A blossoming infatuation with a game is often social. Rowan Gerritsen, an 18 year old modder from the Netherlands, remembers that the first time he ever laid eyes on The Sims- the original game- at a friend's house. He watched his friend play, tried it out a bit himself, and then went ahead and decided he needed it for his own. "I was so in love with the gameplay and the ability to create characters that yo ...

It could be said that there are two parts to experiencing a game. The first part deals with buying it, playing it through, and learning it as a piece of interactive art. The second deals with customizing it to your needs and making it suited for you individually. Welcome to the world of game modification, which has boomed in the past few years with more modders, more mods available, and more recognition fro ...

Diablo III is produced by one of the biggest gaming companies in the world and arguably struggles with several issues, but the most curious of its recent changes is the exclusion of the trading system. When the game was released in May of 2012, it had character-to-character trading, as well as a full gold auction house and a real-money auction house. Two years later, in March of 2014, Blizzard shut the whol ...

  Street Fighter V has been announced with a gameplay trailer. Capcom has made an odd release for Street Fighter 5 to be released only on PlayStation 4 and PC. ...

While The Last Guardian is still missing in action, some ex-Team Ico members are readying a bewitching new game titled Vane. Friend & Foe Games is made up of five former employees of Team Ico, and the aesthetic of games like Ico and Shadow of the Colossus is evident in this teaser trailer Vane. While the shots of what looks to be a child exploring strange environments is very reminiscent of Ico, at the ...

Continuing the series legacy of delivering the essential survival horror experience, Resident Evil Revelations 2 promises all new horrors, terrifying locations and dramatic twists and turns. ...

We just learned that Xbox One sold 23,562 units during its first week on the shelves in Japan according to the reliable data announced by Famitsu and its publisher Enterbrain.  But how does that compare with its predecessors, and with other home consoles for which we have recorded data? According to aggregated data from Famitsu sources (courtesy of NeoGAF user Chris1964) we can examine the first week sales ...