Wii U priced near $600 on Australian game retailer site
How much will the Wii U cost? A hint might be found on EB Games Australia, which is pricing Nintendo’s next home console at...
Nintendo: Wii U not significantly more powerful than Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Nintendo’s next console, the Wii U, will not be significantly more powerful than the consoles in the current generation like the Xbox 360 and...
Gaikai scores a whopper of a game distribution deal with Walmart.com (exclusive)
Game-streaming startup Gaikai has scored a major deal to stream high-quality video games for Walmart.com, the online division of the world’s biggest retailer, VentureBeat...
Team Fortress 2 free to play for a week ahead of huge update
If you’re one of the four gamers out there who hasn’t yet played Team Fortress 2, now is the time to do so. Game...
Console versions of Battlefield 3 feature weaker graphics (video)
Console versions of DICE’s first-person shooter (FPS) game, Battlefield 3, won’t look quite as shiny as their PC counterparts. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation...
Classic Halo remake is next hardcore game to feature Kinect augmentation
The Halo Anniversary edition of Halo: Combat Evolved will use Microsoft’s motion-sensing controller, the Kinect, in some way, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer told GameSpot....
Psych! LulzSec and Anonymous are "bros," hacker groups say
Hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous are launching a carpet-bombing hacking operation on government agencies, marking the first time the two highly-publicized hacker groups have...
Not bad: Zynga's Empires & Allies hits 30M users in 17 days
Zynga’s Empires & Allies social game has grown to more than 30 million users in just 17 days. The combat social strategy game added...
Kinect software development kit is now live
Microsoft announced today that it is releasing a beta development kit that will let software developers tap into the company’s Xbox 360 motion controller,...
The top 11 trends of E3, from bubble shields to evil helicopters
Every year, we get a glimpse of the video game industry’s future at E3. The trade show drew more than 45,000 attendees to Los...