Smashing your partner’s game console is not a solution

I wear makeup. If my fiancé went in the bathroom and snapped my eyeliner pencil, I’d be fuming. But here I am watching these YouTube videos of girls smashing their boyfriends' consoles out of anger. All for different reasons: They don’t …

THQ losses beat expectations in fiscal first-quarter 2013

THQ has announced that it’s lost less than expected in the first quarter of its fiscal year — which actually good news for the video game publisher that recently escaped NASDAQ delisting.

THQ reported net sales of $38.6 million for …

The first 5 games you should get for your Nexus 7

You've set up your Nexus 7 as the perfect productivity device. Now start playing with five must-have Android games.

Game industry’s annual report: Games penetrating cultural, legal, and political barriers

The $67 billion worldwide video game industry is breaking through barriers on the cultural, legal and political fronts, according to the annual report of the Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. industry's trade group.

Marvel War of Heroes distills superhero combat into card-based digestible chunks (preview)

DeNA and Ngmoco teams up with Marvel Comics for Marvel War of Heroes, a battle card game for mobile devices.

Riot Games’s path to blockbuster expansion: League of Legends eSport tournaments

Riot Games hopes to turn its hit game League of Legends into a household name by dramatically expanding a professional-gaming league that rewards players with big prizes and recognition.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 is too obsessed with reliving the good old days (review)

Nintendo has another New Super Mario Bros. game, but is it fair to still call it new?

The golden age returns? Seamus Blackley’s Innovative Leisure mobile game startup raises seed round (exclusive)

Innovative Leisure has raised a seed round to fund its "new arcade" mobile games.

Khronos Group’s OpenGL ES 3.0 should lead to more console-like games on mobile

Khronos Group's new OpenGL 3.0 software will raise mobile 3D-graphics quality, leading to better-looking zombies on our iPhone or Android tablets.

The Tetris effect: How a game can alter the way you look at life

If you haven’t heard of it, the Tetris effect occurs when one devotes an excessive amount of time to an activity or game, and it begins to overtake the sufferer’s thoughts and dreams. It’s named for the classic block-stacking puzzler Tetris. …

10 things we can expect to find on Mars

If we Earthlings have learned anything from movies, video games, and comic books, we may not want to find anything....

Check out the Ghostbusters, Sonic, and Minecraft references hidden away in these Team Fortress 2 maps (gallery)

A private Team Fortress 2 server features a plethora of geeky Easter Eggs.

Spotlight: Capcom-troversy, Path of Exile, triple-A titles, DayZ vs. The War Z, and more

The Community Spotlight features some of the best unedited articles that didn't quite make the front page. This week, we examine on-disc DLC in Capcom games, ponder the changing model of triple-A development, draw connections between Mass Effect and Nintendo …

Music, context, and Mass Effect’s Mission Complete screen

The music in the Mass Effect trilogy backs some of the most epic, poignant, and beautiful moments in recent gaming memory. Anyone whose played it will not soon forget the soaring strings and strident trumpets which helped make each game's …