What does a fledgling game developer with a golden opportunity to create a monster sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed RPG’s of all time do when they can’t find a satisfactory game engine to build it on? Why, they develop their own!!

Ripten takes a look at the latest Just Cause title. Will it be plagued with the problems of the first, or will it shine above? Read on to find out.

Tweet In case you didn’t know, we quite like Darksiders here at Ripten. That’s why it gives me great pleasure to let you know that it will be coming to PC in the summer. Bringing such a great game to a wider audience can only be great news, right? Well yes, but as a PC [...]

Tweet The last week of March 2010 doesn’t give us much to get excited about, but the new Nintendo DSi XL does finally arrive along with a great new title in WarioWare: D.I.Y. A Wii version, dubbed WarioWare: D.I.Y Showcase, for the WiiWare also comes out this week, too. A few other notable titles coming [...]

Tweet Hackers don’t usually hack things with good intentions, and this incident involving Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Director of Programming, Larry Hryb (better known to videogame nerds as Major Nelson) doesn’t do much to better their public perception. Nelson’s Xbox LIVE account was supposedly hacked by this guy, who is at the very least is taking full responsibility [...]

Tweet The Final Fantasy XIII free roam area known as Gran Pulse packs many surprises, but the biggest (at least in size) just might be the gigantic dino-like creature named Long Gui. With a massive 16 million hit points, this bad boy is the thing nightmares are made of … unless of course you are one [...]

Tweet In the spirit of Bruno, I’d like to say “Opening E3 with a press conference is soooo last season.” Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg tweeted that the company will kick off their E3 extravaganza with a Project Natal experience on Sunday night. Their press conference would then take place the following day. “Just 1 press conference [...]

Tweet The series was announced as a trilogy, so the tweet shouldn’t come as earth shattering by any stretch of the imagination. The following tweets by BioWare’s Christina Norman revealed the following: “ME3 Trivia: Today I started work on ‘Project Wombat’ for Mass Effect 3,” “Wow a lot of speculation on what Project Wombat is [...]

Tweet Plenty of new games coming out this week with Just Cause 2 and Red Steel 2 making the headlines, but don’t overlook some of the downloadable releases like the Game Room for XBLA and Cave Story for the WiiWare. Hit the jump for the full list of new game releases this week.

Tweet CD Projekt has officially announced The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. They will be holding a full press conference tomorrow and if you happen to speak their native language, you can view it here. Adam Kiciński, CEO of CD Projekt RED studio said: “I am really glad that we can officially present what we’ve [...]

Tweet The game that asked us just a few short months ago, “would you like to blow shit up with me?” remains true to their mantra in this latest explosion filled “Rocket Tag” gameplay video. Tag your it … boom!

Tweet In a recent interview with Siliconera, Square Enix President, Yoichi Wada, said the following about a possible Final Fantasy VII remake: “Right now we don’t have a clear direction, but many fans have requested we remake Final Fantasy VII … We’re going to explore the possibility – whether or not we’re going to do [...]

Tweet Dragon Age fans rejoice, for the moment is finally at hand! Some serious new content is here, and it’s up to the Grey Wardens to stomp it!! If you’ve finished Dragon Age: Origins, then by now you should know that there is much work for the new commander of the Grey Wardens s to [...]

Tweet To celebrate ten whole years of being a thing that exists, Threadless is putting all their T-Shirts on sale for $10 apiece (and hoodies for $30). Don’t worry, this isn’t just tangentially related to gaming, as they have a reasonable collection of gaming T-shirts to choose from. The sale lasts until Saturday March 20th [...]

Tweet Video games are a fun escape for most of us, but twenty-three year old Hans Smith suffers from Cerebral Palsy and his passion for playing Baseball is confined to the virtual medium. Wanting to thank the creators of the game that gives him the ability to experience the sport he loves, Hans wrote a [...]