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The Only Video Game Journalists to Get Action Figures

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:00:00 EST

Today, GamePro magazine ceases to be. Which for lovers of print is a bit of a sad moment, given the fact it's been around since 1988. More »

RIP GamePro

Evan Narcisse — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:40:00 EST

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One of the longest-running magazines about video games has just run out of credit. It's just been announced that GamePro magazine, which launched in 1988, will cease publication as a standalone entity next week on December 5. As first reported by IndustryGamers, both the magazine and website are being shut down, with the following text running on GamePro.com as of today: More »

Here's The New GamePro Mag: It's Quarterly, Bigger and "Kicks a Lot of Ass"

Brian Crecente — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:28:57 EST

GamePro magazine recently went quarterly but that doesn't mean you should count it out. The folks over at GamePro just dropped their cover on the net, saying that the new "periodical" is the last great video game magazine. More »

GamePro Magazine No Longer Monthly, Undergoing Major Changes

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

GamePro, the 20-plus-years-old games mag, is no longer a monthly concern. The magazine will go quarterly as of November, changing to "a visually stunning, tactile experience" with "rich, engaging editorial" and bumping up its price. More details at IndustryGamers. More »

The Best Game Design Schools In North America

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:00 EST

Looking to embark on a wondrous career in game design? GamePro Media and The Princeton Review have teamed up for a second year to list the 10 best graduate and undergraduate schools for video game design in North America. More »

Who Wore It Better?

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:00:00 EDT

The newest issues of Gamepro and Edge show up wearing the same Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit dress, as spotted by subscriber AncientUnknown. More »

Killzone 3 Coming To PS3 In 3D

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:00:00 EDT

A promise is a promise. Killzone 3 is coming to the PlayStation 3 and it has a few tricks up its sleeve, including the addition of jet packs and an option to play the first-person shooter in full 3D. More »

Too Big and Too Hard

John Davison — Fri, 14 May 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Video games are too big, and too hard. Even for those of us that will argue against this notion until we're blue in the face, there is an increasing amount of data that proves it. Here's what seems to be going on in game development right now to address it. More »

Spider-Man's Spectacular Game Series Soldiers On With Shattered Dimensions

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:40:00 EDT

The Spider-Man license won't go to waste at Activision just because Spider-Man 4 isn't coming to movie theaters next year. There will be more Spider-Man games, including one known as Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. More »

A Revamp, For Print

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:20:39 EST

New cover for the latest major video game magazine makeover, as seen on GamePro.com. More »

First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:20:48 EDT

Not to be outdone by distinguished competitor Game Informer's cover reveal of BioShock 2's Big Sister, GamePro has given us our first third-person look at the star of the sequel, the new Big Daddy. More »

GamePro Is Now A Video Game Publisher Too

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:20:00 EDT

With GamePro magazine on the cusp of its 20-year anniversary and having already trailblazed the magazine-editor-as-action-figure space, it's expanding its reach to actual video game publishing. Get ready for GamePro Labs. More »

Terminator Salvation Revealed In New GamePro

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:30:06 EST

If you weren't completely turned off to the Terminator franchise after the cinematic sewage that was Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the latest issue of GamePro might be of interest to you. More »

Halo 3 ODST Writer: "Put That in Your Speculation Pipe and Smoke It!"

AJ Glasser — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:40:20 EST

In a new interivew with GamePro, Halo 3: ODST writer and creative director Joseph Staten talks plot, gameplay and design choices for the upcoming Halo 3 expansion. More »

Resistance 2 Beta Keys, "Colossal" Secret In Next Gamepro

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:30:46 EDT

Want to get into the Resistance 2 beta? One place to start is the next issue of Gamepro magazine which, in addition to having a little Resistance 2 wingding, is also the home to some beta access keys. They're not just giving them away, unfortunately. You just have a chance to win one. How many are they handing? Not sure. We're guessing at least 60. But that's just a guess. More »

Halo Wars Gets Two-Player Co-op

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:18 EDT

The latest issue of GamePro magazine features cover story treatment on Ensemble Studios real-time strategy take on the Halo universe, Halo Wars. According to the mag, by way of TeamXbox, the Xbox 360 game will feature multiplayer for up to six via LIVE, with a two-player co-op campaign to keep things interesting. If you want more info beyond that, you'll have to seek out the July issue of GamePro for more. More »

Oh, New Halo Wars Info!

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:30:00 EDT

Courtesy of this month's GamePro, which is as you read this working its way to subscriber's mailboxes. While the cover feature promises news on all future Halo titles, it only dishes out hard information (and gorgeous new screens) on Halo Wars. But that's OK. We'll take it. Because a console RTS is a new experience for Ensemble, they've stripped back their traditional playstyle in favour of something a little more Halo-esque. Which means only one economic unit - "supplies" - and fast, fast, fast battles, with the team promising you can be fighting "within ten seconds" of hitting the battlefield. Also revealed is at least a partial list of the units that'll be available. More »

Five Ways to Simplify Complex Controllers

ogood — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Arriving yesterday in the mail, as if laughing at me, was Assassin's Creed, courtesy of my restarted Gamefly subscription. I had forgotten to change my game queue (I also got The Warriors on PSP. WTF?) So, really, if I were to seriously play Assassin's Creed within a week after getting GTA IV, we're talking about a length of time spent indoors that borders on being incarcerated. More »

Epic Shoots Down GamePro's Gears 2 Exclusive

Mark Wilson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:40:38 EST

The upcoming GamePro issue hitting newsstands February 12th entices gamers with a "special report" on Epic's Gears of War 2—the game we all know is coming but has yet to be announced to the world. So did GamePro score the scoop? According to Epic's Mark Rein, they did not.

It is complete nonsense. We have not announced a sequel to Gears of War to Gamepro or anyone else for that matter.

This response, of course, does not write off the possibility of hot gossip or legitimate leaks. But don't expect six pages of centerfold-quality Gears 2 porn or any official confirmation. More »

GamePro Sides with 360 and PS2

Mark Wilson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:40:01 EDT

In GamePro's Fall 2007 report card, they've picked the Xbox 360 and PS2 as the systems to buy. While the Xbox lost a lot of points on its hardware grade (D-), the two consoles were chosen because of an incredible selection of games. As for the Wii and PS3—they simply haven't matured enough—so they are both put in the 'wait and see' category. (Ed note: I just made up said category on GamePro's behalf. I'm sure they won't mind.) More »

Give That Halo 3 Armor a Custom Makeover

fdemarco — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EDT

The newest issue of GamePro magazine has a little feature on Halo 3 revealing screenshots of some heretofore unseen items like new weapons, maps and vehicles. But the real news comes in the form of the revelation that there will be customizable armor. You can finally give your soldiers the makeover they so richly deserve. I haven't received my issue to check it all out yet, but the folks over at The Hushed Casket are pretty excited about it. And if they are excited, I'm excited. You should be too! Aren't you? More »

The Strategy of Game Delays

Mike Fahey — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:20:36 EDT

Who hasn't experienced the frustration of calling or going to a game store to see an eagerly anticipated game has arrived, only to find it's been delayed for days, weeks, or months? While game delays are often caused by developmental issues, sometimes the cause for delay are less flukes and more strategic marketing maneuvers on the part of publishers. More »

Gaming Myths Busted

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:40:43 EST

Gamepro tackles some very gaming-centric myths in their latest feature, trying to clear up some confusion about the next-gen disc format wars, 1080p versus 1080i versus 720p, and why you shouldn't buy third party controllers. More »

Reggie "Blown Away" By Wii Success

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:39:41 EST

Gamepro sat down with Nintendo of America prez Reggie Fils-Aime to talk about the Wii, its success, its public acceptance, and its future. Reggie admits to be taken by surprise at how well the latest Nintendo console is performing: More »

Played Out! The First, Crappiest Gamer Sitcom

kotaku.com — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:40:26 EDT

Two slacking, unkempt gamers have nightmarish hallucinations that their consoles — Jeff (the 360), Cube (the Gamecube) and Two (the PS2) — have anthropomorphically sprung to life. That's the premise of Played Out!, the world's "first gamer sitcom." More »

GamePro TV Episode Unearthed, Embarrasses Entire Internet

egauger — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:40:59 EDT

Gentlemen, this is your punishment for cramming my Kotaku box with approximately 600 comment requests in the past half-day, outstripping even the pleadings from exotic royalty, the promises of prodigious semenal output, and the offers for very reasonably-priced t-shirt manufacture. More »

Pimpin' It Like a GamePro Editor

Brian Crecente — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:36:46 EDT

This is my new favorite game-related ad. It shows, in a series of crappy cartoon panels, what life as a GamePro Editor is like. Apparently, as Kyle at VGMWatch points out, there's a lot of hot girls and sunglass wearing involved. For a sneak peek at life as a Kotaku editor see panel one. Repeat. Brian Crecente More »

GamePro Gives Delayed DOA4 100 Percent?

Brian Crecente — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:00:26 EST

A Kotaku reader wrote in to point out what he calls something fishy at GamePro. Apparently about two weeks ago the magazine pubished a review, not a preview, but a review of the yet to be released and constantly delayed fighter Dead or Alive 4. According to the reader, and Metacritic and Game Rankings, the mag scored the ethereal fighter a perfect 100 percent. More »

Ask Jeeves and GamePro Buddy-Up

Brian Crecente — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:00:54 EDT

IDG Entertainment sends word that they have inked a deal with Ask Jeeves. Why do I care, you may ask? Well, under the agreement IDGE's Gamepro and Games.net will provide reviews, images, walk-throughs, links and FAQs to Ask Jeeves for use in their search results. In other words, Gamepro and Games.net will now be the top results in all videogame-related searches on the Ask Jeeves site. More »

Mad and GamePro Team to Mock Gaming

Brian Crecente — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:33:20 EDT

Mad magazine and GamePro are teaming up in September. That issue of GamePro will include a mini Mad magazine supplement which will mock GamePro and gaming in general. The mock issue will include a feature called the 50 Worst Things About Video Games, some satirical ads and an "expose" on the hidden socially redeeming features secretly added to Grand Theft Auto. More »