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Okay, well, that might not be entirely true, but I did get to hang out with Arrowhead Studios' CEO and Director Johan Pilestedt last week at GDC, and we had quite a bit to talk about. As

Transformers: War for Cybertron, released just last year, was the first truly excellent Transformers-based game to come out in quite some time. You'd think it'd be difficult to mess up a game about robots that transform into

Lord of the Rings: War in the North seems like it's flying under the radar a bit, which is odd, considering the lineage behind the game. It's developed by Snowblind Studios, creators of the excellent Baldur's Gate:

With all the praise and adoration Mount and Blade and its standalone expansions have received, for some reason or another I've never bothered to play any of them. Perhaps it was the vast intimidation of having a

Defenders of Ardania is tower defense with a twist. At least, that's how it was described to me by Mattias Lilja, Paradox Interactive Executive Producer. While I was visiting the Paradox suite at GDC, I managed to

One of the many pleasant surprises I came across at GDC was Pirates of Black Cove, a pirate-themed RTS from Nitro Games and Paradox Interactive. When I gave Paradox a visit I figured it'd only be for

I don't like MMOs. In fact, I might go so far as to say I despise MMOs. No disrespect to those who do play them, but I feel like most of them out there are just exercises

Early last week we reported on the official reveal of Rochard, a PSN exclusive game from Recoil Games and Sony Online Entertainment. If you were like me, you weren't quite clear of what the game actually was,

A couple days ago I brought you guys one of the more ridiculous things at GDC, the Octodad Kinect demo. After playing it, I couldn't stop thinking about it, and the entire night I had pleasant, semi-erotic

Next up on the Paradox Interactive front, we get some hot details on Sword of the Stars II, the new 4X strategy game from the makers of the original Sword of the Stars. We get a look

Supreme Commander Cold War is looking very promising so far. In this new interview with one of the devs, they discuss the various events occurring during the time period in which the game takes place, the scope

Publisher Paradox Interactive definitely made a strong showing at this year's Game Developers Conference, and Pirates of Black Cove is actually turning out to be one of the more promising titles. As previously reported, it's a strategy

Yesterday I got a chance to look at some pre-alpha footage of the sequel to Deep Silver's 2009 action RPG Risen. I didn't know much about the first game, as it seemed like one of those titles

Somewhat hidden in the far side of the GDC expo floor, across from the IGF Pavilion, was the DePaul University booth. If you're not familiar with that name, maybe you're familiar with Octodad, their life-changing contribution to

It's a long day at GDC. I've just finished interviewing Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya, creator of indie landmark Cave Story, and Nicalis producer Tyrone Rodriguez, and thanked both of them, especially making sure to tell Pixel that he's

I'm at a somewhat hidden hipster bar in San Francisco, dance music is blaring in the background, indie developers are all around me getting drunk, and I'm playing a game where the objective is to get to

Dead Island is one of those few games in which people actually reached a consensus opinion when the trailer was first unleashed on the Interwebs. While the trailer was restrained, emotionally stunning, and completely unlike any other

Double Fine is heading in a different direction with their latest downloadable game titled Trenched. Judging by the trailer, Double Fine is moving away from the cartoon nature of their other games and going in a more

Wonder why and how exactly North Korean forces overtook one of the most powerful military campaigns in the world via HomeFront for the PS3, 360, OnLive, and PC? Sadly, you’ll have to wait until March 17 to

Were you one of the unlucky few that missed out on our first Magicka contest? Here's another chance to get your hands on what I called the funniest game in years.