BloodRayne: Betrayal: There but for the grace of gore go I
When BloodRayne: Betrayal begins, grim orchestral music swells as the redheaded Rayne enters a gloomy forest. This world is equal parts melancholy and melodramatic, and despite the gorgeous vibrancy of its incredible 2D sprite a...
Battlefield 3 finally shown on consoles, with graphical quality detailed
Battlefield 3 is being heavily promoted as a PC release, but last week it was shown running on the PlayStation 3 during an episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The game looked great—we've embedded a video of it...
Feature: How the indie Jamestown, a 2D shooter and instant classic, was born
Jamestown is a 2D, top-down shoot-em-up for the PC. It is $10 on Steam, and you should buy it. The story is simple: you play as Sir Walter Raleigh, and you're fighting your way through 17th century British Colonial......
Why Game of Thrones is the best thing on television
We live in a world where the Lord of the Rings has been filmed well, there was a Watchmen movie that came from a major studio, and even the Walking Dead has been made into an episodic television series....
Week in gaming: Duke Forever, Battlefield 3, Skyrim
So... played any good games lately? Our admittedly harsh review of Duke Nukem Forever drew strong thoughts from both sides of the debate, as did the resulting PR implosion when a company working on the game's publicity threatened...
Alice: Madness Returns brings solid platforming, tedious length
The original Alice title was a PC exclusive, and remains a collector's item for fans of the darker take on an already dark story. We now have a sequel to that game that continues the story of Alice while...
Battlefield 3 preorder bonus to be free to all later this year
Fans of the upcoming Battlefield 3 have been fuming about the retailer-specific preorder bonuses that were announced after E3. EA has heard the complaints, and the company is now assuring gamers that the content in the "Physical ...
Interview: Dust 514 on PS3 will help, hurt EVE Online players in new ways
Halldor Fannar, CTO at CCP, has few illusions about what Dust 514 means for EVE Online, the studio's sci-fi/spaceship MMO. The PlayStation Network exclusive is designed to Interact concurrently and persistently with EVE Online, w...
Telltale’s Jurassic Park will delight film fans, frustrate everyone else
After spending 20 minutes playing the upcoming PC and console title Jurassic Park: The Game, I wasn't entirely convinced its subtitle was appropriate. It's structured like a television series, based on a film, and is wordy l...
Duke Nukem’s PR threatens to punish sites that run negative reviews
A large part of my job is dealing with people who work in public relations. The vast majority of those whose do PR for video game companies are polite, well-intentioned, and extremely professional. They need us to get their...
Feature: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
In the first few moments of Duke Nukem Forever, your character pees in a urinal and then earns an achievement for reaching into a toilet and extracting a piece of human excrement. Why does the...
LulzSec hackers demand hats, threaten release of Brink user data
The ultra-busy LulzSec hacking group claims it now has the personal data of over 200,000 users of the game Brink. "Bethesda, we broke into your site over two months ago. We've had all of your Brink users for weeks,"...
