Guitar Hero is finally facing some tough competition this year due to Rock Band, and the behind-the-scenes maneuvering between companies is probably pretty confusing to most music game fans. The creators of Guitar Hero may have moved on to develop Rock Band, but the GH license is still going strong with big-name contributors and more [...]

One of the nicest surprises of last weekend’s E for All show was Konami’s booth, which was filled with promising games. Enough has been said about MGS4, but on the handheld front, Konami was making waves with original versions of four of their most popular franchises.

“Cleavage-Patra” – Scientists now know what the pyramids were modeled after… Allow me to paint you a picture: First came the wheel, then the alphabet, followed soon after by television and the Internet. There were horses and camels and elephants, which were mostly used to raid barbarian villages and wage wars between nations. Precious gems [...]

More than a decade ago Nintendo introduced the N64, and with it came controllers equipped with a rumble feature, For the first time gamers were able to feel the impact of their games. That feature spread like wildfire and eventually made it’s way into the peripherals of other consoles and PC devices. Gaming peripherals continued [...]

Chris Kohler runs the Wired Game|Life blog, which views the videogame industry from a technological and social point of view. Chris has been to dozens of these industry events, so we stopped him for a few questions about the experiment that was this year’s E for All.

For the last time, I’m not happy to be here, this smile is sewn on! Two days is the amount of time we’ve spent here at E for All and frankly, that is more than enough time to view and play all the games at this expo. The Electronic Arts demo booth had plenty of [...]

From his first moments, he could jump. Later, with a Tanooki suit or a cape, he could fly. But now Mario has broken the bonds of gravity and gone where no plumber has gone before—the cold lonesome of deep space. What lies in the farthest reaches of the Mario Galaxy? How about pirate ships, surfboard [...]

Hosing down rabbits with carrot juice isn’t most people’s idea of a good time, but when Raving Rabbids hit the Wii as a launch title last year, a lot of folks changed their mind. All of a sudden it didn’t seem too weird to swing a cow or shoot plungers at UFOs, as long as [...]

We sit down with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots’ Assistant Producer, Ryan Payton and pick his brain about his contributions to the long standing series, accessibility to newcomers, enhancements in gameplay, competition, the movie, and more. Have at it after the jump.

“I wonder how much I could get for all of these on Ebay?” Walking along side the Nintendo fanboys at the first Entertainment for All Expo in the Los Angeles Convention Center was definitely a day to remember. Sony failed to show and Microsoft is apparently still hung over from their Halo 3 release, but [...]

You look like Cole Train. Maybe, but at least my mama ain’t a locust. Epic is clearly interested in making games about burly space marines and their bad-ass weapons, and Unreal Tournament 3 is about as close to this vision as you can imagine. But if Gears of War was a relatively slow-paced, more thoughtful [...]

If you don’t have fun playing this game, check for a pulse… Easily the most highly anticipated Nintendo Wii game of E for All, even more popular than Super Mario Galaxy, was Super Smash Brothers Brawl. As an ode to Nintendo fans of the last two decades, Smash Brothers Brawl packed in even more obscure [...]

Dan Connors is the CEO of Telltale Games, makers of the Sam & Max episodes The Sam and Max episodes have proven that regular episodic gaming can work, and that there’s still room for comedic adventure games in the market. Telltale Games sells their episodic games through their website, and their games are also available [...]

Snake, the “Middle East?” Can’t you be more specific about your location? A long line of gamers eagerly waiting to play Metal Gear Solid 4, perhaps their only chance before the game comes out early next year, snaked around an elaborate barbed-wire bunker booth at E for All.

“Try my blue bubble launching side kick on for size!” There’s no joy on Earth like having a child. I realize I probably talk about my son and niece a whole bunch when I write, but that’s because it’s a joy being a dad and an uncle. As a gamer though, it’s tough when your [...]