Finally - the mold has been broken. The PSP, which has unfortunately been the home of too many dumbed-down and half-hearted attempts to establish console franchises in portable fashion, has its new prototype - a simple-to-play but challenging title that has style to burn.
Welcome to Patapon.

A cute, cartoon-styled world controlled by rhythmic button presses belies […]

Let’s see - Electronic Arts tried, and failed - for the moment at least - to buy Take-Two, Phil Harrison resigned from his lofty post at Sony, and in the “you knew it was coming” moment of the weekend, Microsoft killed off it’s HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360.
Just your average weekend in the gaming […]

Ever had one of those days weeks months?
I’m finally catching up with the pile of games on my desk, and looking forward to getting a few reviews out in the next two weeks. It’s struck me how how momentum Sony has of late; it seems like most of the interesting games in the last few […]

5WG is pleased to present the following article, written by guest columnist Chris Sullivan.
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Electronic Arts announced this morning that it has extended its licensing deal with the NFL through the 2012 NFL season. While this deal will undoubtedly cause an uproar on sports gaming forums across the internet landscape, it’s a match made in […]

After a few hectic weeks of campaigning, everything finally came to a head last night on “Super Tuesday”.
At the caucuses in Colorado, I introduced our candidate with a speech in front of 700 people - one that I had only a few hours to prepare as I was only notified of my role earlier that […]

After spending significant time with a pre-release version of Patapon, it’s become clear that Sony’s PSP is finally coming of age.
No longer insistent on solely cramming PS2 titles into the tiny unit, Sony’s been pushing it’s development studios in new directions, with new and innovative titles, perfectly suited for gaming on the go… games like […]

Everyone knew it was eventually coming… Sony’s righted the ship.
With 1.2 million PlayStation 3s sold over the holiday season, gamers got to experience the PS3 in all its glory while the Xbox 360 was having significant problems with Xbox Live - its last remaining consumer advantage over its competitor. Now, while the Xbox 360, by […]

If 2007 is any indication, gaming is on the verge of a golden age.
In the PC world, World of Warcraft has grown to over nine million subscribers, while Lord of the Rings Online arrived on the scene as - if not a full-fledged competitor - an high-quality alternative, and smaller indie games took hold while […]

Sony’s strategy title is a perfect fit for the PSP
One of the best gaming experiences I’ve had in the last few years was with a game called Full Spectrum Warrior on the original Xbox. The squad-based military adventure provided something different for gamers; it looked like a “shooter”, but wasn’t anything like one. More real-time […]

Wasn’t it supposed to be easier than this?
My earliest gaming was on consoles like the Atari 2600, but a great portion of my misspent youth embraced the PC as my primary gaming platform. With that came a constant flux of hardware and their attendant drivers, config.sys and autoexec.bat files, and strategic applications of HIMEM. […]