As the major-release machine spins up for its September-to-November finishing kick, NewEgg is guaranteeing $12 off…
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Not in the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm beta? Wish you were? We can't help you there. But we can give you a peek…
People who bought Skyrim for the PS3 are pissed. And you can't necessarily blame them.
Sony wanted to make sure the Vita was difficult to crack. Earlier this year, some folks at wololo found exploitable…
I take four days off and what do I return to? We've got Marvel's mightiest mashing things up, a creepy citrus fruit,…
Only the biggest Nintendo fan could name all the Kirbys featured on the back cover of a special booklet that's…
Steam Greenlight, the voter-determined submission system created by Valve, isn't free anymore. The point was to…

Plenty of great games combine multiple game ideas into a single cohesive package. Persona mixed a dating sim and a…
You ever get to that point in a Japanese role-playing game? You know. The point where you want to turn it off.

Okay, it's not a full range of mage powers. It's not the Force. It's not telekinesis. In fact, it's a fairly limited…

Most people might take their stealth tips from Solid Snake or Sam Fisher. Me, I'm more in tune with, uh, the…

Freddie Prinze, Jr. reprises his role as Mass Effect 3 super-soldier James Vega in this December's animated movie M…
Seen at Square Enix's Final Fantasy party at PAX last week: these posters, complete with game names, dates, and…
I enjoyed getting my hands on XCOM: Enemy Unknown last month. I even liked the multiplayer. One omission, though,…
They say ‘There's more than one way to skin a cat'. Man, that's such a weird saying. Who skins cats? They should…
As we move toward the end of the year, it can mean only one thing: it's time for a new game with everyone's favorite…

Nope. Nothing like it at all. It's totally different. No way could anyone call Little Masters a Pokémon rip-off.…
This summer, the K-pop single "Gangnam Style" hasn't only been popular in its native South Korea, but it has also…
In 1989, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto sat down with Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii for an interview. The two…