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Rules that games journalism needs
Today at QuakeCon, developers speaking on a "Building Blockbusters" panel took issue with "stone-faced" games journalists at product demos, as if the absence of emotional displays in a journalist is somehow a bad thing. Sports journalists never cheer during ballgames -- so why should we?
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God of War: Ghost of Sparta gets release date
As formally announced on the official PlayStation Blog earlier this morning, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, the second handheld epic in Kratos's increasingly gory god-slaying series of hack-n-slashers, has been saddled with a November 2nd release date, as well as a pre-order pack "worthy of the gods."
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Square Enix continues PSP support with new multiplayer RPG
Square Enix has announced Lord of Arcana, an action-role playing game in which players can team up with three of their friends wirelessly to defeat giant creatures and seek out a legendary treasure.
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Top Ten video game ninjas
In the hallowed words of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni: “Ninjas kick butt! Cowabunga!” We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.
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E3 2010: The best of E3
There were a huge number of excellent titles at this year's E3 Expo. Rather than overwhelm you with huge lists broken down by category, we decided to instead reward a short list of products that we felt were truly outstanding.
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Gallery: Latest Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep screenshots
The unusual mash-up of anime and Disney in Square Enix's action role-playing title, Kingdom Hearts, has been acclaimed since its initial PS2 release. Following a string of successful sequels, the series is now coming to the PlayStation Portable in prequel form. We've got the latest screens of the game in action.
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Valkyria Chronicles 2
It's hard enough for sequels to live up to their predecessors, but Valkyria Chronicles 2 faces the extra responsibility of introducing the franchise to a new platform. The combination strategy/role-playing game attempts to repackage its unique blend of stylised artwork and gameplay complexity for PlayStation Portable, while adding new elements to the formula its PlayStation 3 parent made famous.
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Ys Seven
I'll admit, I'm happy for Ys fans. After years of missing out on even remakes like Ys I & II Eternal for the PS2, XSeed's decision to localise not one but three Ys games must seem like mana from heaven. Even better, the latest game in the series is a solid RPG in its own right, and certainly a worthy entrant in the long-running series.
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Young Thor
Frima Studio's development experience has revolved around a lot of kid-friendly titles (think Nickelodeon), and Young Thor definitely feels like one.
