 years. It had books for legs. He vividly remembers the day it broke down. He trembled with excitement. He knew what that meant. Within a week a brand new 68cm Toshiba had been delivered to the family living room, complete with remote control. His parents set it up as he stared, eyes all googly. He’d longed for this moment.



The Australian Video Game That Took Eight Years To Build

Eight years. Eight long years. When Grant Davies and Nick Kovac started Endgame Studios in 2003 they couldn’t have imagined how long it would take to release their dream project. Broken promises, regrets, sacrifice. This is Fractured Soul, the cursed project. The game that history couldn’t contain.

Five Anime You Should Be Watching This Season

We are now about halfway through the Spring anime season of 2013, and for weeks now I have been bombarded with the question, “What anime should I be watching this season?”


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