Features

Too often, game developers give female protagonists short shrift. We
find out why.

From minor updates to
massive hardware changes, Nintendo has been driving the evolution of
portable gaming for over 20 years – and we’ve been there for it all.
Join us for a visual look back at the history of Nintendo's handhelds.

Valve details the eccentric origins of Aperture Science.

Announcement of the Nintendo 3DS got the Game Informer staff talking....

This week The[Crafty]Gamer features NYC pianist and composer, Rob
Kovacs. Check out his piano interpretation of Mega Man's Air Man theme,
find out what it takes to learn to play classic 8-bit tunes on live instruments, and more.

Watch as we take on the truly awful MK side-scroller. And die. A lot.

We compile our favorite moments from all four God of War games. Warning: major spoilers ahead!

We talk about the process behind creating and naming individual Pokémon, learn about the Pokéwalker, and more.

Talking to the team behind Portal's mind-bending puzzles and classic GLaDOSdialogue.

The odds are never in humanity’s favor, but if you make the right
decisions, you might survive the zombie apocalypse.

The designers at Valve walk us through the process of designing a puzzle room in Portal 2

We take a look at Kratos from head
to toe to see what makes him tick.

Jonathan Coulton and Valve writer Erik Wolpaw talk about Portal's theme

ps on working in the creative business, and more.

This week, we dive into the 1991 SNES genre mash-up.

We talked with Valve's writing team about
Left 4 Dead 2 and what has inspired them while working on
Portal 2

A list of recent games that provided us mindless fun, which we wouldn't necessarily admit enjoying...until now.

Its creators didn’t know what to expect, so how did it become such a resounding success?

Final Fantasy XIII's producer Yoshinori
Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama talk about the choices and
challenges associated with creating the latest entry in the series.

Producer Dennis Shirk talks about the new user interface, modder support and more in this first reveal video interview.