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WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 Review: A Game For Smart People

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | You can read here a wrestling game review, written by a lapsed wrestling fan (me!). But first, I challenge Flower fans and Ico lovers to find a better gaming subject for their college thesis than Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010. More »
News

Older Ratchet Games Unlock Bonuses In New One

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | One perk that an old Ratchet game unlocks in the forthcoming Ratchet sequel is useful. The other perk, is not. More »
News

If Only There Were PS2 Games On The PSN…

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Do you dream about things? We don’t. Dreaming is for dreamers. We prefer to spend our spare time thinking merely of things that should be, but are not. More »
News

So, How Many Homes Have A Games Console?

2:40PM Luke Plunkett | We hear a lot about how gaming has gone “mainstream” these days, that everyone is playing on a Wii, or a PS2, or whatever. Well, they’re not. More »
Features

The Real Video Game Danger: They’re Too Safe?

8:00AM Brian Crecente | The summers of my childhood were marked with scars. Good scars, not bad ones. More »
Culture

Mega64 Takes Elite Beat Agents To The Streets

10:00AM Mike Fahey | The guys at Mega 64 are up to their old tricks again, this confusing the non-gaming public with a live-action performance of hit Nintendo DS rhythm game Elite Beat Agents.

Does Gaming Make You More Productive?

10:40AM Stuart Houghton | PC World Business Centre has an interesting article up about gaming in the workplace that looks at the way some companies are using games as team building tools, rewards and incentives. More »

Fable II Site Launches, Fabulous Prizes Await

4:20AM Mike Fahey | Microsoft and Lionhead have launched the official Xbox site for Fable II, and much like the site for the original Fable it contains a charming interactive storybook for fans of the series to play through, only this time there are prizes involved! The cutout story tells the tale of your character’s ancestor as he deals with the death of his parents and his search for love and vengeance. Depending on the choices you make as you play through it, you will be awarded one of five special in-game items for your troubles. More »

Church Of England Thinks Games Can Be Force For Good

10:40AM Stuart Houghton | A bunch of Church and charity leaders gather around a table to discuss video games and their impact on society – surely a recipe for military-grade Moral Outrage, no? More »

The Many Street Fighter Covers of Games TM

7:00AM Brian Crecente | What you’re looking at is half of the sixteen covers that will be shared out among Issue 73 of Games TM Magazine. That’s right, Games created a cover for each of the playable Street Fighter IV characters. Imagine Publishing thinks it may be the biggest split run ever done on a games magazine. I hope they reprint all of the covers as a poster. Hit the jump for the full run. More »