A new study reports that playing videogames — specifically Tetris — improves the brain’s efficiency, increases its size, and helps it resist late-life deterioration. The Mind Reaseach Network’s study, funded by the makers of Tetris, observed the brains of adolescent… Read More »

According to the wild west of videogame industry news, the internet, the first DSi-exclusive game cards will be hitting retailers sometime this fall.  At this year’s Game Developers Conference, DSi hardware project lead Masato Kuwahara explained that special DSi games… Read More »

Remember when the Wii Internet Channel was free? If not, it was during the first few months following the console’s release. Since then, it has cost Wii owners 500 Wii Points to enjoy the internet via the Wii’s Opera browser…. Read More »

Creative Assembly and Sega have announced that Empire: Total War will be updated to version 1.4 in late September. The update will focus on improving enemy artificial intelligence, with an overhaul to both the campaign and battle AI, as well… Read More »

VG247 is reporting that Take-Two is not taking kindly to anyone asking them about anything related to a Grand Theft Auto V announcement. This is a quote from who VG247 believes to be Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two’s chairman, when he was asked… Read More »

That’s right, the world’s fastest reviews are back at GamerNode! If you’re unfamiliar with the One Word Review Process, it’s really very simple: the GN staff members pick out a current, aging, or classic title and attempt to encapsulate an… Read More »

The highly visible producer of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed games, Jade Raymond, has been chosen to head up its new Toronto studio. The announcement came on Monday, months after the developer had announced the founding of the studio back in July…. Read More »

Rythem games have hit a bit of a rut as of late. Rock Band‘s sales have gone down and rhythm games as a whole have lost money according to the latest NPD reports. "Of all genres, the music/dance genre has suffered… Read More »

At the Sony conference during the 2009 Gamestop Manager’s Conference, Sony announced a God of War 1 and 2 Blu-ray package. It will retail at 39.99 and run 60 frames per second at 720P resolution. It’s due out in November…. Read More »

In a shocking move, the Walt Disney Corporation has acquired Marvel Comics for a staggering $4 billion. All of Marvel’s more than 5,000 superheroes and supervillains will now belong to Mickey and company, which makes many wonder what the future… Read More »