"With the arrival of Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro and the imminent release of the PlayStation Vita, I have been thinking about how portable these things actually are. Gone are the days when you could fold over your Game Boy Advance SP and slide it into your pocket, something that you certainly won’t be doing with the comparatively enormous current generation consoles (although granted, the 3DS by itself is just about pocket-sized). Paradoxically, I have noticed that the most conveniently portable..."

Gamesta.com reports on the newest announcement by Little Orbit, which will be creating a new game around the Young Justice TV series. Young Justice: Legacy will release in early 2013 and will feature loved ones from the series as well as Justice League cameos.

Rovio has announced their latest installment in the Angry Birds uh..."saga". Titled "Angry Birds Space!", the game is, clearly, set in outer space, and will contain new gameplay mechanics that were absent in previous Angry Birds titles.

Gameblog, a gaming website from France, managed to get themselves blacklisted...or so they say. How did that happen? Reporting on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 when Activision asked them not to. The report itself came out due to a Amazon goof that listed the game for 69.99 Euros before they were supposed to. In the end, Activision has said that they don't blacklist journalist and that it was all just a misunderstanding.

"I feel that games tend to take a dive as graphics advance. Of course, there are many titles that can handle gameplay and graphics quite well. Yet, it is not a common occurrence. It tends to be one or the other in most cases. Graphics seem to mask most games and hide their true potential. It is a setup of self deception that even I fall for at times. The problem, for me, is that I can’t play graphics. With such heavy emphasis in that department, games are no doubt suffering."

The Capture the Flag playlist has no place in the Call of Duty franchise. It is filled with campers and people simply trying to pad their kill:death ratio stats.

The biggest world record book has been taking on games for the last 5 or so years and they do it by votes on many of the records. This record list is for the top 50 best video game endings.

Valentine's Day is as good a time as any to snuggle up on the couch and do some gaming with that special someone, but finding a game to play is not always easy, so here are some suggestions.

Find out how much used games really cost. Gaming critics are not giving the community the full scoop on their prices. Read more to get the full breakdown.

Sonic has been the star in 60 games and he's had cameos in over 150 games. Everything from racing to adventure games the mascot of Sega has done it all. The big question is what are the top 5 Sonic games and where does Sonic 3D Blast fall on the list?

"So what’s your favourite game ending of all time? I’m willing to bet it’s probably not the game ending that won ‘The Best Game Ending of All Time’ from Guinness World Records."

2K Games has announced a MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack that will launch in conjunction with the release of Major League Baseball 2K12 which will include full retail versions of each game.

The game that was announced "dead" 15 years ago has been resurrected! Some eccentric, magical game enthusiast some how got his hands on two copies of the original "Resident Evil" game for the Gameboy color. After receiving over $2,000, this man has liberated the unfinished game to the general public as a ROM file.
I personally am wondering what the legality of unfinished/unreleased game ROMS being released is...but hey! it's a Resident Evil game you've never played before!

In this age of online gaming, local multiplayer games have become mostly a thing of the past. Even so, Matt Beaudette of Gaming Irresponsibly counts down his favorite local multiplayer games of the past and present.

"When it comes to the marketing side of things, box art has played almost as big a part of game sales as the design and programming of the titles themselves. In the early days of the industry, it wasn't uncommon for games to have imagery that conveyed completely unrealistic ideas of what the gameplay was actually like."

It has been a while since there was a Spiderman game of note to talk about, maybe the fact that it has been an annual franchise hasn't helped. What was popularised by the movie adaptable of Spiderman 2, a return the the open world sandbox is here with 'The Amzing Spiderman'

"Practically a genre unto itself, the Professor Layton games have carved out their own little place in the handheld gaming landscape. The love children of Myst and a book of MENSA brain conundrums, these titles have done well for Level-5 with their unique brand of puzzle-centric adventures. The Last Specter does not reinvent the wheel by any means; it is another Layton game. If you’re already a fan, then know that there are more puzzles and more extra game modes than ever before. If you do..."

The annual Madden Super Bowl Simulation chose the New York Giants as the winners of Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots and that's exactly what happened. The simulation even guessed Eli Manning correctly as the Super Bowl MVP.

"GamingUnion: "In honour of Final Fantasy XIII-2's release this past week, we've decided to compile a list of our ten favourite Japanese role-playing games for the current home console / handheld generation. While things have been tough in general for Japan as of late, there have been a numerous titles to truly capture the spirit of a JRPG and pushed the genre in new directions."

""Front man Gene Simmons takes the roles of lead vocals and bassist on stage, but is the face of the band, turning it into a marketing monster. Their style, face-paint and lyrics are slapped across hundred of pieces of memorabilia""

Pokémon is one of the biggest franchises of all time and it is no surprise to see that it will get a dedicated section on the Nintendo Zone. The section will include screens, game videos and the coveted television series.

The Star Wars license has been attached to several different genres of video games over the years. Some of the didn't work as well, but there were a few that were golden. Sadly, there are a few great games that LucasArts never revisited, so Push Start Select is highlighting the 5 games fans want to see again.

I Heart Geeks is a fairly new puzzle game for the Nintendo DS that touts a puzzle-creation system and the artistic vision of Marc Ecko. With many puzzle games available on the DS already, does it measure up? Read the review in its entirety to find out what GamerNode's Brad Tramel thought.

Looking back at your collection of games can lead to many discoveries, like which ones you bought used. Default Prime author Kyree Leary has made one such discovery. And even though he bought these games used, they led to many new game purchases. He thinks it evens out.

An updated European box art has been revealed for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the upcoming tactical third-person shooter, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.