Valve researcher focuses on wearable computing
Michael Abrash, a top video game technical expert, has begun a research project to create “wearable computing” for video game publisher Valve. Valve’s Abrash...
Kinect/voice support coming to Skyrim
Bethesda is rolling out a free update later this month for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds over 200 voice commands to the game via the Kinect accessory.
Retro graphics and relaxing puzzles help Fez rise above a troubled history (review)
Fez is one of those games where the backstory threatens to take up more space than the real story. So let’s get the backstory...
Next-gen console rumor roundup: Next Xbox may have 16-core CPU
The next-generation console rumors are heating up, and this week brought a lot of new detailed gossip on that front. Microsoft’s next-generation machine is...
Major tech and gaming companies unite to purge sex offenders from online games
Major tech and game companies will join the fight to purge convicted sex offenders from online video games in Operation: Game Over, according to...
Bungie says goodbye with 10 years of Halo stats (infographic)
Bungie Studios is in the process of severing its final ties to the Halo franchise and has shut down the multiplayer stat-tracking on Bungie.net....
Kinect Star Wars fails to live up to its potential (review)
Kinect Star Wars has been in the works for a long time. When Microsoft first demonstrated the Kinect motion-sensing system in June 2010, it...
Can we panic now? — Core gaming has a problem
THQ layoffs, Sega cancellations, and Sony studio closures caused last week to be one of the worst in memory for the gaming industry. Compare that to mobile darling OMGPOP which was sold for $210 million based on the strength of one game. It seems like one side of the market is on its way down, while the other side has nothing but growth ahead of it, but that isn't necessarily the case.
Careful when ditching that old Xbox, it’s still got your credit card info
Thinking about getting rid of your old Xbox? Be careful about where it lands next, because somewhere in the device, your credit card details...
At 700K now, this dude is aiming for 1M gamerscore on the Xbox 360
Ray Cox has more than 700,000 gamerscore points on the Xbox 360 game console. This fellow who goes by the handle Stallion83 says he...