Features

We are getting the heck out the Game Informer offices because it's time
to celebrate the holidays, and catch up on all those video games we have
been putting off all year.

Though amnesia is often used as a story crutch, sometimes its implementation can create impressive and memorable moments. 

We play off 2012 with a collection of our favorite songs of the year. One-hundred-percent "Call Me Maybe" free!

A big part of what makes the Tales franchise tick is its characters; find out who makes the cut for the best. 

I used to never put a game down until I’d completely conquered it, even if things got so ridiculous that I found myself dodging 100 consecutive randomly timed lightning bolts.

Update: We've got the first round of stats and leaderboards for Game Informer's Hitman: Absolution Ax-mas Challenge.

With Thred for iOS, your micro-transactions will help end the mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015.

We've reached that horrible time of year, when the holidays suck out your soul and the big games have stopped coming out. What's a person to do in dire times like these?

In this video feature, Game Informer editors Andrew Reiner and Matt Bertz talk about their time in the world of Dishonored.

Here are the best original rap songs written for a video game. Whether it’s a hit, miss, or diss, this list is sure to bring bliss.

The biggest settlement in the Capital Wasteland is also the most resourceful.

So you want to check out this whole MOBA thing now that there’s a decent console one, do you? This brief guide will help you land on your feet.

Rayman Legends isn't releasing until February 26, but Ubisoft was nice enough to send out a free demo to everyone who has a Wii U, and we decided to check it out.

Combining the characters and world of the Uncharted series with a competitive card game seems like a strange pairing, check out our impressions here.

He's been swallowed by giant fish, thrown colored pills at germs, and
even gone to the Olympics, but Mario's first comic book appearance is
bizarre for even him.

Mario 64 brings back pleasant memories of the world’s greatest plumber and his transition into the third dimension. But amidst all that joy, it struck terror into my heart.

In this video feature, Joe Juba, Kim Wallace, Bryan Vore, and Jeff Marchiafava discuss Game Informer's choice for the best game of 2012.

Update: The voting for the Reader Games of the Year 2012 has closed. To all those who've participated – Thanks!

We take a look back at the polarizing Dreamcast title to see how it holds up a dozen years later.

It’s a jungle out there this weekend as we will be trying to survive the harsh environments of the gaming world just as much as the real world. What world will you be exploring this weekend?