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Heavy Rain Postmortem

Designer David Cage speaks.

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God of War III Guide

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GameSpy Debriefings #117

Our GDC 2010 report.

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What is LoL's past, present, and future?
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The inside scoop on 2010's most epic games.
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Portable, glasses-free 3D gaming. WTF!?
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Round 34,392... Fight!

Sharpen Your Blade: Samurai Shodown: Sen is Coming

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 29, 2010 12:45 PM | Comment

Nearly 17 years after the original was launched on the Neo Geo, the 11th installment in the Samurai Shodown franchise is set for release on the Xbox 360. Publisher Rising Star Games made the announcement today: Samurai Shodown: Sen arrives on April 16. Read More »

Rising Star Announces Samurai Shodown: Sen for the Xbox 360

Ari Gold Wants to Hug it Out with Game Developers

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 29, 2010 11:02 AM | Comment

Call of Duty creators and former Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West made headlines when they signed with the Hollywood heavyweights at Creative Artists Agency. According to the New York Times, it's something we'll be seeing more of in the near future as talent agents work to make themselves indispensable in the videogame industry. Read More »

Talent Agents Taking Root in Gaming Industry

BioWare's Big Reveal Not What You Think

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 29, 2010 9:22 AM | Comment

The mysterious countdown clock that appeared on BioWare's home page last week has reached 0:00. The clock created a flurry of hopeful speculation about sequels and DLC for some of BioWare's biggest titles, but the developer had something else in mind entirely: a fan-appreciation prize raffle called the BioWare Bazaar. Hit the jump for details. Read More »

BioWare Announces the Bazaar

Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer: Get Your Wild Bunch Ready

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 29, 2010 7:52 AM | Comment

The inaugural PAX East was, by all accounts, a smashing success, with more than 60,000 gamers attending the expo, firmly establishing Boston as a hub for videogames. And while little in the way of industry news broke, we do have some developments to share. Without further ado, the three things we learned at PAX East. Read More »

Three Things We Learned at PAX East

Brazen Hackers Jack Major Nelson's Live Account

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 29, 2010 6:37 AM | Comment

Xbox Live's Director of Programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb appeared to have lost it early this morning, adding some unsavory information to his Live account bio. Turns out Hyrb was the victim of a hacker looking to make a name for himself. Read More »

Major Nelson's Live Account Hacked

Oscar Winners on Board for Ghost Recon Short Film

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 26, 2010 1:44 PM | Comment

Ubisoft was just getting started with its live-action Assassin's Creed promos. According to Variety, the developer is now working with a pair of Oscar winners to create a 30-minute Ghost Recon: Future Soldier short film. Aaand action! Read More »

Ubisoft Making Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Short Film

Capcom Finds Breathing Room for Lost Planet 2

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 26, 2010 12:53 PM | Comment

Your return flight to E.D.N. III is arriving early. Capcom announced today Lost Planet 2 will ship one week prior to its previously announced release date and hit stores on Tuesday, May 11 for the Xbox 360 and PS3. And if that's not soon enough, fire up a vital suit for the final public demo, opening on April 21 on Live and PSN. Read More »

New Demo, Release Date for Lost Planet 2

Microsoft Confirms USB Storage

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 26, 2010 11:14 AM | Comment

Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb confirmed today what the rumor mill has been reporting for a week: USB storage is coming to the Xbox 360 on April 6. Details after the jump. Read More »

Microsoft Confirms USB Storage

Online and Off, Bungie Wants to Reward Players in Halo: Reach

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 26, 2010 9:49 AM | Comment

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare brought addictive, RPG-like leveling and upgrades to multiplayer shooters. Bungie aims to do much the same in Halo: Reach, but the developer is creating a system that rewards players no matter how they invest their time in the game. Read More »

The Return on Investment in Halo: Reach

Breach Declassified: Multiplayer Madness on XBLA this Summer

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 26, 2010 8:34 AM | Comment

Six Days in Fallujah developer Atomic Games provided scant details on its new game, Breach, in a faux classified document released on Monday. Today, however, the company has upped our clearance: Breach will bring a few new tricks to the military FPS genre this summer on Xbox Live Arcade. Set up a shooter's hole and line up your target after the jump. Read More »

Atomic Games Declassifies Breach

Gamer Sues GameStop Over Project $10

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 26, 2010 7:02 AM | Comment

GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo recently told investors Electronic Arts' strategy to entice gamers to choose new over used with DLC, Project $10, is not "compelling to a used game buyer." Based on a lawsuit filed against the retailer this week, DeMatteo couldn't be more wrong. Read More »

GameStop Sued Over DLC

Love that Dirty Water: PAX East Begins

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 26, 2010 6:10 AM | Comment

Boston's Hynes Convention Center opened in 1988 and has seen countless festivals, meetings, and gatherings in its 22 years. But the 193,000-square-foot facility has never seen anything like PAX East. Read More »

PAX East Taking Boston by Storm

League of Legends Postmortem

By Ryan Scott & Anthony Gallegos | PC Articles | Mar 25, 2010 9:00 PM | Comment

Inspired by the insanely popular Warcraft III scenario Defense of the Ancients, Riot Games' League of Legends has quickly made a name for itself in the competitive strategy-gaming scene since its late-2009 launch. It's free to play (with a revenue stream that revolves around microtransactions), it's insanely popular (just ask all the readers who voted it GameSpy's Reader's Choice PC Game of the Year!), and it's got a development team dedicated to making sure it stays as competitive as possible. We recently sat down with design director Tom "Zileas" Cadwell to talk about where LoL's been, where it's going, and what kinds of hurdles one must overcome when crafting a well-balanced competitive game. Read More »

League of Legends Postmortem

Microsoft to Get the Jump on E3 with Natal "Experience"

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 25, 2010 1:35 PM | Comment

It appears Microsoft doesn't want to share the E3 spotlight with its competitors. Via a media invite sent out today, Microsoft announced it will be holding a Project Natal "Experience" event on Sunday, June 13, two days before the Electronic Entertainment Expo officially begins. Read More »

Microsoft's Project Natal World Premier on June 13

Ubisoft: Sorry About That, Here's a Free Game

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 25, 2010 12:59 PM | Comment

The bad news is Ubisoft isn't changing its DRM strategy that shackles gamers to the Internet. The good news is the company is making peace offerings to PC gamers impacted by the recent server outages that made playing Assassin's Creed 2 near impossible. Read More »

Ubisoft Extends Olive Branch to PC Gamers

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"Inferno" Author Dante Alighieri Rapidly Mashing X In His Grave

Citing recent defilement of his iconic text, the rotting, angry corpse of the deceased Italian poet created a hauntingly rhythmic couplet of a new kind in the form of a furious button-mashing death rattle from beyond the afterlife. Can you hear that, EA?

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