• nVidia Shield Gets New Release Date: July 31st

    Scratch the original June 27th release date. The nVidia Shield is now scheduled to release July 31st, 2013… but happily nVidia has reconsider the MSRP on the nVidia Shield and the price has now dropped by $50. Preorder of the nVidia Shield 16GB Portable Gaming device is $299.99 at NewEgg (was $350). Specs include a 5-inch 720p…

  • Why You Should be Excited for ‘The Wonderful 101’

    Bewilderment. I think that’s a pretty fitting word to describe anyone’s mind while they’re playing the upcoming Wii U title The Wonderful 101. Now, I’ll be honest, when I first watched the E3 trailer for this game, I was a little confused. It looked to me as some sort of Viewtiful Joe-meets-Pikmin sort of scramble….

  • Mega Man Unlimited Review

    To call Mega Man Unlimited a game at the design quality of the Capcom development team itself, would be an understatement. After the less than stellar treatment that Capcom has give their most iconic character recently, it was about time someone better qualified picked up the helmet. That someone turned out to be MegaPhilX, a…

  • SimCity Now At 28% Off

    It’s already been 4 months since the March 5th, 2013 release of SimCity. Now that the initial server sanfu is long over with the only ones waiting to buy are bargain hunters. Well, today SimCity fell under the magical barrier of $30 down to $28.79 at one PC download retailer. In GameFly’s latest weekend sale…

  • Imagine: A Real Mario & Sonic Crossover

    Okay okay okay. So technically the Olympic Games series is considered a “real crossover” between the two gaming giants, BUT I’M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHIN’ ELSE! I don’t know, I’m sorta sick of the constantly rehashed Olympic Games franchise. Seriously though. We’ve seen both the summer Olympics and now the winter Olympic twice now. Sure, the…

  • League Of Legends Now Recognized As A Sport

    League of Legends has quickly become of the most popular online games to grace PC screens across the world, with its massive community still growing; In fact it’s become so popular that now the US Government recognizes it as a sport! Major League Of Legends? The League of Legends Champion Series has been officially named…

  • Microsoft Points Finally Getting The Boot

    As we already know that Microsoft is going to scrap the infamous Xbox Live currency, the Microsoft Points soon. In a notice on its site, the company writes that Microsoft Points will no longer be available for earning via Microsoft’s Xbox Live Rewards program come August 1. Xbox Live Programs is a free offer by…

  • Heimerdinger Rework Details Revealed

    Xypherous sat down the other day, in order to give everyone an idea of what to expect from Heimerdinger’s upcoming rework. I don’t know about you, but I have been a huge fan of Heimerdinger as long as I’ve been playing League of Legends. The ability to set down turrets and just kind of hunker…

  • Miyamoto on ‘Pikmin 3’

    It’s rather charming to see developers such as Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto be so confident in the fact that he makes great games. Miyamoto is responsible to basically all of Nintendo’s greats ranging from the original Super Mario Bros. to F-Zero X and all the way up to Nintendo Land! The man’s got quite the repetoire….

  • Deep Dungeons of Doom Review

    If you’ve ever played a classic dungeon delving Dungeons & Dragons adventure, then you know what it feels like to play Deep Dungeons of Doom. Just distill that feeling down, pepper it with 8-bit graphics, and you’ve got yourself one heck of an OUYA game. Evil has spread across the land, and in typical role…

  • Tales of an Average Online Gamer Part 2: How to Avoid Ragequits

      Last week, I passed on my top tips for how to start out as an online gamer and survive the dreaded world of being a n00b – a treacherous world of death, crashes and failure. A world where it’s very easy to be driven to such foamy-mouthed anger that expensive keyboards and mice can…

  • Green Man Gaming 30% Coupon is Solid Alternative to Steam Summer Sale

    While the Steam Summer Sale trucks on, the UK based retailer Green Man Gaming, won’t sit idly by and let them garner all the PC gaming attention (and probably not the cash load of money exchanging hand too). At 7AM Pacific today, GMG launched a new 30% off coupon code GMG30-LY2G6-UKDYY which takes 30% off…

  • Hands-On with the GT Academy Demo

    My first article, here at Geek Insider was a wishlist addressed directly to Gran Turismo, asking for the gaming series that has been in my life since I was about eight years old to be given a breath of fresh air. Because as I said in that piece, I do love Gran Turismo very much….

  • State of Decay, now OK in Australia

    It could have been the second game to be Refused Classification, it could have been remembered as the one we weren’t allowed to have. Now, they’ll be remembered for whatever meme the words “Stimulants Out, Supplements In” creates. Awesome. State of Decay has been given R18+ classification in Australia, just by changing the name of…

  • Steam Summer Sale is Now Live With Huge Discounts

    It’s Christmas time for all PC gamers out there because Steam Summer Sale is now live and will be running for the next 10 days at least. There are tons and tons of PC games on sale with huge discounts. Over the next 10 days, most of the games, nearly 2000 to be exact, will…