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How do you top Rapture? That's the first question we asked Shawn Robertson, the lead artist on Irrational's recently revealed new game, BioShock Infinite. Without pause, he replied, "We always push ourselves to outdo our last project. That's what motivates us." The somewhat-stock phrase was put in perspective when Robertson added, "We've thrown away more stuff on Infinite than we ever used on BioShock. That's the standard we're holding ourselves to." Read More »
You asked for it, and now Rockstar is delivering the most highly requested additions to Red Dead Redemption's Free Roam mode. The Liars and Cheats Pack brings a wagon full of new features to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live next month. Read More »
Five years after California passed its controversial violent videogame law, the United States Supreme Court will finally determine if restricting the sale of games to minors is legal. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Schwarzenegger vs. Entertainment Merchants Association on November 2. Read More »
GameStop's recent acquisition of online social gaming platform Kongregate looks like a brilliant business move today. Time Magazine announced this morning that Kongregate is among its 50 best web sites of 2010. Read More »
Co-op play isn't the only surprise Valve had up its sleeve for Portal 2. The developer designed a competitive multiplayer for the upcoming teleportation puzzler, but scrapped it after testing revealed gameplay quickly devloved into chaos. Read More »
Red Storm Entertainment, the Tom Clancy founded studio that created the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon franchises, is now 38 people smaller. Parent company Ubisoft confirmed the layoffs, and said the North Carolina studio is being realigned. Read More »
Regular Debriefings host Anthony Gallegos returns from his trip to Germany, where he saw tons of stuff at the annual Gamescom convention. He also saw German sex shops, got trapped for two days, and ate a lot of bad pasta. We also have a contest to figure out the first name of one frazzled editor's beloved mother. Why? Who knows. Read More »
The gentleman's magazine that started it all is getting into videogames. No, not that type of videogame. Playboy Enterprises has announced it plans to launch its own online gaming label, and it's about to unbutton its first browser-based MMO. Read More »
We filed the previous live-action trailers for Halo: Reach under "Meh." So when Deliver Hope arrived in our inbox this morning, our expectations were low. Then we clicked play, and we were overcome by that tingling, I-can't-wait-to-play-this-f'ing-game feeling. And then we watched it again. Deliver Hope delivers. See More »
To borrow a line from James Brown and apply it to gaming, this is a maaan's world. But a new study indicates videogames with female playable characters are on the rise, and titles that feature female heroes typically achieve higher average review scores. Read More »
Best Buy is launching its rejiggered used-videogame strategy this week, offering a trade-in program and pre-owned games in close to 600 locations nationwide. And if you swing by a participating Best Buy next week, you could get a $20 gift card for your troubles. Read More »
From Lady Gaga to Eminem to Lil' Wayne, Activision has packed DJ Hero 2 with enough tracks from big name artists to make any budding beat chemist happy. The publisher, along with developer FreeStyleGames, announced today the hefty 105-song track list DJ Hero 2 will bring to the party this fall. Read More »
In the gunning, stabbing, air-striking multiplayer mayhem of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, one man is trying to achieve a lofty goal through non-violent means. Gamer Glen McCracken is attempting to become the first Modern Warfare player to achieve level 70 without a single kill. Wave the white flag after the jump. Read More »
The folks at Reverb Publishing think they're on to a peanut butter-meets-jelly type of creation. The publisher, along with developer Trendy Entertainment, have announced a new downloadable game that combines an action-RPG with a tower defense game. The result is the tasty new title, Dungeon Defenders. Read More »
With a game called Mafia, images of The Godfather films (or any classic Italian mobster mythology piece) may spring to mind -- hired hits, gunfights, family loyalty, dumping bodies in lakes. Mafia II features all of these and more in its gorgeously crafted city of Empire Bay, but doing the dirt rarely packs the punch you'd expect. In fact, Mafia II doesn't seem to know if it wants to be a open-world video game or a movie... and it doesn't do a standout job of either. Read More »
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| 2 | Mafia 2 | PS3 |
| 3 | Modern Warfare 2 | PS3 |
| 4 | Red Dead Redemption | X360 |
| 5 | Portal 2 | PC |
| 6 | Halo: Reach | X360 |
| 7 | StarCraft II CE | PC |
| 8 | GTA: San Andreas | PS2 |
| 9 | Modern Warfare 2 | PC |
| 10 | World of Warcraft | PC |
| 2 | Mafia 2 | PS3 |
| 3 | Modern Warfare 2 | PS3 |
| 4 | Red Dead Redemption | X360 |
| 5 | StarCraft II CE | PC |
| 6 | GTA: San Andreas | PS2 |
| 7 | Modern Warfare 2 | PC |
| 8 | World of Warcraft | PC |
| 9 | StarCraft 2 | PC |
| 10 | Dragon Age | PC |
| 2 | Halo: Reach | X360 |
| 3 | Dungeon Defenders | X360 |
| 4 | BioShock: Infinite | X360 |
| 5 | Dragon Age 2 | PC |
| 6 | Neverwinter Nights Online [rumored] | PC |
| 7 | Love Hina Sim Date | PC |
| 8 | Hunting Game Special Ed | PC |
| 9 | Medal of Honor | PC |
| 10 | DJ Hero 2 | X360 |
