Game of the Year goes to postapocalypse game Fallout 4
Zombies are out. But the apocalypse is still in. Fallout 4 won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the...
Hideo Kojima gets Hall of Fame honors from the video game industry
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Series games and who recently parted ways with Japanese publisher Konami, was inducted into the Hall of...
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata gets posthumous lifetime achievement award from gaming peers
Former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata received a posthumous lifetime achievement award tonight at gaming’s equivalent of the Oscars. The Academy of Interactive Arts &...
Fallout 4 maker Bethesda is working on 3 new games
LAS VEGAS — Todd Howard deserves a bit of a break. His Bethesda Game Studios and parent ZeniMax shipped 12 million copies so far...
Tomb Raider’s writer shows the rise of storytelling’s importance in gaming
LAS VEGAS — In 33 years of playing video games, writer Rhianna Pratchett has seen the value of story go through its own creative arc. Back...
InnoGames’ mobile stable sees 100% growth in 2015 thanks to Forge of Empires
Someone’s been striking the mobile forge for a nice profit. InnoGames announced today that it achieved revenues of $111.14 million in 2015, a growth...
Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1 billion hours played, and 66 versions
LAS VEGAS — Civilization is one of the gods of strategy games, where you oversee the creation of a whole society in competition with other civilizations. It...
Fire Emblem makes you feel like a monster for choosing Conquest over Birthright
You don’t usually see the plural version of the word “fate.” That’s because it is counterintuitive to claim one person’s life has multiple, inevitable...
5 Fire Emblem: Fates tips to prepare you for a three-game adventure
Fire Emblem: Fates requires you to think. You need to do some of that thinking before you even start playing. The new tactical role-playing...
Minecraft’s first big update of the year comes to PC and Pocket Edition
Correction: We originally stated that the 13 redstone skins cost $2 each, but they actually all come in a bundle for $2 total. Minecraft’s...