Features

It seems in-game advertising is becoming increasingly prevalent these
days with product placement for anything from men’s deodorant to soft
drinks. Check out some of the more notable advertising invasions in video games.

Global Brand Director Karl Stewart and Art Director Brian Horton address
the iconography of Lara
Croft and how they hope the new look will help once again make her a
culturally relevant hero.

We experience football, hot rods, a dinner party, an appearance by Deathwing, and more in the Goblin starting zone.

Through eight console iterations, Lara Croft’s visage has continued to
evolve, constantly straddling the line between fantasy and reality.

Expanding upon our cover story, we’ve called out professionals who’ve
earned the title of master storyteller, including Uncharted's celebrated scribe. 

Watch us play the early areas of Epic Mickey while discussing Mickey Mouse, karma, and Super Mario Sunshine.

We talk digicomics, third-party Wii development, cartoon-based dreams, aspirations to make a Duck Tales game, and more. 

We talk with Bejeweled Blitz's senior producer to learn how PopCap approaches iteration, development on Facebook, and much more.

These ten tips and strategies for Brotherhood's multiplayer game will have you winning matches in no time.

We look back at the year's most memorable, entertaining, and frustrating game glitches.

We go over the best games to mindlessly play while watching football or catching up on your Hulu queue.

It's definitely still a beta, but DC Universe has come a long way since last I saw it.

2010 has been a standout year for downloadable games.  We’ve
gathered a list of several standouts that may have slipped under your radar.

Have some spare time this long holiday weekend? Stranded with family
and no gaming console in sight? Check out GI’s playlist of
fan films (perfect popcorn fodder) below.

Here is the ammunition you need to load into your handheld for five common Black Friday situations.

In honor of our Grecian ancestors we figured we’d come up with an
exhaustive list of things we’re thankful for in 2010. Then we got tired
and decided to stop at 55.

Your friends and family shouldn’t have any trouble emptying their bank accounts after looking at this list of the coolest toys, tech, and entertainment.

As part of our continued coverage of the greatest characters of the
decade, we look at the artificially intelligent characters that have
shaped the games we love.

Here are the
best companions we've seen in the explosion of storytelling mojo that
characterized the last decade of gaming.

The studio behind Wet and Naughty Bear wants to renew its focus on original
multiplatform IPs as part of a rebranding initiative. We caught up with Remi Racine, CEO, who shares what's in store for Behaviour.