Managing player expectations
I race down neon-lit highways, toward the edge of this dystopian metropolis. Thoughts of the chaos left in my wake haunt me. I know...
Crysis 2’s Nanosuit hogs the spotlight in multiplayer
A state-of-the-art cybernetic suit has its privileges, but it's also one greedy attention whore. I'll keep this one short. First-person shooter Crysis 2 touts...
Video Blips: Bulletstorm, Final Fantasy Versus 13, SOCOM 4, and more
Can you imagine Bulletstorm's Grayson Hunt starring in a stifling educational video on how to earn points in the game? No? You're right, he'd...
Running the PR obstacle course
I'm extremely comfortable with one area of video-game journalism: the interview. The challenging part isn’t conducting them; it's setting them up in the first...
The Geekbox – Episode 102
The Geekbox — Episode 102 (2011-01-27) Wherein we discuss the 1st 87th Annual Geekboxies, awesome games, the year in TV, Oscar nominees, editing Wikipedia,...
Doodle Jump game maker Lima Sky goes Hollywood with movie deal
Doodle Jump, an enormously popular game on the iPhone, is going Hollywood in a marketing deal with Universal Pictures, which plans to cross-promote the...
New version of Angry Birds game will tie into animated movie Rio
The Angry Birds juggernaut continues. The mobile game has been downloaded tens of millions of times in the past year and it has broken...
When games invade the real world
I frequently have those crossover moments when games become more real than real life itself. When you catch yourself planning a double jump. When...
Canada’s Real Ventures announces lean startup program for games
Canadian game startups can look forward to receiving private support from a Montreal incubator program announced at a video game finance conference in Toronto....
News Blips: Sony unveils PSP successor, Brian Wilson endorses MLB 2K11, impressive day-one Magicka sales, and more
OK, Sony, you've totally confused me: Handheld platforms are the wave of the future, the PlayStation 3 is riddled with security holes, and you...