With that new-system smell still hanging in the air, 2007 is shaping up to be one of those great years for gaming, the kind that only come around once a decade or so. There are so many great-looking games on the horizon that it’s a bit overwhelming, actually. So we pored through literally hundreds of [...]
It’s now early 2007, and the truth is inescapable: the era of the original Xbox is over. The signs are everywhere. For one, third-party publishers have virtually abandoned the console. For another, most online gamers have moved on to the Xbox 360. Even Microsoft has stopped manufacturing it. There are practical considerations, too. The Xbox [...]
Scoring a spot in the elusive Halo 3 beta won’t be easy. Like kids lining up to buy Willy Wonka chocolate bars with hopes of finding a Golden Ticket inside, people have already joined the queue to buy a copy of Crackdown next week on Tuesday (which also comes with a promised spot on the [...]
XNA Game Studio Express is Microsoft’s game developer kit for homebrew and hobbyist developers and is available as a free download. Express includes a basic “starter kit” for rapid development of specific genres of games. It was released with a space shooter. In the future there will be kits for platform, real-time strategy, and first-person [...]
Gamers all across the world are discovering the glorious goriness Gears of War is dripping with. Gear yourself up for the 30 most unforgettable moments from this spine-tingling shooter!
I combed the depths of history and my memory to pull together a (very subjective) list of the best and worst innovations to hit console gaming. Rather than full systems (with a few obvious exceptions), I chose to focus on peripherals and concepts. Enjoy!
