Five Thoughts on Microsoft’s X14 Media Showcase
After a generation of Gears of War and Halo, Microsoft is finally starting to diversify with the Xbox One.
Xbox 360
Thought Bubble: Who Watches the Watch Dogs?
Aiden Pearce and the terror of a righteous protagonist in a game without a hero.
GDC 2014: Super Time Force Fartsclusive
At the ID@Xbox event at GDC 2014, Toronto's Capybara Games talks farts and poo in the forthcoming Super Time Force.
Injustice: Gods Among Us Review
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment hopes to answer fans’ burning questions about who would win a straight-up fight between Superman and Shazam, or the Joker and Bane. The answers are about as satisfying – and silly – as you’d expect.
Xbox Spring Preview
Dork Shelf is ready to say goodbye to winter and checked out Xbox's spring game line-up, including BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider and Gears of War: Judgment.
Thought Bubble: A Eulogy for Silicon Knights
R.I.P. Silicon Knights -- a writer's reasons for taking the funeral approach with the troubled Ontario game studio.
Assassin’s Creed III Review
Assassin’s Creed III is an excellent game. It might even be a great game, depending on how you define that amorphous notion of ‘greatness.’ Explaining why, however, is a trickier proposition that may depend entirely on your own idiosyncratic interpretation of Americana.
Halo 4 Review
Master Chief is back, now under the banner of Halo-centric studio 343 Industries at the start of a whole new “Reclaimer” trilogy. In its return, Halo 4 may have just accomplished its duty, but does that mean it can win the war for a massive demographic's trigger fingers after being MIA for some key years?
Just Dance 4 Review
Just Dance 4 is truly the karaoke of dance games, full of guilty pleasures new and old and on-screen lyrics to boot.
Jet Set Radio Review
Jet Set Radio, an extreme in-line graffiti action game, is one of the most memorable games of Sega’s final stride on their own turf. And, oh look, now it’s in HD.
Interview: WWE ’13 designer Bryan Williams
WWE ‘13’s senior game designer discusses the emphasis on the Attitude Era.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review
As derivative as it is, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is exceptionally well made, with core mechanics that make for consistently engaging gameplay that runs smoothly in multiple scenarios.
Game of Thrones: The Game Preview
In many ways, GoT:TG has more in common with George Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire books than the HBO drama. Still, the developers managed to work in the likenesses of some of the characters from the show offering a little continuity between the game and the HBO series.
Interview: Game of Thrones: The Game
Given the success of HBO's Game of Thrones series, it's probably no surprise that a videogame is also in the works. What might surprise you, however, is that Game of Thrones: The Game has been in development for more than seven years.
Gears of War 3: Fenix Rising DLC Impressions
This past week the newest Gears of War 3 DLC, entitled Fenix Rising, became available for download on Xbox Live. The DLC features several new character skins, five new maps, and a new leveling system for those who just cannot get enough of Gears 3. For 800 Microsoft points Fenix Rising offers some decent content but not everyone will use all the features available for download.
