EA Canada, the Hockey branch of the EA Sports brand, has been on a complete tear for several years now. Just as competitor 2K Sports hit a monumental slump from which they still have yet to even show the earliest signs of recovering, NHL 07 debuted a fantastic new gameplay engine for the long-running franchise, [...]

Outside of the Halo franchise, Epic Games’ Gears of War series was intended to be a major player for the Xbox 360. The first Gears was a (literally) bloody hit. Gears of War 2 expanded that success and garnered its own rave reviews, and the final installment looks to top things off. Gears of War [...]

THQ and developer Volition had a pretty solid presence on the Comic Con show floor by showing off a demo of Saints Row: The Third. Tucked inside a makeshift private theater “guarded” by pimps and Penthouse Pets, a very excited presenter showed off some of the new features the Saints will be bringing to the [...]

The upcoming Gears of War 3 continues the Horde mode that Gears 2 started, and a playable demo was available on the Comic Con show floor. Obviously, the mode worked well enough in Gears 2 that Epic Games didn’t need any massive retooling for the third installment. A few rounds were available to play, so [...]

The title of Most Surprising Demo at Comic Con likely has to go to Mass Effect 3. A video would have been expected. But a hands-on demo? It’s a sign of how important games are becoming at Comic Con. This was the same demo shown at E3, but Comic Con provided its public hands-on debut. [...]

With an incredible amount of Batman fans eagerly awaiting the 2012 release of The Dark Knight Rises, they’ll be easily taken care of with the upcoming Batman: Arkham City. Picking up where its predecessor Batman: Arkham Asylum left off, Arkham City pits the Bat up against an entire city overrun by psychotic thugs. Use Facebook [...]

Obviously, Star Wars will almost immediately come to mind when thinking about suitable game types for motion-gaming. The Wii held some solid potential, considering you use a lightsaber-esque controller, but it was Microsoft’s Kinect that got people even more excited about a Star Wars game. The ability to “wield” a lightsaber and use the Force? [...]

Activision’s upcoming Spider-Man: Edge of Time feels like it’s going to be a lot more of what we saw in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. While not a true sequel, it’s pulling ideas from the game by focusing on The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

It really wasn’t all that long ago that Nintendo looked like an old champion on the verge of a full return to form. In terms of marketshare, they have already, at least for now, reclaimed the industry they once dominated, and looked like they were about to make a similar move for the hearts and [...]

Kicking off in 1995, the Sega Rally Championship franchise has long stood among the best that arcade racing has to offer. It didn’t enjoy a wealth of sequels like most great games do, but it made for great games any time Sega chose to build one. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post