Sony exec confirms no PlayStation 4 at this year’s E3
The next generation of Sony’s PlayStation console will not be seen at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, according to Sony Representative CEO and Executive Deputy...
Microsoft’s live TV service for Xbox is dead
Announcements about internet-connected smart TVs have had an overwhelming presence at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show, which is probably because streaming live video is...
Board of Awesomeness uses Kinect to power a skateboard
In what can only be termed awesome, the folks at Chaotic Moon Labs decided to prove how much smarter they are than the rest...
Xbox 360 surpasses 66M sold and Kinect passes 18M units
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said tonight that the Xbox 360 video game console has sold more than 66 million units since it was...
Xbox Live stats for 2011 show players skipped out on some great games
Last year was a banner year for quality video games, with superb sequels (Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2), interesting new intellectual properties (L.A. Noire)...
Microsoft Flight takes flying games into new skies
In the age of blockbuster games, flight simulators have fallen by the wayside. They had their share of hardcore fans, but catering to them drove the games into smaller and smaller niches until most game publishers decided it was no longer worth the effort
Arkadium signs multi-year game partnership with Microsoft
Betting big on Microsoft’s multi-platform game strategy, Arkadium is announcing a three-year strategic partnership to develop and publish games for Microsoft’s current and future...
Video game industry voices urge ESA trade association to drop SOPA backing
[Updated with correction on SOPA support withdrawal story.] Voices in the video game industry have spoken out about the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and...
Crysis 2 leads the list of 2011’s most pirated games
Editorial ‘game of the year 2011’ picks favored the likes of Uncharted 3 and Skyrim, but the pirate vote went to Crysis 2. According...
The DeanBeat: From the Supreme Court to Anonymous, 2011 was a transformational year for games
Skyrim was the “most played” game of the year, and we voted Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception our Game of the Year. But if you...