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Sega Teases Total War: Napoleon for Windows
Napoleon set to invade developer Creative Assembly's history-minded real-time strategy series on PCs everywhere next February.News
Sony Unveils PS3 Slim
Sony announces a new, smaller PS3, known as the PS3 Slim. The company also drops the price for all PS3s to $299.News
Slimmed PS3 Won’t Save Sony
A price cut and a diet aren't enough to make the PlayStation sexy and desirable in a competitive and shrinking market.News
PS3 Slim vs. Xbox 360 Price Fight
How much does a 25 percent price drop benefit Sony's PlayStation 3? Have a look at our price comparison and decide for yourself.News
GDC: Sony Reveals PS3 Slim, Slashes PS3 Price to $300
The PS3 Slim is finally revealed with a 120GB hard drive for $300 and available everywhere by September 1.News
GDC: Sony PSP Getting Marvel Comics This November
Sony announces digital reader for its PSP mobile gaming platform, partners with Marvel to bring comics back-catalogue to handheld this November.News
Sony PlayStation 3 Price Slash Expected Today
Look for at $100 cheaper consoles, minor but welcome upgrades, and more pressure on Nintendo and Microsoft in the gaming console market wars.News
PS3 Slim for $300 in K-Mart, Sears Ads?
K-Mart and Sears ads and online catalog listings appear to confirm Sony's PlayStation 3 Slim is real, $100 cheaper, and due out on August 24.News
GDC: New CCP ‘Dust 514’ Console MMO to Feed EVE Online
Iceland-based developer CCP reveals new first-person shooter console-based MMO at GDC Europe 2009, and it plugs into Eve Online.News
Study: Adult Video Gamers Fatter, More Depressed
Average adult video gamer is 35 years old, more dependent on internet to make friends, according to CDC-led study.News
4 New Quakecon 09 Rage Shots That’ll Flip Your Lid
Doom and Quake developer id Software releases posh new screens from upcoming Xbox 360, PC, and PS3 shooter.News
Apple Tablet Dreams: Image Gallery
Here are ten fake images of the rumored Apple Tablet computer.News
NPD: Video Game Sales Plummet in July, Xbox 360 Defiant
Video game sales decline for fifth consecutive month in latest NPD figures as Wii Sports Resort tops software chart and Xbox 360 maintains year-over-year growth.News
Wii Battery Recharger Recall: What You Need to Know
If you don't unplug your Wii 4-Dock Battery Recharge Station now, you may feel the burn — and not the good kind.News
Are We About to Create Brains in Games?
The Blue Brain Project believes it can reverse engineer the human brain by 2020, so what are the implications for virtual minds in video games?News
First Look: iGoogle’s New Social Gadgets
Google has just launched a new series of social gadgets for your personalized iGoogle home page. Here's a first look at what they offer and how they work.News
Zune HD vs iPod Touch: Feature Smackdown
Zune HD and iPod Touch will do battle soon. Here is a sneak peek at how they stack up against each other.News
Pundits Defend Apple Against iPhone Critics
Pundits answer the question: is Apple really evil, or just misunderstood?News
Sony’s PS4 Coming Before Microsoft’s Xbox Next?
id Software's John Carmack takes a minute to speculate about competitive palpability, and the media ignores the other 29 about development of upcoming shooter Rage.News
Xbox LIVE Update Launches Today
Update will allow gamers to download games and play them, disc-free.News
Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Live Now
Microsoft's free and much ballyhooed Xbox 360 dashboard update drops today, adding new avatar props, Netflix enhancements, account and interface tweaks, and downloadable full Xbox 360 games.News
Are You a Fanboy? 19 Signs to Look For
Fanboyitis is a common affliction in tech circles. Do you have it? Here are 19 telltale symptoms.News
New World of Warcraft Races, ‘Cataclysm’ Expansion Leaked?
Fansite claims 'multiple sources' confirming new expansion, two new races for mega-popular Blizzard online roleplaying game World of Warcraft.News
Analyst: Expect July Game Declines, PC Sales Down 12%
Wedbush Morgan expects hardware and software sales decline for fifth consecutive month in July, but expects recovery in August, September.News
World Tech Update: Hackers, the myTouch 3G, and Taylor Swift Gets Scanned
Defcon attendees hack their badges, T-Mobile's myTouch 3G arrives in San Francisco and Taylor Swift lends her body to Activision.News
Batman Arkham Asylum Demo Impressions
Warner Bros upped its Batman Arkham Asylum action-adventure demo for Xbox 360 owners last night, and I've just finished working it over.News
There’s An App For That!? Track Your ‘Movements’ With ‘Poop The World’
Gain the ability to track your bowel movements in real-time on your iPhone.News
Games For Windows Live 3.0 Debuts with In-Game Marketplace
The latest version of Microsoft's community-driven wraparound game interface is available for download now, but is missing anything?News
Good News, StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010
Blizzard takes a bullet with grace and declares the first installment of StarCraft II off limits for 2009, cites work on "integral" new version of Battle.net.News
Oblivion, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
In which I reach the penultimate stage of Bethesda's four-year-old The Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and it flips me the bird.News
Let the Battle Begin! The 40th Anniversary of Nerf
To mark its 40th anniversary, Nerf sent us a small arsenal of weapons stocked with foam ammo. When this package landed in PC World's intern pen, how could hostilities not ensue?News
Hearts of Iron III Windows Demo Available
Paradox releases playable demo of Windows-based grand real-time strategy World War II game.News
About That PlayStation 3 Price Cut in Two Weeks
Sony's PlayStation 3 could receive a price cut in just a few weeks at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.News
Facebook Photo Sharing with Nintendo DSi Launches Today
Nintendo's DSi video game handheld meets Facebook in a free update that'll let you beam pictures snapped witih the portable straight to your profile page.News
Roam If You Want to in The Sims 3 World Adventures
The Sims 3 gets its first expansion pack this November, adding exotic destinations and international intrigue.News
HTC to Launch Click, Two Other Android Handsets in China
HTC's China subsidiary will launch up to three 3G handsets with Google's Android operating system this year, including the Hero and the lower-end Click.News
You Must Obey: The Unwritten Laws of Technology
"Fix a computer for a friend or family member, and you'll be tech support for life." This is but one of 35 immutable laws of technology that we've identified and recorded for posterity. There will be a test.News
World Tech Update: Gaming Revenues Slump, Le Mans, and More…
Nintendo and Sony see slumps in console sales, education goes high tech, Nissan debuts an electric car prototype, and more…News
Exclusive: Sony Answers 12 Questions about PlayStation 3 Motion Control
PlayStation Eye and Sony motion control interface lead researcher Richard Marks answers questions about the company's upcoming PlayStation 3 motion control interface.News
G.I. Joystick: New Video Games Train Today’s Troops
The Army creates complex video games to sharpen soldiers' skills–and to help them rehab after combat.News
Dutch Court Orders Pirate Bay to Set Sail
A Dutch court jhas ordered The Pirate Bay to move out of the Netherlands.News
Nintendo Profits Fall 61% as Wii Sales Slump
A sharp fall in global sales of Nintendo's popular Wii console helped push down the company's sales and profits in the April to June quarter, it said Thursday.News
Impressions: IL-2 Sturmovik Birds of Prey, Xbox 360 Demo
Gaijin Entertainment's Xbox 360, PS3, DS and PSP World War II flight-combat demo now available to Xbox LIVE members.News
Hero to Zero, Vortex Throws, and So Long Mako in Mass Effect 2
Lead producer of BioWare's Xbox 360 and Windows space opera sequel chats about Mass Effect 2's level resetting, updated abilities, new vehicle attributes, interface overhauling, and why storytelling in some games doesn't suck.News
Other Worlds, Artificial Minds, and Death in BioWare’s Mass Effect 2
Lead producer of BioWare's Xbox 360 and Windows space opera sequel chats about Mass Effect 2's galaxy, making every world unique, artificial intelligence, squad behavior, and permanent death in the universe.News