I've spent almost the entire day absorbing all available information on Warhammer Online. Until this month, I had complete apathy towards the game. Wrong setting (40K should have been the obvious choice), wrong timing (WoW still riding high, Age of Conan on the way), wrong mechanic (you can't be a...

In an industry pushing towards wider participation, why are gamers treated as adversaries? Why do we still have region-locking (thanks Microsoft)? Incomprehensible friend codes (I'm looking at you, Nintendo)? Anti-piracy measures that require game activation (you must be proud, EA)? The "hardcore"...

Euphoria, the procedural animation system that's getting its big-time debut in GTA IV, is invisible. Unlike the leap forward physics took when Havok landed in GTA IV, no-one coming to GTA IV is astounded by Euphoria. And that's the point. You don't notice when you drive up to pedestrians and they...