McKinley Noble
McKinley Noble has been writing about video games for seven years as a blogger and journalist, with each job adding to his painstakingly alphabetized collection of retro gaming memorabilia. When not cracking jokes about the gaming industry, he's a talking encyclopedia when it comes to mixed martial arts and anything MMA related. Follow him on Twitter: @KenTheGreat1. Meet the rest of the crew.Super Mario Crossover Developer Launches Kickstarter Project
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 25, 2012 AT 11:22am
Posted on June 25, 2012 AT 11:22am
It looks like the creative team behind the highly-praised Super Mario Bros. Crossover is finally making an original game of their own, and they've already broken their funding goal. That was fast. READ MORE
Square Enix President Claims FFXI Was Most Profitable Final Fantasy Ever
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 25, 2012 AT 10:38am
Posted on June 25, 2012 AT 10:38am
While Final Fantasy VII may continue to be the fan favorite in the long running RPG franchise, it's far from the most profitable—that honor belongs to Final Fantasy XI. READ MORE
EGM Preview: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow—Mirror Of Fate
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 12:00pm
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 12:00pm
An early hands-on session with Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate leaves McKinley slightly worried about the future of Castlevania on the Nintendo 3DS. READ MORE
EGM Preview: Pikmin 3
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 11:00am
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 11:00am
Another round with Pikmin 3's first boss battle has McKinley convinced that the long overdue sequel is exactly what Nintendo needs to show off the Wii U's visual chops. READ MORE
EGM Preview: Game & Wario
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 10:30am
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 10:30am
McKinley explains how Game & Wario tries to achieve a solid multiplayer experience on the WiiU, despite the fact that games only use one controller, rather than five. READ MORE
EGM Preview: New Super Mario Bros. 2
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 10:00am
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 10:00am
Is New Super Mario Bros. 2's coin collecting theme actually something that Nintendo can build an entire game around? READ MORE
EGM Preview: Nintendo Land
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 09:30am
Posted on June 22, 2012 AT 09:30am
After playing quite a few rounds of Nintendo Land this week, it's easy to see why Nintendo is hoping that this collection of games will be the next Wii Sports. READ MORE
Wii U Miiverse Won’t Use Twitter Or Facebook, Sounds Like A Good Call
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 01:20pm
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 01:20pm
Nintendo's extremely cautious steps into social networking for the Wii U won't include Twitter or Facebook, and considering the steps they're taking to censor offensive content, that actually sounds like the right call to make. READ MORE
Holy Crap, This Mega Man 25th Anniversary Music Collection Comes In An E-Tank
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 12:59pm
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 12:59pm
Mega Man's 25th anniversary isn't getting the love it deserves from Capcom USA, but at least Capcom Japan is doing its part in the "Rockman" celebration with this awesome soundtrack collection. READ MORE
Quantum Conundrum Launches On PC Today, PSN And Xbox Live This July
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 12:31pm
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 12:31pm
Quantum Conundrum is exclusively changing dimensions on PC today, but PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners aren't going to have wait for long to get their turn at Airtight Games' new adventure. READ MORE
Grasshoper Manufacture’s Sine Mora Shooting Its Way To PSN
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 11:49am
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 11:49am
Bullet hell shooter Sine Mora was announced for PS Vita earlier this month, and now it's heading to the PlayStation Network as well. Co-developed between Grasshopper Manufacture and Hungarian studio Digital Reality, the game was originally an Xbox Live exclusive earlier this spring. READ MORE
New Dishonored Website Update Details Game’s Story, Setting, Enemies
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 10:59am
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 10:59am
Bethesda and Arkane Studios have relaunched the official website for Dishonored with a huge amount of information about the game's world and characters, particularly outlining more central conflicts in the plot. READ MORE
Nintendo Direct Presentations Going Down Tonight For Japan, US, Europe
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 10:39am
Posted on June 21, 2012 AT 10:39am
Nintendo is taking to the web again to hype their Wii U and Nintendo 3DS libraries, hosting three "Nintendo Direct" presentations headlined by three Nintendo presidents. READ MORE
EGM Preview:
ZombiU
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 06:45pm
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 06:45pm
McKinley sits down with ZombiU and explains how wrestling with the game's complicated Wii U controls could actually make it a more frightening survival horror experience than Dead Space and Resident Evil. READ MORE
Pokemon Black And White 2 Improve Pokedex, Splits Up Team Plasma
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 02:34pm
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 02:34pm
Dengeki Magazine is revealing a lot of information about Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, detailing a number of gameplay changes, gym alterations, and most importantly, a small-but-significant Pokédex adjustment. READ MORE
See 20 Minutes Of Resident Evil 6 Gameplay, Leon Punching Out Zombies
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 01:59pm
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 01:59pm
Capcom's giving you 20 minutes of gameplay footage with Leon Kennedy to decide whether or not Resident Evil 6 maintains its survival horror roots or goes completely "Rambo" with run-and-gun action combat. READ MORE
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Recut As Side-Scrolling Retro Game
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 01:25pm
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 01:25pm
As ridiculous as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter sounds as a movie, it suddenly seems much less silly when re-imagined as a side-scrolling, zombie hacking, beat-'em-up video game. READ MORE
Words With Friends, Draw Something Joining Windows Phone’s 100,000 Apps
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 01:05pm
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 01:05pm
Microsoft is hosting an event today entirely dedicated to the Windows Phone, and they're touting two better-late-than-never additions to their marketplace. READ MORE
Free-To-Play Shooter “No Man’s Land” Launches On PlayStation Home
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 12:29pm
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 12:29pm
Free-to-play multiplayer shooters on consoles aren't that common—in fact, PlayStation is claiming that post apocalyptic No Man's Land is the very first one, and it's also hitting PlayStation Home today. READ MORE
Sony Tops E3 2012 Game Critics Awards Nominees Thanks To The Last of Us
By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 11:48am
Posted on June 20, 2012 AT 11:48am
Every gaming publication in the Game Critics Awards has submitted their votes for the best games of E3 2012, and the list of nominees features at lot of heavy hitter, triple-A titles—but not many from Nintendo. READ MORE
Today's Top 10 Stories
Partner Pages
Top Partner Stories
© 2013 EGM Media LLC. All rights reserved. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Website Interface © 2012 EGM Digital Media, LLC.
Website Interface © 2012 EGM Digital Media, LLC.


