Monthly Archives: January 2012

Every weekday, the Retronauts Lunch Break brings you a dose of classic gaming action, but there’s no need to worry if you can’t watch our livestream; every Friday, we’ll feature a roundup of all the videos produced over the past … Continue reading →

Age 13 was a tough year for me. After making my way innocently through elementary school as a naive, good-natured, obedient, straight-A student, I found myself suddenly thrust into the world of junior high, where the traits that had helped … Continue reading →

Indie Game: The Movie is really good, apparently — writers, directors, producers, editors and camera crew James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot won Best Editing in the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition last night. We offer a sincere, hearty congratulations to … Continue reading →

John Earner, London vice president and general manager of EA’s social-games subsidary, Playfish, has left to join venture capital Accel Partners. Playfish runs EA’s Facebook offerings, including The Sims Social, FIFA Superstars and Restaurant City, all of which Earner oversaw … Continue reading →

2K Marin is busy busting some alien assignations with the first-person version of XCOM, but apparently it has plenty of artillery to throw around. J.R. Hogarth de la Plante, one of the founders of 2K Marin in 2007 and the … Continue reading →

Triple Town developer Spry Fox has filed a copyright infringement suit against casual game studio 6Waves Lolapps over its latest release Yeti Town, which Spry Fox claims is a “blatant copy of Triple Town.” Last month, 6Waves Lolapps released Yeti … Continue reading →

In some surprisingly good news, Nintendo has revealed more details for the Wii U. This is good timing for us since we have a ton of CES videos showing off the … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up: Wii U Edition

The art of game design is a subtle, delicate craft that requires expertise, dedication and ingenuity to truly master. It’s a skill that also goes largely uncelebrated, considering that the best game design is often unnoticeable when properly implemented. Sequelitis, … Continue reading →

At a 10th anniversary event for the Ace Attorney series in Tokyo, Capcom officially announced Ace Attorney 5, revealing the above logo. No specifics about the game were offered, including date, platform, or characters — and there’s no character silhouette … Continue reading →

SoulCalibur 5 comes out on Tuesday, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to take a look back at the very first tale of swords and souls, eternally retold. Soul Edge (Soul Blade in North America) was released in arcades … Continue reading →