Start your engines: LittleBigPlanet Karting beta signups are now live
Ready for the race? Beta signups for LittleBigPlanet Karting go live, giving an early glimpse into the user-crafted tracks, weapons, and karts of the upcoming racer.
Gamers spend $3.4B on all types of games in Q1
Gamers spent $3.4 billion on both physical and digital games in the first quarter, according to market researcher NPD Group. Consumers spent nearly half...
Sega announces Total War: Rome II
Developer The Creative Assembly will produce the sequel to the critically acclaimed strategy game Rome: Total War.
Playdead unleashes extra-spooky Limbo Special Edition upon PC, Mac, and childhood innocence
Copenhagen-based developer Playdead announced the U.S. release of its boxed edition of 2010's creepy 2D puzzle-platformer Limbo today.
Only a mad man could love Spelunky (review)
The newest Xbox Live Arcade release is a frustratingly difficult platformer, and yet it'll keep some players coming back for more. It's a game only mad men and those who hate themselves could love.
Game acquisitions heated up in the second quarter while investments slowed
Game industry acquisitions grew dramatically in the second quarter, putting 2012 on track to break records for game M&A deals, according to investment bank...
Disney and others bring disruption to movie-licensed games
Movie-licensed games are experiencing an extinction by evolution. Mobile apps and quality releases based on specific characters are displacing these often mediocre titles.
The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved for Help turns the gore up to 11 (review)
Who are the real monsters, the zombies or your fellow survivors? That’s the question Telltale Games asks in The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved for Help.
How Sony could disrupt its console rivals — and itself — with its Gaikai acquisition
The disruptive effect of Sony’s $380 million acquisition of Gaikai could send reverberations throughout the video game industry. As such, the deal will give...
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn live-action trailer launches on Machinima
Microsoft is taking the transmedia approach to the launch of its Halo 4 video game for the Xbox 360 this fall with a Halo...