TOG - The Older Gamers

Respawn skipping E3 again

16 May 2012 |Studio founded by former Call of Duty developers not unveiling first project at next month's Los Angeles tradeshow.

Lost Planet spin-off hitting PS3, 3DS

16 May 2012 |Capcom taps Monster Hunter producer to lead development on beginner-friendly shooter EX Troopers for Sony's console and Nintendo's portable.

GeForce Grid sending Unreal Engine 4 to the cloud

16 May 2012 |Nvidia working with Gaikai, GameCloud and others on bringing low-latency cloud gaming to PCs and mobile devices; Gaikai "Virtual Console" coming to LG Smart TVs.

Halo 4 Limited Edition bundles nine maps

16 May 2012 |$100 premium edition of upcoming sci-fi shooter to include nine maps, early access to six specializations, live-action film; Spartan Ops mode detailed.

Devil’s Third in purgatory at THQ

16 May 2012 |Setbacks for latest game from Tomonobu Itagaki have THQ looking to hand off the project to another company as publisher cites profitability concerns.

Dota 2: The International 2012 tourney teams confirmed

16 May 2012 |Australian and American squads giving their nations a first shot at Valve's championship for the online battle game; reigning champion Na'Vi to defend its title.

South Park: The Game delayed to 2013

16 May 2012 |Obsidian-developed role-playing game pushed to next year as THQ posts $239.9 million loss for fiscal year; Saints Row: The Third ships 4.25 million, expansion coming in September.

Ubisoft online efforts push profit turnaround

15 May 2012 |Publisher's full-year digital sales more than double as Trials Evolution sells 500,000 in three weeks; Driver: San Francisco and Rayman Origins ship 2 million each.

Guild Wars 2 opening June 28 - Report

15 May 2012 |Leaked promotional retail material suggests ArenaNet's upcoming PC MMO game to debut at end of next month; dev calls date "pure speculation."

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning dev may be in trouble - Report

15 May 2012 |Rhode Island government working with 38 Studios to keep RPG house solvent; Ocean State taxpayers on hook for $112.6M if company fails.

Diablo 3’s Best Error 37 Jokes

17 May 2012 |Chances are good you picked up a copy of Blizzard's latest productivity-killer, Diablo 3. Chances are even better you've resisted the urge of throwing your mouse out the window upon seeing the dreaded "Error 37" message. And who ...

Game Scoop! Podcast: Episode 245

12 May 2012 |Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly show that attacks your funny bone for massive damage. Your guides this week will be Daemon Hatfield, Greg Miller, Mitch Dyer, and Brian Altano...

Tales of Graces F - PDF Guide

12 May 2012 |Tales of Graces F Walkthrough by Vhayste IGN presents a guide for Tales of Graces F by Vhayste You will need to download the file and use Adobe Reader to open it...

IGN UK Podcast: Behind The Xbox Scenes

12 May 2012 |And now for something a little different.....

Podcast Beyond: Who Should Review Resistance Vita?

11 May 2012 |PlayStation. Does the word send a chill down your spine? Does it caress your senses with wave upon wave of irresistible pleasure? No? Do you like PlayStation? Then you're certainly in the right place. Welcome to Podcast Beyond, ...

Nintendo Voice Chat: Mario’s Got Game

9 May 2012 |Welcome back to another mushroomy edition of Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's very own Nintendo-centric podcast. Once again the cast is made up of IGN Nintendo's intrepid editors: Audrey "The Force is Strong With This One" Drake ...

Ghostbusters Coming to Vita (Kind Of)

9 May 2012 |Reality Fighters was far from one of our favorite PlayStation Vita launch titles -- garnering just a 4.5 out of 10 in the IGN review -- but the Ghostbusters are coming to Sony's augmented reality fighter, so all is forgiven...

How to Prepare for Diablo 3

9 May 2012 |A new guide explaining how to prepare for Diablo 3's launch next Tuesday has gone live on the Blizzard Blog...

Is Kingdom Hearts Coming Back to Consoles?

9 May 2012 |The next Kingdom Hearts game could finally see the series make its long-awaited return to consoles, according to a new interview...

Report: Microsoft Developing Kinect Play Fit

9 May 2012 |A new report claims that Microsoft is preparing to unleash Kinect Play Fit, an exercise tracker that will work across various Kinect applications...

Game of Thrones Review: An Example of Mediocre Interactive Fanfiction

17 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Consider the following scenario from the Game of Thrones RPG: you get tasked with infiltrating a secure ...

A Tale of Two Television Games

17 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> It's certainly not easy to make a game based off a hit television series; one has to only look back at ...

Square’s Theatrhythm Goes Back to Midgar on Nintendo’s 3DS

17 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Ever since Square unveiled the Final Fantasy VII tech demo back in E3 of 2005, fans have been demanding the ...

FIFA 13 Shrewdly Aims For The Back Of The Net

16 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> FIFA 12 was one of the strongest, most rewarding sports titles I've ever played, so while en route to ...

Charlie Brown + Charles Manson = Dreadline

16 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> There are few better feelings than being genuinely surprised by something that you had no idea ...

Battlefield Getting a Call of Duty Elite-Style Service Makes Perfect Sense

15 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Downloadable content has been one of the most popular trends this generation. Last year Activision ...

Resistance Burning Skies’ Multiplayer Feels Like a Small Version of Traditional FPS Shooter Gameplay

15 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Resistance Burning Skies presents another interesting facet on top of an issue I generally notice first ...

The Problem with Preservation

15 May 2012 | <!-- Begin Template_OpenHtml --> Feature <!-- Begin socialTools --> Share it: Tweet [removed][removed] [removed] window.fbAsyncInit = ...

Valve and GameStop Sensibly Team Up to Offer Steam Codes In-Store

15 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Starting today you can purchase Steam Wallet codes at GameStop stores. These codes, which are available ...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II Review: Blue Renewed

15 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> It wasn't too long ago that Sega gave us Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I, a new 2D Sonic game that aped ...

Mass Effect 2: The Engineer

14 May 2012 |Unleash combat drones and hack your enemies with Mass Effect 2's nerdy Engineer class.

MW2 MP Broken?

14 May 2012 |Xbox 360 version plagued by cheaters and 18 person deathmatches. What's Infinity Ward doing about this? Based on our experiences this week...nothing.

NES Stress Test

14 May 2012 |Can Super Mario Bros. withstand subzero temperatures? GoNintendo hopes to find out.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer

14 May 2012 |Ubisoft releases a teaser to its much-anticipated Tom Clancy game.

Blur Beta Key Giveaway

14 May 2012 |Enter to win a chance to play Bizarre Creations' latest speedster three months early.

GDC 2010 Coverage

14 May 2012 |Check out the latest videos from this week's feature packed show in San Francisco.

Red Dead Redemption Trailer

14 May 2012 |New video details life in the Wild West.

Gears of War 3

14 May 2012 |Epic Games confirms the inevitable. Better ready the chainsaw.

Left 4 Dead 2: Realism Versus Here to Stay

14 May 2012 |Thousands of frag happy gamers vote to make experimental Mutation an official part of the L4D2 multiplayer scene.

NBA Jam Facebook Contest

14 May 2012 |Immortalize your latest one-liner in arcade basketball history.

Top-Grossing iOS Games: Kingdoms of Camelot, Slotomania HD lead App Store sales

17 May 2012 |Every week, Gamasutra rounds up the top-grossing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications, as current that day in the iTunes App Store. This week's U.S. revenue charts see Kingdoms of Camelot and Minecraft: Pocket Edition earning ...

Top-Grossing Android games: Mobage’s Ninja Royale enters top 10

17 May 2012 |Every week, Gamasutra rounds up the top-grossing Android gaming applications, as current that day at Google Play. This week's U.S. revenue charts see Rage of Bahamut and Zynga Poker leading today's rankings, as Ninja Royale and Tap ...

Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Witcher 2’s insidious sexism to a plea for apathy

17 May 2012 |[In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as the insidious sexism of The Witcher 2, having more honest and productive online debates, and more.] Member Blogs can be maintained by ...

Activision and EA settle their differences in Infinity Ward lawsuit

17 May 2012 |Publishers Activision and Electronic Arts on Wednesday revealed that they have reached a settlement in their lawsuit over former Infinity Wards heads Jason West and Vince Zampella. Back in December 2010, Activision filed a ...

Report: Activision tried to ‘get rid of’ ex-Infinity Ward heads through IT brute force

17 May 2012 |The ongoing legal conflict between Activision and ex-Infinity Ward leads Jason West and Vince Zampella got a bit more interesting today, as a newly-released court document claims that Activision launched an internal investigation ...

How Indiana Jones Adventure World’s core game mechanics target Facebook players

17 May 2012 |How do you bring core game elements to a casual audience? In the May 2012 issue of Gamasutra sister publication Game Developer magazine, lead designer Seth Sivak explains how Zynga did it in Indiana Jones Adventure World: ...

Why the sound designer has to come out of the booth

17 May 2012 |"I want a culture where sound is not literally invisible," writes Rob Bridgett, senior audio director on Prototype 2, in his new feature about changing the physical and mental working spaces around sound. "I believe we are at a ...

After Golden Week, PS Vita’s sales hit another record low in Japan

17 May 2012 |Following Japan's Golden Week of holidays, game hardware and software sales have plunged in the country, and system sales for the struggling PS Vita have hit a new record low. Since it's launch last December, PS Vita has had ...

Zynga’s Soren Johnson on why company is shifting focus to game design

17 May 2012 |Noted game designer and programmer Soren Johnson, who has worked on titles like Spore and the Civilization series, has left Electronic Arts to join rival company Zynga. Johnson cited shifts in the game industry away from big-budget ...

As the middle market falls out, game retail collapses

17 May 2012 |[In his latest Behind the Numbers column, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews illustrates a "sustained contraction across a period of several months" at U.S. and UK retail. What have been the driving factors?] In my last column, I ...

Lionhead developing MMO-style RPG for next Xbox?

17 May 2012 |A job advertisement points to the next game for a post-Molyneux Lionhead

Respawn Entertainment will not unveil title at E3 this year

17 May 2012 |Former Call of Duty developers once again hold off on announcing new title

Elder Scrolls map app hit with copyright infringement notice

17 May 2012 |The creator of the Dragon Shout app says ZeniMax wants his app removed from the Apple App Store

Peter Molyneux sees Wii U as "lackluster" and E3 as possibly "outdated"

17 May 2012 |The former Lionhead boss will offer an insider's view of E3 for Spike TV this year

Former Call of Duty executives reveal ambitious social F2P shooter

17 May 2012 |U4ia Games from Dusty Welch and Chris Archer launches Offensive Combat to browsers everywhere

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer named America’s worst CEO by Forbes

17 May 2012 |Microsoft head beats out Wal-Mart, Sears, GE and Cisco for top slot in "CEOs who should have been fired long ago"

Tribes: Ascend reaches 1.2 million downloads

17 May 2012 |Hi-Rez Studios' free-to-play game is off to a solid start

Soren Johnson: Why I Left EA for Zynga

17 May 2012 |The Civ and Spore designer reveals the news to us and hints at his surprising next project in this exclusive interview

HMV: Music and film can learn from game launches

17 May 2012 |Gennaro Castaldo says Diablo III and WoW the chain's biggest launches

Cave cancels Vita titles as COO resigns

16 May 2012 |Mikio Watanabe quits shooter specialist as Vita support wanes

Activision v. West and Zampella Court Case Revelations

17 May 2012 | LA Times reporter Ben Fritz, who is in close proximity of the Activision v. West and Zampella court case happening in Los Angeles today has been furiously tweeting various ...

Q&A: Meet The Beautiful People’s Club

17 May 2012 | Zach Wigal from Gamers Outreach sits down with another fine game-related charity called The Beautiful People's Club to talk about their efforts to raise money in the ...

Move Over Gaikai and OnLive, Taiwan’s Ubitus Wants to Enter U.S. Market

17 May 2012 | Polygon has an interesting report on a possible competitor looking to move into the space currently filled by cloud-based game streaming services Gaikai and OnLive. The ...

Wrath of the Fans: Diablo III Metacritic User Review Score Plummets

17 May 2012 | If you want to have a good argument with someone on the Internet today comment on this story, for starters, because for as much as there is love for Diablo III today ...

Islamists in Northern Mali Burn TV Sets Used to Play and Watch ‘Un-Islamic’ Entertainment

17 May 2012 | The Associated Press reports that residents in the Northern city of Gao in Mali are not happy after Islamists smashed television sets used to play video games and watch ...

IGN Entertainment Launches IGN Middle East

17 May 2012 | IGN Entertainment and Middle Eastern media company T-Break Media have launched IGN Middle East, a website dedicated to gaming that will serve up game and entertainment ...

Comcast: Xfinity on Xbox Live a ‘Cable Service,’ Does Not Violate Net Neutrality Rules

17 May 2012 | In a post on the official Comcast blog, Tony Werner (Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, in Network and Operations) says that his company's ...

VSC Clarifies New PEGI Ratings Guidelines, Penalties for UK

17 May 2012 | The Video Standards Council (VSC) issued a press release today announcing details on how the PEGI ratings system will work in the United Kingdom when it replaces the current ...

Fifty U.S. Legal Scholars Urge the Senate to Review ACTA

17 May 2012 | Fifty legal scholars in the United States have written an open letter to the Senate urging them to use their rights under Article I of the Constitution to force the Obama ...

More Details on Rhode Island’s 38 Studios Concerns

17 May 2012 | Yesterday we reported that state officials in Rhode Island were gravely concerned that they would lose their $75 million investment in 38 Studios because the company was ...

Rumor: Mass Effect 3’s next DLC is the Rebellion Multiplayer Expansion

17 May 2012 | The next DLC for Mass Effect 3 won't be the "Extended Cut" DLC planned for this summer, if a pulled listing on Sony's Hong Kong site is to be believed. The next piece of content will apparently be focused on multiplayer.The ...

EA and Activision settle in Call of Duty lawsuit

17 May 2012 | EA and Activision have reached a settlement in a lawsuit that began two years ago, pertaining to the profit rights of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.No details about the settlement are currently available, but both companies said ...

EA and Activision settle in Call of Duty lawsuit

17 May 2012 | EA and Activision have reached a settlement in a lawsuit that began two years ago, pertaining to the profit rights of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.No details about the settlement are currently available, but both companies said ...

Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam Double D XXL run screaming to XBLA this fall

17 May 2012 | This fall, Xbox Live Arcade doubles down on Serious Sam. Serious Sam 3: BFE - which launched on the PC late last year and was ported over to the Mac last month - will ditch the disc for an Xbox Live Arcade release this fall. ...

Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam Double D XXL run screaming to XBLA this fall

17 May 2012 | This fall, Xbox Live Arcade doubles down on Serious Sam. Serious Sam 3: BFE - which launched on the PC late last year and was ported over to the Mac last month - will ditch the disc for an Xbox Live Arcade release this fall. ...

Mini Ninjas: Hiro’s Adventure classified in Australia

17 May 2012 | Square Enix's eventual announcement of Mini Ninjas: Hiro's Adventure will soon end up being less "reveal" and more like the complete opposite of any ninja's stealth training ever. The barely unannounced sequel has most recently ...

Mini Ninjas: Hiro’s Adventure classified in Australia

17 May 2012 | Square Enix's eventual announcement of Mini Ninjas: Hiro's Adventure will soon end up being less "reveal" and more like the complete opposite of any ninja's stealth training ever. The barely unannounced sequel has most recently ...

The Last of Us demo offers a first look at Naughty Dog’s direction

17 May 2012 | Despite being a huge bummer for everyone involved, the end of the world can at least be counted on as a magnanimous source of drama and spectacle. Naughty Dog's latest game, The Last of Us, aims to leverage the studio's ...

The Last of Us demo offers a first look at Naughty Dog’s direction

17 May 2012 | Despite being a huge bummer for everyone involved, the end of the world can at least be counted on as a magnanimous source of drama and spectacle. Naughty Dog's latest game, The Last of Us, aims to leverage the studio's ...

The scene following 38 Studios’ ‘emergency meeting’ with Rhode Island officials

17 May 2012 | <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="334" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BZ_6PkeO_g8?rel=0" width="599"></iframe>To get a real sense of the severity of the situation between 38 Studios ...

While You Were Sleeping

23 August 2011 |Sleeping can be fun — necessary even. But what if stuff happens when you’re sleeping — game stuff? What are you supposed to to do then? Thankfully we have a solution — While You Were Sleeping, a quick round ...

Talk Amongst Yourselves

23 August 2011 |This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum. (more…)

Finally! Video Game Clothing That’s Stylish And Perfect For Daily Wear

23 August 2011 |Deus Ex: Human Revolution is already getting great reviews, though it doesn’t release until tomorrow. And now a Deus Ex clothing line has been announced for what promises to be a blockbuster game. (more…)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Review Scores Are Perfectly Natural

23 August 2011 |In the year 2000, Ion Storm unleashed the perfect marriage of futuristic shooter and skill-based role-playing in Deus Ex, a game so unique that even its own sequel couldn’t replicate its success. Can any follow-up possibly do ...

The Gaming Tragedies That Didn’t Kill Us (But Nearly Broke Us)

23 August 2011 | My proudest moments as a tap dancer are displayed in my parents’ house in the form of sparkly, obnoxious trophies. (more…)

On The 8th Day Atlus Gave Us A Good Reason To Buy Devil Survivor Again

23 August 2011 | With only one more day before the 3DS remaster of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor comes out, Atlus gives fans one more day to consider replaying one of the best role-playing games of 2009. (more…)

The Rare Angry Birds Theme Guitar Remix Spotted In The Wild

23 August 2011 | When musicians decide to take video game music and make it better, the results are almost always fantastic. (more…)

Death Of PC Gaming Scheduled To Be Disproven On August 26

23 August 2011 | We’ve heard it said time and time again, PC gaming is not dead, but sometime just saying something isn’t enough. This Friday, PC peripheral maker Razer plans to prove it. (more…)

Aliens: Colonial Marines Shows Why It’s Smart To Wait 25 Years To Make A Movie Game

23 August 2011 |While we’ve known for a while now that Gearbox’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines makes extensive use of original concept art from the movie it’s based on, 1986′s Aliens, it’s still a surprise to see ...

The Trailer For Dark Souls Comes With Fair Warning

23 August 2011 | The new trailer for Dark Souls comes with a simple warning: Prepare to die. (more…)

Vogel: Botched Diablo III launch “bad for PC/Mac gaming”

17 May 2012 |read more

Lionhead working on RPG for next-gen Xbox

17 May 2012 |read more

Ubisoft posts £30 million in profits

17 May 2012 |read more

Kickstarter’s smaller successes

16 May 2012 | Not all the games that find success on Kickstarter are high-profile sequels - here are ten about which you might not have heard. ...

Skyrim map maker hit with copyright notice

16 May 2012 |read more

Cave cans Vita games as COO resigns

16 May 2012 |read more

My Little Hero review

16 May 2012 | Acne’s sweet-natured iPhone adventure is undermined by tedium. A kidnapped stuffed toy, a plucky protagonist ...

Hitman Sniper Challenge: IO’s killer app

16 May 2012 | IO Interactive’s downloadable aside widens the scope of pre-order bonuses. It's fitting, given Agent ...

THQ drops Devil’s Third as losses worsen

16 May 2012 | Publisher in talks to offload Tomonobu Itagaki's project after losses rise 76 per cent. THQ is in discussions ...

Diablo III: Blizzard looking into game-breaking ‘Error 3006’

16 May 2012 |read more

Lord of the Rings Lego Game Coming

17 May 2012 |

The DeanBeat: A tale of two industry giants

17 May 2012 |

Great Games For $20 or Less: Orcs Must Die!

17 May 2012 |

Halo, Mass Effect 3, Team Fortress 2…a killer all-star gaming mash-up (video)

17 May 2012 |

The Avengers Wait to See “THE AVENGERS”

17 May 2012 |

Facebook games don’t have to be stupid, according to AviNation (exclusive)

17 May 2012 |

“Journey” Is A Mystical Desert World

17 May 2012 |

Jason Rohrer’s New Game Is A Diamond In The Rough | The Creators Project

17 May 2012 |

George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars

17 May 2012 |

25 Blissful Minutes of Cave Johnson

17 May 2012 |

NVIDIA GeForce GRID Cloud Gaming Acceleration

16 May 2012 | Vigile writes "NVIDIA today announced a new technology partnership with Gaikai, an on-demand gaming company that competes with OnLive, to bring GeForce GRID to the cloud gaming ecosystem. GRID aims to increase both the visual ...

Diablo III Released

16 May 2012 | Almost 12 years after the launch of its predecessor, Diablo III has now been released. The game went live last night with over 8,000 midnight launch parties across the world. 2,000,000 players showed up for the beta test prior to ...

ZeroTouch Sensor: Ready For Large Televisions and Gaming

16 May 2012 | An anonymous reader writes "Researchers Jon Moeller, Andruid Kerne, and a team from the Interface Ecology Lab at Texas A&M University showcased the latest ZeroTouch multi-finger sensing technology at ACM CHI, in Austin. ...

GAME Australia Now Also In Administration

15 May 2012 | Fluffeh writes "Yesterday the Australian Division of GAME saw an email from their Marketing Manager confirming that the 95-store chain has gone into voluntary administration. PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Kate Warwick said, ...

Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing

11 May 2012 | TheGift73 writes in with this link about IE 9 coming to an Xbox 360 near you. "Microsoft is currently testing a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 on its Xbox 360 console, according to our sources. The Xbox 360 currently ...

Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version

11 May 2012 | Dr Herbert West writes "20 years ago today, ID software released 'Wolfenstein 3D', a remake of a classic Apple II game, 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein.' To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based ...

Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version

11 May 2012 | Dr Herbert West writes "20 years ago today, ID software released 'Wolfenstein 3D', a remake of a classic Apple II game, 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein.' To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based ...

Why You Don’t Want a $99 Xbox 360

9 May 2012 | itwbennett writes "Peter Smith has done the math on Microsoft's $99 Xbox 360 — 4GB model (no hard drive) and a Kinect sensor. Here's why it's a bad deal: 'You'll be paying $99 + $359.76 in monthly fees, or $458.76 over the ...

How Long Before the Kickstarter Bubble Bursts?

8 May 2012 | An opinion piece at Gamasutra takes a look at the recent success of Kickstarter campaigns for video game projects — Double Fine's adventure game and a sequel to Wasteland each raised around $3 million. Hundreds of other ...

How the Syrian Games Industry Crumbled Under Sanctions and Violence

8 May 2012 | Fluffeh writes "Syria's games industry now looks like just another collateral casualty of dictator Bashar Al-Assad's struggle to hold power. 'Life for Syrian game developers has never been better,' joked Falafel Games founder ...