PlayStation

Naughty Dog Calls Out Video Games For Weak Stories, Promises To Blow Brains With The Last Of Us

Sure, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series is a benchmark for narrative, cinematic gaming. But from the way Naughty Dog is talking up their new franchise to Eurogamer, the upcoming PlayStation-exclusive The Last of Us is going to have a lot to live up to — especially in a setting as well-trodden as the zombie apocalypse.


November 30, 2011
Nintendo

Their Goal Was To Make A Video Game That Felt Like A Holiday

Video games as cinematic blockbusters? Sure. Video games as texts? I’ve heard that one too. Video games as holidays? That one was new to me, but that’s the concept Nintendo’s Yoshiaki Koizumi had when he was telling me (quoted above in postcard format) about his team’s approach to making a Super Mario game for a home console, as opposed to making a portable one like this month’s Super Mario 3D Land.


November 19, 2011
Nintendo

Reggie Says Skyward Sword Will Forever Be The Best Game Of All Time

Reggie Fils-Aime is not one to mince words, and while we also believe Skyward Sword is fantastic, he thinks it’s the best game ever.


November 9, 2011
PlayStation

Waiting For A Crash Bandicoot Comeback

Spyro the Dragon made a comeback this year, co-starring in Activision’s ambitious Skylanders series, but what about Spyro’s PlayStation contemporary, that loud-mouthed anti-Mario called Crash Bandicoot?


September 22, 2011
News

What It Will Take To Win The Next Console War

Veteran video game designer Soren Johnson doesn’t pick Great Motion Controls or Best Graphics as the most important weapon in the next generation of video game console wars. He picks the thing that Apple’s doing so well.


August 31, 2011
PC

Gabe Newell Wants To Call ‘MOBA’ Game Genre ‘ARTS’

Valve’s Gabe Newell on the genre of DOTA 2.


August 9, 2011
News

London Riots Inspire Fresh Grand Theft Auto Finger Pointing

What has spurned hundreds to take to the streets of London to riot, burn and loot? According to the London Evening Standard newspaper, the city’s continuing — and spreading — riots have their roots in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto.


July 12, 2011
News

The Role Felicia Day Was Born To Play

Felicia Day prematurely answers the casting call for the Space Invaders movie on Google+.


July 7, 2011
News

Zynga Serves Pinecone Syrup, Japanese Mayonnaise For Office Lunches

The Wall Street Journal reports on the new tech boom and all of those wonderful perks it brings with it.


June 28, 2011
News

Know Your Rights

Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia defends the Supreme Court’s decision to keep violent video games in the hands of California gamers based on the First Amendment.