PAX 08 is rocking gamers with plenty of hands-on demos on the show floor, as Fall’s big-name titles make the rounds for their adoring public. Gamers queued up to get their greedy claws on Gears 2, Left 4 Dead, StarCraft II, and many others.

But one of the surprising hits of the floor was Red Faction: Guerrilla. It doesn’t take long to realize why the game has been in development for four-and-a-half years: the destructibility of the environments is complete. Read more…

As the second sequel to 2001’s winner of the “Most Popular Shooter Developed By THQ with the Initials R.F.” award, Red Faction 3, formally known to the masses as Red Faction: Guerrilla, has quite a legacy to stand up to- a legacy full of Geo-Mod physics, taco-phone ports, moon hammers, and the world’s least lucid storyline.

A few days ago (August 9th, to be exact) FilePlanet dropped the Red Faction: Guerrilla multiplayer beta out for public consumption, and I was lucky enough to get some hands on time with THQ & Volition’s latest space-base shooter. Hit the jump for my impressions. Read more…

Sega isn’t one of the top four mobile developers, but they did have this early iPhone hit.

Mobile gaming is a growing industry. Better phones, better developers, and better quality games are contributing to an upward spiral of quality cell phone gaming. And according to media analyst Screen Digest, the top four developers of mobile phone games are tightening their grip on the market.

EA Mobile, Gameloft, Glu and THQ Wireless saw their collective shares of the global market double from 11 percent to 22 percent in 2007, and the figure is rising steadily. Read more…

What to make of the mysterious Darksiders?

THQ has officially released their lineup of game releases for the 2009 fiscal calendar, featuring both original titles and sequels to existing IPs. Read more…

You may not end up purchasing “Avatar: The Burning Earth” for your Xbox 360, but once you see the video below and how easy it is to earn 1,000 gamer points, you may very well decide to rent the hell out of it.

All you have to do to earn yourself a quick 1,000 GP is move to where the character is in this video, and press “B” for a few minutes. Have at the video after the jump. Read more…

And it came to pass that Conan the Cimmerian smote the No-Pants-Goblins.

Before I set out to strap on the sandals of the greatest Cimmerian, I was excited about this adventure. However, the developers of Conan have made his game so similar to the God of War franchise that it begs comparison. Read more…

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 playable video games, but when asked for some press material we were told, “ … we didn’t bring any because we thought the press wasn’t going to come here,” said an EA employee. Read more…

“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 new Xbox Live demo. Read more…

“Lights, cameras, cue the exploding monkeys, and… action!”

For all the dramatic action, so carefully scripted and staged in Stuntman: Ignition, the game still uses the implausible concept that you are a professional stunt driver who is completely uninterested in learning the stunts ahead of time. Read more…

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 than nothing.

A schedule of events was released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) for the show on the official E3 website.

Getting the ball rolling this year will be Microsoft with a “pre-E3 conference” at 8:30pm on July 10th. Next up will be Nintendo, offering up a tasty batch wii goodness, with a conference at Read more…