Atari sells Star Trek Online maker Cryptic Studios to Perfect World
Atari has sold off Cryptic Studios, the maker of online games such as Star Trek Online, to China’s Perfect World. Perfect World is paying...
Subscription-based Call of Duty Elite social network coming, WSJ says
Activision Blizzard is about to launch its Call of Duty Elite social network for fans of the modern combat video game series that has...
Google still doesn’t get games, bans emulators on Android Marketplace
Google has removed a batch of console emulators that let Android users play classic video games from older consoles, like the Super Nintendo (SNES),...
Nvidia shows what quad-core Tegra looks like on mobile devices (video)
Nvidia showed off an eye-popping demo of its next-generation Tegra chip, a quad-core device code-named Project Kal-El. The demo shows that 3D graphics for...
Reviews Spotlight: L.A. Noire, Crysis 2, Monster Tale, and a god-like classic
Each week, the Reviews Spotlight highlights some of our best community writers, and these folks have a keen eye for what is hot and...
Nvidia launches $99 3D Vision wired glasses
Trying to jumpstart a new market, Nvidia is introducing a pair of wired stereoscopic 3D glasses today for $99. The company charges $199 for...
Second Starcraft II episode “Heart of the Swarm” trailer leaked
A trailer for Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm — the second episode of Activision-Blizzard’s massively popular real-time strategy (RTS) game franchise — found...
They hunt you in the trenches of 1916: Der Unbekannte Krieg
I can think up plenty of reasons why trench warfare as a German soldier (or any other kind) might suck. Your world is a...
Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don’t hunt hackers
Microsoft has chosen to “nurture” the talents of a 14-year-old boy who attempted to hack into the company’s online gaming network, Xbox Live, rather...
Are difficulty settings necessary?
The pursuit of a challenge can be a driving force in life. The accomplishment of something thought to be unobtainable has a certain allure...