Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a milestone for Nintendo in a couple ways. It marks the first time a Mario game has seen a direct sequel and it’s the realization of many of the goals first purported in the original Super Mario 64. It is the culmination of a decade’s …

Last week, I was fortunate enough to be accepted into OnLive’s promotional one free year of service courtesy of AT&T. While the service will remain free for a year, renewing at $4.95 a month thereafter, game purchases and rentals are still going to cost me. For those unaware of OnLive …

Nintendo has a knack for creating simple yet absolutely addictive puzzle games. The original Picross on the DS was a clever play on Sudoku-style grid puzzling, with the added twist of pictures being produced by eliminating squares. Removing squares on the grid is based on a logical elimination based …

It’s not too often a game is able to completely surprise you. When Bioshock 2 was first announced, my initial reaction was a mix of resistance and skepticism. As a fan of the first Bioshock, I was wary of how a sequel could undercut the richness of the original. These …

After watching the “Making of” documentary that comes with God of War III, it’s still difficult to imagine how much work it took to bring this game to fruition. Sony Santa Monica set the bar ever-higher after the PS2′s swan-song God of War II upped the action-game ante. With a …

A month ago, Nintendo of America held a Media Summit to showcase many of its upcoming 2010 titles. Included amongst the foray of exciting new games, was more information on Metroid: Other M. Developer Team Ninja is collaborating with Nintendo to take the franchise where Retro studios, the people behind …

At the Game Developer’s Conference, Sony recently held an event to unveil the final name and vision behind its long-in-development motion controller. When it was first revealed at last year’s E3, it was nothing more than a tech demo. Rumored to be called many things including the Gem and Arc, …

Almost a year after Resident Evil 5 debuted, Capcom is releasing two packs of DLC. The first episode, Lost in Nightmares, fared well in our review, harkening back to the glory days of creepy mansion romping, cryptic puzzle solving, and classic Jill Valentine lock-picking. The second round of DLC titled …

The wait is over – Final Fantasy XIII is now released in the United States. After many long months of watching and hearing about our Japanese friends completing what is the 13th game in one of the most illustrious video games series of all time we now finally have the …

Heavy Rain has a lot of hype to live up to. When the first teaser was unveiled at E3 2006, gamers were impressed but skeptical that French developer, Quantic Dream, could pull off such photorealism. However, as time went on, the game began to innovate on more than its …