The Vanishing of Ethan Carter uses photogrammetry to achieve a near-perfect game world. How does it work, and can we ever get a photorealistic video game? Reality Check has the answers!

What I will remember most about my time with Falling Skies is Lori James. Lori James is a hard-faced, hard-talking, gravel-voiced, flannel-wearing lady with a rocket launcher whose cartoonishly brusque acquaintance I made early in my travels, as I was putting bullets in the thoraxes of every alien scumbag I laid eyes on. She was […]

There’s a peculiar harmony to TRI: Of Friendship and Madness: though seemingly natural, it’s meticulously authored. It’s a physics-defying obstacle course overlaid with vibrant color and spectacular tribal tunes, the beautiful byproduct of left-brain sensibilities keeping task in a surreal playground of right-brain creativity–as if M.C. Escher had resolved to make real his creations during […]

[UPDATE] After going offline for a few hours, Sony’s online service is now functional again, according to the PlayStation support page. Just a few days after it was taken down for routine maintenance, the PlayStation Network is again offline, this time due to some unspecified problems. The PSN status page on PlayStation’s support website currently […]

Mary played through the first 2 hours of The Evil Within, here are the highlights.

Google reveals the Nexus Player, The Witcher 3’s open world is set to deliver, and is this the most violent gameplay trailer you’ve seen?

We already know that Super Smash Bros. on 3DS has been a success for Nintendo, selling over 2.8 million worldwide since its launch, but according to the September NPD report, the game also helped increase 3DS sales by 55 percent month-ove-month in the US. Super Smash Bros. on 3DS sold over 705,000 copies with only […]

The NPD Group today released its monthly sales report for September, and the top sellers were no real surprise: Destiny came out on top in terms of new, physical software sales, with PlayStation 4 again leading the way in hardware. Before the NPD sent out its report, Sony issued a statement saying PS4 was once […]

Update: The NPD Group has released its sales data for September, and when looking exclusively at sales of new, physical copies in the US, Destiny sold best on Xbox One. However, this doesn’t account for copies included in the PS4 Destiny bundle. Also of note is the fact that Sony said PS4 is the #1 […]

Watch extended gameplay footage from Chariot featuring the Giant Bomb crew.