Hail to the (Commander in) Chief Know what? There are a surprising number of video games out there where you run into the President of the United States. Sometimes theyre totally fictional constructs of that world (I’m looking at you, Hideo Kojima) and sometimes theyre the real deal. And then …
Read More »Nine years ago, 2K nabbed baseball exclusivity (and continued its war with EA)
Nine years ago this month, the sports genre was dealt a blow from which it has yet to recover. On January 24, 2005, Take-Two signed an exclusivity deal that prevented all other third-party publishers from making games based on the Major League Baseball license. The timing gave it an air …
Read More »Nintendo Fusion: Believable prototype, or outlandish rumor?
Don’t believe the hype, as rapper Flava Flav once cautioned America. In this case, the “hype” I’m referring to is any rumor and/or leak about the next console coming from Nintendo. Everyone in the gaming press is aware of Nintendo’s current unprofitability, thanks to poor sales of the Wii U. …
Read More »The best crowds in video games
Sports games are a crowded market It’s pretty inconsiderate of people, really, to flock to sports events and the like in such voluminous numbers. As a result, poor video game developers have had to spend the past two decades trying to do crowds right. One person on-screen? Easy. Ten people? …
Read More »What are you most thankful for about gaming?
You just had a super long day, man… and it was a bad day, too. You woke up and your goldfish was dead. You forgot to study for a test and failed it miserably. And to top it all off your car had a flat tire. You pop in your …
Read More »Interoffice Rivalries – Ask GamesRadar
Hello, dear readers! GamesRadar has an awesome community and we love hearing from you. We love it so much, in fact, that we created a show just for you! Our Community Manager Greg Henninger is going to sit down every week and answer your burning questions. This week’s questions come …
Read More »Telltales playing a Game of Thrones? Yes, please
The first thing that pops into my head when I hear someone mention Game of Thrones: DUUUN duun, da da DAAAA dun, dA Da dunnnnnnnnn. And then second: Damn the entire A Song of Ice and Fire saga and its unyielding chokehold on my attention. For me, few other novels–or …
Read More »John Carmack, mad scientist, leaves id Software completely to work on Oculus Rift
There’s a good chance you’ve already heard the news: industry vet John Carmack, one of the founders of id Software, is stepping back from the company he created to work as Chief Technical Officer for the Oculus Rift. Though he spent the last few months with a foot in both …
Read More »The best werewolves in video games
Hawoooo, werewolves of gaming Werewolves are scary as hell. One minute your friend Steve is sitting on a couch watching TV, the next he’s losing control, growing claws, and mauling your face off. In other words, he’s a typical video game character–ready to turn into a primal monster at the …
Read More »Ubisoft drops online passes from future games
Ubisoft is done with online passes. The publisher announced in a post on the UbiBlog today that Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will be the last game to implement the publisher’s system of discouraging and monetizing used game sales, Uplay Passport. Furthermore, all Black Flag owners–whether they purchased new or …
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