See how the team behind Okami, Bayonetta, and many more came to be...
Who would win in a fight between the Son of Sparda and the chainsaw-wielding Jack Cayman? Read on to cast your vote...
Think cyborg ninjas begin and end with Metal Gear? Think again...
Wii is the punching bag of the games industry, regularly (though not undeservedly) saddled with the “kiddie crap” moniker and more associated with forgettable shovelware than legitimately good games. Those of us who own and actively play Wii obviously don’t share this view, but it’s almost impossible to read any piece of Wii news, be it feature, review or just straight reporting, without weeding out the “Wii sux who cares" crowd.

Some robots make cars. Others make candy. We need cars and candy to sustain our unsustainable lifestyles, so those robots make sense. Videogame robots, however, don’t generally make Toyotas. They don’t make Tootsie Rolls, either. They definitely don’t make sense...

Own the bestest smart phone this side of an AT&T exclusive contract but don’t know what to play? Have we got a set of puzzle/action/flinging stuff games for you to try out...
If Dante's Inferno has taught us anything, it's that basing a game on a book is one way to get a few eyes on the original text. In that spirit, we present seven more timeless works of classic literature that might get the attention they deserve, if only they'd add a “Press Start” prompt at the title page.

Let's face it: for the most part, work sucks. Unless you're lucky enough to nab a really cool job, like astronaut or gaming site editor, the long, daily grind isn't particularly fun. But for some reason, when these boring jobs are translated into games, they become much more appealing. And as these 10 examples show, even the most uninteresting occupation can be made palatable with the addition of a few pixels and polygons...

Lost is no longer just a show. Lost is a multimedia mythology. So while the television series finally ends this weekend, its impact on popular culture – the island's hold on our collective imagination – will live on for much longer.
Just look to videogames for proof. Hidden references (the numbers, the hatch, polar bears) and clever cameos (Jack, Desmond, Locke) pop up in nearly every genre and on nearly every system.
Here are the 16 we've discovered so far. Know of any Others?

There’s a mutiny afoot. A revolt among the proletariat, who refuse to swallow the propaganda of their oppressive masses. Basically, people are sick of hearing about mobile gaming. Be it the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android or even the newly unleashed Windows Phone 7, many gamers cannot understand why their favorite gaming news sources are chatting so much about expensive novelty items that aren’t “real” gaming consoles. They simply don't understand why these products are relevant to videogames...