Ben Gilbert
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Ben is a Brooklyn-based Senior Reporter at Joystiq, where he focuses on features, interviews, and news reporting. He obtained his Journalism degree from Temple University and has been writing professionally about gaming and culture both online and in print since 2007. He's way more into his pets than he should be.
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Sony's Rohde explains The Last Guardian's E3 absence: 'It just wasn't appropriate for us to give an update'
Sony's E3 2012 press conference was full of surprises. For one, Quantic Dream's new game was unveiled – Beyond – Two Souls. Just like that! More surprising, however, was a game that didn't make an appearance: The Last Guardian. Since being teased in a January 2008 Sony Japan job listing ...
This is what Final Fantasy might look like on next-gen tech
Square Enix may not be showing any new Final Fantasy games this year at E3, but that isn't stopping the company from giving fans a glimpse at what's next for the acclaimed role-playing series. "Agni's Philosophy" is the title of a fancy new "real time tech demo" of what Square Enix is calling ...
Just Dance 4 is here to make your hallucinogenic dreams into reality
Creepy lobster dude? Guy glued to a wall with saran wrap? Just Dance 4 is more than happy to provide these realities. We're not sure which is stranger: the bizarre images or the group of people dancing around said anomalies, seemingly unawares. ...
'Cocked Hammers' is Will Arnett and Jason Bateman's CoD Elite comedy show
Ever since Activision revealed plans for Will Arnett and Jason Bateman's production company (dumbdumb) to create a comedy series for the Call of Duty Elite service, we've been ... uh ... well, to be honest, we totally forgot about it. But today a clip for that very comedy show popped up on ...
THQ's new boss outlines the company's path to financial salvation
"For me, this is about the future," newly appointed THQ president Jason Rubin told investors during a conference call this morning. Rubin was outlining his plan for the future of THQ – a plan he hopes will take THQ from an ailing company on the fringe of the publishing world to previously ...
New Super Mario Bros. 2 headed to 3DS on August 19
Mario's getting "new" yet again on Nintendo's 3DS this summer. EVP of sales and marketing Scott Moffitt took to Nintendo's E3 press conference stage this morning to unveil an August 19 launch date for New Super Mario Bros. 2. He also showed a bunch of gameplay that ... well, looks pretty nice. ...
Batman: Arkham City 'Armored Edition' headed to Wii U [Update: Includes all DLC]
We already knew Bats was headed to Nintendo's Wii U, but we didn't realize that Arkham City would get a full re-treatment care of Warner Bros. Batman: Arkham City "Armored Edition" is headed to Nintendo's Wii U with a set of new WiiPad-specific controls. WB didn't give the game a date or detail how ...
Gaikai bringing cloud gaming to Samsung this summer
Game streaming service Gaikai is partnering with Samsung to add its cloud gaming service to Samsung televisions, the company announced today. The partnership is dubbed "Samsung Cloud Gaming," and will bring Gaikai's game lineup to Samsung televisions starting some time this summer (the Samsung 7000 ...
Here's that Beyond - Two Souls trailer you were waiting for [Update: Now with gallery!]
Quantic Dream's next project, Beyond – Two Souls, is looking just as good as we'd hoped. What's that? You wanna see for yourself? As it turns out, we've got the trailer just above. You should probably watch it a few times and tear it apart and then let us know about all the cool stuff you ...
Assassin's Creed 3 getting its own PS3 hardware bundle, comes with 'special DLC'
What is "special" DLC? We're not quite sure, but that's what'll come with the Assassin's Creed 3 PlayStation 3 hardware bundle when it launches alongside the game this October. We're also not sure how much it'll cost, but we do know what it looks like. It ... uh ... looks like a PlayStation 3. More ...
