As unofficial as it may be, a GameFAQs poll has revealed an interesting stat. 42% of players are using Gamecube controllers. Add in the Classic Controller, and that number jumps to over half.
A measly 14% are using the actual console’s controller to play the game. While it’s certainly not suited for the game and [...]

This week brings only a trio a new multiplayer titles, and while we can only have one winner, one runner-up, and one “loser,” your time and money would be well invested with any one of these three games.

Pick of the Week: Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath
Real-Time Strategy | PC
Command & Conquer 3 was a [...]

This week is a week of pairs, with two excellent arcade sports titles, two not-so-excellent karaoke games, and a duo of shooters sequels (one 2D, one 3D) that should certainly impress fans of their respective series.

Pick of the Week: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
First-Person Shooter | 360, PS3
The first Rainbow Six Vegas was a [...]

The GGL Wire is reporting that Activision plans to tap Blizzard Entertainment to bring Guitar Hero to “roughly 300,000 game rooms between China and Korea.” Clearly, Activision hopes to cash in on Blizzard’s extreme success in Asia, especially in South Korea, where StarCraft is essentially the national pastime.
Readers with especially good memories will recall [...]

Looks like the rest of the video game industry has cleared out its release calender for fear of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Or as we like to call it: The Halo 3 Effect.

Pick of the Week: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mascot Fighter | Wii
Five years from now you’ll still be playing Brawl with [...]

The launch of the one of the hottest titles in the Wii’s short history has finally arrived. If you want an idea of the chaos, Joystiq posted a video of what went down at on specific Gamestop that chronicles the moments before and after the midnight hour.
When a few of those gamers went home [...]

“Terrific” in this case meaning “poorly conceived and laughably ineffectual.”
The program, which UK Resistance so aptly mocks, is the brainchild of the South London police force. PROJECT GAMERZ aims to get “anyone aged between 11 and 18, who live, or attend school, in the Riverside Ward of Rotherhithe, to get involved with their local [...]

Even after Microsoft confirmed that the financial side of things didn’t pan out, the updated Goldeneye for the Live Arcade won’t leave gamers alone. The N64 classic remains one of the most beloved first-person shooters of all time (even though it barely holds up today), and the remixed graphics and online multi-player had many players [...]

Grand Theft Auto. MLB 2K8. BioShock.
All of those came close to having an EA logo in front them when the company took a shot and tried to buy 60% of Take Two. EA offered $26 per share which is a substantial increase over the actual value of the stock.
Take Two then sent that [...]

March hits the ground running with a week packed with solid releases.

Pick of the Week: Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Real-Time Strategy | PC
You shouldn’t just buy Soulstorm as a memorial to the recently deceased Iron Lore Entertainment (though, admittedly, that’s a pretty good reason). No, you should buy Soulstorm because it promises to [...]

Military shooters and quirky Japanese titles. Yup, it’s a week of multiplayer video game releases, alright.

Pick of the Week: Heavenly Guardian
2D Shooter | PS2
Ever heard of the Pocky & Rocky series? No? I’ll wait for you to get caught up. All done? Heavenly Guardian is a spiritual successor to the Pocky & [...]

Ever tried to smack someone in the face with a SMG and get the short end of the exchange? That opposing player was probably hosting. It’s been a problem since Halo 2, and no one at Bungie apparently thought it was worth addressing until now.
With the latest auto update, melee kills are now equal [...]