PlayStation 4 and Xbox One thrive in 2015 despite flat consumer spending on gaming
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One continue to build substantial audiences of gamers willing to spend cash, and 2015 is proof of that. The game...
Oxenfree is a touching story about friendship and unexpected death
After finishing Oxenfree, I quickly realized just how well it pulls off interactive storytelling. Developed by Night School Studio, which is made of former Disney...
2015 NPD: The 10 best-selling games of the year
2015 is over, and it’s time to count the money the gaming industry made. New video games sold at U.S. retailers made $13.1 billion for...
December 2015 NPD: Call of Duty, Star Wars, Fallout end the year strong
December was strong for some of the year’s biggest releases. New video games sold at U.S. retailers made $3.22 billion last month, according to...
Xbox Live is down for some — and Snoop Dogg is mad as hell about it
Gamers are having difficulty getting online to play games with friends on Xbox One, and that’s ruining one rapper’s day. Xbox Live is down...
EA launches Origin Access today — $5 for its Netflix of games and early trials
Electronic Arts is bringing one of the best deals in gaming to PC players. The game publisher is starting a new service called Origin Access....
The Division’s new trailer leaked by GameStop Italy
Ubisoft may not release a new Assassin’s Creed this year, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have a full slate of big games for...
‘The Walking Dead’ publisher to adapt emotional Oxenfree game for film and other projects
The gaming industry isn’t an easy place for indie developers to make money, which is possibly why one of them is looking to break...
Xbox Live, Outlook, Bing down as Microsoft services experience outage (update)
Updated at 1 p.m. PST: After a hiccup, it looks like Xbox Live, Bing, and the rest are coming back online. Microsoft has told...
Rise of the Tomb Raider has sold through 1M copies, according to Microsoft
Microsoft has confirmed that the adventurer’s latest outing, the excellent Rise of the Tomb Raider (one of the 10 best games of the year), has reached “well over” 1 million copies sold through to consumers. In a tweet, Xbox marketing exec Aaron Greenberg specifically noted that Rise made a lot of those sales in December.