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Pac-Man CE DX Review

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Goin' down the rabbit hole...

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Dissecting Male Gamers

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Dead Space 2 Multiplayer: It's Not Often You Get to Play as Wall Climbing Demon Baby

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 6, 2010 4:44 PM | Comment

The folks at Visceral Games are adding a multiplayer to sci-fi horror sequel Dead Space 2, and as Art Director Ian Milham describes it in this video, "This isn't multiplayer through a sniper scope, this is gruesome, in-you-face stuff." More from Milham after the jump. Read More »

Dead Space 2 Multiplayer Trailer

Take-Two: We Won't Sacrifice Quality for Quantity

By Mike Sharkey | News | Dec 6, 2010 3:46 PM | Comment

Don't expect to see Red Dead Redemption 2 anytime soon (that's a good thing). Speaking at the UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference in New York today, Take-Two chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick said the Grand Theft Auto publisher will always strive for quality over quantity, and won't risk burning out fans with annual iterations of its biggest franchises. Read More »

Take-Two Says It Won't Annualize Its Biggest Franchises

A Writer's Guide to Video Game List Articles

By Justin Massoud | Humor | Dec 6, 2010 1:20 PM | Comment

So, you want to write a video game top 10 list? You came to the right place! No, GameSpy isn't hiring -- sorry to burst any bubbles. Despite the hopes and dreams of an outspoken few, no one here has been given walking papers…yet, anyway. Instead, I offer something even more valuable than getting paid a stately sum to write silly jokes about the idiosyncrasies of first-person shooters.

This guide details the creative process behind writing a video game-themed "listicle" -- from late night, half-asleep inception, to growing skin thick enough to dull the sting of whatever verbal barb unruly readers throw at you and/or your mom. Read More »

A Writer's Guide to Video Game List Articles

Homefront's Multiplayer Detailed by the Devs

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Dec 6, 2010 10:26 AM | Comment

With its huge maps, powerful vehicles, in-game economy, and near-future theme, Kaos Studios and THQ are trying to make the multiplayer in Homefront play differently than any other game in the FPS genre. Get all the details from the team behind the upcoming shooter in the latest Homefront developer diary. Read More »

Homefront Multiplayer Developer Diary

Countdown to Cataclysm: Battle.net Queue Hits 500,000, Wait Times Exceed 2.5 Hours

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 6, 2010 8:45 AM | Comment

To be read in the voice of an inappropriately pleasant sounding automated customer service rep: "You are customer number 528,638. Your estimated wait time is... 2 hours and 42 minutes." If you were somehow calling Battle.net this morning, that's the message you'd hear. Blizzard's servers are getting hammered, with millions logging-on (or at least trying to log-on) in anticipation of the midnight launch of World of Warcraft's third expansion, Cataclysm. Read More »

Battle.net Bogged Down with Traffic in Anticipation of Cataclysm

Experience Lara Croft's First Adventure in Crystal Dynamics' Reboot of Tomb Raider

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 6, 2010 7:02 AM | Comment

After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was traveling on, a frightened young woman is left washed ashore on an unknown beach. On her own but not alone she has only one goal: to survive. That's the setup for Crystal Dynamics' just announced new Tomb Raider title, a game the studio says will redefine the franchise and tell Lara Croft's origin story. Read More »

Crystal Dynamics Announces New Tomb Raider Title

The GameSpy Debriefings #145

By GameSpy Staff | The GameSpy Debriefings | Dec 3, 2010 4:30 PM | Comment

When you're done laughing at GameSpy editor Ryan Scott's bizarre eating habits and the comedy duo's bizarre college roommate stories, make sure you vote for us in the 2010 Podcast Awards! BRAAAP THE VOTE! Read More »

The GameSpy Debriefings #145

Epic Mickey Review

By Torrey Holbrook Walker | Wii Reviews | Dec 3, 2010 3:30 PM | Comment

Disney's beloved and timeless mascot hasn't had his own solo game outing in half a decade, so when I learned that Deus Ex designer Warren Spector was at the helm for Epic Mickey, I nearly soiled my britches. Several standout games from my adolescence, like Mickey Mousecapades and Castle of Illusion, starred the mouse with the most -- and even though I haven't played a Mickey Mouse game in over a decade, I still associate the name with quality action gaming. So, what could go wrong under the creative vision of such a storied game designer and true Disney fan like Warren Spector on task? Surprisingly, the answer is: a lot. Read More »

Epic Mickey Review

Christopher Tin's Civilization IV Theme First Song Written for a Game to Earn Grammy Nod

By Mike Sharkey | News | Dec 3, 2010 12:38 PM | Comment

Originally composed for 2005's Civilization IV, "Baba Yetu" has grown to become a song of choice among amateur and pro choirs around the world. Now Christopher Tin's piece, which features the Soweto Gospel Choir, is a Grammy nominee. Read More »

Civilization IV Theme Song Earns Grammy Nod

Trion Worlds Bills Rift as the First Complete, Next Gen MMO

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 3, 2010 11:20 AM | Comment

We know, we know. You've been burned before by MMOs that fail to deliver on their promises. We just want to make sure you haven't sworn off any new entrants into the WoW-dominated genre, because Rift is looking good. Damn good. See for yourself in the latest trailer. Read More »

Rift -- Enter the Rift Trailer

Very Small Rocks! Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Games Hits Facebook in 2011

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 3, 2010 9:16 AM | Comment

Now for something completely different. Comedy troupe Monty Python is taking its distinct brand of British humor to Facebook courtesy of social gaming company Zattikka. The Ministry of Silly Games is set to unleash ridiculous diversions on the masses early next year. Read More »

Monty Python Announces The Ministry of Silly Games

Maxis Focuses on Co-Op in This DarkSpore Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 3, 2010 8:45 AM | Comment

Darkspore contains a very Spore-like feature in its advanced creature editor. That's where the similarities end. Maxis' top-down sci-fi action RPG is less about creating and more about destroying, and as this trailer reveals, destruction is done best when it's done as a team. Read More »

Darkspore Co-Op Trailer

EA Challenges Battlefield Players to Unlock the Fifth Vietnam Map with Teamwork

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Dec 3, 2010 8:21 AM | Comment

There is a fifth map in the upcoming Vietnam expansion for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Electronic Arts revealed today that gamers will be able to unlock it by employing a concept unfamiliar to a large portion of the multiplayer FPS crowd: teamwork. Flank the jump for details. Read More »

EA Announces Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Challenge

Meet Twisted Pixel's Version of the Bride of Frankenstein, Ms. 'Splosion Man

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Dec 3, 2010 7:47 AM | Comment

Big Science finally managed to corral destructible digital download dude, 'Splosion Man, but that doesn't mean the underground laboratory's scientists are safe. Twisted Pixel Games has announced Ms. 'Splosion Man will continue turning Big Science employees into t-bones and fillets in fall 2011. Read More »

Twisted Pixel Announces Ms. 'Splosion Man

Valve Welcomes Gamers to its New Testing Ground for Team Fortress 2 Tweaks

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Dec 3, 2010 6:46 AM | Comment

The game is more than three years old, but Valve is still obsessed with tweaking Team Fortress 2 in an effort to make it a perfect shooter. Case in point: the developer announced that it is opening a TF2 public beta to serve as a testing ground for changes. Read More »

Valve Announces Team Fortress 2 Public Beta

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