The big upcoming release is Borderlands 2 and we've found a sale on the DLC subscription so you can be ready when…
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As has been written before, Sean Smith of the U.S. State Department also was a deeply committed presence inside…
Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski did a cool Q&A on Reddit today. It's a great read!

In a memorial service today for four American diplomats assassinated in Libya earlier this week, Secretary of…
A server-side update has returned the fantasy-draft option to Madden NFL under its new Connected Careers mode, but…

The mega-ambitious, long-in-development Half-Life remake/tribute Black Mesa is finished, and you can download it…
Nintendo talked a lot about the Wii U yesterday, but there was one big topic they didn't cover: the Miiverse, the…
Remember when EA sued Zynga? Well, the FarmVille makers aren't just going to lie down and take it. They're back in…
There's a brand new iPhone selling out all over the world today. If I ordered one right now, I wouldn't receive it…

Here's a not-so-big secret: most Hollywood adaptations of video games are not very good. Why? The reasons are…

You're crouched in the dark. You can hear two guards talking; they're just around the corner. If they spot you,…
I am not a game designer. I have made games before, but they were not very good. My talents lie elsewhere. So when I…
Video game publishers have not treated Obsidian Entertainment very well over the years.
Massively multiplayer online games have this way of becoming a rush to the top. If a game has 50 levels, 49 of them…

When you're a problem solver like Joe Ricks, nothing stands between you and your dream. For Ricks, the dream was the…
Funcom, developer of modern-day MMO The Secret World, is just not having a good year.
On Wednesday, Apple announced the iPhone 5. I'll be ordering one today, even though I've had an Android for two…
The upcoming Bayonetta 2 is a Wii U exclusive. Nintendo, not Sega, is now publishing the game. You know what that…
Last week, Capcom announced that everyone's favorite blue-suited defense attorney, Phoenix Wright, would be…