Sales of software and hardware continue to take a beating, down 29 percent, as the industry adjusts to how people consume and play games.
BioWare and EA announce Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a reboot of one of the most classic and beloved role-playing franchises within the industry.
Despite the announcement of the bigger Nintendo 3DS XL, the original handheld just crossed over the 5 million units sold mark in the U.S.
Minecraft on Xbox 360 likely won't ever be as full-featured as the PC original, but the new 1.7.3 update scheduled for July 13 will add new items, better textures, and character selection.
The GamesBeat 2012 conference called on speakers from the hottest mobile, social, PC, and console companies to debate new ways to stay on pace with changing consumer tastes and platforms. Here is a collection of the stories out of this year's event.
Seamus Blackley, president of Innovative Leisure and co-creator of the Xbox, has assembled a "dream team" of old Atari game designers and assigned them to work with young programmers to develop new arcade-like games for Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.
Epic's upcoming zombie tower defense title utilizes the slick Unreal Engine 4 and is a PC exclusive.
Amazing Alex, a new physics-based puzzle game for Android and iOS devices, it out now.
Legendary game designer Will Wright is so cool that even his PowerPoints are fascinating.
Games have always rewarded players with virtual points and other rewards that become a source of pride and cred. But in an attention-based economy, some companies are willing to give real, physical rewards for gamers who hit the highest achievements …
I would only ever burn my Optimus Prime action figure if I were, let's say, freezing to death in a global ice age. Unfortunately for the children in Little Inferno, the new game from World of Goo developer 2D Boy, …
The feeling I got when I played a preview of the new Tomb Raider game was one of moving back and forth between a movie and a game. That’s exactly what happens when the scene shifts from a movie-like cinematic …
While most games cynically indulge their fans’ penchant for explosions and death, Heavy Rain challenges you with a dense narrative thick with atmosphere and character development. A series of tender moments comprise the game’s emotional center, and Normand Corbeil’s haunting …
OC Remix is one of the best things to happen to the Internet. Its dedicated community creates hundreds of free remixes and rearrangements of many of the best songs from gaming history.
Of course, despite my love for the music, …
Marketing local, social, and casino games to underserved markets in Latin America and Southern Europe net Akamon the top prize.
Kixeye branching away from Facebook to browsers and continuing its pursuit of hardcore gamers.
(About) 5 good minutes with Ouya designer Yves Béhar (video).
Angry Birds is famous for two things: 1. It's cheap. 2. It's a downloadable title. So it's bizarre that Angry Birds Trilogy, a collection of the original Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio, is neither of those things.
The leaders of Kontagent and Tapjoy detail how mobile game developers need real plans to gain audiences.
In 1995, I clutched an abnormally large box in my hands, wondering at the images and text on its back. I crinkled up my nose at the Master Belch scratch and sniff, unable to fathom what hellish materials the manufacturer …
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