Jetsetter: Can PS4 replace the PS2 in India?

This week in Jetsetter, we look back at the PlayStation 2's impressive history in India on the eve of PlayStation 4's release in the country this winter.

News         December 22, 2013

Jetsetter: Rayman and the French New Wave

This week in Jetsetter, we consider what role the limbless hero Rayman and his creator Michel Ancel fill in the pantheon of video game history.

News         December 15, 2013

Jetsetter: Microsoft backs away from Canada, making the UK the home of Xbox One

This week in Jetsetter, we look at how the deeply American Microsoft continues to expand and contract its game development operations abroad.

News         December 8, 2013

Jetsetter: Nintendo’s import future lies in the arts rather than games

This week in Jetsetter, we find Nintendo easing down on its across the board region-locking of the Nintendo 3DS.

News         December 1, 2013

Jetsetter: Forget the Xbox One, ‘Persona 5’ is here!

This week in Jetsetter, we celebrate the biggest event in the gaming year that was 2013! No, not the release of Xbox One! It's the countdown to Persona 5.

News         November 24, 2013

Jetsetter: Japan still wins when it comes to console launches

This week in Jetsetter, the launches of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One get us all misty eyed and look backward on the biggest launches in the old gaming days of Japan.

News         November 17, 2013

Jetsetter: Could Nintendo go back to being a Japan-only game maker?

Jetsetter casts its gaze back towards Nintendo again as the company reports disappointing Wii U sales in the third quarter. Could Nintendo survive purely on domestic business?

News         November 10, 2013

Jetsetter: Sony teases the return of the PocketStation, proving weird never dies

This week in Jetsetter, we look at how the international gaming market in countries like India, Russia, and China are keeping devoted gaming consoles alive.

News         November 2, 2013

Jetsetter: Britannia, the golden land of Nintendo import games

This week in Jetsetter, we turn our eyes to Great Britain. While the UK doesn't seem like a mine for import gamers, it's become a treasure trove for Nintendo fans.

News         October 27, 2013

Prom dresses and weird fantasy: Hands-on with ‘Lightning Returns’

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is as weird as the series has ever been with its prom dresses and multi-mouthed boulders, but it's also a return to longtime series staples with its heavier focus on exploration and discovery.

Reviews         October 24, 2013

Jetsetter: Angry Birds go Bollywood as Rovio tries to take India

This week in Jetsetter, we talk about how games change when they cross cultures and look at how the maker of Angry Birds is thinking about changing its game in India.

News         October 20, 2013

Jetsetter: Wii U sales jump 685-percent in the UK

This week in Jetsetter, Nintendo manages to get a little Wii U love in the United Kingdom thanks to The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD.

News         October 13, 2013

Jetsetter: Japanese retailers keep PlayStation 4 pre-orders tight

This week in Jetsetter, we take a look at how Japanese retailers are prepping for the PlayStation 4 on the weekend that pre-orders open in Sony's homeland.

Guides         October 6, 2013

Jetsetter: Sega keeps its most promising games locked up in Japan

This week Jetsetter casts its wandering gaming eye to Sega. The once great console contender has fallen on hard times, and its keeping its best games, like Yakuza 5, locked up.

News         September 29, 2013

Jetsetter: Without Hiroshi Yamauchi we wouldn’t have Mario, Doom, or Halo

This week in Jetsetter, we explore a video game world without Hiroshi Yamauchi. Without the one-time president of Nintendo, we would live in a very different world.

News         September 22, 2013

Jetsetter: Sony’s PS Vita TV may not make it way to the West

This week in Jetsetter, Sony announces that its new PS Vita TV console won't be making it to the US or Europe any time soon, as it's an Asia exclusive for now.

Reviews         September 15, 2013

Is the Madden franchise broken? Maybe, but we can fix it

'Madden 25' sold 1 million copies in its first week. That number is lower than last year, but shows there is still a huge audience for the game, even if development is stagnating. We look at a few ways to fix the franchise.

News         September 12, 2013

Jetsetter: Japanese supergroup makes ‘Mighty No. 9,’ a thoroughly modern Mega Man

This week Jetsetter shines a spotlight on Keiji Inafune as he returns to his platforming roots alongside a who's who of Mega Man developers for Mighty No. 9.

News         September 2, 2013

Jetsetter: The PS4’s British soul, and a price cut in Europe is not the same as a price cut in the US

This week in Jetsetter, we look at how Sony is keeping the PlayStation line's British soul alive on PlayStation 4 with an Amiga classic remake, Shadow of the Beast.

News         August 26, 2013

Jetsetter: Sony delivers a crazy PS Vita price drop in Hong Kong

This week in Jetsetter, Asia continues to have all the PS Vita price drop fun. Sony follows the Japanese PS Vita price drop with an even steeper one in Hong Kong.

News         August 17, 2013

Jetsetter: Persona 5 the Hedgehog? Sega tries to buy Atlus

This week in Jetsetter, the intrepid RPG maker Atlus hits the auction block as its parent company drowns. Who might be buying? None other than Sega Sammy Holdings.

Guides         August 9, 2013

Passion of the fanboy: What happens when angry kids threaten to kill you over a game?

Recent changes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 left some gamers frothing at the mouth, and some evening threatening to kill the developer responsible. But were they serious or not – and how should the law respond?

News         August 5, 2013

Jetsetter: Capcom brings back Breath of Fire … sort of

This week in Jetsetter, Capcom brings back one of its most beloved series after ten years as an online mobile game with simple touch controls. Fans react accordingly.

News         August 4, 2013

Jetsetter: Go on a date with the creator of Mega Man in one last PSP game

This week in Jetsetter, feast your eyes on last PSP game where you play as a young woman, trying to find love and save an amusement park, co-starring her Mega Man-inventing uncle.

News         July 28, 2013

Jetsetter: Strider returns on PS4 and Xbox One

This week in Jetsetter, we look at Capcom's surprise announcement of Strider HD, a new sequel to its classic arcade games. Will it be an authentic sequel, though?

News         July 21, 2013

Jetsetter: A new Ratchet & Clanks means new bushy eyebrows

This week in Jetsetter, we look at what kind of awesomeness people can expect from the Japanese version of the last Ratchet & Clank game on PlayStation 3.

News         July 14, 2013

Jetsetter: Nintendo’s weak library is due in part to HD gaming

This week in Jetsetter, Digital Trends takes a long look at Nintendo's Japanese game development process and its antiquated policies on blocking games by region.

News         July 7, 2013

How the Xbox’s departed boss went from gamemaker to executive playmaker

Don Mattrick, the brand new CEO of Zynga, has walked a long path up through the ranks of the video game industry, starting as an enthusiastic game designer.

News         July 2, 2013

Jetsetter: Australia, censorship, and the banning of ‘Saints Row IV’

This week in Jetsetter, Australia bans Saints Row IV, continuing that country's struggle with censorship even after the introduction of the R18+ rating.

News         June 29, 2013

OUYA signs Portal’s creator to an exclusive, while one of ‘Journey’s’ creators joins the team

Portal creator Kim Swift is making an original OUYA game with Airtight Games. Meanwhile OUYA has hired Journey co-creator Kellee Santiago to work with its developers.

Reviews         June 27, 2013

Fez, Xbox creators judge next indie superstars in Ouya contest

The Ouya no longer stands alone as the only Android-based game console coming out in 2013, but it does benefit from unusually strong developer support already. Now the console's creators are holding a contest to encourage new indie developers to flock to the system.

News         June 27, 2013

Kickstarter sensation Double Fine Adventure will be an OUYA exclusive on consoles

Double Fine raised more than $3 million for Double Fine Adventure in 2012. OUYA, another Kickstarter star, be the only game console to host the game this year.

News         June 27, 2013

The Ouya console is coming soon to a retailer near you

Many hyped-up Kickstarter projects get delayed but Android video game console Ouya is right on schedule. The device is out in March for Kickstarter backers.

News         June 27, 2013

OUYA 2 in 2014, OUYA 3 in 2015: Android game console will follow the mobile lifecycle

68,000 people have already purchased an OUYA game console. Those customers should keep $100 free for next year too: There will be a new OUYA every year..

News         June 27, 2013