knockknock.biz luggage tags. Photo courtesy of justinph. I guess it's finally time for me to level up. It was the summer of '99 when I convinced my then editor to send me on a tour of the U.S. videogame industry. When I finally returned three weeks later, my head was still spinning. I felt as though I'd seen the future of entertainment. It ...

Remember, remember, the Fifth of NovemberThe Level Up treason and plotI know of no reasonWhy Level Up treasonShould ever be forgot Like Pheidippides at Marathon and Paul Revere at Lexington, the Level Up staff last week breathlessly revealed to the world the shocking news that beginning in November, the NPD group would halt its yearlong ...

Even as the fan base continues to grow for Monday Morning Quarterback, our monthly assessment of the videogame biz with Geoff Keighley, the Level Up staff can't afford to become complacent. Because on any given Sunday, one of those young, hungry QBs angling to take our spot could finally succeed. So when we heard complaints from some of our most ...

A few hours ago, Electronic Arts announced that it had purchased VG Holdings, the holding company for two of the largest remaining independent developers, BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios. What's interesting is that VG Holdings had been the property of Elevation Partners, in which Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello had been a managing director ...

Newsweek's N'Gai Croal and MTV News' Stephen Totilo at Rockstar Games' offices in New York City on June 22, 2007Does reading Level Up sometimes feel like drinking water from a fire hose? Or surfing a tsunami? Does it ever give you the sensation that you've been buried under an avalanche of words, words, words? Yes, we know that the dizzying ...

Rockstar Games' Manhunt 2Does reading Level Up sometimes feel like drinking water from a fire hose? Or surfing a tsunami? Does it ever give you the sensation that you've been buried under an avalanche of words, words, words? Yes, we know that the dizzying length of certain Level Up posts can read more like a manifesto or a jeremiad than a ...

Does reading Level Up sometimes feel like drinking water from a fire hose? Or surfing a tsunami? Does it ever give you the sensation that you've been buried under an avalanche of words, words, words? Yes, we know that the dizzying length of certain Level Up posts can read more like a manifesto or a jeremiad than a blog entry. So for you, we're ...