Man turns an NES into the ultimate Nintendo-emulating machine (gallery)
This machine can play emulated Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy games.
Unity Technologies looks to rule Linux and mobile gaming with Unity 4
Today, Unity Technologies announced plans to update its Unity development tools and graphical engine. A graphical engine like Unity is a piece of software...
Indie first-person shooter Receiver brings robots, mystery, and one complicated pistol
In seven days, developer Wolfire Games constructed a first-person shooter, titled Receiver, more interesting than most of the competition. How? By restoring the “power”...
Game developers shouldn’t be afraid to make you cry
If you asked me a year ago if I ever thought a video game could make me cry, I’d have said, "No" with resounding...
The 5 must-have Civilization V mods from the Steam Workshop
Firaxis and Valve teamed up to add Steam Workshop support to Civilization V. We've sifted through the junk to bring you the best modifications to the turn-based strategy title.
Could this Xbox Surface gaming tablet be Microsoft’s big reveal for today?
We’re waiting with bated breath for Microsoft’s big announcement this afternoon from Milk Studios in Los Angeles, and some newly leaked specifications only add...
Sony’s free-to-play online shooter Planetside 2 will pack 2,000 players in an arena (interview)
First-person shooter games have become a multibillion-dollar market. But no one has really succeeded in the massively multiplayer online space with high-end hardcore shooters....
Civilization V: Gods and Kings can’t fix what is fundamentally flawed (review)
While this expansion improves diplomacy with the addition of espionage and religion, it proves unable to correct the major issues of the original release.
See live demos of Black Ops II, Halo 4, and more from Jimmy Fallon’s gaming week
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon hosted a whole week of live demos for some of the biggest future releases in gaming. If you actually go to bed at a reasonable hour and missed all of these segments, you can watch them all online.
DayZ: When no-nos attack
Arma II mod DayZ delights the PC gaming community with its combination of the game's hyper-realistic first-person shooter action, persistent player-versus-player, and of course,...