Battlefield Heroes First Impression

It's Battlefield. It's also totally free. Get a first look at Battlefield Heroes.

Posted 5:36 pm PT Feb 29

Mirror's Edge First Look

DICE's new first-person action game won't offer any guns, but you'll be able to run up walls. Sounds like a fair trade.

Posted 5:14 pm PT Feb 29

GDC '08: Game devs flock in record numbers

This year's Game Developers Conference breaks attendance records with more than 18,000 people walking through its doors.

Posted 2:08 pm PT Feb 28

Q&A: Nolan Bushnell gets massive

Atari founder and Chuck E. Cheese baron confirms his entry into MMOG genre, addresses advertising in games, and chides the industry's poor job of self-policing.

Posted 2:39 pm PT Feb 27

GDC '08: Opening the Portal

Developers of Valve's breakout Orange Box hit discuss how to turn an intended tech demo into the talk of the gaming world.

Posted 9:50 am PT Feb 23

GDC '08: Epic ultrakills UT3

Developer president Mike Capps joins senior producer Mike Morris to discuss the woes of releasing a shooter during the "FPS Christmas of All Time."

Posted 9:46 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Game designers sound off

Annual rant session sees most speakers surprisingly happy; Wii belittler Chris Hecker invited back to pick up a Duct Tape Award.

Posted 9:11 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Final Fantasy XIII powered by Crystal Tools

Square Enix renames the White Engine underpinning all its upcoming console efforts, suggests a Wii version and external licensing could happen in the future.

Posted 7:37 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Crytek revisits Crysis

CEO Cevat Yerli joins lead designer Sten Hubler and producer Bernd Diemer to dissect highly decorated FPS; emphasizes need to stay true to the original vision but retain flexibility.

Posted 7:06 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Puzzle Quest was deemed too risky

Publishers didn't want to take a chance on Puzzle Quest, says Infinite Interactive CEO Steve Fawkner; sci-fi themed sequel Galactrix announced.

Posted 7:01 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Molyneux opens up Fable II

Lionhead Studios managing director discusses his 'big three' ideas in Fable 2--drama, co-op, and combat--and why Americans hate nipples.

Posted 6:22 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Sid Meier, Game Tycoon

Affable industry legend speaks about his beginnings, casual games, Civilization, collaboration, and the current state of independent development.

Posted 6:21 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Pure First Look

ATV racing isn't dead, it's just moved to Brighton. We get a first glimpse of this gorgeous-looking off-road racing game.

Posted 5:50 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Far Cry 2 to be modern Heart of Darkness

Ubisoft's Patrick Redding tells attendees that the forthcoming Africa-set wilderness survival game will force players "to become a monster."

Posted 5:43 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Puzzle Quest: Galactrix First Look

Fans of last year's role-playing puzzle romp, take note: Its sci-fi-themed follow-up is on the way in just a few months.

Posted 4:04 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: LucasArts prioritizing PS3 dev, unleashing Force

Star Wars studio's "new baseline" will be Sony's console; Force Unleashed publicly demoed for first time by publisher--which almost made KOTOR3 instead.

Posted 3:49 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: MMOG execs spar over genre's future

Emmert, Miller, Muzyka, Kim, and Pardo discuss microtransactions, console migration, development costs, and just how unhealthy massively multiplayer gaming is.

Posted 2:30 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Of porpoises, puppies, and prokaryotes

The creators behind Tetris, Wizardry, and Planetfall rise to this year's Game Design Challenge with designs for games that can be played by humans--and at least one other species.

Posted 12:07 pm PT Feb 22

GDC '08: RIP FPS, RTS, and RPG?

Storytelling panel including Denis Dyack and Tim Willits argues that, in the future, game-specific genres will simply disappear.

Posted 10:28 am PT Feb 22

GDC '08: Lego Indiana Jones Impressions

We tell LucasArts to throw us the idol before we throw it the whip in our first look at the upcoming Lego-isation of the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

Posted 11:55 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: APB out on Dave Jones

GTA and Crackdown creator runs down his contemporary-themed PC, 360 MMOG, says that player personalization, high visual fidelity, and removing "the grind" are a top priority.

Posted 8:53 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Insomniac opens up toolshed

Ratchet and Clank developer's "Nocturnal Initiative" offers bits and pieces of code to game makers around the world free of charge.

Posted 8:28 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Square Enix - It's good to be the King

Designers Toshiro Tsuchida and Fumiaki Shiraishi talk about the challenges of developing a small WiiWare game based on the epic Square Enix franchise Final Fantasy Chronicles.

Posted 8:06 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: EA ringmaster of game-creation Carnival

Rod Humble hopes new set of tools aimed at nondevelopers at Simscarnival.com will encourage the hoi polloi to make their own games.

Posted 7:16 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Wii Fit Hands-On Preview

We get our hands...or rather our feet on the English version of Nintendo's upcoming fitness game.

Posted 6:49 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Fez Hands-On

We stop by the Independent Games Festival Pavilion at GDC and get our hands on this 2D platformer with a 3D twist.

Posted 6:06 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Mass Effect First Look - PC Version

We meet with BioWare and check out a work-in-progress PC version of Mass Effect.

Posted 5:47 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: 'The future, Ray?'

Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how computer technology will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality.

Posted 5:04 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Wacky Races: Crash & Dash Hands-On

Use the stylus to control your kart in this upcoming racing game based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Posted 4:15 pm PT Feb 21

GDC '08: Kung Fu Panda Hands-On Impressions

The bamboo-munching, martial artist mammal is making his move on the Nintendo DS, and we've got the scoop.

Posted 3:01 pm PT Feb 21

Our live GDC 2008 coverage continues with some family-friendly zombie blasting.

Posted 8:24 pm PT Feb 22

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We kick off our final day of live GDC coverage with Silicon Knights' Too Human!

Posted 9:44 pm PT Feb 22

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Get some early details on Puzzle Quest: Galactrix in this GDC interview.

Posted 4:01 pm PT Feb 22

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Take a look at the insane jumps in this movie for Pure.

Posted 4:16 pm PT Feb 22

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Take a look at this awesome movie with our Jedi destroying some makeshift droids.

Posted 4:37 pm PT Feb 22

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Get ready for some serious treasure in Lego Indiana Jones: The Original.

Posted 4:27 pm PT Feb 22

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Capcom shows off its remake of the classic platformer at the GameSpot booth at GDC 2008.

Posted 2:59 am PT Feb 22

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The Behemoth stops by the GameSpot booth at GDC 2008 to demo Castle Crashers.

Posted 1:09 am PT Feb 22

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I'm told there are no Chun-Li shower scenes in SFIV...but I could be wrong.

Posted 7:57 pm PT Feb 21

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Unless you're some freak who played as Ken, Ryu was the man to beat.

Posted 8:00 pm PT Feb 21

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Marcus Fenix returns to further fight the Locust horde in a tactical sci-fi third-person shooter.