Civilization V: Gods and Kings lets you wage holy wars (preview)
<When the Firaxis guys create an expansion, they go the whole nine yards. The upcoming Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings expansion has...
Major League Gaming raises $13M for live game tournaments
Major League Gaming has raised $13 million for its business of running video game tournaments played through the web and at live events. The...
Former Sony game design chief Phil Harrison joins Microsoft
Phil Harrison, most recently a venture capitalist and former game design chief at Sony, is joining Microsoft Game Studios Europe as its chief. Harrison,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic was built to thrive in a WoW world
The first step in creating a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game in today’s market is to start with the world’s most popular intellectual property:...
Hands-on with Battlefield 3: Close Quarters expansion (preview)
Electronic Arts recently announced that we’ll see three new expansions for Battlefield 3 this year. We got a close look at a multiplayer level in...
EA’s Patrick Soderlund sounds off on Medal of Honor and Battlefield games
As the head of the EA Games label, Patrick Soderlund (pictured) oversees Electronic Arts’ Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dead Space, and...
Tap.me raises $3.2M for in-game mobile ad network
Tap.me, a mobile ad network focused on monetizing games, has raised $3.2 million in funding. Chicago’s Hyde Park Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund,...
Mass Effect 3 is an unfitting finale for an outstanding franchise (review)
Mass Effect’s finale has been a long time in the making. Commander Shepard and developer BioWare have taken players on an interactive odyssey whose...
ZeniMax Media and Minecraft developer Mojang settle “Scrolls” lawsuit
It appears that video game publisher ZeniMax Media and Minecraft developer Mojang have kissed and made up. The two companies have reached a settlement...
Mass Effect infiltrates iPhone with lackluster results
Tempted to purchase the Mass Effect Infiltrator mobile game to aid your campaign in Mass Effect 3? Don’t. The spin-off app for iPhone, iPad...