Skylanders: Swap Force is Activision’s next big bet on hybrid toy-games (preview)
New Skylanders title will have toys with swappable bottoms and tops.
Exclusive: Minecraft’s Notch no longer funding Psychonauts 2
After a year of hope and speculation, GamesBeat has learned that Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson will no longer personally finance a sequel to Double Fine's much-loved action-platformer, Psychonauts.
Pikmin 3 will let you play while your significant other watches TV (updated)
Pikmin 3 for Wii U will let you play in GamePad-only mode.
How Crytek hired the ex-Vigil team (and formed a new studio) based on one meeting
The Darksiders Vigil team is gone. Here's how they became Crytek USA over the course of a weekend.
Anticensorship group decries New Jersey library that bans video games
The National Coalition Against Censorship writes a letter to the Paterson, N.J. library that banned patrons from playing games.
Halo and Fez might be coming to Steam
A there-and-gone listing on Steam's game-content database hints that Valve's streaming service might add Microsoft's premiere franchise to its catalog.
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: Stupid combat mars a poignant tale (review)
This joint venture from RPG house Level-5 and the animation masters at Studio Ghibli has plenty of heart but combat that will drive you nuts.
Madden NFL 13’s prediction for the Super Bowl was scary accurate
Electronic Arts' NFL video game correctly predicted nearly everything outside of the power outage.
GameStop’s Kongregate to invest $10M in mobile game developers
Kongregate is making the shift from web to mobile gaming.
Too fast and furious for Gameloft? Kabam developing Fast & Furious 6 game
The next film in the stylistic driving series hits this spring, and a new game will accompany it.