Jetsetter: ‘Dark Room Sex Game’ returns for the next gen! Seriously!

This week in Jetsetter, the former Rare Ltd. staffer and Conker's Bad Fur Day designer Chris Seavor returns to Nintendo consoles for the first time in over a decade.

News         June 23, 2013

‘DuckTales Remastered’ preview: Mostly woo-oo

Capcom brings yet another gussied up level from DuckTales Remastered to E3 2013 and the game is shaping up nicely, even if it's lost some of its old school style.

Reviews         June 14, 2013

Jetsetter: Konami’s PES skips the next-gen, and kite fighting is apparently a thing

This week in Jetsetter, Konami decides to let Electronic Arts make the first move in next-gen console football, keeping its new Pro Evolution Soccer 14 on Xbox 360 and PS3.

News         June 7, 2013

Jetsetter: Xbox One may be region locked, but there’s still hope for import gamers

This week in Jetsetter, we look at back at Xbox consoles' troubled history with import games and why region-locking the Xbox One isn't the end of the world.

News         June 2, 2013

Jetsetter: How used games work on Xbox One according to UK retailers

This week in Jetsetter, Digital Trends looks to the United Kingdom for details on just how used games will be sold and played on Microsoft's new Xbox One.

News         May 28, 2013

Jetsetter: World of Tanks creator goes to war over Chinese copycat

This week in Jetsetter, World of Tanks creator Wargaming.net sets it sights on Chinese game developer over what it calls "disturbingly similar" Project Tank.

News         May 12, 2013

Skulls of the Shogun review: A perfectly executed slice of strategy

17-Bit Entertainment's comes roaring out the gate with a debut game that may not change the world but is a nearly perfect game of quick fix strategy. Skulls of the Shogun is an effervescent panacea of strategy hounds that need a break from XCOM.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus Review: Closing the book on Team Ninja’s darkest chapter

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus marks Team Ninja's second attempt to fix Ninja Gaiden 2, and while many of its refinements are welcome, they can only do so much.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

Under Defeat HD review: The shooter preservationist society

G.Rev's Under Defeat HD is a period piece in the best possible way, a polished recreation of a cult classic but also an ideal specimen of a lost gaming craft. They simply don't make shooters like this anymore, and this game demonstrates why that's a shame.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch review: A beautiful but slow world

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an expertly made role-playing game made in the old style, with sumptuous art and music. Excellent as it is, it's missing a central spark that made Level-5's past games so special.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

Fire Emblem Awakening review: A cruel, fair, and fine game of love and war

Nintendo's Fire Emblem: Awakening adds powerful stakes to the usual swords, sorcery and strategy of role-playing games. It's fantasy about love and death.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

‘Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon’ review: Mario’s little brother shines in the darkness

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is Next Level Games' very best work, and one of the best made for Nintendo 3DS.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate review (Wii U and 3DS): A JRPG that has grown up

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U is the finest of the series to cross the Pacific, though the same game fares less well on 3DS.

Reviews         May 6, 2013

Jetsetter: Amazon.com unleashes a dramatic Nintendo Wii U price drop in the UK

In Jetsetter this week, we look at the insane Nintendo Wii U price drop that's sweeping across UK retailers from Asda all the way to Amazon.com and others.

News         May 5, 2013

‘Defiance’ Most Wanted contest bridges the gap between MMO and TV show

Defiance will deliver on its cross media promise with a newly announced contest that promises to bring player avatars into the show.

News         April 30, 2013

BioShock Infinite DLC could bring in new companion character

BioShock Infinite has DLC on the way, and it may bring with it more than just new weapons and powers, based on one 2K staffer's LinkedIn resume.

News         April 30, 2013

Gears of War movie scriptwriting gig goes to the producer of Ted, Battleship

Epic Games is ready to try bringing Gears of War to the silver screen again, this time with Battleship producer Scott Stuber penning the script.

News         April 30, 2013

Wii U hack means that mod chips and headaches for Nintendo are incoming

Wii mod chip maker Wiikey enters Nintendo's next-gen with a cracked Wii U, reverse engineering the system's guts and opening the door for pirated games.

News         April 30, 2013

Leisure Suit Larry’s creator tells us what’s next for the hapless lothario

Al Lowe swore he'd retired just a couple years back but with the rebirth of his signature creation, Leisure Suit Larry, he's back in the game design business.

News         April 30, 2013

‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ drops longtime Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy

Kevin Conroy has been the voice of Batman in the Arkham games since 2009, but Warner Bros. is going with a younger actor for this year's Batman: Arkhem Origins.

News         April 29, 2013

Nintendo pushes past GameStop in an effort to sell cheap, used Nintendo 3DS handhelds

Nintendo is not known for affordable hardware prices anymore, but now that the company is getting into used console sales, it's aggressively lowering the price of a Nintendo 3DS.

News         April 29, 2013

Microsoft invades your walls with the Next Xbox and IllumiRoom

Considering how slow to unveil its Next Xbox Mirosoft has been over the past year, it's been remarkably forthcoming about the technologies, like IllumiRoom, that work with it.

News         April 29, 2013

Jetsetter: Summer 2013 brings a brand new game to the Sega Dreamcast

This week in Jetsetter, Germany's NG.DEV.TEAM bangs out NEO XYX, yet another old school shooter built for the Sega Dreamcast and SNK's ancient Neo-Geo console.

News         April 28, 2013

Starbreeze’s CEO discusses the rebirth of the studio

The Starbreeze of CEO Mikael Nemark is devoted to making original games like Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons rather than the licensed games that made the studio's name.

News         April 27, 2013

Director Josef Fares takes a break from Hollywood to try something new (and old), with ‘Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons’

Director Josef Fares has spent most of his career telling stories about families on the silver screen. Now he's lending his style to Starbreeze with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

News         April 26, 2013

Wii U update brings classic games to the eShop

As promised, Nintendo released a major update to the Wii U console this week, improving the machine's notoriously long loading times and introducing a wealth of other changes.

News         April 26, 2013

From the ashes of Liverpool studio closures comes a new PS Vita exclusive

Born from the ashes of Bizarre Creations, Lucid Games is embarking on its breakout year, and it may be returning to its signature series with Project Gotham Racing 5.

News         April 26, 2013

Capcom talks canceled games as well as its future on both consoles and smartphones

The future is wide open for Capcom since it announced that its canceled a number of games, most of which made up its March 2014 to 2015 schedule.

News         April 26, 2013

Sony doubles its profit forecast after last year’s record losses

Kax Hirai started his tenure as Sony CEO after the company recorded a record breaking annual loss of $5.7 billion. Now it expects better than planned profits for fiscal 2013.

News         April 25, 2013

Nintendo’s Wii U social network Miiverse is now accessible in your web browser

Nintendo has always been a little Internet-phobic, but that attitude may be changing with the Wii U social network Miiverse now accessible on the web.

News         April 25, 2013

Electronic Arts reportedly shutting down its EA Partners label

Electronic Arts has yet to formally confirm anything, but multiple unnamed sources confirm that the publisher will shut down its EA Partners label.

News         April 25, 2013

Zynga’s downward spiral continues as it shutters four more games

In 2010, Zynga was more valuable than Madden NFL maker Electronic Arts. Not anymore. Zynga is closing even more social network games as earnings disappoint.

News         April 25, 2013

‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ may end Rocksteady Games’ no multiplayer policy

Batman: Arkham Origins may be changing up the series in more ways the one. The prequel may also let players team up in multiplayer for the first time in the series.

News         April 24, 2013

Unity abandons Flash support after questioning Adobe’s commitment

Unity Technologies has branched out to support a huge number of new platforms recently, from Wii to PS4. It's abandoning at least one: Adobe Flash Player.

News         April 24, 2013