Off the rails!
...and here's why.
Steel yourself!
The best-selling PC gaming franchise in history is making its way to consoles. EA Play announced today life simulation game The Sims 3 is being ported to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and the Nintendo DS handheld. Hit the jump for details. Read More »
Dear Mr. Ebert,
I would like to offer my sincerest thanks to you for recently stating in your column that videogames can never be art. Noting the content drought on many game enthusiast websites, you selflessly decided to peel the crusted top off of the cesspool that is the games-as-art debate, to present us gamers with the opportunity to wallow in our own intellectual feces for a solid week-and-a-half. And with bony fists raised in impotent rage and eyes fixed unflinchingly on our navels, we took up the call. Read More »
Great concept, poor execution. That sums up the general response to Tony Hawk's 2009 wireless skateboard peripheral game, Ride. But according to publisher Activision, you won't just ride in the next title in the Tony Hawk franchise, you'll Shred. Read More »
Electronic Arts washed its hands of the alleged Madden cover jinx, allowing fans to choose which star would appear on Madden NFL 11. And the fans have spoken: New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is the lucky -- or if you believe in the jinx, unlucky -- winner. Read More »
A NeoGAF member claiming to work at a Play 'N' Trade posted that two of the Nintendo Wii's most highly anticipated games, Sin and Punishment and Metroid: Other M, have been bumped. And based on the shuffling of dates by two major retailers, it appears to be more than just scuttlebutt. Read More »
On Wednesday, we shared with you the news all-time PC classic XCOM is being remade. Not wanting to be left out of the old school spotlight, Interplay announced its plans to release another quintessential example of PC gaming: 1995's 3D spaceship shooter Descent is coming to WiiWare this fall. Read More »
Nintendo continues to release brief gameplay trailers and screenshots as it counts down to the May 23 release of Super Mario Galaxy 2. And in one such screenshot, it appears the company leaked Mario's next adventure will feature a new multiplayer game mode. Read More »
Final Fantasy XIII, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and God of War III made March a month to remember in the videogame industry. Sales of hardware and software in the U.S. surged 6% according to the NPD Group, the third best non-holiday month on record. Read More »
Nintendo's Wii controllers have wreaked havoc on flat screen TVs and tweaked more than a few elbows. That's nothing compared to one UK woman's claim that a tumble from the Wii Fit balance board turned her into a sex addict. Read More »
Microphone check. Mic-a-microphone check-a. Konami announced today it has inked a deal to distributed Def Jam Rapstar, the rap music industry's first MC-based entry into the music game genre. Catch the beat after the jump. Read More »
Boomshakalaka! There, I said it. Couldn't resist, and now that it's out of the way, I promise not to hit you with dunk trash talk for the rest of this piece on EA Sports remake of NBA Jam. Now then, the news: Larry "Basketball Jesus" Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson are in. Read More »
I'm going to prove to you that Mario is evil.
"No he's not," you say.
"Where's the proof?" you say.
"This article isn't as funny as your last one," you'll write in the comments.
But by the end, you'll realize that we've all been played for fools by a Mushroom Kingdom aristocracy bent on forcing suffering and horror upon its people.
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Next week, plastic guitar rockers will finally get what they've been clamoring for: Jimi Hendrix is coming to Rock Band. Bend the jump to hit the high note and get all the details on the DLC. Read More »
Wide receivers in EA Sports' Madden NFL games have no clue they need to get two feet down in bounds to make a catch, a frustrating fact die-hard fans of the franchise have learned to live with. But according to developer Tiburon, improved wide receiver AI in Madden NFL 11 will make WRs running out of bounds a thing of the past. Read More »
The debate rages on in gaming forums and comment sections every day: which console has the best games? Japanese videogame magazine Famitsu decided to take an objective approach to the question, scouring its game review archives to compile overall console-library scores. See who came out on top after the jump. Read More »
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