"Looking back on everything that came out this year, there’s a lot of stuff I missed; and a lot more stuff that I forgot even came out (Dead Space 2 was this year?!). This was a really good year for gaming, and now I have a lot of games that I’ll have to talk about on The Catch-Up. Like…"

"Are you looking to buy a new Xbox at one of the big sales this weekend? What about a recent AAA game at half price, or maybe an old hit that you never got around to. We looked through all of the retailers and online sales to find the best Xbox deals for Black Friday and are here with our recommendations on how you should spend your Xbucks this week."

There are a lot of big releases left before the year's end, but a few games have already come out this Fall that you should be playing right now. On the other hand, there are a few games that we'd expected to be great but didn't quite hit the mark.

PC gaming is not likely to ever completely die, but it's certainly as far from the leading role as it's ever been. When one of the most influential visionaries in PC gaming is declaring the platform to be playing second fiddle, we have no choice but to listen.

John Carmack is a very, very rich man because of PC gaming; despite his tacit admission that consoles are an inferior development platform, he has now forsaken PC gaming. It must be the money.

In this Public Service Announcement brought to you by RealGamerNewz, find out what you can do to prevent having the side-content locked out of your RAGE play-through and when exactly this event is triggered.

"I can honestly tell you that RAGE, no matter how good it looks or how much fun it may end up being, will not take priority of Battlefield or Arkham City; no offense to id Software."

"Here’s a roundup of some of the games I managed to get some extensive hands-on time with at the recent Eurogamer Expo in London. As well as highlighting what was looking good, I’ve pointed out a few that you should definitely beware of before you splash the cash. The Contender category consists of a few games that you might usually overlook due to past form or generic looks, but have a read; you might just change your mind."

"I was scrolling through the internet today as per usual looking around for what was new in the gaming world. I come across a strange article titled ‘RAGE- New purchase incentive’. This article caught my eye as I had been literally drooling over the screen-shots and game-play footage that had been gradually drip fed by id’s PR and marketing department since early last year.

Despite doing a great job of the marketing, what hadn’t been mentioned quite as much was that the game was getting it..."

The big picture of everything that's happened leading up to and since the Sony PlayStation Hack is more than meets the eye. The larger movement going on against gamers in the tech hacker world is increasingly a problem for major game companies like Bethesda, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo.

"A new trailer for Rage is out this week, and my skepticism has grown into disdain. In the mid 1990’s if you had asked me for my favorite game company the answer would have come back id software. To this day Doom remains my favorite game of all time, and I will argue anyone with anyone in the world about the gameplay standards set by that glorious game that can’t even be mimicked to this day. Unfortunately, times have changed and id software hasn’t, except in losing the apparent necessary comp..."

Trying to find a good shooter is sometimes like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Here's a guide to what makes each shooter this year unique and hopefully this will help you tell them apart!

"In 2011, two shooter heavyweights go to head to head; id Software’s RAGE and Crytek’s Crysis 2.

id are the veritable granddaddy of the first person shooter. Way back in the 90s, the Texan software house–now owned by ZeniMax–made the genre what it is today with their pioneering games: Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D."

All Age Gaming's John Elliott brings us the 11th developer profile. This time he looks at the Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein developer id Software. See inside for a look into this renowned PC developer.

"Once 2011 begins, mankind will only have one more year remaining until….the end of the world. Within mankind’s final year, a huge blow out of highly anticipated games are going to be released. Some are new I.P’s while some are sequels. Some you’ve never heard of while some are more famous than bread on a stick (wait is that even famous?). Gentlemen & ladies (gentlemen first), allow me to introduce to you the most wanted games of 2011!"