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If you wanted to brag about your video game exploits before Achievements and Trophies, you had to iron a few Activision patches to your jacket.

We try out this lost Sega Genesis brawler to see how it stacks up agains its SNES cousin, Turtles in Time.

Whether these features come in the imminent release of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag or they show up in future installments, here are features we'd like to see reflected in future games.

These days, what you see is not what you get.

The Game Informer crew plays through the opening minutes of Batman's latest adventure, and discusses why this series is one of this generation's best.

There's still a lot we don't know about next-gen hardware and the launch games, which makes it hard to know whether upgrading is the right call.

We take a walk down memory lane and reminisce about the characters who made us chuckle. 

We spoke with Nathan Phail-Liff, art director on The Order: 1886, about creating the art behind this stunning next-gen world.

With Halloween approaching, we thought we'd get in the spirit by posting our retrospective with Ron Gilbert about Maniac Mansion.

In this video interview, Knack's creative director talks about the Japanese development talent behind the game and his love of Japanese culture.

Are Pokémon X & Y's new beasts really worth tracking down? Game Informer's resident Pokémon expert is on the case.

Sometime moments resonate with us so strongly that we craft our own stories within the larger plot. 

As we look forward to Batman’s new adventure, we look back at the first game in the series and its atmospheric imagining of Gotham’s home for the criminally insane. 

In the run-up to any new console, there's a deluge of fan-created
concepts and bogus "leaked images" of the hardware. We decided to look back as some of the
best and worst of the fakes.

 I spoke with Traveller's Tales to learn more about how the team approached the game's massive roster and got a few secrets, too.

These screens show Galahad, a knight of the order, investigating the richly detailed scenery and battling the proletariat rebel forces.

Join us on a  nostalgic video journey as we create chaos in GTA, GTA II, GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA IV, and GTA V.

Take a look at our latest episode to see Hanson take Hulk out for an excruciating dip, test to see if ants can fly, and watch Captain America save Thing from a humiliating fate.

The 2013 gaming blitz is upon us. Print out our handy checklist to make your holiday shopping
easier.

Watch us play this new and improved stand-alone version of the wildly creative game, please don't let the boring name and office setting turn you off.