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Collapse of 38 Studios sticks some devs with second mortgage

26 May 2012 |Employees told by Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning studio that the company had sold their previous homes, now being contacted by banks looking for missed payments.

Kingdoms of Amalur dev’s creative director blames RI governor

25 May 2012 |Copernicus developer says 38 Studios "just needed a little more help," governor "turned his back" on a lot of taxpayers by allowing RPG outfit to fall.

New Star Wars game coming to E3

25 May 2012 |LucasArts to offer first look at new project May 31 on Spike, with gameplay debut slated for June 4 during annual Los Angeles tradeshow.

Harry Potter for Kinect conjured up for fall

25 May 2012 |Boy wizard getting an Xbox 360 motion controlled adventure from WBIE, players to scan in their faces for created characters.

Grand Theft Auto V expected to sell 14 million at launch

25 May 2012 |Sterne Agee analyst says Rockstar's next open-world crime game will hit in the first quarter of 2013, bringing $700 million in sales with it.

Minecraft sells 9.2 million

25 May 2012 |Mojang estimates total sales of open-world creation game hit 9.2 million across PC, Xbox 360, iOS, and Android versions.

New Zone of the Enders revealed - Report

25 May 2012 |Images from Konami event in Japan reveal company at work on new iteration in action franchise under the working title "Enders Project."

The Secret World delayed two weeks

25 May 2012 |Funcom's supernatural MMO moved back two weeks to July 3 due to "market reasons"; early access now slated to commence June 29.

Anarchy Reigns delayed again

25 May 2012 |Sega delays Platinum Games' Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 action brawler in West to later date in July, Japanese launch on July 5 unchanged.

Skyrim adds mounted combat

25 May 2012 |Update now live for PC version of latest Elder Scrolls title allows players to do melee and ranged damage while on-horse; console release TBA.

Game Scoop! Podcast: Episode 247

26 May 2012 |Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly news show. Your guides this week will be Daemon Hatfield, Greg Miller, Justin Davis, and Andrew Goldfarb...

IGN UK Podcast #138: Now With Added Joey Ansah

25 May 2012 |It's been a weird week at IGN UK. With Krupa still out of action and his broken leg swollen to the size of a labrador, we've had to call on extra talent. On hand to keep Keza, Stu and Chris company were work experience superhero ...

Podcast Beyond: Infamous 2’s Cole Invades IGN

25 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, ...

Podcast Unlocked Ep. 57: Back From the Future

24 May 2012 |If you're a proud owner of an Xbox 360, you've come to the right place. Podcast Unlocked is IGN's best (see: only) 360-centric podcast. If you want more insight into what's going on with Xbox Live, Kinect, and other things in the ...

E3 2012: The Big Games List

24 May 2012 |The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is quickly approaching. Press conferences begin on Monday, June 4th followed by the show on June 5th through June 7th. While we expect a ton of surprises to be revealed during the show, there ...

E3 2012: The Big Games List

23 May 2012 |The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is quickly approaching. Press conferences begin on Monday, June 4th followed by the show on June 5th through June 7th. While we expect a ton of surprises to be revealed during the show, there ...

Nintendo Voice Chat: Waffles X Pancakes X Brian

23 May 2012 |Welcome back to another nutritious edition of Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's very own Nintendo-centric podcast. To help make up for our lack of podcasting last week, we've got a full house and a great show this time around. In addition ...

Sniper Elite V2 - Walkthrough (PC)

23 May 2012 |

Sniper Elite V2 - Walkthrough (PC)

23 May 2012 |

Sniper Elite V2 - Walkthrough

23 May 2012 |

What If EA Didn’t Have Exclusive Rights to the NFL? 

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Video Game Rumors from Another World

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The Popularity of Atari’s E.T. Shows No Signs of Slowing Down

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Because We May Sale Makes Indie Games Cheap(er) for a Week

26 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Independent game developers have at their disposal a wide variety of methods for trying to boost sales. ...

Gravity Rush Review: A Topsy-Turvy Adventure

26 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> After a few minutes of playing Gravity Rush, you'd be hard-pressed not to fall head-over-heels-in-love with ...

Gravity Rush Review: A Topsy-Turvy Adventure

26 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> After a few minutes of playing Gravity Rush, you'd be hard-pressed not to fall head-over-heels-in-love with ...

Sony’s Rumored Cloud Gaming Deal Intrigues

25 May 2012 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> At this year's E3 Nintendo will be talking Wii U, Microsoft may be focused on things of little interest ...

Cover Gallery: Box Art from Another Reality

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Cover Gallery: Box Art from Another Reality

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What If Steve Jobs Had Never Returned to Apple? 

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Mass Effect 2: The Engineer

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

MW2 MP Broken?

26 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

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

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer

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

Blur Beta Key Giveaway

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

GDC 2010 Coverage

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

Red Dead Redemption Trailer

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

Gears of War 3

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

Left 4 Dead 2: Realism Versus Here to Stay

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

NBA Jam Facebook Contest

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

Opinion: The many reasons Street Fighter X Tekken sold less than expected

26 May 2012 |Capcom's most recent fighting game, Street Fighter X Tekken, didn't sell as much as the publisher expected it to. "Sales of 'Street Fighter X Tekken' have fallen short of our plan. We believe one of causes is cannibalism because of ...

Get a job: Ubisoft and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board

26 May 2012 |In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Ubisoft, Majesco Entertainment, Powerhead Games, and others. Each position posted by ...

Diablo III fever and Nexon lawsuits, this week in Korean news

26 May 2012 |[Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from This Is Game, the leading English-language site about the country's game industry.] In our latest round-up of news from South Korea's ...

Your game industry in your words: Week of May 25

26 May 2012 |[Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Sony Santa Monica's Shannon Studstill (pictured), Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen, Zynga's Rob Dyer, and many others.] In our original and exclusive interviews, ...

Gratuitous Tank Battles highlights this week’s Best of Indie Games

26 May 2012 |This week on "Best Of Indie Games," we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include a run-and-gun shooter for the Xbox Live Indie ...

Apple’s App Stores add Free App Of Week, more curated highlights

26 May 2012 |Apple has added two new curation features to its iOS and Mac App Stores, "Free App Of The Week" and "Editor's Choice," which are designed to help consumers discover new games. Many have complained about discoverability problems on ...

Indie Royale raises $25,000 for worthy causes with ‘All-Charity Pack’

26 May 2012 |Gamasutra sister site Indie Royale has revealed that its latest PC gaming bundle, the 'All-Charity Pack', raised over $25,000 for charities hand-picked by independent developers. The bundle's generous developers each hand-picked a ...

Facebook allows devs to embed social games into users’ news feeds

26 May 2012 |Facebook has launched a new feature that enables developers to share playable versions of their social games in users' news feeds and timelines, so that people can try out titles instantly. This "feed gaming" feature makes it ...

Another major license heads to Kinect with Harry Potter

26 May 2012 |Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced a new Harry Potter game that will release exclusively for Xbox 360 and its Kinect motion sensing peripheral this autumn. This news follows not long after another major media ...

Nordic 2012: How id Software built Rage

26 May 2012 |In a talk titled 'Building Rage,' creative director Tim Willits expounded on the ideas that went into the creation of id Software's first-person shooter Rage, sharing effective paradigms and work philosophies. Willits opened the ...

THQ plans reverse stock split

27 May 2012 |The company will be delisted from NASDAQ July 23 unless something is done

Infinity Ward has received $493 million from Activision

27 May 2012 |Pre-trial hearing reveals the total bonuses paid since 2003

Zynga on Reddit: Unfiltered answers from employees

26 May 2012 |Two Zynga Mobile designers answered some hard questions

38 Studios trouble continues, drops second mortgages on former employees

26 May 2012 |Things just keep getting worse for 38 Studios and its employees

Facebook details "feed gaming"

26 May 2012 |Users can now readily share games on their friends' news feeds

Minecraft sales total 9.2 million

26 May 2012 |The collective sales of Notch's game are almost to 10 million

PlayStation Vita gets tagged by Jet Set Radio HD

26 May 2012 |Sega's upcoming port of the Dreamcast classic will also be coming to Sony's handheld

West & Zampella talk Activision lawsuit and Project Icebreaker

26 May 2012 |Infinity Ward's founders detail the lengths Activision went to get dirt on them

Zynga: "E3 is in a bit of a transition"

26 May 2012 |Zynga's Rob Dyer hopes he'll sign some more partners for the Zynga Platform at the show

Tim Schafer, EA Sports’ Andrew Wilson Among "Top 100 Most Creative People"

26 May 2012 |Fast Company also names Chelsea Howe, Director of Design, SuperBetter Labs

Demon’s Souls Server to Stay Online ‘Indefinitely’

26 May 2012 | Atlus USA delivered some great news to fans of its ultra popular online-focused RPG, Demon's Souls: the game's servers will not go offline. On April 12 Atlus had ...

Demon’s Souls Server to Stay Online ‘Indefinitely’

26 May 2012 | Atlus USA delivered some great news to fans of its ultra popular online-focused RPG, Demon's Souls: the game's servers will not go offline. On April 12 Atlus had ...

Indie Game: The Movie Coming to Steam

26 May 2012 | The popular indie documentary about indie game development will be the very first feature-length film to be made available on Steam. Indie Game: The Movie will be available ...

Indie Game: The Movie Coming to Steam

26 May 2012 | The popular indie documentary about indie game development will be the very first feature-length film to be made available on Steam. Indie Game: The Movie will be available ...

Square Enix: Activision was ‘Crazy’ to Abandon True Crime: Hong Kong

26 May 2012 | In an interview with GamesBeat, Square Enix’s Mike Fischer says that Activision was crazy when it made the decision to abandon True Crime: Hong Kong. Mike Fischer is ...

Square Enix: Activision was ‘Crazy’ to Abandon True Crime: Hong Kong

26 May 2012 | In an interview with GamesBeat, Square Enix’s Mike Fischer says that Activision was crazy when it made the decision to abandon True Crime: Hong Kong. Mike Fischer is ...

Microsoft Wins German Court Decision in Ongoing Motorola Patent Fight

26 May 2012 | Google suffered what some are calling a "major legal defeat" in a German court today in a patent fight with Microsoft. The court ruled in favor of Microsoft, who ...

Microsoft Wins German Court Decision in Ongoing Motorola Patent Fight

26 May 2012 | Google suffered what some are calling a "major legal defeat" in a German court today in a patent fight with Microsoft. The court ruled in favor of Microsoft, who ...

The Game Industry Trio in Fast Company’s Top 100 Most Creative People

26 May 2012 | Business publication Fast Company has unveiled its list of the Top 100 Most Creative People for 2012, and many familiar names have made the cut this year. The list, which ...

The Game Industry Trio in Fast Company’s Top 100 Most Creative People

26 May 2012 | Business publication Fast Company has unveiled its list of the Top 100 Most Creative People for 2012, and many familiar names have made the cut this year. The list, which ...

Activision paid Infinity Ward over $493 million in bonuses since 2003

28 May 2012 | Hard numbers are starting to come out of the Activision v. Infinity Ward case as things continue to ramp up towards the actual trial, which is currently slated to take place next month. Specifically, Activision revealed during a ...

Carmageddon: Reincarnation hits $400k goal with 10 days to go

28 May 2012 | <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zvKI0aOIzac?rel=0" width="530"></iframe>Carmageddon: Reincarnation reached its $400k funding goal on ...

Get the Awesomenauts theme song for free now, soundtrack next week

28 May 2012 | The Awesomenauts theme song is made of the stuff of legend -- love, money and cheese -- and now it's available for free right here. Well, free as in it doesn't cost any cold, hard cash, but it does involve payment of a more modern ...

THQ planning reverse stock split to avoid NASDAQ delisting

28 May 2012 | THQ filed plans with the SEC Friday for a June 29 stockholders meeting, where the company will propose a reverse stock split to avoid delisting from NASDAQ.In the filing, the company describes the need for the stock split to ...

New Gungnir screens show off battle scenes, dialogue

28 May 2012 | New screens from the upcoming strategy RPG game Gungnir show in-game battles and dialogue. The Sting-developed title will launch on June 12 for PSP.Continue reading New Gungnir screens show off battle scenes, dialogueNew Gungnir ...

WizOrb coming to PlayStation Minis this June

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is a stranger in a strange land

27 May 2012 | It's been quite a week, my friends. Not only is this my first ever Webcomic Wrapup, but I've been a member of Joystiq's staff for a mere ten days. In ten days, a lot can happen. Just this week, we witnessed the closure of 38 ...

Bang Bang Racing fires up new screens

27 May 2012 | The latest Bang Bang Racing screens show off a few of the 20 vehicles and nine tracks the downloadable title offers. Also: exploding barrels!The game hits PSN on June 5 (June 13 in Europe), XBLA on June 6, and PC/Steam on June ...

Ubisoft addresses lack of split-screen co-op in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

27 May 2012 | Living-room soldiers looking to team up with a real-life buddy for some Ghost Recon: Future Soldier couch co-op may be sorely disappointed once they discover that split-screen multiplayer doesn't exist for the game's campaign ...

Analyst: GTA V will launch in Q1 2013, sell 14 million copies

27 May 2012 | Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia is predicting big numbers for Grand Theft Auto V something fierce. Bhatia projects Grand Theft Auto V will debut during the first three months of 2013 and will pull in $700 million in revenue for ...

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…)

Report: Sony to announce cloud gaming deal at E3

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Diablo 3 beats Max Payne 3 to top Nordic chart

28 May 2012 |read more

Phil Fish on how Ico shaped Fez

26 May 2012 | Fez's designer explains Fumito Ueda's unlikely role in helping him finish his indie hit. Fez designer ...

Alan Wake: Remedy’s American dream

26 May 2012 | How the Finnish developer changed the world for the sake of a good story. This is the second in a regular series ...

Jet Set Radio coming to Vita

25 May 2012 |read more

Indie campaign Because We May launches

25 May 2012 |read more

Game Australia closes 60 stores, 281 jobs lost

25 May 2012 |read more

How Tim Willits sold Rage’s vehicles

25 May 2012 | Id Software’s first foray into vehicular combat proved a tough sell, not just to players, but to its developers as well. ...

The Friday Game: Lexcavator

25 May 2012 | Chris Donlan carves dungeons one word at a time in Adam Parrish’s smart blend of genres. I’m going to ...

Google introduces Android in-app subscriptions

25 May 2012 |read more

Far Cry 3: New video shows a burning building and incredible visuals

28 May 2012 |

Computer games, you say?

28 May 2012 |

RUMOUR: Retro working on Star Fox - Metroid crossover for Wii U

28 May 2012 |

What A Setup! (Pic)

28 May 2012 |

Diablo 3 Glitches: Top 5 Hellishly Weird Situations

28 May 2012 |

Five things I’ve learned from Diablo III

28 May 2012 |

7 Reasons Why Black Ops 2 Will Revitalise Call of Duty

28 May 2012 |

Diablo 3 DRM: “It’s really an online game without a monthly fee”

28 May 2012 |

Preview: 5 Ways “FIFA 13” Will Revolutionize The Game

28 May 2012 |

New Dark Knight Rises poster revealed (PIC)

28 May 2012 |

The Gamification of Hiring

28 May 2012 | First time accepted submitter funge writes "The Economist has an article on Work and play: The gamification of hiring about a start-up that lets you play games to show off your talents to prospective employers. From the article: ...

Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest Released

27 May 2012 | New submitter thuf1rhawat writes "For a certain type of geek, nothing is more important than Dungeons & Dragons. In January, Wizards of the Coast announced that the next iteration of the game (referred to as D&D Next) was ...

Curt Schilling Fires Entire Staff At 38 Studios

26 May 2012 | redletterdave writes "On Thursday, former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at 38 Studios, his Rhode Island-based video game company, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs ...

Curt Schilling Fires Entire Staff At 38 Studios

26 May 2012 | redletterdave writes "On Thursday, former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at 38 Studios, his Rhode Island-based video game company, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs ...

Are Porn and Video Games Ruining a Generation?

26 May 2012 | silentbrad writes "An editorial published at CNN is titled 'The Demise of Guys: How Videogames and Porn are Ruining a Generation.' It makes the sensationalized case that not only do game addiction and porn addiction share similar ...

Minecraft Mod Adds Emulated 6502 Processor

24 May 2012 | New submitter Direwolf20 writes "The Red Power 2 mod for Minecraft has recently been updated, and it adds a fully emulated 6502 processor that can be programmed in assembly, but comes with a Forth interpreter. From the article: ...

ITC Judge Calls For US Xbox Import Ban

24 May 2012 | symbolset writes "In the long running dispute between Motorola and Microsoft, Judge David Shaw of the ITC recommended Monday an import ban on Xbox 360 S consoles, as they are found to infringe Motorola's patents (PDF). The judge ...

Kinect In the Operating Room

20 May 2012 | colinneagle writes with an excerpt from Network World: "Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London began trials of a Kinect-driven camera last week that would sense body position, and by waving his or her hands, the surgeon can sift ...

Kinect In the Operating Room

20 May 2012 | colinneagle writes with an excerpt from Network World: "Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London began trials of a Kinect-driven camera last week that would sense body position, and by waving his or her hands, the surgeon can sift ...

EA To Provide Free Distribution To Kickstarter Games

19 May 2012 | New submitter The God of Code writes "EA has announced that they will be waiving all Origin distribution fees for crowd-funded games — like those from Kickstarter — for the first 90 days. 'The public support for ...