It’s hard to argue that 2007 has been a great year for gaming. As the GN staff works on our year-end awards, we are finding this to be more and more apparent. The games released this year have been great,… Read More »

Here’s a way to try out that game that shitty PR decisions have all but destroyed in the eyes of the hardcore gaming community. A demo for Eidos’ Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is now available for download on Xbox… Read More »

And now more from the good guys. According to a study conducted by a Simon Fraser University professor in Vancouver, Canada, videogames serve as an effective treatment for chronic pain. Diane Gromala’s experiments have shown that subjects involved in immersive… Read More »

Just in case you couldn’t figure this one out on your own, it appears that there’s plenty of Half-Life left in the gaming industry’s future. In a recent interview, Valve’s Doug Lombardi confirmed that the series will survive beyond the… Read More »

Nintendo’s biggest problem over the past couple of years seems to be that the company simply cannot produce enough consoles to meet consumer demand. This goes for both the Wii home console and the DS handheld, which sold over 1.5… Read More »

So E3 2007 was what many (read:everyone) would call a bit of a flop, but does that mean that the venue is at fault? The Entertainment Software Association has certainly considered that notion, and will be bringing the event back… Read More »

Microsoft, Rare, and Lionhead Studios are collaborating on a game design contest where entrants are challenged to create an AI-themed game for the Xbox 360 or Windows using Microsoft XNA Games Studio 2.0. The contest is aptly titled "Silicon Minds."… Read More »

Take Two Interactive has announced that the company will be forming a new studio, to be located in sunny California. 2K Marin will reportedly be made up of ex-Bioshock team members, and will focus primarily on producing new intellectual property… Read More »

Jack Tretton runs Sony Computer Entertainment America. Jack Tretton wants Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to know this fact, and has made it clear in an interview with the San Jose Mercury News. Recently, Kotick said of the Playstation 3 and… Read More »

It’s sci-fi week on the Virtual Console according to the Big N. That means mechs, monsters, and aliens! Cybernator is a cross between Mega Man and Abadox, involving both on-foot and in-flight shooting action. Alien Storm is your basic side-scrolling… Read More »