In 2001, Ken Kutaragi Wished the Best for Microsoft

In 2001, Ken Kutaragi Wished the Best for Microsoft

The year is 2001, and Microsoft is on the cusp of entering the gaming industry with Xbox, a console that Microsoft hopes can make a dent in the market share that Sony holds with its PlayStation 2 console released 1 year earlier. In an attempt to market Xbox...
Playstation 5 Redesign Coming This Holiday Season

Playstation 5 Redesign Coming This Holiday Season

According to Playstation Blog, an updated design for Both Playstation 5 disc and digital edition will be launching this November at select "local" retailers and via the Playstation direct order site. A full global rollout is slated for the months that follow. While the DualSense controller design will...
Review: Turtle Beach Atom Controller (iOS)

Review: Turtle Beach Atom Controller (iOS)

Turtle Beach is a company that is always looking to expand its scope by jumping into different facets of the gaming peripheral space. That said (written), quality mobile gaming controllers are limited to a small number of companies. Turtle Beach threw its hat in the ring back in...
Review: Roccat Vulcan II Keyboard (PC, Xbox, Playstation)

Review: Roccat Vulcan II Keyboard (PC, Xbox, Playstation)

Roccat, the PC accessory arm of Turtle Beach, has built a reputation for providing devices that rival those considered to be the best on the market. Their latest offering, the Vulcan II, attempts to take things to the next level with a clean-looking, ultra-responsive, feature-packed device. Buckle up...
Review: Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Headset (Xbox)

Review: Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Headset (Xbox)

Turtle Beach has always worked hard to stay at the forefront of the gaming headset space by providing devices that push the industry forward while still providing the comfort and familiarity of what gamers are used to. While there is a lot of fierce competition out there, Turtle...
Film Review: Tetris

Film Review: Tetris

On June 6th, 1984, a game was introduced in Russia that would eventually take the world by storm. This game would not only sell millions upon millions of copies but would also give Russia their first lesson in capitalism. Tetris was introduced into a changing world, and its...
Shigeru Miyamoto Weighs in on Tetris

Shigeru Miyamoto Weighs in on Tetris

In the mid eighties, Tetris was being quietly passed around the video game industry. When it made it's way to Nintendo, Then Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi asked game industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto to try it out. When Yamauchi asked Miyamoto a few days later if Tetris was any...
Review: Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flightstick

Review: Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flightstick

Time to turn and burn! Turtle Beach has unleashed the next device in their newly-minted VelocityOne series with the VelocityOne Flightstick; a device more geared for action flight than airliner simulation. This makes games like Ace Combat 7 and Top Gun: Maverick missions from Microsoft Flight Simulator more...
What it Takes to Make Game Development a Career

What it Takes to Make Game Development a Career

Rami Ismail, co-head of Vlambeer Games (Serious Sam: The Random Encounter) tells prospective game developers the secret to making it in the super competitive gaming industry: "A great way to not make money is to make something you don't believe in. Make your game. Be confident."