Oscar Nominated Films And Their Video Game Adaptations
The Oscars are considered the most prestigious of all film awards. Every year, the films that win and are nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture are considered the best of the best. Some of...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Deleting 11-Year-Old's Destiny Data Also A Victim
We recently covered a story of an 11-year-old child named Henry, whose Destiny characters were deleted via the PlayStation 4’s Share Play feature. In the course of investigating that story, I reached...
View ArticleReaders Tell Us Their Video Game Adaptation Ideas For This Year’s Best...
Yesterday, I posed a reader discussion asking what Best Picture nominated films could possibly receive video game adaptations and readers responded.You can check out the responses below where readers...
View ArticleThe Business Decisions Behind Rise Of The Tomb Raider
After four years in the making, the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider was released and impressed both critics and fans of the classic franchise. While visiting Crystal Dynamics, we spoke with head of western...
View ArticleThe Pulse – Game Informer's Weekly Top 10 (Feb 23, 2015)
The Pulse is Game Informer's weekly ranking of the hottest games according to our team. Each Monday we tally up the games with the biggest buzz based on number of editors playing and the time they put...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Resogun Defenders
It’s no secret around the Game Informer offices that Resogun is one of my favorite games of recent years. The gameplay arc and path to improvement in the game is significantly more sophisticated than...
View ArticleReview In Progress — Resident Evil Revelations 2
Capcom's approach to the release of Resident Evil Revelations 2 is a new one for the series, as it takes an episodic form with new installments weekly. Since the wait between episodes is short, much...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Resident Evil Revelations 2: Episode 1
Today marks the release of the first episode of Resident Evil Revelations 2 entitled Penal Colony. Capcom will debut new episodes weekly through March 17. For our review process, we're doing something...
View ArticleMy Awkward Elevator Ride With SimCity Creator Will Wright
You ever wonder what you'd say to a legendary game creator if you were in an elevator with him? Probably nothing.This happened to me years ago at the annual DICE Summit in Las Vegas, which I attended...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Dragon Ball Xenoverse
Dragon Ball Z's first foray into the world of new-generation consoles launches today, and we took at look that game's opening moments and character customization options.Join myself (an admitted Dragon...
View ArticleA Growing Guide Of Easy Achievements For Xbox One
I thought I was done with Microsoft's achievements. I no longer hunted down games with easily obtainable points. No longer stuck with bad games just to get the big 50- or 10-point achievements upon...
View ArticleThe Tomb Raider Team Reacts To Conan O’Brien Failing At Their Game
Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer series has become infamous for its ability to entertain while showing exactly how a game shouldn’t be played. One of the earliest and most memorable episodes featured the...
View Article"It's A Monster!" – The Evolution Of Resident Evil's Zombies
Long before zombies overran video games, Capcom horrified players with their unforgettable ghouls. Since that first grisly introduction in the Spencer Mansion, Resident Evil's trend-setting monsters...
View ArticleAn Entry Guide To Visual Novels
The popularity of visual novels is on the rise in America. An increasing number of old and modern Japanese visual novels are being localized thanks to companies like Sekai Project, and Western...
View ArticleFuture Amiibo Figures We'd Love To See
With its all-star cast of recognizable characters, the Super Smash Bros. line of Amiibos served as a great introduction to the figures. The nostalgic elements of each character sold the figures for...
View ArticleComparing Dragon Ball Xenoverse On PlayStation 3 And PlayStation 4
After recording a Test Chamber this morning showcasing the PlayStation 4 version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse, we decided to play and capture a little bit of the PlayStation 3 version to see how the two...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Basting Off With Sid Meier's Starships
Firaxis' Beyond Earth took the beloved Civilization formula and shot it into space where players got to terraform a planet and interact with exotic alien life. The only thing missing were epic space...
View Article‘Suck It Up,’ Says Teen Who Deleted 11-Year-Old’s Destiny Characters
In the middle of the day on Thursday, February 19, Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara shared with me a video of a young boy who fell victim to an online predator. Henry, a fifth grade Destiny...
View ArticleBalancing Survival Vs. Action In Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Leading up to the release of the Tomb Raider reboot in 2013, Crystal Dynamics pushed the theme that Lara Croft was a survivor. While the survival aspects certainly were a large part of the story, the...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Duelyst
Counterplay Games' upcoming free-to-play digital collectible card game Duelyst combines style with tactical strategy as players face off and make plays on a grid. While the digital trading card game...
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