Reloaded Games takes freemium APB back to pay-for-play with APB: Vendetta

Reloaded Games saved cops-and-robbers game APB from early extinction back in 2011. Now they're looking to expand the franchise by taking it into another genre and stripping away the free-to-play model that helped make APB a huge success.

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters buy into AAA-game microtransactions!

Microtransactions are creeping out of Facebook and into top-tier console franchises. Our bribe-proof panel of game characters weighs in on whether that's a good thing, a bad thing, or just a thing.

Movie posters re-created with video game characters (gallery)

See popular game characters re-create posters of blockbuster movies like Prometheus, Avatar, and The Dark Knight.

Release day daze: How post-launch content sours new games

As iterative releases become more commonplace on all game platforms, they effectively reduce the "complete" feel of the product on day one. Going forward, how will this effect consumers' ideology on a complete retail product, and on the notion that they are simply buying in to an incomplete project?

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters solve violence in video games!

As President Obama authorizes a study on the effects of violent media, we turn to the real experts on video-game carnage -- our panel of video-game characters -- for a lasting solution.

Valve gives Plantronics the rights to officially brand headsets with Aperture Laboratories and Mann Co. logos

Valve teams with Plantronics to release gaming headphones branded with the Dota 2, Counter-Strike, and other brands.

Save Clementine all over again with these The Walking Dead-inspired custom figures

Artist Shaun Nakasone sculpts incredibly detailed vinyl figurines based on video game characters, comic book superheroes, and more.

Linux version of Steam enters limited beta

Valve continues its march toward worldwide computer-game-based domination as it grants a small number of Linux users access to its popular digital distribution service.

See how games both big and small are celebrating Halloween!

How are games -- both big and small -- celebrating Halloween? We'll show you, but first let's split up to go investigate that strange noise!

Steam’s Linux beta will include Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Serious Sam 3

A Steam for Linux beta will support two Valve games and one from an outside developer.

Happy Wars brings free-to-play gaming to Xbox 360, and it’s worth every penny (review)

The free-to-play revolution finally hits Xbox Live, and while it might not be enough to topple Call of Duty, it could be the start of an exciting new trend in console gaming.

It’s a Total War weekend on Steam: Free Team Fortress 2 items

Rome: Total War is only $1 on Steam, and it comes with a bunch of free items for Valve's free-to-play first-person shooter.

Team Fortress 2 classes reimagined as ladyfolk (gallery)

French artist and DeviantArt user Prospass transforms the TF2 roster into women. Yay or nay?

Microsoft releases more details on Happy Wars, Xbox Live Arcade’s first free-to-play title

Xbox Live's first free-to-play game is finally coming this fall, and it lets you murder your friends with cuteness.

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.

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.