The Roundup: GTA V: What Our Critics Are Saying

Call it the Videogame Shot Heard Round the World. The game was everywhere. And when the smoke cleared last week, Grand Theft Auto V had earned a billion dollars in three days. Many of our fine critics had something to worthy say about the latest release from Rockstar Games: Polygon’s Chris Plante detailed the satire…

Adam Rosenberg: Is Free To Play The New Cool?

A funny thing happened at GDC this year. I noticed it before even touching down inSan Francisco. As I booked my week-long gauntlet of previews and interviews, a trend emerged: many of the games I was carving out time to check out at were of the free-to-play variety. “Nuts to that,” I thought at the…