GDC drew more than 23,000 attendees to hear diverse perspectives on games

Here's a roundup of the GDC. This year, the parties generated as much buzz as the sessions.

Check out Hideo Kojima’s full Metal Gear Solid V talk from the Game Developers Conference

Kojima talks the tech of Fox Engine, which powers Meta Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Surprise! The Phantom Pain is actually Metal Gear Solid V

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has finally stopped all the teasing and revealed what game Kojima productions is really working on. He also showed off the new Fox engine that powers it.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate can’t quite translate 3D gameplay into 2D (review)

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow -- Mirror of Fate really wants to recreate the vibe of a 2D Castlevania but it can't quite pull it off.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Zynga shuts studio, top exec leaves EA, and Ouya ships March 28

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Silent Hill: Revelation vs. Silent Hill 3: A visual comparison (gallery)

How closely does Silent Hill: Revelation follow the story and settings of Silent Hill 3? Read on to find out.

The peculiar origin of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s heavy-metal sound (interview)

Game and television composer Jamie Christopherson gives us some insight into the peculiar heavy metal sound track in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Metal music isn't Christopherson's strong suit, but Platinum Games thought he was perfect for the job.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance — Quick and easy BP to max out Raiden’s skills early!

Want to make the ultimate cyborg even more ultimate? Check out this quick video to find out how to upgrade Raiden quick and early.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance unsheathes an action-packed, yet imperfect, experience (review)

The latest entry in the Metal Gear franchise is a video game in all the hyperbolic, make-believe, stupid-fun sense of the term.

Mirror of Fate brings some humor back to the Castlevania series (hands-on preview)

Fighting Dracula and his undead army is serious business. But don't tell that to Simon Belmont.

Fans translate the Japanese Silent Hill Play Novel after almost a decade of work

Two fans have translated a fully playable version of the Silent Hill visual novel, which Konami never localized for the West.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Halo 4, Grand Theft Auto V reveal, THQ for sale

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Silent Hill: Revelations 3D director on respecting the source material, immersion, and secret UFO endings (exclusive)

We interview the writer/director of one of the most poorly reviewed game movies of all time.

Nintendo realizes it still has a Virtual Console in this week’s download report

This week, the 3DS eShop makes paranoia fun, and an SNK fighting game joins the Wii's Virtual Console.

How spoilers, bugs, and online play influence our buying decisions

With everything from cost to content vying for your attention, how do you know the right time to play?

Konami’s Blockolicious splashes on to Facebook today in an explosion of flavor

Konami has launched Blockolicious, a juicy twist on Bejeweled set at two drastically different paces.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance finally receives a release date [Updated]

Konami reveals exactly when you'll be able to start cutting people in half in the new Metal Gear game.