The Road to Gamescom

The doors to Gamescom open up in a week's time and we summarize what we might - and hope to - see at the convention down in Germany.

3DS StreetPass: how popular is it?

It's been four months since the 3DS launch and the introduction of StreetPass, the console's content-sharing mode. We hit the streets to see how widespread its use is.

Bungie: Ending an Era

Bungie took on the world one last time in Halo's multiplayer last week whilst celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Here's what went down, and a look to the company's future.

Kinect: The Second Wave

Gore and golf, telekinesis and tunes, monsters and magic; this is where Microsoft's hands-free technology is heading next. Join us as we play the next wave of Kinect titles.

The Mittani: Solar Spymaster

We sat down with Alex "The Mittani" Gianturco, the chairman of the Council of Stellar Management, to discuss the last few weeks of drama in EVE Online.

Peter Molyneux Interview

"Without computer games, I'd be nothing. I was nothing. I was terrible at art...I couldn't play a musical instrument...I had no way of expressing myself creatively."

The Trial of EVE Online

After what turned out to be some of the most chaotic weeks in the history of EVE Online, Icelandic CCP Games called to a special press conference yesterday. Gamereactor attended.

Media Molecule Interview

"When you have something that is a success you have to take it and improve it, but without breaking it."

The Catacombs of Ascalon

When NCsoft invited us to give the dungeons in Guild Wars 2 a try, Petter jumped on a plane down to Hamburg to find out if the Holy Trinity of MMOs might be threatened by extinction or not.

Interview: Sheldon Pacotti

"I had no interest in cashing in on the 8-bit trend. I deliberately confined myself to showing only visuals that convey game-state."

Interview: Summer of Sonic

"Sonic never tried to be anything other than what it was - a fast-paced, extremely colourful platformer where speed was a reward for your skill, not a screen-blurring privilege."

Wii U Hands-On

We went hands-on with Nintendo's latest vision of the gaming future, trying out the tech and demos, and talked to developers about their impressions of the machine.

The Best of E3: Trailers

The trailers that have made us sit up in our seats and take notice over the course of E3, and exactly why you should watch them right now.

E3 Conferences: The Index

No distractions, no elaboration; just every announcement, appearance and fact spinning out of the five E3 conferences in one easy to digest listing.

Game Artwork: E3 Special

With great games comes great concept artwork. Our new series kicks off with a selection of the best gaming art coming out of E3 for your viewing pleasure.

Zelda's 25th Anniversary: The News

Creator Shigeru Miyamoto outlines the celebrations for Legend of Zelda's 25th year, including global concerts, game re-releases, soundtracks and more.

Tomb Raider Interview: Karl Stewart

"There's an affinity with the character, of course, that people will tell you if you're breaking that. But there's also the feeling like you will get stale."

PS Vita: Touching the Future

"This is a confident, sexy piece of kit, a Sony handheld that has finally found its place in the world. Apple and Nintendo should be very worried indeed."

Best of the Rest: NGP Games

Sony's top-secret NGP event wasn't all about Uncharted and Wipeout. Here's what other games were on offer and our hands-on impressions of each.

Licensed games - a kiss of death?

We explore the ever-increasing downward spiral that licensed games fall into, and outline why such practices are detrimental to the industry and a death-knell to developers.

MMOs - Past, present, future

Our resident MMO-fanatic takes a look at the genre in an attempt to introduce and explain what makes the massively multiplayer genre tick, where it's been and where it's going.

E3: The Wish List

With the biggest event of the industry's calendar only weeks away, we discuss nine things that we need to see at the show, given the current state of the industry.

Dirt 3: The Soundtrack

To celebrate the release of Dirt 3, game composer Christian Stevenson explains the long-haul process necessary in putting together its soundtrack.

Creating the perfect game soundtack

We caught up with Dirt 3 composer Christian Stevenson to talk the dos and don'ts of licensed music in videogames. Here's eight commandments every game should follow.

Duke Nukem at BAFTA

Why does Duke work today? Would Gearbox go digital? Will we see sequels to Borderlands? Answers to all that (plus an awkward fist-bump) in sixteen chunks of Q&A goodness.

Designing a Rift

"...even though River of Souls was a learning experience, I think you can expect to see the lessons we learned from that manifest themselves in some really awesome events in the future."

The Sony Affair

"Bad things happens. Bad people will be bad people. It's a sad fact of life. Bringing PSN online with the introduction of the Playstation 3 should have happened in light of this."

Codemasters on Dirt 3

"The sensation of driving a rally car through the technical stages and that gamble of touching a snow bank has really been captured..."

Brutally Romantic

"Gaming history is littered with doomed relationships. If true love flies, then in the digital domain Cherub's wings are broken and the rose-cheeked messenger is beaten half to death."

Hands-on: Sonic Generations

"There is a more solid definition of how much Sonic weighs and the force he speeds ahead, which results in more responsive controls."

Valve on Portal 2 (part 2)

In this second interview with the people behind Portal 2, we dig into the more technical side of things and chat with programmer Jeep Barnett.

Valve on Portal 2 (part 1)

Joshua Weier is the project lead for Portal 2 and we got to have a nice, long chat with him about how one of this year's most anticipated games came to be.

Human Head on Prey 2

"Why would you want to play Prey 2 online when there is Halo? We would rather make a really good single player adventure."

Sonic Generations interview

"The levels that you would have enjoyed, will be in the game and brought back to life and beautifully recreated in full HD. It's not just a rehash version."

Capcom Captivate: The Essentials

Forget opening multiple tabs in your web browser - we got everything you need to know and see from Capcom's event all wrapped up in one hot linkage article.

Xperia Play: 10 games to get

Lee West has searched Android marketplace for a few gems to play on his new Xperia Play. Read on for his suggested downloads...

Operation Raccoon City: What If?

"So, let's swing on that teaser's hook. Assume Leon bites the bullet. Because that'd be a real kick-in-the-teeth, rug-pulled-from under-you, "I see dead people" level of shock."

EVE Online Fanfest

Every year, hundreds of EVE Online-players travel to Iceland to celebrate their favorite MMO together with its developers. This year, Gamereactor went along for the ride.

13 great digital titles for 2011

2011's digital road is paved with some brilliant titles worthy of both your time and money. Consider this your checklist for the best thirteen games on their way to PSN and XBLA.

Into the Sanctum of Slime

We shot a couple of questions to Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime producer Jonathan Moses.

Microsoft Spring Showcase Report

"It would be easy to assume Microsoft would have some surprises prepared for their Spring Showcase in San Francisco. It turned out the surprise was - no surprises."

Interview: Ridge Racer Unbounded

"The teaser trailer gives a taste of the game's mantra: "drive, destroy, dominate". That mantra summarises what we are doing. In addition to that, we have all sorts of cool stuff up our sleeves."

Dragon Age II's Mark Darrah

We visited Bioware a while ago and sat down with Mark Darrah, executive producer on Dragon Age II, to discuss the franchise and the changes they have made this time around.

A year of Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online celebrated its first birthday a few weeks ago, so we grabbed the game's producer Daniel Stahl to discuss Hortas, the future and Free To Play...

Marvel Vs Capcom 3: The Secrets

Capcom's brawler is rammed full of secrets as well as nods to both universes. Get the knowledge right here as we break two worlds wide open in our comprehensive game guide.

D&D Daggerdale interview

Atari is returning to Forgotten Realms in the dungeon hack'n'slash Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale later this year. But what does it bring that the competition doesn't?

The Gnome Journal: I Beat WoW?

"Our main tank started to complain ages ago, our guild leader decided to take a long break from the game, raid attendance is down..."

Earthrise: First Impressions

"It's not a story about a lone hero that is able to solo his or her way through the content - it's a game of teamwork, of facing a harsh and unforgiving world together."

Nintendo talks BAFTAs

Nintendo's Rob Saunders talks Mario's GAME Award nod, the 3DS UK launch lineup as well as the future of the DS, and why Nintendo doesn't need to justify its game choices.

Scott Hartsman on Rift

With less than a month to go before Rift launches we grabbed hold of Creative Director Scott Hartsman to talk dynamic content, their beta events and the impending release...