Video game characters modeled after famous people (gallery)

Game developers love using celebrities' likenesses to shape their heroes and villains. Check out these 21 examples.

The biggest gaming surprises of 2012

It doesn't matter how closely you follow the news or how often you refresh your browser; some companies can still manage to catch the gaming public completely unaware. Here are some of our picks for the biggest surprises of 2012.

Death Rally paves a developer’s path into brave new world of games (interview)

Death Rally is a foot in the door for digital games at Remedy Entertainment. Maybe its next big thing will be a mobile game?

Max Payne 3 is a glimpse into the future of video games (review)

Fact: Max Payne shoots more rockets out of the air than Nathan Drake falls off of stuff.

Remedy CEO: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is a “Gordon f***ing Ramsay hamburger”

Remedy Entertainment had a big week this week with the debut of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, a new adventure in the Alan Wake series available on Xbox Live Arcade. The downloadable game started out as an arcade action game and …

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare kicks off high-quality game releases on Xbox Live Arcade

Alan Wake was a high-potential game that didn’t sell as well as expected in 2010. Critics said that the story was great, but the game play of the psychological thriller title was mediocre. Amid rivals such as the spectacular western …

VGA premiere: Alan Wake American Nightmare

Alan Wake was one of the best games of 2010, in my opinion. But it never got the recognition because it was overshadowed by the hit game Red Dead Redemption. Now the franchise will get a second chance with its …