The Week in Gaming News

Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of October 31, 2011....  read more

The 20 Best Videogames of 2010

This year, Sony and Microsoft both jumped onto the motion-sensing wagon trail, the God Of War series drew to a close, and lower-budget downloadable titles proved they could hold their own next to bajillion-budget mainstream games.  read more

Start Press: Project Natal Better Get Ready To Rumble

As I press the electric razor to my face, it vibrates in my hand, emitting that familiar shrill hum. I finish mowing the overnight stubble from my chin and shut off the razor. For a second afterward, my hand courses with a dull ghost vibration. As I turn the key in the ignition of my old beater ride, I feel the engine buck and settle into a low idle before I shift into gear. In a confrontation with a knife-wielding assailant, I feel the thud of his rushing body as it collides with mine. Quantic Dream’s new interactive thriller Heavy...  read more

Heavy Rain Review (PS3)

Developer: Quantic Dream Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 3 Interactive thriller is remarkably brave, but only periodically thrilling The videogame industry has been outgrossing Hollywood by a “Gerry Brookhymer who?” kind of margin for years now, but game developers can’t stop using motion pictures as the benchmark for their own visual-presentation and storytelling endeavors. To the point that, in game marketing, the word “cinematic”—though qualitatively neutral—is now assumed to be interchangeable with modifiers like “mind-blowing” or “amazing.” I don’t get the sense that many gamers have bothered to question this logic. It’s true that both games and movies are...  read more