There are a few reasons: the first is that reputation alone doesn't make or help keep revenue. See, things like giving money to charity both look good (and get written about in the press) and can provide a tax write-off or subtle bribe to whatever wife or relative runs the charity, meaning the money is really going…

I think Assassin's Creed has the better claim to being the intro to HD gaming: interacting with the environment in such a fluid way had a big impact on gaming as a whole, and was only made possible by the new tech. Because of this game, we saw a lot of parkour references throughout the generation, and that probably…

Paradoxically, it probably couldn't have happened if it was free: the gore almost certainly will bump up the age rating in some countries, and thus making it free would draw complaints by the various rating agencies who would complain of being given the run around. If they have to pay for it by credit card, however,…

Hey now, we should be fair: maybe they really did visit her, but couldn't squeeze her into the photo op without her getting in the way of her betters.

If I had to take a guess, I'd say it is because the ornate nature of the pistol doesn't lend itself well to the kind of metallurgy that can actually withstand an explosion going off. In truth, this is actually the case for almost all decorative weapons, and is why you'll rarely see the kind of damage associated with…

Its especially ironic given what happened to the vast majority of gaming magazines; then again, if the magazine writers (as a whole) could have anticipated what things like emulators, Steam, and Kickstarter would do for the PC market, they wouldn't have been marginalized to the present point of irrelevance.

That's a good question. For those wondering, its $22.50 on the PC, $15 on the Xbox, and $20 on the PS3...until the game is actually released. Then its $5.00 per episode across the board.

Granted, this is part of the character's appeal!

Psh, all lies. I've played enough video games to know that all wars take place in either brown dirt, snow, or jungle. This is probably Photoshopped.

Valve says they've already got "hundreds of games" that will come to the new operating system next year, including AAA titles, and that you'll be able to access the entire Steam catalog via "in-home streaming," a process they haven't quite explained yet. (We've reached out to a number of publishers, including EA,…

"The meeting also revealed what a major part of the business non-gaming entertainment had become for Xbox, with 42 per cent of Xbox Live subscribers watching 30 hours of movie or TV content every month."

"Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another...another...uh..."

Isn't it better not to play a game you aren't enjoying? Why would anyone waste their time doing otherwise?