Respawn Entertainment hires seven Modern Warfare veterans
Fired from Activision Blizzard’s Infinity Ward game studo, shooting game gurus Vince Zampella and Jason West have started Respawn Entertainment and are busy hiring...
Specialism vs. Generalism: Why We Don’t Want Four Red Mages in our Party
Editor's note: Liam looks at where games are trending toward nowadays, with some interesting observations (even referencing Dungeons & Dragons) and one pretty cool...
The Top 10 Weirdest Zelda Characters
The word "bizarre" doesn't come close to describing the land of Hyrule. The presence of several awkward, maladjusted, and otherwise insane characters leads me...
Musings of a Gamer: Favorite Underrated Games
Editor's note: Mike's favorite underrated games certainly deserve the title — I haven't heard of half of his choices, let alone played them. What...
Video Blips: Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta, Alan Wake Prequel, Blur, and More
Bungie's Luke Timmins takes home the "gleeful engineer" award for being incessantly giddy about finding bugs. Video Blips: • Halo fans, don't despair at...
The Geekbox — Episode 62
The Geekbox — Episode 62 (2010-04-20) Wherein we discuss sports stadiums, the latest on why Joss Whedon is awesome, multimillion-dollar sparkly horsies, 3D Dot...
You Don’t Have To Play Games To Judge Them
Editor's Note: I agree with Cameron's idea only on the most basic, literal level. While nothing physically prevents you from passing judgment on a...
Microsoft’s video game business turns a profit
Microsoft‘s video game division reported a profit as the game industry started to show signs of bouncing back from the recession that has hampered...
Social Gaming Summit is right around the corner (VB discount included)
These are very exciting times for the rapidly evolving social-gaming space. The Social Gaming Summit will bring together leaders in free-to-play games, social networking,...
With hits scarce, Sega cuts staffers in U.S. and Europe
Sega West, a division of the Japanese video game maker Sega, has just implemented a major restructuring of its business in North America and...