The Art of Blizzard collects 20+ years of skulls, mushroom clouds, and giant wyrms (images)
Three exclusive images from Blizzard's upcoming epic art book.
Xbox dominates console numbers, but video game store sales take a 29 percent dive in June
Sales of software and hardware continue to take a beating, down 29 percent, as the industry adjusts to how people consume and play games.
BioWare brings back Britannia with Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar
BioWare and EA announce Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, a reboot of one of the most classic and beloved role-playing franchises within the industry.
Nintendo sells more than 5 million 3DS consoles in the U.S.
Despite the announcement of the bigger Nintendo 3DS XL, the original handheld just crossed over the 5 million units sold mark in the U.S.
Minecraft on Xbox 360 update: new character skins, new tools, and safer TNT
Minecraft on Xbox 360 likely won't ever be as full-featured as the PC original, but the new 1.7.3 update scheduled for July 13 will add new items, better textures, and character selection.
GamesBeat 2012 roundup: The Crossover Era, Ouya, the iPad as this generation’s console
The GamesBeat 2012 conference called on speakers from the hottest mobile, social, PC, and console companies to debate new ways to stay on pace with changing consumer tastes and platforms. Here is a collection of the stories out of this year's event.
Xbox co-creator recruits arcade-game “dream team” to make iPad and iPhone games (interview)
Seamus Blackley, president of Innovative Leisure and co-creator of the Xbox, has assembled a "dream team" of old Atari game designers and assigned them to work with young programmers to develop new arcade-like games for Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.
Epic: Fortnite is the first Unreal Engine 4 game (and a PC exclusive)
Epic's upcoming zombie tower defense title utilizes the slick Unreal Engine 4 and is a PC exclusive.
Angry Birds creator’s new game, Amazing Alex, is out now
Amazing Alex, a new physics-based puzzle game for Android and iOS devices, it out now.
Raptr and Kiip mine game rewards for new business models
Games have always rewarded players with virtual points and other rewards that become a source of pride and cred. But in an attention-based economy,...