High Horse is a rotating opinion column in which GamesRadar editors and guest writers are invited to express their personal thoughts on games, the people who play them and the industry at large. By now, chances are you’ve heard some of the uproar surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act, or …
Read More »Plus Alpha: 24 hours in Japan
Plus Alpha is a weekly column that explores life in Japan from the perspective of American expatriate and game-industry veteran Jarik Sikat. Having worked in numerous areas of the game industry since 1994, Sikat relocated to Japan in 2010. Think fast: If you had 24 hours in Japan, what do …
Read More »Ask GR Anything: What are the most expensive games in the world?
Ask GR Anything is a weekly Q%26A column that answers questions submitted by readers (as well as questions we’re particularly curious about ourselves). Got a burning question about games or the industry? Ask us in the comments below and you may just get it answered! We’d like to preface this …
Read More »Miyamoto update: Nintendo denies reports of him stepping down, says his job is unchanged
Late yesterday US time, we reported (opens in new tab) on an article posted on Wired.com (opens in new tab) that had some big news pertaining to Shigeru Miyamoto, the man most associated with Mario, Zelda, and almost every other thing Nintendo does. The article quoted the 59 year-old detailing …
Read More »The Top 7 Games that broadened our musical horizons
Game music has been a passion of ours roughly since, oh, 1985, but in the past 10 years, it’s come to mean something more. Don’t get us wrong, we still love the beepatronic music of the 8- and 16-bit periods (and the wave of chiptune artists it inspired), but the …
Read More »Metroid II, Mario Land 2, Mega Man and more coming to 3DS eShop this year
As part of the Gamescom news blast,Nintendo Europe has announced (opens in new tab)Game Boy classics Metroid II: Return of Samus and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins will arrive on its 3DS eShop before the end of the year. Also along for the ride are Mega Man: Dr …
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