“It is the custom, particularly among magistrates, to attribute half the crimes of the Metropolis to cheap novelettes.” G. K. Chesterton pooh-poohs Conservative MP David Ruffley’s claims that video games are contributing to a surge in juvenile crime in the UK, particularly among …

Like WarioWare before it, Bangai-O Spirits is an exercise in reducing videogaming’s first principles to a torrent of micro-levels. But where the games differ is in the execution and challenge of their myriad tasks. If WarioWare is an introduction to mainstream videogame convention then Bangai-O …

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - Soul Calibur was the game that convinced me to buy a Dreamcast back in the day.  The combat was fairly easy to learn but took a while to master and the graphics were drop dead gorgeous.  I used to own the guys at work with Kilick and Cervantes except for the …

by: John YanNEWS - I don't know there's much of a "Madden Curse" for hockey cover athletes but Columbus Blue Jacket's own Rick Nash has been selected as the NHL 2K9 cover athlete. I'm sure Chuck's got something to say about this good or bad. It's nice to see the Columbus star headline the …

by: Nathan MurrayNEWS - SEGA and Platinum Games have become partners. Platinum games will be the development force behind three new Sega inspired intellectual properties MADWORLD, Infinite Line, and Bayonette. There is also a fourth title yet to be announced and Sega has dropped the name Shinji …

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - I'm not sure why but I've never gotten into the Dragon Ball Z franchise but I'm guessing they are fairly popular as Atari keeps cranking out games based on the series (which Cyril ends up reviewing).  If you want to get a taste of Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, the new …

"TrackMania Nations Forever" is a must-download! Hours of game time and online play for free - doesn't get much better than that. It's a huge download at 500 megs. Dialup...

Konami today announced Rock Revolution, a music game that lets you play guitar, bass, and drums. Specifically, the drums were noted as being "the most realistic drum peripheral on...

That's all from the game for now! As you read this, I am either sat on the beach reading The White Wolf's Son or studying the Gulf Coast fauna first hand with a snorkel and mask - perhaps I'll see...

While not unusual for Valve on the PC, it is strange for a game to be lacking a pre-release demo on the 360.  But Valve has come out and stated that they will not have a demo before the launch of the new co-op zombie fest, Left 4 Dead. When asked about the lack of a [...]

Last week when the Haze demo hit PSN I was as giddy as a school kid with a handful of cupcakes, but after playing the game for a good hour I came away seriously unimpressed. I decided not to write anything about the demo because I was getting ready to leave on a trip to [...]

Presenting us with his utmost experienced opinion, John Blyth a “Professional Video Game Player”, attempts to convince gamers and game bloggers alike into rethinking the way we play and write about Grand Theft Auto: via videosift.com

Following the departure of Phil Harrison, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has named a new president of SCE Worldwide Studios.

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg tells Next-Gen why he lit a fire under the behind of the console war with recent comments made about Sony snowing consumers.

Following the release of April NPD data, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg says that he respects his competitors, but claims Sony in particular is getting squeezed out of the console war.

Grand Theft Auto IV expectedly drove software sales significantly in April, with total industry monthly sales surpassing $1 billion in the U.S. for another month.

Minutes prior to NPD Group's release of monthly U.S. game sales data, Microsoft has revealed it sold 188,000 Xbox 360s in April; GTA IV on 360 tops software charts.

Metal Gear house Konami posted a rise in revenues and profits thanks in part to strong sales of baseball and soccer titles.

Delta Green fans already know - Arc Dream Publishing and Pagan Publishing are doing the fundraising round for the next Delta Green sourcebook, Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity. Written by such notables as Dennis Detwiller, Greg Stolze, Kenneth Hite, and Shane Ivey, the book will touch on a number …

As the days go by, we’re finding it harder and harder to give a fuck about the news stories popping up. Apathy is a terrible thing, and we’re full of it. We couldn’t give a fuck about sales figures for GTA IV, what analysts think is going to happen (especially when they almost always get it …