We’ve written about the benefits of being late to the party–why playing weeks, months, or even years after a game’s release can bring with it a multitude of plusses. Many of those advantages come at a price, though. For one, you’re inevitably going to miss out on the joy of …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 058: Valve is your inconsiderate uncle
This week is weird, but good news–it’s also a long episode! Get ready to hear nearly EVERYONE on the podcast as we talk Valve and discuss our Pokemon X and Y review. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Greg Henninger, Ryan Taljonick, Tom Magrino, Lucas Sullivan, Zach BetkaQuestion of the week: What location …
Read More »What game soundtrack do you think is underrated?
You spent all morning playing a game. Now, it’s time to get off your couch and run errands. You’re walking the halls of the grocery store unbeknownst to you, you’re humming something– it’s the soundtrack from the game you were playing this morning! The more you hum it, the more …
Read More »Bad Company will return in future Battlefield games, DICE says
The wisecracking foursome of Bad Company will return in future Battlefield games, Polygon reports. DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson said that the games are a welcome respite from the serious military action of the mainline battlefield series. “My feeling is that I would love to do it. For me, when …
Read More »EA Sports wont release a college football game in 2014
Electronic Arts won’t release a college football game in 2014, for the first time in more than 20 years. EA Sports’ Cam Weber, its GM of American Football, wrote on the company’s news blog that ongoing litigation and related changes in business relationships led to the decision. “We have been …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 056: Murder, she wrote
There are days when you probably ask yourself: “What, actually, are the Top 7 Most Violent Games?” Well, we answer that question, and we also talk about the death of Diablo’s Auction House (yay!), GTA 5’s big opening (wow!), and Warhammer Online’s closure (aww!). It’s a roller coaster ride! Join …
Read More »What would you do with $800 Million?
GTA 5 had a very good first day–you could say the folks at Rockstar Games had 800,000,000 little reasons to be super happy. Which got us thinking: Say Rockstar’s head honcho Sam Houser showed up at your door and said he was feeling generous. “Here, have all our day-one earnings, …
Read More »What if Rockstar made your favorite series?
Can’t hardly wait Weve marked our calendars. Weve devoured the screenshots and deconstructed each and every trailer that we could get our greedy hands on. Weve meticulously combed through the rumors to collect as much information about Grand Theft Auto V as we possibly could, but nothing seems to satisfy …
Read More »The Top 7… Innovative game consoles that didnt deserve to fail
Don’t cry We’ve given you a complete history of failed consoles, lovingly suffocating you with info on almost 60 mediocre machines in the process. And while well all be better off never mentioning the Casio Loopy or Action Max again, we just had the nagging feeling that some of the …
Read More »God of War 2 director returns to Sony Santa Monica for new project
Sony Santa Monica is working on something “freaking huge,” and God of War II director and writer Cory Barlog is coming back to the studio to head it up. “What am I working on, you ask? Good question,” Barlog wrote on the PlayStation Blog. “Sadly, I cannot tell you… yet. …
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