Wii Xbox 360 PS2 PS3 PSP Talk

Hot on the heals of the new Guitar Hero IV trailer comes this announcement of a new free track making its way to Guitar Hero III for the PlayStation 3. The free track is going to be based on the God of War series and will be out June 5. Not much else is known […]

Since it’s midweek, it’s time to check out the major original stories on big sister site Gamasutra and associated subsites - this time headed by our first-ever ‘Gamasutra 20′ for women in games.
Much kudos to Bonnie Ruberg for working with our panel to put it together - I think this is a model for […]

I’ve given Square Enix a bit of a ribbing now and then for its constant remakes and whoring of Final Fantasy VII, but when Squeenix does something right, it does something damn right. While other companies (which shall remain nameless) claim it takes months upon months to localize, the house of Final Fantasy has announced […]

If Samit’s recent HD Akuma spotting wasn’t enough to convince you, this scan from the latest issue of Famitsu (spotted on michiyoyoshiku’s C-blog) will officially confirm that the rumors are true — 2D fighting games are back from the dead. Capcom may have lost the license to make games featuring Marvel characters, but that hasn’t […]

[Editor’s note: Who says changing your favorite game has to be in the realm of practicality? I would totally play BigPopaGamer’s version of Madden. Read on for his take on improving the Madden series as part of the Monthly Musings. — CTZ] 
So for those of you that know me, you know I am a […]

For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, like I have, the screenshots attached to this post will surely cause your pants to tent. Capcom has just put out three brand-spankin’-new images of Akuma in all his high-definition glory, and they look just as awesome as all […]

If there’s anyone who knows a thing or two about whips, it’s Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi. Considering his history with the game industry dating back to the early 90s, he also knows a bit about making a decent game.
So how about that Castlevania game for the Wii where the Wii Remote is swung like a […]

It wasn’t long ago that Tiff got her paws on a playable demo of Konami’s upcoming Silent Hill: Homecoming. You guys are just going to have to settle for some new screenshots. Sorry!
All of the screens are painfully dark, which can mean either one of two things — they’ve nailed the atmosphere, or you’re just […]

Illustration by Ashley Davis. Jealousy by Anthony Burch.
To even say that we really focused on "news" this week is a bit of an overstatement: we talked about videogames, yeah, but more often than not we just used news stories as a jumping-off point to BS about our own personal topics. It’s still a pretty solid […]

[In this editorial, Gamasutra Editor At Large Chris Remo takes a look at some of the alternatively laidback and frenetic design angles within Grand Theft Auto IV, making a case that it’s the slow periods of gameplay that really make the title’s longevity as much as the big action sequences.]
Having just played through Rockstar […]

keep looking »