Leaked pictures of the next Xbox’s developmental kit, codenamed Durango

Thanks to leaked pictures of a dev kit, we have some real evidence that developers are working on games for the next Microsoft console.

E3 will remain in Los Angeles through 2015

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, gaming’s largest North American trade show, isn’t leaving Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Convention Center, E3′s home for more than a decade, is transforming to accommodate a new professional football stadium. The convention center’s owning entity, …

Deadlight sets a poetic survival-horror tone but stumbles with melodramatic writing (review)

Take on hordes of shambling, inexorable zombies in a moody, 1986 Seattle, but don't count on great voice acting or stellar dialogue.

OnLive launches cloud gaming service in Belgium

OnLive is launching its cloud gaming service in Belgium as part of its partnership with Belgacom, the largest telecommunications company in the European nation.

The move is the first foray onto the European continent for OnLive, following its launches in …

Why the decline of splitscreen gaming sucks

Some of my best gaming memories came from playing titles like GoldenEye 007, 007: Nightfire, and other splitscreen multiplayer experiences with my friends. If I had grown up a generation later, those memories might have been replaced with playing Call …

Dragon Quest slime racing is now a board game

Fortune Street on Wii, which is a continuation of a long-running Japanese Monopoly-esque virtual board game, introduced the most amazing minigame of all time: Dragon Quest slime racing.

The idea in the game is to bet on which of the …

Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod is in public beta tonight

A small dev team has put together a multiplayer mod for the open-world game Just Cause 2. It is in public beta right now.

New Dead or Alive 5 trailer is either exploiting women or celebrating bunnies

Publisher Tecmo Koei, unsurprisingly, is promoting scantily clad fisticuffs once more as its latest 3D fighter, Dead or Alive 5, nears a September 25 release.

20 ridiculous fan-made screenshots from Dragon’s Dogma

Capcom's action role-playing game gives players the ability to take a screenshot anytime. This is what happens when you do that.

The 5 game-related events that have to be in the next Olympics

It's time to replace Olympic diving and synchronized swimming with some real sports. We have some game-based events that'll be perfect for the 2016 summer Olympics.

Spotlight: Nintendo 64 games, becoming a griefer, the next Rocksteady game, and more

The Community Spotlight features some of the best unedited articles that didn't quite make the front page. This week, we look back at Nintendo 64 games that still hold up, give in to the lure of griefing, speculate on the …

Portal speed run shatters both world record and laws of nature

Speed runs sit within a dignified niche of the PC gaming community. The daunting task of sustaining entertainment value for a video typically involving jump-crazy players blurring through a level in a matter of seconds falls to a dedicated throng …

Nintendo’s Japanese servers struggle to keep up with New Super Mario Bros. 2 digital sales

Nintendo's servers can't handle the number of fans flooding the 3DS eShop to purchase the latest platformer starring the chubby plumber.

15 casting suggestions for video game movie adaptations

Films based on video games usually disappoint due to terrible casting choices. We provide a list of actors who are dead ringers for some of our favorite characters.

Dragons, dinosaurs, and Transformers: RuneScape’s CEO on the future of free to play

Free to play is the future of gaming, even for traditional game publishers, according to Jagex Games Studio CEO Mark Gerhard. He talks to GamesBeat about the rush to the free-to-play model, Jagex's potential market value, and the development of upcoming MMO Transformers Universe.

Sega Genesis Mixtape: 7 tunes that prove the system’s worth

A little while ago I catalogued the contents of the Sega Genesis mixtape I created at the tender age of 12. I've been mulling over that artifact for the better part of a month, and as much as I (mostly) approve of the taste …

The high-horse audit: Top 5 games of 2012 (so far)

Time is money. This old adage has meant more to me this year than it ever has. A new job, a longer commute, and a growing family means that time for gaming is becoming scarce and all the more precious. …

Build roller coasters inside Half-Life 2′s Garry’s Mod

One of my favorite PC games was RollerCoaster Tycoon. I can't stand actually going on thrill rides, but I get a bizarre amount of enjoyment out of building them. Sadly, it's been a long time since we got a new game in …

SeeYouInCourtVille: law firms investigating Zynga for possible insider trading

Three months before releasing a quarterly earnings report that slaughtered an already-decimated stock, Zynga executives and investors unloaded some of their stock, raking in more than $500 million dollars. Now, multiple law firms are investigating whether the company or its …