Halo ‘desperately needs a kick-start’
Mailbox: Step up and shout your head off… In our last Mailbox David Lucas assessed Black Ops’ multiplayer with some disdain. Click here to read the full article Related Stories…
Time Machine: Shiren The Wanderer
I wandered lonely as a clo… *killed*. The Old English poem The Wanderer aptly captures the Shiren experience. In it, a wanderer (yes) ponders all that is lost to him.…
Independent Games Festival 2011 competition finalists announced
Out of nearly 400 entries, the 2011 Independent Games Festival has narrowed down finalists into six categories for another year’s festivities, culminating in the actual awards presentation on March 2.…
1UP’s Apache: Air Assault Giveaway
1UP’s Apache: Air Assault PS3 Game Giveaway How To Play Want your chance to win our favorite Helicopter game? We’ll post a secret message on our homepage, right next to…
Artwork surfaces from canned Midway game, ‘Hero’
Concept illustrator Stephan Martiniere worked at Midway Chicago until August of 2008. Some time before he left the company to work at id Software, he inked concept art for a…
The Best of Big Download: Dec. 27 – Jan. 2
Happy New Year! Now that all of the parties are done and we can look forward to the next 12 months, let’s take a quick look back at the past…
The Court Decision That Birthed Bobby Kotick
Twenty-five years ago today, a judge in the federal district court in San Francisco found that game publisher Activision had infringed on a patent filed in 1979 by Ralph Baer,…
Atlus’ mysterious ‘Catherine’ getting 360/PS3 demo
Designed to demonstrate the still unknown gameplay. What the hell is Catherine? That’s the question even people who’ve pledged to buy Atlus’ PS3/360 game are still asking, and the game’s…
Monster Hunter 3 headed to 3DS?
3DS’ arrival suggests "the time to switch to a new platform is coming," hints Capcom CEO. Capcom CEO Haruhiro Tsujimoto has hinted that the next iteration of Monster Hunter could…
Tool-assisted speedrun shows Super Mario 64 beaten in five minutes
A group of five speedrunners has beaten Super Mario 64 with no stars in just five minutes. To do so, they used a whole bag of tricks, including glitches, weird…
