It’s plain as sunshine that the game industry is changing with both unparalleled highs and frightening lows. In recent times, some of those lows have become more frequent. Publisher THQ went out of business completely, leaving its development studios hanging, despite futile optimism beforehand that it would not falter in this way. Icons like Psygnosis, [...]

    It seems that studies are popping up all over the place these days. Between gun control related studies and studies showing the correlation between nuclear power plants and Super Mutants, you would think that we would eventually start to run out of things to assign percentages to. But a “money saving” website in the UK [...]

Onion Tears Those of you that have heard of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA for short through gaming channels, probably haven’t seen them in a positive light. With outbursts that condemn Mario 20 years post date for cruelty towards raccoons or Pokémon for the mistreatment of animals, [...]

Jon Shafer was responsible for the critically acclaimed Civilization V (Civ V), one of the flagship titles in 4X strategy games. Still, from that experience, the man learned what went over well and what didn’t. It’s this knowledge that he’ll apply to his new indie venture called At The Gates, which has already acquired funding [...]

After 12 years of rotation, the Playstation 2 has been pulled out of production worldwide; so says The Guardian. It was inevitable, but as a gaming event the PS2 can look back at a tremendous lifespan with an equally impressive library of over 10 thousand games. You know what that means: It’s time to get [...]

Hopefully, you’ve seen the first batch of titles we think you should’ve played in 2012. If not, you can find those missed opportunities right here. Now, we’ll move on to the top tier of excellent gems that sparkled bright in caves no one was exploring. Let this fresh New Year be the one time that [...]

Yesterday, a multiplayer mode for the Tomb Raider reboot was confirmed, after rumors popped up earlier this week. In a message on Twitter, developer Crystal Dynamics said that details for this addition to the series will arrive in the next issue of OXM. Since then, reactions have been divided among fans. It’s understandable that a [...]

Every year, hundreds of games get released and it seems that in 2012 there were yet more than we could’ve ever imagined. With no doubt some aid from facilitating development tools such as the Unity engine, FPS creator and more, it’s now easier than ever to peek and poke around with creation applications. A plethora [...]

  Back in July I put fingers to my keyboard and pumped out The Top Five Game Characters That Need to Retire (found here). The response from the community (mostly death threats) was so overwhelming I figured it was time to put down five more money machines that need to retire. While the games these [...]

Valve has officially launched their indie promotional platform dubbed Greenlight. This action seeks to bring in the community to rate which games they deem worthy of Steam’s attention. By voting up (or in lesser extent, voting down), gamers can make their personal judgment of a list of games, both old and brand new. Right now, [...]