Categories Posted inin Business Metacritic works: Why the review-aggregation site is important for the average consumer Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 7, 2013 9 min For people who like games but are too busy for message boards, Metacritic is one of the fastest ways to spend money wisely. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Last of Us creators compare their blockbuster game’s beginning and ending (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 8 min What are you supposed to feel with the drama around the bookend images of Naughty Dog's big game? Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Flamethrowers and super hearing: the gameplay decisions in The Last of Us (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 8 min The combat is deliberately more ugly and focused than the spectacular scenes in Naughty Dog's Uncharted series. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business What inspired The Last of Us (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 7 min Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann explain what inspired them to create The Last of Us video game. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business The definitive interview with the creators of Sony’s blockbuster The Last of Us (part two) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 16 min Why do the Clickers seem like chickens? And what is so haunting about the beginning and ending of this memorable game? Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Last of Us creators react to critics of game’s female characters (exclusive interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 5, 2013 6 min The Last of Us creators Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley explain how they came up with memorable female characters. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The definitive interview with the creators of Sony’s blockbuster The Last of Us (part 1) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 5, 2013 10 min The characters. The inspirations. The intentions. The creators tell us what they aimed for. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony Online Entertainment shows EverQuest Next to its hardcore fans Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 2, 2013 6 min The new version will accept fan-created content, include destructible environments, and feature upgraded 3D graphics. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Fez II cancelled, Nintendo reports profit despite poor Wii U sales Posted byby GamesBeat August 2, 2013 3 min If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA’s top geek Scott Cronce steers us through gaming’s future technology (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2013 12 min Cronce gives us perspective on what the newest technology means for game development. Continue Reading 12 min