There are developers for whom the words 'instant gratification' must always be violently spat out, like a mouthful of anchovy and marmalade sandwich. These developers don't give a toss for your busy lifestyle, your craving for relaxation. They believe the (more)

Has the real next generation started yet? We're still not quite sure. The PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii have been around for a few years, true, and it's now possible to render high definition environments that actually walk and (more)

Carrots and sticks. Every game should have 'em, every game does have 'em, or so design orthodoxy tell us. In Modern Warfare, for instance, the carrot might be a large and rather patriotic explosion, or the sight of an enemy (more)

EA DICE has 'something great' in store for attendees, virtual or otherwise, of the Game Developers Conference in Cologne today. We know because official Battlefield community management chap 'zh1nt0' knows. Chances are it'll be a grab-bag of downloadable tank (more)

It's saying something about the state of play when our top Game of the Year nominee isn't a multi-million-dollar turn-of-the-century open worlder, equal parts moonshine and marketing budget, or even a hyper-sexualised beat 'em up, but the downloadable (more)

A little thought experiment, before we begin. Have a look at this picture, reader. It's an F-16 Fighting Falcon, one of the US military's best-known dogfighters. Gasp at its enormously destructive loadout. Admire the elegant way the bubble cockpit (more)

The chances are, if you are the kind of gamer that would take a fierce punch into shoryuken over a melee into shotgun, you have found yourself drawn into nonsensical “what if” cross-over beat ’em up debates. What if Shin (more)

It's impossible to convey in 1500 words just how great, how necessary the Halo franchise has become, but one way to start is by looking at something small and theoretically unimportant, something every player, however brief his or her time (more)

Our understanding of what 3D can bring to videogames is still a partial one, like Kim Kardashian's wardrobe. Thanks to E3 and its ranks of kitted-out booths, pundits have seen enough of the technology in action to (more)