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Pokemon Conquest strategically designed to bring in new players
Going into my interview with Pokemon Conquest director Hisashi Koinuma, the DS strategy game seemed like the most inscrutably random agglomeration of…
Post-Crysis 3, Crytek goes free-to-play
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli revealed that all future projects from the company will be free-to-play, according to an interview with VideoGamer.com. Yerli…
THQ’s new prez stands behind Montreal studio, though ‘there may be empty seats’
When THQ announced its Montreal, Canada-based studio in 2009, the plan seemed a bit on the ambitious side. 400 new employees across…
Fame is always just over the Forza Horizon
Ralph Fulton of Playground Games was very insistent that Forza Horizon is not, in fact, an arcade racing game. It may take…
Halo mastermind takes his sci-fi shooter chops to mobile gaming with Industrial Toys
Alex Seropian, Bungie co-founder and creator of the Halo franchise, has a new studio focused on creating mobile, hardcore games, and his…
League of Legends EU accounts hacked, no billing info at risk
League of Legends accounts in certain European regions have been hacked, Riot Games notified players yesterday. The EU West and EU Nordic…
Star Wars 1313 offers a peek into our very pretty future
Star Wars 1313 may be our first look into the next generation of games – at least the next generation according to…
UFC 3 failed to break even at 2 million units, report claims
UFC Undisputed 3 failed to break even – which triggered the sale of the UFC license to Electronic Arts – THQ representatives…
Tank! Tank! Tank! is E3’s least effective Wii U showcase, is fun regardless
Tank! Tank! Tank! may not be what I would have shown off at E3 with innovative new hardware. It’s fun in a…
PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read
E3 is an amazing thing, but when you’re there (and working), you don’t always get to see that many games. So I’ve…
E3: First Screenshots of ‘Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013’ for iPad
On Friday we posted a hands-on of the upcoming Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013. It was great. Really great,…
PlayStation Plus ‘amplified’ with more games, all other offers remain in place
During Sony’s E3 2012 press conference, Jack Tretton announced the addition of a bunch of new games to PlayStation Plus as part…
David Jaffe aims to create a free-to-play shooter
God of War and Twisted Metal designer David Jaffe talked about plans to create a free-to-play, browser-based shooter in an interview with…
The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for rest and recuperation. Or that’s the fantasy. In reality you are just fighting on another front, in a different…
Cardboard Children: Divinare
Hello youse. What’s that? You want me to recommend a new game that you might like? How can I possibly do that?…
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is its own game mode
Lately, I’ve been subjecting myself to cruel amounts of Tetris on Game Boy. The 1989 classic certainly isn’t the best version of…
‘Pikmin 3′ Hands-On Preview
The initial lineup of games for the Wii U has been revealed, and ‘Pikmin 3’ is easily one of the most anticipated….
Neal Stephenson’s Making A Game, Called CLANG
Bam. Neal Stephenson, the author of science and historical fiction like Snow Crash and The System Of The World, has just announced…