IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon recently spoke with Next-Gen about the next generation of videogames and videogame consoles. Pidgeon asserts that the PlayStation 3 may in fact be the last home console to be marketed as a leading-edge machine. This strategy,… Read More »

Genre Fusion: Binary Lovechildren

It’s not uncommon for gamers to hear the question, “what is your favorite genre?” Throughout my game-playing career, I have been hit with this very query on more occasions than I can count. Each time I feel slightly uncomfortable about… Read More »

I recently got the chance to talk with producer Dan Myers about Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming spy MMO The Agency. He was happy to answer all my questions, even in the midst of what they call a “sprint phase” –… Read More »

This week in the world of the Virtual Console, we have a pair of games that compliment each other perfectly. Spelunker is about seraching through underground caves; Super R-Type is a space shooter. Spelunker features mostly environmental obstacles; Super R-Type… Read More »

What's That Game Again?

Remember my "That game is what?" column, where I listed some of the most humorous Urban Dictionary definitions of various videogames to illustrate just how passionate, clever, and juvenile the internet community can be? Well I said I’d be back… Read More »

Japanese print mag Famitsu recently revealed the newest member of the Street Fighter IV cast – a Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler known as El Fuerte. This masked mystery man has since been described in greater detail on the official Capcom… Read More »

They say that 8 out of 10 upstart restaurants are doomed to failure before ever getting off the ground. The same seems to hold true for the puzzle genre, where new concepts are always a hard sell to the gaming… Read More »

Konami president Fumiaki Tanaka certainly expects big things from Metal Gear Solid 4. The game is due to arrive on the PlayStation 3 this summer, and Mr. Tanaka is expecting lots of sales, even though the PS3 install base is… Read More »

If you never got the chance to play Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit in PAL regions), then you missed out on something great. All is not lost, however, because in addition to picking that game up on Xbox Originals or Steam (you’re… Read More »

Apprently gamers and critics aren’t the only ones who are sick of World War II re-enactments. Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward, whose most recent project was a turn-tail-and-run departure from that particular subject matter, aren’t exactly big fans anymore,… Read More »