Word is out that Maxis, the famed EA studio behind the The Sims, Spore and Sim City, is hiring a Development Director for an “unannounced next-generation Online simulation game.” The ever so observant superannuation speculates that it might be a Facebook game, which could make sense except we’re...

Creative director Maxime Beland spoke with IndustryGamers recently and explained why Splinter Cell: Conviction will lure gamers back to the franchise: “If you look at the sales of Splinter Cell 1 versus Splinter Cell 4, they go a little bit down. So, our fantasy was good but we needed to approach...

There’s a big pile of Xbox exclusive games that were really fantastic that nobody played. Games like Breakdown, Phantom Dust, the Otogi games, and anything made by Smilebit are all great, but the one that always gets brought up the most when talking about criminally overlooked Xbox games is Oddworld:...

Sony has announced that they’ll be releasing remastered versions of both God of War and God of War II on a single Blu-ray disc later this year. The God of War Collection will include both PlayStation 2 games reworked with 720p resolution running at a smooth 60 fps to make all that harpy wing ripping...

The Conduit was one of the most hyped titles to come out for Wii this year, and with such attention comes a lot of pressure about what comes next for the developers and the game itself. A little over a year ago when we chatted with the guys at High Voltage about the possibility of a sequel, they were...

Have you ever wished you could be a crime-fighting superhero facing off against your archnemesis while debris such as crumbling walls and desk papers scatter apart realistically from physical struggles with henchmen, creating a cinematic experience that surpasses any other ordinary thug-brawling superhero...

Last year’s Dead Space from EA’s Visceral Games (then EA Redwood Shores) can be considered a commercial success. The title sold over a million units in 2008, not bad for a brand new IP competing with big Christmas games like Fallout 3. But as happy as studio manager Glen Schofield is with the sales,...

Every time we meet with the guys from High Voltage, the wonderful people bringing us The Conduit, they’re constantly telling us that they love reading about what we think of their games so they can dive back in and make changes. It’s one of their two constant tenants, the other being to give players...

A CNET poll established to gauge readers’ anticipation for rival exclusives ‘Forza Motorsport 3? and ‘Gran Turismo 5? was closed early after numerous complaints of “bribes” being offered by Forza developer, Turn 10. The day after the poll was started, a thread appeared on the official Forza...