Just like Ezra Pound turned to the origins of the English language and Pablo Picasso turned to the basic shapes and colors of painting, game designers are returning to the fundamentals of design—and we have the casual gaming market to thank for it.

This week in video-game history takes you as far back as 1946. One of the biggest surprises is that this is the week Hideo Kojima was born. (Culture) Read full story >> Discuss (0) Follow N4G on Facebook Click Here Favorites Info Report Add alt source

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Check out this video comparing the Halo Reach retail version vs. the Halo Reach Beta. Some of the things that are compared include the DMR bloom, the recoil, and the Magnums speed. (Halo: Reach, Xbox 360)

Gameolosophy: The latest downloadable content for Bioshock 2 is already upon us. The Lair of Minerva is simply the best DLC that 2K Marin has brought to date, with three chapters of a powerful winning combination. (BioShock 2: Minerva's Den DLC, PC,

Nicole writes, "Let me be completely up front with you: Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days is not worth $60. This third-person shooter set in Shanghai is possibly one of the worst games I have ever played." (Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, PS3) Read full review >>

TheAppera: I don’t think you can give any greater complement to a game when they transform something you “hate” to something you now really love. Rimelands is a good entry level RPG packed with story and tons of gameplay RPG experts will totally

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Joystiq: Somewhere there's an alternate dimension where monster games like Rampage and War of the Monsters are not oddities but rather fine examples of a whole "monsters destroying crap" genre. Eat Them!, which I played recently at PAX 2010, is a game

The original Dead Rising was packed with weapons that ranged from the deadly to the ridiculous, the mundane to the farcical. Discovering new weapons was a key component of the gameplay, helping to keep players entertained as they cut repeated swathes

During today's Gearbox Software panel, the developer took the opportunity to assuage concerns that new franchises like Borderlands and Duke Nukem are siphoning away time from its previous projects, like the Brothers in Arms series or the

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Dead Rising was one of the most endeared Japanese games in recent memory. While the first Dead Rising was filled with bugs like a broken save system and questionable controls we all loved it. Dead Rising 2 is on the brink of release taking the zombie

Trillicks writes "We all have a favourite game. Whether it be the first game we played, the first we completed or simply because it is utterly awesome......." (Football Manager 2010, Gears of War, golden eye 64, PC, Retro, Xbox 360) Read full story >>

Six pieces of concept art and corresponding animation videos for the game Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time. (Raving Rabbids: Travels In Time, Wii)

With the calamities of Infinity Ward's implosion fresh in mind, a lot more pressure is resting on the shoulder of Treyarch as they prepare Call of Duty: Black Ops. The first Call of Duty game with a cold war setting. You will jump in and out of famous

Halo: Reach is already one of the most eagerly anticipated 360 titles... ever. In the last few days leading up to Reach's September 14 release date, the Bungie team delivered their last presentation before launch this morning at PAX in Seattle. gamrFeed

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