Borderlands 2 nearly perfects the blend of shooter and role-playing game (review)

Borderlands 2 doesn't stray far from the formula of its predecessor, but it's bigger and better in every way.

From pixels to polygons: Video games trade blocks for curves

Many of today's most amazing-looking video games evolved from simple, blocky pixels. Here are 10 before-and-after comparisons.

Marvel Heroes’ online game world will let you smash evil for free

Developer Gazillion Entertainment has revealed the first details for its upcoming free-to-play massively multiplayer online game.

Technically disastrous Skyrim is Bethesda’s “most solid release” yet

Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard has finally broken his three-month-long silence regarding The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s notorious technical issues.

“Statistically, it is not nearly as bad as it seems,” Howard told IndustryGamers. ”Meaning, by all the internal and external …

Diablo co-creator’s quest for “the $20 AAA game” (exclusive interview)

It is the highly anticipated sequel to a million-selling action role-playing game, brimming with monsters and loot – and we’re not talking about Diablo III. Seattle-based Runic Games has been working on a follow-up to its 2009 surprise hit Torchlight, …

72pins creative director discusses taking Call of Duty and Halo back to the 8-bit days

72pins is made up of a small team of retro art makers who take modern games — such as Halo or God of War — and reimagine them as classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) carts.

Cleverly coined as “NEStalgia” and …

Updated: New signs suggest Diablo 3 release date coming soon

[Updated: We've added additional comments from Billy Pidgeon, a senior analyst at game research firm M2 Research.]

World of Warcraft and Diablo developer Blizzard Entertainment added a box-art image for a Diablo 3 beta over the weekend — a sign …