The other day I had a dream that I was a kid again, just hanging out watching Sesame Street, everything was great. As the show came to an end The Count said this episode was brought to us by … you guessed it, the letter “e” and the number “3″. Never before has one letter [...]

Growing pains, they are a fact of life…wait that’s another show. What we are trying to say is due to the increase in traffic on our site we are moving ripten.com to a more powerful server. The site may be up and down for the next few days but fear not we are still alive [...]

The Halo 3 Beta has come and gone but the guys and gals over at Bungie Studios are still feeding their Halo hungry fans. If the breathtaking new “Finish The Fight” artwork doesn’t satisfy your craving for the chief, then take a look behind the scenes of what we here at ripten have in store [...]

We are working away on bringing our readers the “King Of The Game” series but wanted to share some early sketches with you in the mean time. Artwork by Kristoffer There will be 32 different characters competing for the recognition of being pixel for pixel the baddest that ever called a console home. If you [...]

The head honchos in the Playstation 3 technology department say that the firmware will undergo yet another round of improvements. Sony Computer Entertainment’s CTO Kawanishi and Audio Video Manager Kanehide both stated they believe there is still room for improvement by an additional 30 to 40 percent in terms of the visual upscale and overall [...]

There are many rumors circling around this years E3 convention, although today we saw that Xbox 360 Wire is reporting that in addition to Metal Gear Solid 4 (which has been rumored for some time now) there is also a possibility that Gears of War 2 will see the light of day at this years [...]

Everyone was upset when E3 said goodbye, especially the giant statues. When the E3 we all know and love closed its doors for good, many of us needed to have our frowns surgically removed from our collective faces. So when we got word that Gamecock Media Group was going to be offering up a convention [...]

Video games are suppose to be fun, right? Well sometimes they aren’t, at least not for everyone. I’m sure that most women can agree that the only thing on a guys mind may NOT always be what we THINK it is. We wait patiently in the other room hearing over and OVER again “I’m almost [...]

Here we go, division two of the “King Of The Game” Tournament. If you want to check out division one and read the tournament specifics click here, otherwise lets get on with it…

While this may not exactly be video game, or movie, or even gadget news, it does involve many individuals who have made a career out of selling those exact items to consumers across the country. They depend on these things to pay the bills each month and we just got word from a very reliable [...]

In a world where video games and music lyrics are blamed for out of touch teens committing indescribable acts of violence, 24 year old resident of the U.K Adam Mapleson, an avid gamer and Counter-Strike enthusiast was shot trying to HELP a female security guard who was being robbed at a railway station. The U.K [...]

This is what we have all been waiting for … a battle for the ages, and the time is now. We have assembled 32 of the finest video game characters that have ever called a console home, and a five round single elimination tournament of speed, skill, strength, and determination stands between them and being [...]

E3, also known as “min-E3″, is being held this year from July 11th to the 13th at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. Anyone who is familiar with the E3 of old knows that the new “min-E3″ pales in comparison to the event held in years past, that said … it is still better [...]

The Electronics Boutique / GameStop Memorial Day 2007 Sale starts today and runs through 6/17. Here are just a few of the deals they will be offering…

Ok, who farted? “The next Gears of War update is coming along nicely”, said Epic VP Mark Rein on the official Gears of War forum. He added that while a release timeframe has yet to be set Epic wanted to make every effort to let the fans of the game know that significant progress was [...]