See More Of Sunset Overdrive's Frenzied Gameplay In Action
Sunset Overdrive’s bright, busy world looks great in action, and you can check out gameplay yourself in this video discussing our hands-on time with the game. Traversal, Insomniac’s wacky weapons, and...
View ArticleHow To Win At Hearthstone (By A Football Player Who Never Won Anything)
So you’ve picked up Blizzard’s latest new addiction, Hearthstone. Maybe you’re a World of Warcraft survivor, sucked back into the maw of the beast; maybe your friends told you about this nifty card...
View ArticleOpinion: Microsoft, Kinect, And The Wisdom of Flip-Flopping
Following the recent announcement that Microsoft will be selling a $399 version of the Xbox One that doesn't include the Kinect, many are citing this as another example of Microsoft "flip-flopping," as...
View ArticlePokémon's Music Master: The Man Behind The Catchiest Songs
Coinciding with the release of the soundtrack for Pokémon Black and White 2 on iTunes, we recently had the opportunity to speak with Pokémon series composer and director Junichi Masuda about his...
View ArticleTop 10 Indispensable Android Apps
For my money, smartphones are one of the greatest innovations from the past few decades. No matter where I am, I have access to a camera, audio recorder, video and audio player, digital notebook and...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Super Time Force
No point in Earth's timeline is safe from Capybara Games' (Superbrothers: Swords & Sworcery EP, Below) new adventure. Super Time Force is a downloadable, 2D adventure that encourages players to...
View ArticleOpinion – E3 Is A Crossroads For PlayStation Vita
Every three months, we get a brain dump of financial data from most publishers. We see what’s done well, and what might have underperformed. What isn’t said is often just as telling as what publishers...
View ArticleSledgehammer Talks Canceled Third-Person Call Of Duty
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the first game being created entirely by Activision’s newest studio in the development rotation, Sledgehammer Games. Prior to Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer helped...
View ArticleTest Chamber – Mario Kart 8
We're a couple weeks away from one of the biggest Wii U games to date, and Nintendo fans should definitely be looking forward to Mario Kart 8. Here at the office, we've had a blast racing each other in...
View Article10 Games That Are Better On Handheld
The original version of a great game is always special, but it doesn’t always provide the best or most complete experience. Remakes, ports, and special editions can add features and make tweaks,...
View ArticleShould You Play Titanfall’s Expedition DLC?
Titanfall has been out for a couple of months now, but the Respawn level designers haven’t been idle. The new Expedition map pack is the first of three planned DLC expansions for Titanfall. I took the...
View ArticleWatch A League Of Legends Vet Witness A Newcomer's Awful Debut
In my 25 years of gaming, I've tried to make it a point to stay open-minded and try just about every genre out there. I've never been a sports guy, but I've spent hundreds of hours playing Madden and...
View ArticleForevertron Is A Strange Steampunk Video Game World Come To Life
A few miles away from the Wisconsin Dells stands the Forevertron, one of America's strangest roadside attractions.Forevertron was built by Tom O. Every, a British born Wisconsinite who worked in the...
View ArticleGodzilla’s Checkered Gaming Past: A Retrospective
With Godzilla out in theaters this weekend, we thought we'd bring back this look at the big lizard's gaming history. This piece was originally published on March 16, 2014. While the poster boy for...
View ArticleRanking The Mario Kart Series
In the past, I've posted stories where I rank long-running franchises like Call of Duty and Tony Hawk. It wasn't too hard to put those together, as the quality spectrum was fairly wide. With Mario Kart...
View ArticleActivision CEO Discusses The Pivotal Role Of Sledgehammer Games
This year marks a big change for the Call of Duty series. The inclusion of the new primary developer Sledgehammer Games into the classic Treyarch and Infinity Ward rotation allows the games to be built...
View ArticleFive Things We Want In Halo 5: Guardians
Today Microsoft and 343 Industries announced a new chapter in the Halo series for Xbox One. Halo 5: Guardians has the Game Informer office buzzing with excitement, discussing what we want to see in...
View ArticleIf George R. R. Martin Created The Next Zelda Game
The Legend of Zelda remains one of Nintendo's most popular series, but like many of the company's first-party games, it's often criticized for sticking too closely to its decades-old formula. At the...
View ArticleComing Full Circle – A Look Back At The Halo Series
Master Chief became a gaming icon after his debut in November 2001 on the first Xbox. Since then, the green-armored space soldier and his comrades in arms have continued fighting universal evils across...
View ArticleReplay – Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness
A few years back, Replay fans watched in horror as Tim Turi, Game Informer's resident Dracula enthusiast, struggled mightily to play Castlevania 64, a game he remembered fondly from his childhood....
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