Does the Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer make California look bad?
Rockstar has just released the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5, and wouldn’t you know it, the setting just happens to be a fictional...
Dead Island and indiscriminate violence
I stomp my boot against the head of a zombie and feel its skull slowly pressing in and bending. A split-second later, it explodes...
Call of Duty Elite gamer social network delayed on PC
It looks like the Call of Duty Elite gamer social network for the PC will not be ready in time for the launch of...
Zynga reports a profit for third quarter on eve of IPO
Zynga reported net income of $12.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 54 percent from $27 million a year ago, according...
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 hits the online auctions ahead of release
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is expected to break video game sales records when it goes on sale Tuesday. But it looks like...
A tale of two launches: Steve Jobs biography and Battlefield 3
There’s a tale in two numbers that were released last week. Walter Isaacson’s well-received biography of Steve Jobs sold an estimated 379,000 copies in...
News Blips: GTA5 in San Andreas, BF3 trails behind COD on XBL, three Silent Hill games next year, and more
Most of my friends in the San Francisco Bay Area consider Los Angeles with a significant measure of scorn. I'm sure they're now rejoicing...
Video Blips: Saints Row: The Third, Call of Duty Elite, Hitman: Absolution, and more
I'm sure Saints Row: The Third's city of Steelport has its fair share of quaint properties. Minus the prostitutes. And the zombies. And the...
Zynga preps CastleVille in bid to defend its social game empire
Social game maker Zynga is about to launch a new game, CastleVille, in its ongoing bid to keep on the path toward an initial public...
Review: Forza Motorsport 4 roars onto the Xbox 360
Editor’s note: This is our first game review from Rob Wyatt, a game programming veteran, Xbox architect and chief scientist at Otoy. He plans...