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When Board Games Meet Video Games

Chip Lange, GM and VP of Hasbro Studios at EA, explains how classic board games are being re-imagined for a broad spectrum of interactive platforms…

September 30, 2008

Sony: PS3 Shortages “Not Ideal” As God of War III Launches

Sales of the flagship title could take a hit as multiple retailers experience hardware shortages during launch week.
Lots Of Sony Studios At Work On 3D Games

Company says it's "very optimistic" about 3D gaming on PS3, and that 3D capable TVs will be the norm within four years.
Nintendo: We’re Not Good At Making Core Games

US boss says he’d like more core content on Wii for active gamers, but admits the company has to rely on third parties for the majority of it.

GDC: How To Balance Halo

Bungie's Jaime Griesemer explains the fine art of game balancing and why he's bad at playing his own game.
Community Spotlight

Highlights from our community-written blogs, featuring PlayStation Home's potential for gaming and the emotional impact of Heavy Rain.
Out Now: E213

New issue out now, blowing the case wide open on LA Noire, Rockstar's off the record, on the QT, detective thriller.

3D-ing Is Believing

N'Gai Croal opens Pandora's box and thinks that the depths of 3D really do have something special to bring to videogames.
Words Are Cheap

Chris Dahlen meets the director of interactive fiction documentary Get Lamp and remembers how rich a world that only costs the time it takes to write it can be.
I Like Guns

To shoot or not to shoot? Chris Dahlen struggles with the big Big Buck Hunter Pro question.

Time Extend: Space Channel 5: Part 2

How hot rhythm and high camp came together to perfectly express Sega’s magical difference.
Review: Dante's Inferno

Dante would only be delighted that his hellish visions should be inflicted on a new generation of sinners.
What Economic Crisis?

Despite an overall year-on-year drop for UK game industry revenues, individual retailers recorded growth in 2009.
Time Extend: Robotron 2084

Why do you love a game that refuses to love you back? Meet Robotron: 2084 – gaming’s earliest abusive relationship.
The Making Of: Gauntlet

How the rise of the home console led to the creation of an arcade gaming legend and the grandfather of Left 4 Dead.