2K Sports announced the cover athlete for NHL 2K11, and it’s a bit of a head-scratcher. The choice of Ryan Kesler, a forward with the Vancouver Canucks and the US Olympic Team, represents a decent selection, but if you were going to name the top 20-30 players in the NHL …

I’m not much of a PC gamer (beyond casual games anyway), because I’ve always liked that consoles are always capable of playing the games I want to play, and I don’t have to worry about constantly upgrading parts. But one thing in the PC realm that I have always admired …

March 5, 2010 – Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike, and Half-Life) and leading technologies (such as Steam, Source), today announced Portal 2 for shipment this coming holiday season.
Portal was originally released in 2007 and earned over 70 industry achievement awards.
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Have you ever watched Care Bears and thought, “What would it be like to terrorize an entire village of those cheerful freaks?” Come June, Naughty Bear from 505 games will offer you that opportunity.
Described by Lead Designer Ash Pannell as “Care Bears meets Friday the 13th”, Naughty Bear puts the user …

In a week that’s seeing a major brewhaha with Infinity Ward and Activision, it’s nice to report on a relationship that’s working well and is actually getting extended. Knowing they have a good thing going, TT Games (a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group) have re-upped with LEGO Systems …

In a move that should really surprise no one, Sony has announced its purchase of Media Molecule, the award-winning developer of the LittleBigPlanet games for the PS3 and the PSP.
”Since they burst onto the gaming scene, Media Molecule have proved to be a truly exciting and innovative studio, who have …

If you’ve got that brand new copy of MLB 2K10 in your hands, you may be holding $1 million. Yes, one million dollars. Right there, ready for you to claim. Ok, there’s a little teeny tiny catch. You just have to be the first person playing the game to throw …

So, the PS3 Internal Clock issues (aka, the Internal Clock Of Moderate Inconvenience, or ICOMI) seem to have been resolved on their own. How easy was this for Sony? All they had to do was tell people to sit tight, and the issue resolved itself. No patch, no connectivity to …

A few weeks ago, I was invited by 505 Games to check out a preview of their upcoming game, Backbreaker. I also had a chance to speak with Associate Producer Rob Donald, who previewed the game.
For those who don’t know the story behind Backbreaker, it’s been in development for several …

Gamerpops was recently invited to participate in a Developer call by 2k for the newest version of their MLB game. Participating in the call were the following:

Ben Bishop, Producer, 2K Sports
Jonathan Rivera, Gameplay designer, 2K Sports
Sean Bailey, Gameplay designer, 2K Sports
Chase, Moderator, Access Communications

One of the main …