Chimpanzee Wielding Revolver

Mega Man X8 (PS2) Mega Man X8

Darksiders (PS3) Hellish, but in a good way.

Darksiders (X360) Hellish, but in a good way.

We stand on the precipice of greatness.

We stand on the precipice of greatness.

Most GameSpotters are settling down for a long winter's nap, but check back for bits of new content, including our Best of 2009 awards.

EEDAR analysis finds slightly more titles fighting over fewer customer dollars, increasingly scarce shelf space; 2010 to see fewer new retail games.

PlayStation Store Update: Client arrives for online shooter and portable tower defense title debuts as Sony slashes prices on an array of downloadable titles.

Feuding companies resolve differences over wrestling game license, publisher paying out more than $33 million in next four years as part of court case settlement.

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg includes Ruffian Games' open-world sequel in list of Xbox 360 heavy hitters due before July.

In wilderness survival situations a dearth of hope can kill as quickly as a dearth of drinking water or plump companions. Remembering this, I survived a recent family gathering by mentally compiling a list of the sims and wargames I was most looking forward to in 2010. Writer: Tim Stone. | 10 com ...

H…ello? Hello. Thank the Lord. Oh Than… let’s do this quickly. Sundays are for crouching in the darkness of an enormous beast’s belly, feeling your legs slowly dissolve in stomach acids, listening to the whimpering of John as he calls for his mother, finally managing to get a little internet recept ...

And it’s all over. Here’s the finished advent calendar. Behind every door lies a game of 2009, and thoughts about it. Enjoy! Everything’s back to normal on the 4th January. Related stories:The Games Of Christmas: December 22nd The Games Of Christmas: December 20th The Ga ...

Oh, hullo! So I guess I should probably post something. Having recently recovered from extensive stomach reconstructing surgery, after Kieron so brutally ripped through my duodenum, I’m finally well enough to have returned and eaten the entire RPS team. Which of course means they’re getting a well- ...

And so our journey comes to an end. It’s the eve of the day on which we celebrate the infinity of Horace the Endless Bear, and so we must also celebrate the final game of our seasonally festive advent-o-calendar. What could it possibly be? Could it have anything to do with beards? Let us allow [... ...

[From now until early January, IndieGames.com: The Weblog will be counting down the best independent and freeware games of 2009, with descriptions, screenshots, and links of the best games in each major category.] The second of our in-depth 2009 Best Of Features here on the IndieGames.com blog (aft ...

Today's collection of independent game links include the announcement of a new Game Maker competition, an awards show for the best free independently-developed games of the year, and a release date for Terry Cavanagh's much-anticipated VVVVVV . ( image source ) Tale of Tales: My selection for the I ...

[From now until early January, IndieGames.com: The Weblog will be counting down the best independent and freeware games of 2009, with descriptions, screenshots, and links of the best games in each major category.] Kicking off the first of the in-depth 2009 Best Of Features here on the IndieGames.co ...

Step aside Avatar, there's a new 3D game in town, and he's indie! OK, so Matt Simmonds' Depth doesn't work with those new fangled 3D glasses, but it does use the old school red/cyan type. It's a vertical shmup which apparently uses the 3D effect as 'an integral part of the gameplay'. If you've go ...

[Veteran indie game creator Edmund McMillen , known for his work on 2005 IGF Grand Prize winner Gish, Time Fcuk, and Super Meat Boy for WiiWare, shares his opinions and manifesto on making indie games, with 24 clear do-s and don't-s to make your art thrive.] One of the most common questions I'm ask ...

Clash of Heroes is like a deadlier version of Red Rover.

The world record for "most expensive virtual item sold" has been raised, as a man has purchased real estate in Entropia Universe for a staggering $330,000 in real-world money.

The details of Gladice's secret mission are finally revealed.

Patrick Stewart - known to geeks as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier - will be called "sir" in real life now: The 69-year-old actor will be receiving a New Years' knighting from Queen Elizabeth II.

NES game development continues on, with a new cartridge set to be released in early 2010.