What is Capcom anticipating more than the release of Resident Evil 5?  Why, Resident Evil 6, of course!  Recently Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi told 1up that the upcoming fifth game will likely be the “last of its kind.”  This news floats among a sea of polarized gamers who either see the Resident Evil 5 control scheme as  archaically awful, or intensely tight.  So the change may be in response to the mixed criticism.

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No, you’re not looking at that picture incorrectly. The following Gamestop training video refers to women as “hunters, and gatherers”. It was set up in part because of the new campaign to “reach out to women shoppers”, in addition to selling magazine subscriptions like “New Home” to women who purchase Wii Fit or My Life Coach. Read more… »

Do you have an Iphone? Of course you do! Check out the trailer after the jump, and let us know what you think of Metal Gear Solid Touch. Read more… »

The FIFA franchise is undoubtedly an extremely prestigious one, trumping its nearest rival Pro Evolution Soccer in sales year in year out, and leaving gamers everywhere doughy eyed at how lovely it all looks. “Looks” being the key word here, of course. While not boasting the lucrative licensing prowess of FIFA, it was Pro Evo that always managed to play the best game of football; matches would ebb and flow with intensity and speed, leading to some thrilling end-to-end encounters. It just all felt so natural, the arcade style never letting realism get in the way of some good old-fashioned fun. Read more… »

The humble “Joy Pad” has its origins in the even more humble “Joystick.” Those of us who are so old we think of the Neolithic Era as “the good old days” will pretend to remember the very moment of creation, the stage of gaming evolution which was the equivalent of when the fish crawled out of the water and life took to the land, a magical time known only as 1977 (or as it is known to the gameratii”Atari Time”). However as we are so old our memories are easily confused, so we get the internet on the case and make a cup of tea. Read more… »

Mech games are a dime a dozen these days. Mech Assault and Chrome Hounds come to recent memory when reminiscing of recent releases, as does Armored Core. War World attempts to take elements from multiple Mech franchises and distill them into one $10 arcade game. Does it succeed? Read on to find out. Read more… »