After saving 'South Park: The Stick of Truth' from an uncertain future following the collapse of THQ, Ubisoft has stepped in to help polish the game.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
Trion Worlds’ ambitious and epic MMO on consoles does things no other game has done before and excels at them – when it works.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
With 'Star Trek', Digital Extremes and Namco Bandai have teamed with Paramount to attempt to offer a movie tie-in game that redefines what games based on movies can be. They have failed.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
The first campaign DLC for 'Dishonored' and the second expansion for Arkane Studio’s FPS, 'The Knife of Dunwall,' starring the former antagonist Daud, offers more of the same. And that’s a good thing
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
After surviving the fall of THQ, 4A Games’ Metro: Last Light finds a new home with Deep Silver. But the change in publisher hasn’t changed the feel of the series, and the expertly crafted narrative holds up.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
Naughty Dog makes it tough to say goodbye to the PlayStation 3, as 'The Last of Us' shows that you don’t need ultra-powerful hardware to tell a memorable story. And the story in 'The Last of Us' is among the best around.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
The Elder Scrolls series continues to roll on, reaching what many see as a natural evolution for the franchise. The ‘Elder Scrolls Online’ offers all the incredible content of the series that you’d expect, but in an MMO format.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
The developers behind the quirky titles ‘Tokyo Jungle’ and ‘Echochrome’ return with ‘rain,’ a PS3 digitally downloadable exclusive. We went hands on with it and want more.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
When ‘The Bureau: XCOM Declassified’ originally debuted back in 2010 as the “XCOM shooter,” it used a first person perspective before disappearing from sight. Three years later it returns with a third person perspective and a new focus. We talk to 2K Marin about how that shift happened.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
Although the highlight of the day was the reveal of the new Xbox One, Activision took the opportunity to unveil the next iteration of the world’s biggest franchise, Call of Duty: Ghosts.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
Blink and you’ll miss it, but Sony has released a teaser trailer giving us fleeting glimpses of what the PS4 will look like - in a very, very vague sort of way. We'll have to wait for E3 for the full reveal.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
With just under a month to go before ‘The Last of Us’ is released on the PlayStation 3, Sony gives us a closer look to show off the combat system. Your best bet: run for your life.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
Ubisoft Toronto’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist offers some familiar multiplayer modes, with a new twist.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
Disney and Marvel’s Phase Two kicks off with 'Iron Man 3' under the helm of director Shane Black. If this is Robert Downey Jr.’s swan song as some assume, he leaves the franchise on a high note.
| Entertainment Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
We look behind the scenes at the triage mentality at Trion during 'Defiance's first troubled week.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
Digital Extremes and Namco Bandai have teamed with Paramount to offer a movie tie-in game that redefines what games based on movies can be. They have failed.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
'Splinter Cell: Blacklist' art director Scott Lee's most recent work with Ubisoft involved light, shadow, and helping to give Sam Fisher a soul.
| Features | April 24, 2023 |
Today in Hollywood, CA, the official Call of Duty Championship kicked off. Check out the highlights from Day 1.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
The days of the simple, casual game on Facebook are coming to an end – just check out Rumble Games’ ‘Ballistic’ for proof.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
While we originally hoped to have our Defiance review posted this Friday, but technical difficulties with the Xbox 360 version have caused multiple delays.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
Grasshopper Manufacture is back with Killer is Dead, a cell shaded trip through the bizarre world of cyborg samurai assassins, from the mind of Suda 51
| News | April 24, 2023 |
EA has once again used GDC as a launching pad for a major game, this time unveiling DICE’s Battlefield 4.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
We go hands-on with Namco Bandai and Digital Extremes’ game that bridges the two Star Trek movies and reintroduces the classic foe, the Gorn.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
We chat with the Creative Director of Watch Dogs, about the development of the game, and the thin line between science fiction and technology.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
We spoke with Crystal Dynamics' Darrell Gallagher and Noah Hughes about bringing a gaming icon back to life.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
We spoke with God of War’s creative director, Todd Papy, about the upcoming game, and the decision to explore Kratos’ past rather than his future.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
After nearly a year of buildup and hype, Sony’s next-generation console is finally here. Or at least it is mostly here, and leaves an IOU for more to come.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
We talk with Brian Burleson, a Senior Producer at Gearbox involved with the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines. Unlike most licensed games based on a movie, Colonial Marines is different. It is an official, canonical entry into the Aliens universe.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
To make Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Ubisoft created Ubisoft Toronto and gave them the difficult task of making a stealth game with action that appeals to all.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
We recently had the chance to join a roundtable discussion with Visceral Games Vice President and General Manger Steve Papoutsis, who is also the executive producer of the Dead Space franchise. He addressed the concerns about the game focusing too heavily on combat, revealed his favorite product tie-in for the game, and explained why you won’t see "Dead Space 3" on the Wii U.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
The man with the tri-goggles returns for one final hurrah on this generation of consoles, and it may be the most accessible Splinter Cell yet.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
In a recent interview, Visceral Games VP Dead Space Executive Producer, Steve Papoutsis, confirmed that co-op was always something that Dead Space toyed with, long before it was introduced for Dead Space 3.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
We continue our holiday giveaways with a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for the Xbox 360. Read on to learn how to enter to win.
| News | April 24, 2023 |
We chat with Hitman: Absolution’s director, Tore Blystad about what makes this Hitman so special, the perils of linear storytelling, and the incredible future of gaming.
| Features | April 24, 2023 |
Sing Party attempts to cash in on the launch of Nintendo's latest console by catering to music fans, but fails to use the unique Wii U hardware to its fullest potential.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
Call of Duty is beginning to show its age, but can it still deliver to fans without reinventing itself? In a word, yes.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |
We speak with one of XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s lead producers, Firaxis Games’ Garth DeAngelis, about the stress behind releasing a major AAA title, the evolution of storytelling in games, and for the future.
| Guides | April 24, 2023 |
The Tom Clancy: Future Soldier, the DLC pack “Khyber Strike,” featuring 3 new multiplayer maps, a new game mode, and more, is available now.
| Reviews | April 24, 2023 |