Syndicate's cooperative play is undeniably thrilling. Too bad the single-player campaign doesn't reach the same heights.      Score: 7.5 / good Get the full article at GameSpot "Syndicate Review" was posted by K…
- 21 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:24am -

Through a complex system of diplomacy and backstabbing, Crusader Kings II makes every power struggle an engrossing one.      Score: 8.0 / great Get the full article at GameSpot "Crusader Kings II Review" was po…
- 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 3:20am -

King Arthur II captures the spirit of the legend, but it's weighed down by an inferior wargame.      Score: 5.5 / mediocre Get the full article at GameSpot "King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame Review" was p…
- 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 1:52am -

Gory combat comes at a high cost in the uneven Shank 2.      Score: 6.0 / fair Get the full article at GameSpot "Shank 2 Review" was posted by Scott Nichols on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:20:34 -0800
- 8 days ago, 15 Feb 12, 2:20am -

Gotham City Impostors is frantic fun for shooter fans who want something a little different.      Score: 7.5 / good Get the full article at GameSpot "Gotham City Impostors Review" was posted by Jason Venter on…
- 9 days ago, 14 Feb 12, 4:44am -

Dear Esther spins an intriguing narrative, leaving you to decipher not only the outcome, but if this is even a game.      Score: 8.0 / great Get the full article at GameSpot "Dear Esther Review" was posted by Ma…
- 9 days ago, 13 Feb 12, 6:00pm -

Kingdoms of Amalur's combat and character advancement are fantastic enough to overshadow how bland everything else is.      Score: 7.5 / good Get the full article at GameSpot "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Revi…
- 13 days ago, 9 Feb 12, 10:10pm -

You are a trivial part of the criminal justice system in Law & Order: Legacies.      Score: 5.0 / mediocre Get the full article at GameSpot "Law & Order: Legacies Review" was posted by Chris Watters on Wed, 08…
- 14 days ago, 9 Feb 12, 4:13am -

Just in time for the PlayStation Vita's North American launch, a trio of free games bounced onto the PlayStation Store, hoping to demonstrate the handheld's augmented reality gameplay. You might notice that your Vita came packaged with…
- 6 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:00pm -

Oh, Brain Age. I almost forgot all about you. Probably because my long term memory has got to sh*t since I stopped playing Brain Age. But according to this morning's Nintendo Direct session with Satoru Iwata, it'll soon be time once aga…
- 7 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 6:30pm -

Bioware really, really wants you to know they're sending copies of Mass Effect 3 through space. Well, not so much space so much as "Earth's upper atmosphere". Regardless, Mass Effect 3 is going, like, really high in the air…
- 7 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 6:28pm -

While many videogame characters are beloved around the world, there are a handful that are reviled by a large majority of the gaming population. And, to be honest, “reviled” may not even be strong enough a word. I know some characte…
- 7 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 6:00pm -

Among the more exciting bits of news to emerge from the Nintendo Direct sessions this morning is for our friends overseas. Fire Emblem: Awakening, the 3DS title due in Japan on April 19, is now confirmed for European releas…
- 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:45pm -

Destructoid went to the PlayStation Vita launch in Berlin, where they sold the first systems in all of Europe.We managed to talk to the first guy in line and a bunch of other customers about the games they're getting, waiting in the c…
- 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:30pm -

I already feel wierd inside thinking about playing Game Gear games on my 3DS. Virtual Console TurboGrafx and others were somehow fine for me, but Game Gear is just...strange. Imagine going back in time to schoolyard playground game comp…
- 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:15pm -

Terraria seemed to come out of nowhere, at least for me personally. When the first trailer was released, some of us weren't even sure how to properly quantify the game. Enough people were curious to pay up that it became hugely successf…
- 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:00pm -

 Fie că este vorba de un număr insuficient de fani sau de teamă în fața încercării de a îmbina genuri foarte diferite, experimentele precum Nuclear Dawn sunt foarte rare în spațiul jocurilor AAA (cei mai cunoscuţi reprezentanţi ai „gen…
- 6 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:11pm -

Un RPG memorabil se deosebeşte de restul în primul rând printr-o poveste de calitate. De aceea ne vom aduce mereu aminte de Icewind Dale, Baldur’s Gate, Planescape Torment sau în timpuri mai moderne de Elder Scrolls sau The Witcher.Toate pă…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 10:52pm -

- 13 days ago, 9 Feb 12, 9:15pm -

Printre luptele cu sabia laser în mână, am luat o pauză de la atras cavaleri Jedi spre partea întunecată a Forţei (da, avem prăjituri, bomboane şi spectacole deocheate!) pentru a reveni pe calea cea bună a justiţiei şi a îndreptării ori…
- 27 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 7:11pm -

După succesul trilogiei lui Peter Jackson, era de aşteptat ca febra The Lord of the Rings să cuprindă și industria jocurilor. Dar cum relația dintre cinematografie și jocurile video nu este încă ideală, seria în cauză nu a avut încă par…
- 30 days ago, 23 Jan 12, 3:41pm -

Cine a jucat Anno 1404 își aduce aminte că la un moment dat a fost invitat să participe la un sondaj inițiat de Ubisoft privind epocă istorică în care urma să se desfășoare viitorul titlu al seriei. Eu am votat Japonia feudală, însă cei…
- 45 days ago, 9 Jan 12, 11:22am -

- 52 days ago, 1 Jan 12, 5:30pm -

După coloratul Might&Magic Heroes VI, revenirea la Disciples III e ca şi cum te-ar obliga părinţii să-ţi muţi dormitorul în beci. Din fericire, pentru expansion-ul stand-alone Resurrection asta nu e un lucru rău, pentru că linia celui de-al…
- 65 days ago, 19 Dec 11, 6:24pm -

Two weeks after revealing that Vita owners outside of Japan will not be able to convert their PSP UMD game collection into digital versions playable on Sony's new handheld, the com…
- 2 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 10:55pm -

Maybe I didn't see it coming, but the quality and depth I find in Kid Icarus Uprising's multiplayer mode surprises me. I demoed it yesterday for the first time (if you missed Jeremy'…
- 5 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:40pm -

FeatureShare it:TweetThe Vita's Challenge: A History of Portable CompetitionTo succeed, Sony's new handheld must escape the long shadow cast b…
- 22 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 3:33am -

Your story begins with you looking through the eyes of a creature as it's being carted through a laboratory by ominous looking scientists and military-types. An antiseptic white domi…
- 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:15am -

A series of Nintendo Direct events are set to take place tomorrow, as creatively announced today through Swapnote messages sent out to 3DS owners. This is the third time Nintendo D…
- 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 12:15am -

MechWarrior fans find themselves a bit overwhelmed these days. With three separate MW-inspired games announced within months of each other -- not bad for a series that most assumed d…
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 11:00pm -

I actually don't think remakes are an inherently terrible thing. In between the flood of Footloose and Arthur remakes are gems like The Departed or The Thing. At the very least, I no…
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 10:20am -

In what can only be described as a remarkable turnaround, the 3DS has gone from struggling badly enough that it necessitated a steep price drop to breaking a record by reaching 5 m…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 11:45pm -

But the most significant culture clash is the one between East and West. Binary Domain might be a game developed in Japan, but with its cover-based shooting, linear story-driven campaign and online multiplayer modes, its production has clearly been s…
- 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -

It's all about your anal cushions, apparently, and I know this because I'm in a discussion about how sitting on the toilet for too long is actually bad for your health. Esquire has the science answer: "sitting on the toilet too long can increase pres…
- 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:55pm -

Compared to the complexities of the Tiger Woods series, Everybody's Golf seems quite quaint. A customisable lobby screen (mine is currently home to a squat man complete with terrible mullet and moustache) presents you with single or multiplayer game…
- 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:47pm -

That's the context Swedish developer Starbreeze has inherited, but one it fails to engage with outside of a few half-hearted sentiments on the value and meaning of its tech-obsessed society. This is a world that demands deeper exploration than a few…
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 7:00pm -

But this is also a series that hasn't adapted well to change, and the absence of major innovation in recent years is evidence enough that Namco Bandai has been struggling over what to do with the brand since creator Keita Takahashi left to pursue oth…
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 11:52am -

Then, for some reason - call it inspiration, call it despair - I glanced at the options screen to see if the original Japanese language track was available. It was! Suddenly, this cloying Final Fantasy vomit-fest now sounded like a Kurosawa flick and…
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 2:00am -

Dumped in America's Deep South for this standalone spin-off, the brooding nature of the original game's claustrophobia is quickly banished. Although sizeable, locations are sparingly populated, a factor which heightens the sense of isolation. But dev…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 7:00pm -

Best of the recent bunch, however, was Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles, a beautiful sprawl of an RPG set in a mesmeric world and bolstered by fine combat mechanics. Challenging Skyward Sword for the best Wii game of last year, it left a tough ac…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 4:20pm -

Rangoooooooo.
- 37 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:47am -

Tonight’s episode of Modern Family hits a sensitive subject for Phil. If you’ve seen the promos, there’s a good chance you already know what’s ahead. If not, maybe the title will give it away. The clip we have to show you doesn’t address th…
- 47 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:37am -

6 big ideas for big changes.
- 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:14am -

How important is Facebook to your relationship? This Friday night’s episode of Portlandia addresses that issue with a funny sketch that includes a bit of gender reversal between stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Check it out ahead!
- 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:11am -

Evolution Studios is just a couple weeks away from releasing MotorStorm RC. This new take on their off-road series will be available digitally for the PS Vita and PS3 on March 6th.
- 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:10am -

But what's down there?
- 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:05am -

Smart move.
- 2 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 11:51pm -

Battlefield 3: Aftershock did not receive a warm welcome from gamers. The mobile game was criticized so heavily that EA has decided to pull it from the App Store altogether.
- 2 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 11:36pm -

On shuffling habits, good and bad.
- 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -

I can't drive 55.
- 22 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 3:00am -

Yahtzee takes us all on a wild cyper-punk influenced cruise.
- 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 12:00am -

A Primer
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 9:00pm -

The guys get all up in this generation's "Star Wars".
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 12:00am -

The grand experiment mostly succeeds.
- 5 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 5:00am -

MovieBob tests your movie constitution with a few films.
- 5 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 12:00am -

It Bears Repeating
- 5 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 9:00pm -

  The Gotham City Impostors Beta has been going strong for the past week and I personally have had quite a bit of fun playing it.  For those who were not lucky enough to get an access code for the Beta, the wait to play Gotham City Impostors will n…
- 21 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 8:03pm -

Capcom confirmed today that their newest action game Dragon’s Dogma will be shipping on May 22, 2012.  Along with the game, players will receive a download code for early access to the Resident Evil 6 demo.  The Resident Evil 6 Demo will event…
- 22 days ago, 31 Jan 12, 8:34pm -

  While big budget AAA titles often get the most recognition in the gaming industry, games that offer classic gameplay with modern sensibilities have found a comfortable niche as downloadable titles. Choplifter HD, a spiritual sequel to the original…
- 29 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 6:32pm -

Nintendo 3DS gamers have been patiently awaiting for one of the most anticipated games since the 3DS was announced, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D. Konami has finally set a release date for the 3DS outing with Snake, which will be February 21, 201…
- 42 days ago, 11 Jan 12, 2:38pm -

PopCap Games is teasing a new iOS game bound for release in Spring 2012, titled Popcorn Dragon. A little Image 3D viewer sent in depicted several illustrated slides, which said: - Who is Ignatius Flambé? - Explorer? - Ghost Hunter? - Scourge of the…
- 62 days ago, 22 Dec 11, 9:57pm -

7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven Available for Nintendo DS Game Developer and Publisher: MumboJumbo Release date: December 3, 2011 Rating: 3.75 out of 5 Review summary: 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven sends players across the globe with traditional match-…
- 62 days ago, 22 Dec 11, 5:40pm -

Today PopCap Games released an update for iOS favorite, Plants vs. Zombies. Run the update to have zombies terrorizing your lawn in holiday cheer. Players can also enjoy taking on the role of jolly zombies in the new I, Zombie gameplay mode. Additi…
- 69 days ago, 15 Dec 11, 3:13pm -

Still looking to fill your gamer’s holiday wish list or looking to gift some games to yourself? Check out these great online deals on video game systems, video games, and specially packaged collector’s edition games. Amazon.com is offering at lea…
- 70 days ago, 14 Dec 11, 3:04pm -

One of the enjoyable things about seeking out content for App of the Day is the freedom it offers - there's no review code to hustle after, and rarely any demand to satisfy the curiosity of the hype machine. Instead we can take recommendations from…
- 11 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 2:00pm -

Somebody once leaked the code for the original Ridge Racer onto the internet. Not the code in the sense of a pirate version of Namco's seminal arcade racing game: rather, the source code, the written instructions of logic and maths that fired its pr…
- 15 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 10:30am -

For a game set in the future, EA's rebooted Syndicate is a game very much trapped by the past.At an instinctive level, that's because it's an all-action first-person shooter reboot of a 1993 game that was all about top-down strategy. At times you…
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 7:00pm -

I've been showing off PlayStation Vita to my family. Dad likes a bit of Xbox, mum is conducting another affair with Professor Layton, and my 10-year-old niece is an evolutionary miracle: half-human, half-iOS. As such, I'm always keen to gauge the…
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 4:00pm -

If the App Store was a real shop, it'd be a spacious, attractive, well-lit and welcoming place with some slightly dubious promotional offers and sales on the majority of new releases.You'd find it well-stocked with endless runners and asynchronous…
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 2:05pm -

After five years in development, it was hardly a surprise that every brow associated with Alan Wake was furrowed into an irretrievable state of seriousface. And when it did at last arrive, that was the game's problem: it looked great, had a nicely c…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 7:00pm -

Editor's note: This is an import review of the Japanese edition of Gravity Daze, available now. The game will be titled Gravity Rush when it appears in North America and Europe, but no release date has been set for this version.About two thirds of t…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 4:00pm -

When I were a lad all the best games had Super in the title. So even before Super Quickhook's retro sprites and chiptunes have worked their simple charms, there's something nostalgic to it. But the aesthetics are as far as it goes. Super Quickhook…
- 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 2:00pm -