Ok, the good ol’ boys (and girls) over at Infinity Ward have made the single player beta for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare available for everyone to download on the PC. It is approximately 1.37 GB, so if you want to download it, make sure you have a fast internet connection — or just [...]

Slap yourself for thinking what you were just thinking. InstantAction.com, created by Eugene Oregon based GarageGames, is a a web platform for playing multiplayer action games in a browser. If that disappoints you — well too bad, there are plenty of other sites on the web for the other stuff, not that we have personally [...]

“Clogged arteries, expanding waistlines, and now donuts are deadlier than ever” A playable demo for the “The Simpsons Game” is now available for download on both the Xbox 360 and PS3. Both systems feature the same level, a battle against the colossal donut boy brought to life in a classic Treehouse of Horror episode, Lard [...]

“Next time I have to remember not to paint myself into a corner” Never before has the phrase “hack and slash” been taken so literally. Fans of the brutal barbarian get not just one, but two licensed games coming out soon, with the action-platforming console game “Conan” coming out this month, as evidenced by a [...]

We just received the first installment of id Software’s developer diary for the upcoming Orcs & Elves Nintendo DS game due to hit US store shelves on November 13, 2007. We will be publishing a new developer diary each week up until the release of the game, and if that isn’t sweet enough, id Software [...]

If hospitals remind you of death, this game’s for you Ahead in the darkness you can hear the groaning of a chest maw, a zombie-like creature with a gaping mouth in the middle. You can hear your heartbeat quicken as the cockroaches buzzing around your feet take tiny bites out of your health. You rev [...]

A new age of Z warriors DragonBall Online is said to release sometime in June 2008. If you haven’t heard of the manga, or anime, or toy line, or video games you might want to crawl out of that rock you’ve been hiding under for the past two decades.

“Kill ya nine times before ya hit the ground” Pause, rewind, and slow motion — these aren’t just features on your VCR, in the new game “TimeShift” from Sierra and Saber Interactive, they are weapons.

“The forecasted title for – Ninja Gaiden II: Electric Boogaloo” When the original Ninja Gaiden was released in the U.S. in March of 1989 on the NES console it was an instant classic. The mix of side scrolling action, shuriken power-ups, insane difficulty and memorable boss battles left a lasting impression on young gamers across [...]

Gabe can blind fire around corners Bend and Sony return with the sequel to Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, Logan’s Shadow; with new features, an impressive soundtrack (composed by Azam Ali), and an amazing storyline (written by Greg Rucka) it seems Bend knocked one out of the park.

“Grissom, any evidence that this game will be better than the last three?” There are going to be a lot of fourths on the shelves in the next year– Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto 4. But who’s searching for Crime Scene Investigation 4?

Leagues beyond Wii Sports Tennis This week Rockstar Games held an informal get-together for game journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area to hang out at a Metreon sports bar, have some drinks, and learn to play Table Tennis on the Wii.

World War III and its hypothesized aftermath has been the subject of countless novels, films, video games and even music for the last sixty years. Basically, since the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, people from nations around the globe have prophesized about what the parameters would be for the next Great War. As [...]

Frankly, I’m just fascinated by this kid’s hair, standing up on his head like a pair of antlers. Are they pigtails? It’s hard to say. We’ll go with yes. SHE is the mascot of Rhythm ‘n Notes, a new pseudo-game taking on the task of developing musical tendencies. The software is split into two parts: [...]

“I’m too sexy for my armor… so sexy it hurts.” Orcs and goblins are not usually known to be good-looking, but in Fantasy Wars from Russian developer 1C, they can appear downright charming. These rough, green-skinned creatures with jutting horns and teeth are decked out in their Sunday best, with interesting designs on their shields [...]