Yesterday, Ubisoft released an Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood walkthrough that was previously being shown at Gamescom. The video runs exactly 7 minutes, and takes place in Rome--the largest map ever created for the series (approximately three times larger than Florence from Assassin's Creed 2). [Read More].

Personally, I’m a huge fan of Monty Python–the Holy Grail being one of my favorite movies. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw this Team Fortress 2 recreation of the ‘Knights of the Round Table’ interlude. User HCallahanSBC has been working on this project for several months, and its release just so happens to correspond perfectly with the... [Read More].

Well actually it looks more like an execution, but I’m sure at one point they where really kicking each others butts although we have no drawings of that. The gruesome portrayal of these two console exclusive characters was a request of a reader of the ‘Curious Intent‘, a blog of a man who describes himself as: 23, attached, unemployed and... [Read More].

Portal 2 seems to be in the news a lot the week. With it being one of the most wanted sequels to a game in a long time. Valve has been hard at work giving gamers a game that they want. With a longer and more chaotic campaign, and the addition of co-op, this is shaping up to be an amazing game. In... [Read More].

As time marches on and our youth gets left behind it can sometime catch up as we realize some of our old games, systems, and accessories are worth some serous cash if kept in the right condition. Of course the ultimate right condition is a sealed new in box, which the farther you go back the rarer it is. At... [Read More].

With Halo: Reach nearing closer, the hype and anticipation builds as Xbox 360 gamers get ready for what looks to be the best Halo game since Halo CE. GameStop has decided to jump on board to help get gamers more excited as Reach’s release gets close with what they are calling Halo Fest! HaloFest will offer gamers a chance to... [Read More].

Seventeen year old Zach Richardson is “suffering” from what some might call a “video game addiction.” The teen’s life is consumed day in and day out by video games like Call of Duty, FIFA, and Football Manager. He plays for close to 15 hours a day, seven days a week. The habit has become so bad that he’ll skip meals,... [Read More].

PAX is set to begin next week and you can count on some coverage of the event from us here at HBG–only me–but one thing you can’t count on is seeing me at the proposed Nerd Orgy. That’s right everyone, someone is trying arrange a “Nerd Orgy” for the nerds and geeks that will be at PAX A listing on... [Read More].

Both Microsoft and Sony shipped their respective consoles with the term “10 year lifecycle” in mind. Now, the upcoming release of both the Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation Move are suspected to help extend the life of both platforms. But for how much longer? When asked this very question, Alain Corre of Ubisoft said that he believed that neither the... [Read More].

You knew all the rescues had to take their toll on him. Peach is a drama addicted attention whore and if Mario would just stop playing into it she would stop making a scene, but it’s too late now. Ever since they started looking after the Overlook Castle Mario has been acting strange. This comic comes courtesy of the web... [Read More].

When Gabe Newell, Doug Lombardi, and Erik Johnson are all placed in the same room–you know something interesting is about to happen. In this specific case, the three Valve higher-ups discussed the game that was in development prior to Left 4 Dead. This prototype was an “action fantasy sort of role playing game that had no story”, as described by... [Read More].

Well if Chibiterasu, the son of Amaterasu the lead character from Okami and the lead character of the upcoming Okamiden for the DS, didn’t have such an awesome father with his awesome 3 wolf parody shirt his young cub cuteness might have not  made your face melt like you just opened the Ark of the Covenant, but it did. You... [Read More].

Playboy.com has recently announced a partnership with Bigpoint to help distribute a browser MMO called PoisonVille. Players will be dropped into the fictional, crime filled city of PoisonVille , where they must attempt to “counteract corruption.” Also, players will occasionally run into “beautiful, Playboy-caliber women” while fighting off the rival gangs. To me, this sounds like a low end version... [Read More].

19 year old Gerardo Espinosa will be spending the next 20 years behind bars for violently shaking an eleven-month old baby. Who is his daughter and he was responsible for watching. Looks like another class act father we have here. He was found guilty after only 20 minutes of deliberation by a jury. He tried to play the injuries off... [Read More].

The Mionix Naos 5000 high performance gaming mouse is one of the best mice I have had the pleasure to use. The Naos is a very versatile and comfortable mouse too, whether you are a hardcore PC gamer of just a casual gamer. It offers much in the form of settings and custom settings. The mouse works on all operating systems, and... [Read More].

Had enough Portal 2 videos yet? Apparently neither has Valve, because the developer is continuing to pump out what seems to be increasingly complicated gameplay footage. Thankfully, Valve is known for easing players into new game mechanics--as there seems to be a lot of new ways to solve puzzles in this highly anticipated sequel. [Read More].

During E3, no one fully expected Portal 2 to be announced for the PlayStation 3–not even considering the possibility of Steamworks support. Prior disagreements between Valve and Sony had previously led many fans to believe that the two companies would never cooperate. However, looking back, the partnership makes sense. As it turns out, Sony is very open minded in allowing... [Read More].

Best Buy has got quite a deal for gamers on their website with an offer that will net you a $25 gift card when you buy 2 games or video game accessories from a giant pre-approved list of 694 items. You don’t need to get 2 games or 2 accessories you can mix and match. When you have 2 approved... [Read More].

We have all heard about the new strategy that some game makers are thinking about using that will keep used game buyers from getting all the content that comes with new games via a one time code on the back of the games manual. For THQ this will start in ‘Samkdown vs. Raw 2011′ While you may think this strategy... [Read More].

A source close to the This is Vegas development team recently told CVG that Warner Bros. has officially canned This is Vegas. Warner Bros. resumed development after they had bought out Midway assets in June, and shut down the developer Surreal Software. Midway reportedly spent an estimated Whopping $43 million on the game, before shipping over to Warner Bros. where... [Read More].