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With all the modern warfare and future warfare going on, it’s been a long time since we got back to our Call of Duty roots in World War II. And with wonderful reviews pouring in, we figured it was time to bring WWII back into the lounge. The post CoD: WWII Invades The GiN Lounge appeared first on Game Industry News.

This week the GiN Lounge gang head out to a galaxy far, far away. No, not that one, the one from Mass Effect: Andromeda. After waking up from a 600-year sleep, we dive into one of the largest open-world space games this side of the Milky Way. The post Lounging in Mass Effect: Andromeda appeared first on Game Industry News.

Marion Constante from The GiN Lounge gang was hanging out with thousands of other Star Wars fans in Orlando this week at Star Wars Celebration 2017, one of the coolest places in the galaxy. She brought back movie, comic book, Rebels and videogame news for us about all things Star Wars. The post The GiN Lounge at Star Wars Celebration 2017 appeared first on Game Industry News.

It’s all said and done, and we are left to sweep up the confetti after an amazing Game of the Year party. Thousands of you cast your votes and painstakingly choose the best games that 2016 had to offer. Join us in the lounge as we celebrate the winners this week! The post GiN Lounge: About those GOTY Winners… appeared first on Game Industry News.

May the force be with you all this week as the GiN Lounge gang talks about great Star Wars videogames over the years. From TIE Fighter to Star Wars Galaxies to Battlefront and beyond, it’s all Star Wars, all the time. Tune in and see if we get to your favorite Star Wars title. The post Great Star Wars Gaming Through the Years appeared first on Game Industry News.

The end of the year is almost upon us, but before we start talking about game of the year candidates, there are a few games sneaking in under the wire that deserve mention. So check out some of the best videogames that are closing out 2016. The post The GiN Lounge: Great Videogames Closing Out 2016 appeared first on Game Industry News.

GiN's own Chella Ramanan moderated a panel on diversity in videogames at the European Women in Games Conference this year. We chat with her in the lounge this week about how well the industry is doing, and where we can improve. The post The GiN Lounge Talks Diversity in Games appeared first on Game Industry News.

We connect with GiN Reporter Marion Constante live at the Call of Duty XP 2016 event out in LA, where she is both checking out the pending Infinite Warfare game and covering the Call of Duty World League Championships. We are running and gunning CoD-style this week in the lounge. The post Lounge Live: Call of Duty XP 2016 appeared first on Game Industry News.

Can you believe that 2016 is more than halfway over already? Luckily for gamers, we have experienced some really great games already this year, though not all of them were expected. We dive into which games gave our reviewers a surprise this week in the GiN Lounge. And we welcome to new GiN reviewer Marion Constante! The post Surprising Games of 2016 so Far appeared first on Game Industry News.

This week Chella and John head over to the local mead hall, also known as the GiN Lounge, load up their tankards and talk about their experiences playing the Banner Saga 2. Everyone seems to fall in love with this deeply beautiful game and its mix of combat, role-playing and storytelling. The post Marching with the Banner Saga 2 appeared first on Game Industry News.

With more votes cast than ever before, it probably means some really good choices for the 2015 GiN Game of the Year winners, right? Probably so, but lets take a look at everything that ended up winning top honors this week in the GiN Lounge. The post GiN Game of the Year Winners appeared first on Game Industry News.

If you are lucky enough to be a gamer, then hopefully you will have run into at least one videogame, and hopefully more, that really demonstrated the magic that games can contain. We try to come up with a few for your gamer bucket list this week in the GiN Lounge. How did we do? The post What Games Should Everyone Play at Least Once? appeared first on Game Industry News.

Achieving nearly impossible perfect scores with three different reviewers on three different platforms is setting up Fallout 4 for a serious Game of the Year run. As the final GiN Lounge podcast of the year, we jump in and talk about all the great Fallout goodness. The post Fallout 4: The Nuclear Podcast appeared first on Game Industry News.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the best role-playing games to come out in years, and this is coming from people who were lukewarm about the first two games. Come and see why The Witcher 3 is worth your time this week in The GiN Lounge. The post Wild Podcasting With The Witcher 3 appeared first on Game Industry News.

From Watchdogs to The Division, we examine all the games that players should be looking forward to in the first half of 2014. We also talk about some of the games that have already made a splash like Titanfall and Thief, as well as indie games like Banished, Gone Home and Banner Saga. The post Up And Coming Games appeared first on Game Industry News.

The new season of The Walking Dead by Telltale Games is out, and Billy has already reviewed the first episode. As we await more, we chat about where we think the game series is heading. The post Talking About The Dead appeared first on Game Industry News.

It's awards season time again. And that means you get to nominate the top games that kept you happy all through 2013. The lounge crew has a few suggestions for that. The post Nomination Time appeared first on Game Industry News.

Not every amazing game is well-known or marketed. The lounge crew talks about a few hidden gems that you might want to check out to make your holiday a little brighter. The post Hidden Holiday Gems appeared first on Game Industry News.

Ellie from The Last of Us. Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite. Trevor from Grand Theft Auto V. Drippy From Nu Ko Nuni. All amazing characters. But which one did you like best? The post Best Characters Of The Year? appeared first on Game Industry News.