FPS games are, like it or not, a driving force in the video game industry. since their popularity boomed with the advent of 3D accelerated gaming, they’ve been a mainstay. Though many *like myself) are pretty bored with the genre, there’s no denying its importance. The first person shooter, more than any other genre, has given video gaming a mass-market …

Do you want to work in the gaming industry or is your job just so awful that any job sounds exotic and awesome in comparison? Well then this canned interview is for you, I received this developer interview from Bethesda this morning from their audio director, Chris Sweetman. Personally I struggle to tell the difference between similar sounds so I …

Your favouwite wavishing pwognosticator fwom Wedbush Morgan, has in the wake of the Nintendo’s awesome 3DS announcement, think that the Japanese company has “blown it” with regards to a successor to their runaway success, the Wii. “With as much respect for Nintendo management as I can muster,” he said to IndustryGamers “I think Nintendo’s completely blown it with their second …

Hey, PS3 gamers, we know that you’re all excited about Mass Effect 2 finally hitting your console, but for the rest of us, we’re all about Mass Effect 3. And we’re totally saying that because your version of ME2 is so superior to any of our previous versions that it’s made us slightly bitter and mean. Also we’re just jealous …

It’s one of those heart-warming tales only found on the Internet: creative person develops something that infringes on copyright laws; owners of the copyright react; the internet mourns the loss of the new project; people hug and make-up; creative person is given a job. That’s pretty much what’s happening here. Yesterday we posted that the modder (whose real name is …

For years now, video games – a mostly sedentary activity – have been cited as one of the reasons for the increase in childhood obesity. Kids are getting fat, and videogames are to blame; even the World Health Organisation says so. Only it’s not true. A new study of US schoolchildren suggests that while they likely don’t help, games are …

Happy days, happy days. Mass Effect 2 releases for the Playstation 3 today which means that a whole horde of new gamers will also finally get to experience one of the finest games ever made. Mass Effect is a very story driven game and the truth that Bioware and EA really don’t want you to know is that kicking off …

I’m still betting on Brink being one of the sleeper hits of 2011 with it’s fluid gameplay and over the top storyline. Bethesda has just sent out a new video entitled “A Choir of Guns” which gives us some indication of the guns we can expect to see in Brink along with that awesome athletic movement that has come to …