Tweet Epic Games, developer of some of the best selling games over the last few years, also licenses an engine that many a gamer has seen a splash screen for: the Unreal Engine. They have just released the March 2011 beta Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for developers. Along with it comes a tech demo...

Tweet Microsoft finally owned up to the fact that Games for Windows Live is absolute rubbish. Anyone that has been gaming on PC in the last decade knows that Valve’s Steam rules the roost for digital distribution and GFW rolled around a few years after Steam with the release of Vista. Both Vista and...

Tweet Perhaps Mom was right back in high school. According to a study by the DC-based National Sleep Foundation, Americans across the board are missing out on precious Zs due to the use of electronics the final hour before our face meets the pillow. With technology now so portable, using a smartphone or...

Tweet BioWare’s latest and greatest hit the Xbox Live Marketplace today (the PS3 gets it tomorrow) in demo form and it’s got some heft: 1.98 GB! Fans of the original may already be aware that BioWare was going for more action-based gameplay, and it definitely shows. Regardless of which of the...

Tweet A few years ago during the economic meltdown of the U.S., the video game industry held strong with many companies posting impressive quarterly numbers. The question arose as to whether or not this particular industry might be recession proof. Now, in 2011, the recession is slowly reaching a level of...

Tweet We’ve all been there. Whether waiting for the plane, getting some work done in a coffee shop, or just relaxing on the couch at home, our laps have been warmed by the heat put out from a laptop. Just about every laptop accessory maker has released some sort of barrier to put between the bottom of...

Tweet Hello evil, evil world fans! What a week it’s been here on GrE. For fear of stepping out of line, I want to affirm that there have been some operational changes, but we’re committed to keeping things running as smoothly as possible! With that in mind, dig in with me as I go through a...

Tweet Hello, evil world! In the days since finishing Assault on Dark Athena last week, the midwest has been hit with more rain than you can shake a MotionPlus-enhanced Wiimote at. As a result of both the amount of rain and my house sitting just outside a floodplain, I’ve been spending most of my time...

Tweet Release: Apr 7 2009 Developer: Starbreeze Studios Publisher: Atari Genre: First Person Shooter A week ago I shared my initial thoughts on the newest chapter in the Riddick series, Assault on Dark Athena. AoDA takes place after the events from Escape from Butcher Bay, and the first chapter will be...

Tweet The newest installment of The Chronicles of Riddick series promises to capitalize on the original Escape from Butcher Bay, which received high reviews across the board. I had a chance to get my Ulak-laden fists on Assault on Dark Athena and, after having played a couple hours, wanted to share with you...