At an event for Disney Guilty Party, organizers made journalists discover a series of clues in order to gain access to the game. Can you solve "The Case of the Locked Review Copies"?

Costume Quest is the first of four games coming from Tim Schafer's Double Fine studio within the next year. Schafer broke his studio up into four small teams and asked them each to create a downloadable game. The end result is hopefully smaller, quicker, and more focused. How does this apply to Costume Quest? Let's find out.

One of the best little things about Harmonix's upcoming Kinect-based dance experience is how the game lets you know you're doing it wrong.

Should casual Rock Band players care about Rock Band 3's October 26 release? After testing out the new tweaks, here's my reply (done in my best hair-metal yelp): Yeeeeeeeeeeeah! Here are three reasons to back that claim up.

This week, GameXplain's Micah Seff and Andre Segers join Bitmob's Aaron Thomas and Demian Linn. The group talks shop about about games featuring restrictive movement, female protagonists, great intros, titles that would be impressive to someone from the past, and which consoles they never got to own.

Alan Wake's first downloadable content release, "The Signal," is bar none one of the best DLC experiences I've had, remixing elements from the main game into a fever dream that bends logic. It also contains both the best and worst aspects of collectibles in recent memory. Just what makes a good collectible?

Are you a fan of free stuff? Do you follow the awesome stories churned out daily by the community here on Bitmob? Then you should become a fan of us on Facebook and follow our Twitter feeds. This week we're giving you some fantastic opportunities to promote the community's work and win free games in the process. Find out more here.

Did you know that Bitmob has not one but two Twitter accounts, in addition to a fancy Facebook fan page? I'm sure plenty of you newer readers are shaking your head, because we haven't promoted them much lately. That's what this post is for -- and to let you know how you could snag yourself three chances to win a free game.

In this episode, Skulls of the Shogun designer Jake Kazdal and Area 5's Matt Chandronait join Bitmob's Dan Hsu and Demian Linn. The group discusses the legacy of Rez, their fondest memories of turned-based strategy games, Kinect and Move ideas that might appeal to hardcore gamers, and which irritating games stole their time away.

If you're an American gamer who has dismissed the Dragon Quest series because you don't like JRPGs, then Dragon Quest 9 will explode your mind: It's actually a Western RPG in disguise! Read on to find out just what that means.

Bitmob's Aaron Thomas, Mike Minotti, Jasmine Rea, Alejandro Quan-Madrid, and Rob Savillo discuss which games have the most annoying fans, the Nintendo 3DS, franchises that change developers, series reboots, and gaming on the cheap.​

In this episode, Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, Brett Bates, and Omri Petitte wrap up E3. The group discusses their most anticipated games coming out of the show, the games they sadly missed, which games will reappear at next year's expo, which games were the most addictive, and what changes they would make for E3 2011.

Now that the press conferences, surprise announcements, and behind-closed-doors sessions of E3 have come and gone, it's time to revisit the predictions made by the Bitmob staff and community before the show started. Who was right? Who was wrong? Who was so eerily prescient they could have a future career as an informercial psychic? Let's find out!

With most of Greek mythology already laid to waste, are there any creatures left for Kratos to kill in the upcoming God of War: Ghost of Sparta? Judging from an E3 demo, there most definitely are. Here are three of them.

In terms of pure surreality, Konami's media briefing bested the Cirque du Soleil of Microsoft's Kinect event and the laser tag and don't-call-it-a-vitality-sensor of Ubisoft's press event. When else will you see luchadores in teeny bikinis, a multicultural Abbott and Costello schtick, and Def Jam mogul Russell Simmons, all in the span of two hours?

I walked into my demo of Tron: Evolution and Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned thinking I'd see the sort of licensed tripe typically associated with movie tie-ins. I walked away convinced that Disney Interactive Studios is now a serious player in the video game scene.

What will be the biggest surprise at E3 this year? The Bitmob staff weighs in with their predictions. Supply your own guesses in the comments!

Board games need to pick up the pieces and go digital. Here's why the board game revolution is inevitable -- and how the iPhone and the iPad have already started it.

CO-OP alum and Dead Space 2 Community Manager Jay Frechette joins Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Brett Bates, and Demian Linn to mull over their E3 hopes and predictions, the changing landscape of microtransactions, the future of 2D gaming, the commercial viability of politically charged titles, and best of all, the importance of online communities.​

Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Brett Bates, and Aaron Thomas recruit freelancer Ben PerLee to discuss Microsoft's recent Crackdown 2 event, ideas for new open-world settings, which intellectual properties would make great games, touch-and-go article ideas, and their best multiplayer memories.