Note to all game designers out there: making it impossible for the players to fail at your game tends to make it impossible for them to have any fun. There is no success without the specter of failure, and wi…

A Boy and His Blob is a game with a “hug” button — yes, a single button press dedicated entirely to making the eponymous boy give a big, affectionate snuggle to his blob companion. But you’d be mistaken to assume that this means the

This is just my humble opinion, but I think Konami is on a roll with their ReBirth series. They (and developer M2) are doing what many retro game nerds often say they want with other classic series: They’re giving us a new

Off the bat, let me admit to not having very much in the way of Resident Evil knowledge; I’m not a hardcore fan of the series. But while I enjoyed my recent hands-on time with two levels of Capcom’s second on-rails lightgun shooter, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles , which takes you through re-imagined levels from Code Veronica and RE2 along with some original stages, I’m a bit surprised by the

With kid-friendly turns in Lego Indy , Lego Batman , and Lego Star Wars , the pegged-block franchise has extended its roots pretty far into the videogame world. But the next Lego-themed adventure does away with the action-focused collect-a-thon of previous outings, and adds a new graphical skin to the ever-expanding rhythm genre with Lego Rock Band . It won’t be as “hardcore” as the recently released Guitar Hero 5 , nor as &…

Nintendo Update: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3 joined by Ghost Mansion Party, Golden Axe, Zombies Ate My Neighbors; Sudoku, PictureBook Games arrive on DSi. Telltale Games typically doesn’t have much of a problem releasing new installments in its episodic adventure series at one-month intervals. However, Wii gamers have certainly noticed the nearly two-month span that has elapsed since the release of Chapter 2 in the developer’…

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias vastly improves upon its predecessor with clever puzzles and vibrant graphics. Score: 8.0 / great Get the full article at GameSpot ” LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Review ” was posted by Mark Walton on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:27:00 -0700

Sports-entertainment company offers publisher until Dec. 31 to settle dispute with toy firm over joint wrestling-game venture; analysts believe THQ will strike indpendent deal. Today, the World Wrestling Entertainment extended a deadline for THQ and Jakks Pacific to agree on renewing their joint venture’s licensing deal…

You’ve seen the first Epic Mickey screens, now try to imagine them in high-definition. According to an Official Nintendo Magazine interview, Epic Mickey was originally supposed to be for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, only to be shifted to the Wii in 2008. “It’s burned in my brain – Graham Hopper [Disney Interactive boss] pulled me into my office one day and said ‘What does it take to deliver on the goals we…

[UPDATE] Cowen and Company’s Doug Creutz cuts sales projections for Activision’s latest rhythm game by 61 percent, citing online demand that is “well below” expectations. Beyond Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, arguably Activision Blizzard’s biggest release for the holiday quarter would have been …