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Building Bridges: Casey Hudson Talks Mass Effect 2
Lead producer of BioWare's Xbox 360 and Windows space opera sequel chats about agonizing choices, pacing improvements, lessons learned, and what exactly happens if you import your character from the original.News
Top 5 Games to Appear at Comic Con
Comic Con is all about comics, but this year more video game releases are sneaking into the hoopla.News
Dark Horse Comics Prequel to Bridge Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect: Redemption four-issue miniseries will explore what happens to Mass Effect's protagonist while MIA with potential lover.News
World of Sam-Raimi-Craft? Spider-Man Director Nabs Warcraft Film
Blizzard's Warcraft universe is coming to the big screen courtesy Spider-Man and Drag Me to Hell director Sam Raimi's helping hand.News
World of Warcraft Allowed Partial Relaunch in China
China will allow World of Warcraft to relaunch for some players in the country after weeks offline, but still require changes to some game content.News
Microsoft Patents Join-Leave in Split-Screen Multiplayer Games
Microsoft finally wins split-screen multiplayer console-based video game patent filed during the Xbox-era.News
Microsoft: Portable Xbox Device is Coming
Microsoft says a portable Xbox gaming system is in the works.News
Paradox Interactive Slashes PC Game Prices, 50% Off Everything
World's foremost PC games strategy publisher celebrates its 10-year business anniversary by slashing game prices in half.News
Tasteless ‘Zombie School’ App Likely Axed Soon
Wanted: a consistent policy for iPhone apps that indicates Apple actually evaluates applicants.News
World of Warcraft Awaits China’s Approval to Relaunch
Popular online game World of Warcraft has already been offline in China for six weeks as its new local operator awaits a government review of its content.News
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg on June NPD Xbox 360 Numbers
The Xbox 360 pulled ahead despite June's industry game sales crash, but what about year-over-year software growth? Online sales? The looming PS3 price drop?News
US Video Game Sales Sink in June, Biggest Drop in 9 Years
Sales of video game hardware and software were down by around a third in June compared to the same month last year, according to monthly NPD data.News
NPD June: Fourth Month of Video Game Sales Declines, Xbox 360 Resilient
The retail video games industry took a nosedive in June, according to the latest NPD numbers, but Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's DS are posting sales increases.News
BioShock 2 Slips to 2010 to “Improve Quality”
Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 gamers will have to wait until next year for BioShock 2.News
iPhone Games for 99 Cents? Meet EA’s 8 lb Gorilla
World's largest third-party video games publisher spins off world's smallest 99-cent indie iPhone games app developer.News
Battlefield 1943 Debuts to Eager Throngs
Player demand taxes the servers and the development team squashes some last-minute bugs.News
EA Says Command & Conquer 4 Windows Exclusive
Electronic Arts may have pulled Windows support for franchises like Madden and Tiger Woods, but the next Command & Conquer is strictly PC-bound.News
Worst Idea Ever: Another Mortal Kombat Movie
Third installment in Mortal Kombat film franchise to reportedly start filming this September. Fan wincing ensues.News
FAQ: Google Chrome OS
Here is a list of questions you may regarding Google Chrome OS and here are the answers.News
Sony’s Eric Lempel on Digital Downloads, PS3 Home Integration
PSP Go integration? New PS One games? PS3 Blu-ray downloads? PS Home avatar integration? Sony Director of Network Operations Eric Lempel answers all, in our exclusive interview.News
Sony’s Eric Lempel On PS3 Updates, Firmware Rumors
Dashboard overhaul? Universal voice chat? PlayStation 3 Hulu-blocking? Sony Director of Network Operations Eric Lempel answers all, in our exclusive interview.News
Gaming and Used Sales Boom During Recession, Says Nielsen
Study suggests the number of hours gamers spent playing games and sales of used games rose in part because of the recession.News
Frag Doll Wannabe: One Woman’s Quest to Become a Girl-Gamer Idol
Kristin Reilly spent months playing games, making videos, and tolerating sometimes obnoxious male gamers, all to become a Frag Doll, one of a team of female gaming ambassadors.News
Japanese Computer Game Market Sinks 24 Percent in First Half
Japan's computer game market saw a 24 percent drop in sales in the first half of the year, according to data released Wednesday.News
Blizzard Kills StarCraft II LAN Support
World of Warcraft publishers says it won't include LAN support with upcoming Windows real-time strategy sequel StarCraft II to combat piracy.News
Sony Patents PS2 Software Emulation, Already Offers It
Patent filing suggests Sony may be planning to offer PS2 backward compatibility to PlayStation 3 owners, but what's new about that?News
First Doom, Then Quake; Classic FPS Head to App Store
The Apple App Store is getting some first-person shooter classics in the form of Doom and Quake.News
Rumor: PlayStation 3 Update Coming Pre-Holidays, ‘Huge Overhaul’
Caveat reader, but if it's innuendo you're after, the latest scuttlebutt's that Sony's planning something transformative for PlayStation 3 owners this holiday.News
Gateway Launches First Small Form Factor Desktop
Whether you're an Intel/Nvidia fanboy or an AMD/ATI flag-waver, Gateway's latest, self-described "powerhouse" PCs cover both sides of the fence. And its newest system line fits a PC right between the posts.News
Bethesda Parent Company Buys Legendary Doom Developer
id Software snapped up by ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks, developer of The Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Fallout 3 role-playing games.News
Intel Day: New Car Technologies and 3D Game Graphics
Intel shows off a new technique for ray tracing in games, and new concepts for integrating mobile devices and on-the-go data updates with your car.News
World of Warcraft Languishes Offline in China
A weeks-long World of Warcraft outage in China has driven masses of players to the Taiwanese server or to other games while a new operator takes over the game.News
OTOY Demo Puts Crysis, Grand Theft Auto 4 on Your Phone
OTOY's server-side video streaming technology lets you play high-end PC games on your mobile phone.News
GameStop Says Digital Downloads Not Relevant Until 2014
GameStop tepid about digital distribution after running 'the most thorough study to-date' on the medium.News
Activision Wants Sony to Slash the PlayStation 3’s Price Too
Drop the PS3's price or else, warns Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, suggesting that Sony's premium-priced games system is losing momentum.News
Microsoft on New Xbox 360: We’re “Not Even Halfway” There
3D motion-control tech Project Natal is designed to work with existing Xbox 360s, says Microsoft, adding that the current console cycle is barely at the halfway mark.News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Natal-Equipped Xbox 360 Coming 2010?
Blogs claim Steve Ballmer just confirmed a brand new upgraded Xbox 360, but did he really?News
Hey Microsoft, How About an Xbox 360 Hard Drive Upgrade?
Microsoft's Xbox 360 is notably cheaper than Sony's PlayStation 3, but its storage options are strictly limited, and its component pricing out of touch.News
Who Won E3? Halo ODST and God of War III, says Nielsen
E3 generated plenty of buzz, but didn't alter the fundamentals in the battle for Windows PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii fans' hearts and wallets, says Nielsen.News
Is Project Natal a New Xbox 360 Console? Nope.
Microsoft shoots down speculative claim that its motion control Project Natal will be part of a new, upgraded Xbox 360 console.News
May 2009 Video Game Sales Tumble 17%, Slump Continues
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii hardware and software sales fall for third month in a row, though problematic year-over-year comparisons complicate overall import.News
Doom Comes to the iPhone
The venerable first-person shooter game will land on Apple's smartphone next week.News
Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott Moves Past 21,000 Signatures
Valve announces Windows, Xbox 360 cooperative zombie-butchering sequel, and sends several thousand gamers into a frenzy of conjecture.News
Sony: Who Needs a PlayStation 3 Price Drop?
What was conspicuously absent at this year's E3? Price cuts.News
Hands Take Flight with the Peregrine Sensory Input Gaming Glove
Iron Will Technologies debuts a sensory input glove for gamers, called the Peregrine.News