Five Great Games That Tell Stories Without Words
Within the interactive medium of video games, there are several ways to tell an engaging narrative. Games like BioShock tell immersive stories through audio logs and spacial narratives, while titles...
View ArticleThe Sports Desk – 10 Tips For NBA 2K17's MyCareer Mode
It's another awesome year for NBA 2K17, and another title chock full of innovating modes. MyCareer has been tweaked after last year's controversial entry, but the road for your created character is...
View ArticleCreating The Extraordinary Machines Of Horizon Zero Dawn
If there's one thing that's impossible to ignore about Horizon Zero Dawn, it's the gigantic machines you go head-to-head with. All of them resemble different wildlife, from dinosaurs to crocodiles to...
View ArticleHow To Climb Destiny's Felwinter Peak (And Why You Should)
Destiny's Rise of Iron has been out for almost a week, and players have been eager to uncover every bit of its hidden content. Among the most notable is Felwinter Peak, which contains more than a few...
View ArticleTest Chamber – 40 Minutes With FIFA 17's Story Mode
One of FIFA 17's big new features is The Journey – a story mode putting you in the shoes of 17-year-old Alex Hunter as he takes on the Premier League. Editors Matthew Kato and Matt Bertz sample the...
View ArticleTest Chamber – 15 Minutes With Gravity Rush 2
I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Japan for Tokyo Game Show recently. While I was there, Sony held an event and allowed me to capture my demo of the upcoming Gravity Rush 2 for PlayStation 4....
View ArticleScience-Fiction Weekly – Everspace, XCOM 2 On Console, Rogue One
In an attempt to save as much money as I can to buy Rogue One: A Star Wars Story toys on Force Friday, my lunches have consisted mostly of peanut butter and honey sandwiches for the last two weeks....
View ArticleJumping Platforms: How Sonic Made The Leap To Nintendo
In the early '90s, no bigger rivalry existed in the video game industry than the one involving Nintendo and Sega. Between cutthroat business tactics and aggressive marketing campaigns, the hostility...
View ArticleWhy Guerrilla Needed Horizon Zero Dawn To Be An RPG
We're continuing to roll out exclusive features covering Horizon Zero Dawn from Guerrilla Games all month long in our hub. Today's update looks to clear up a question some fans of the studio might...
View ArticleRPG Grind Time – The Importance Of Making RPGs More Personal
Role-playing games are long undertakings, but that’s also part of their charm. You spend a great deal of time getting to know the world and characters while perfecting your gameplay skills. For some,...
View ArticleOpinion – Ace Attorney: Spirit Of Justice Features The Series’ Best Story Yet
Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t played the majority of the Ace Attorney games, especially the most recent Spirit of Justice, read at your own risk. This opinion piece gives a more in-depth look at why...
View ArticleSolving Destiny’s Most Insane Puzzle – Outbreak Prime
At 11:30pm last night, I was getting ready to log out of Destiny when someone popped into my group’s party chat to declare that someone had solved the puzzle. The “puzzle,” in this case, was the...
View ArticleTest Chamber – 20 Minutes With Lego Dimensions' New Sets
Although Disney Infinity is no more, store shelves are about to be flush with new toys-to-life product. A new Skylanders game is weeks away from release, Nintendo continues to trickle out Amiibo, with...
View ArticleBlog Herding – The Best Blogs Of The Community (September 29, 2016)
We've got a blog on how odd it is that Mario is Usain Bolt fused with Lionel Messi, and enough variety in this week's other posts to rival the number of sports Mario has participated in.Community Blogs...
View ArticleTest Chamber – How Much Is Paladins Like Overwatch?
In the world of competitive games, you don't want to be a clone. Players' time is too valuable to waste investing it on a me-too product. But that's the rap Paladins has been getting in its Early...
View Article10 New Things We Learned About The NES Classic Edition Console
Back in July, Nintendo announced its intentions to release a standalone NES plug-and-play console with 30 built-in NES games (you can find the full list of games at the end of this feature). It’s a...
View ArticleGame Informer's Top Scoring Game Reviews Of 2016
Game Informer reviews tons of games every year, but only a select few are able to obtain special commendations reserved for the highest scoring titles. Games that earn an 8.5 or 8.75 obtain a Game...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Who's The Best Clustertrucker?
In this episode of Test Chamber, Kyle and I enter a deadly showdown in the frantic new truck-hopping action game, Clustertruck. Developed by Landfall Games, each level in Clustertruck entails jumping...
View ArticleEditor Roundtable: Let's Talk About Virginia
We're going to be talking all about Virginia, so MAJOR SPOILERS for the entire game basically.Javy Gwaltney: Hey everyone! I played Virginia for review a few weeks back and absolutely adored the game...
View ArticleTop Of The Table – Codenames: Pictures
Recent readers of Game Informer’s tabletop coverage know that I’m a big fan of Codenames, which I named one of my top games from 2015. This winner of 2016’s coveted Spiel des Jahres award is a...
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