Editorial

Building a better Madden to honor the legend

What new approaches could the series take to reignite the spark that made it the most popular video game franchise around and does right by the legendary coach from which it draws its name?

Shacknews special investigation: Are you dog water?

The youths continue to mock your online gaming performances and refer to you as dog water. What does it mean? Should you take offense? Should your dog take offense?

Opinion: Nintendo Has Been Awful at Explaining Switch's Features

You'd think it would want to tout such things as cloud saves and using the Joy-Con as a pointer.

Sorry, Wired. You don't know a thing about QuakeCon

Asif Khan, CEO of Shacknews, will not sit by while QuakeCon and its honorable attendees are defamed.

Making A Believable Apocalypse in Video Games: From Life is Strange to Death Stranding

How does one effectively communicate the finality of the apocalypse when it comes to gaming?

Cat-and-mouse: Arguing the case for Vita homebrew

Coders are looking for exploits that will enable homebrew on the Vita. But is it worth it? We look at the latest attempt to bring homebrew on Sony's successor to the piracy-laden PSP.

Editorial: Assassin's Creed needs more than Fassbender

Michael Fassbender seems like a great choice for an Assassin's Creed movie, but video game adaptations live and (more often) die on their scripts.

Editorial: Diablo 3's poorly planned end-game plays to addiction, not fun

Blizzard is finally coming out and admitting something that Diablo III players realized some time ago: The end-game is "not long-term sustainable." It didn't have to be that way.

Counter-Point: Vita should be the greatest PS3 accessory ever

In his editorial, Steve argued that he didn't really want "a portable PS3," and urged Sony to create more unique experiences for the platform. I disagree. If anything, Sony should focus entirely on making Vita the best PS3 peripheral ever.

Editorial: Vita needs less imitation, more augmentation

This year was Vita's coming out party. The only problem? I don't really want a portable PS3. And looking at the stumbles of the PlayStation Portable, I'm not sure the market does either.