THQ revamping Dark Millennium to focus on immersive single-player and online multiplayer; 118 employees at Relic and Vigil studios being laid off as a result.
Rumors for the next-gen PlayStation and Xbox point to secondhand circumvention systems, but companies would be better served by bringing accessibility to their business models.
Silicon Knights founder says secondhand sales are cannibalizing the business; "There's not going to be an industry" if used sales continue as is.
Players raise $1,000 to send 400 cupcakes with message asking developer to add more sweetness to the game's controversial ending.
Street Fighter favorites take on Capcom's latest creation in May add-on packs; April plays host to additional DLC drops, including four-episode epilogue for $7.
Robert Bowling resigns from role as creative strategist for first-person shooter developer, leaves Activision entirely.
Online storefront executives explain site's new approach, fighting piracy but not treating players like pirates, and getting publishers to embrace DRM-free gaming.
Large-scale layoffs reported at Sony-owned Zipper Interactive in wake of Unit 13 release and possible project cancellation.
Bethesda offers no comment on claims that Human Head's first-person shooter sequel has been scrapped.
ChipIn fund to change Mass Effect 3 ending shut down at Penny Arcade's request after raising $80,000 for charity; webcomic says ties to Retake Mass Effect movement were problems.
A breakdown of the Better Business Bureau figures shows Nintendo and Blizzard taking care of their users while companies like Sony Computer Entertainment, THQ, and Sega drop the ball.
Series should become increasingly action-oriented to succeed in the West, according to Resident Evil: Revelations producer.
Minecraft creator says he'd like to make a sandbox game along the lines of 1984 computer classic, but with a Firefly-like twist.
Despite disappointing sales for the original, Grasshopper's Akira Yamaoka says he's thinking of a second installment, believes Electronic Arts would be interested.
Microsoft's spring downloadable game promotion to include Fable Heroes launching May 2, Trials Evolution on April 18, Bloodforge on April 25.
Developer promises to detail "new content initiatives" next month that will address fans' concerns, more full games in the series on the way.
Santa Monica developer says "we have to look at all opportunities"; Ready at Dawn developer says idea to have them make such a game was floated, but didn't come together.
The latest example of tabloid sensationalism only underscores the progress made in the way games are portrayed in the media.
BioWare says it has moved entire team's focus to the future of the franchise, hints at reexamining studio's previous games for inspiration going forward.
Frontier Developments founder David Braben says the secondhand market is disproportionately hurting single-player titles, confirms studio has stopped work on The Outsider.
Nintendo's angelic adventurer leads a formation full of new releases at retailers, including Ninja Gaiden 3, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Armored Core V.
Movie-based table leads new Avengers Chronicles pack for Zen Studios' PS3, Xbox 360, and PS Vita pinball games; three more tables to be based on comic crossovers.
Anger over post-release content locked away on the retail disc should be directed at nickel-and-diming business models, not focused on the logistics of content delivery.
Retake Mass Effect movement collects donations for Child's Play as a way to call for BioWare to make new endings for its latest sci-fi role-playing shooter.
EA Sports updating Ultimate Team mode and Web app to include security questions when logging in from new devices.
Assassin's Creed III was the 8th-best-selling game on Best Buy's website last week, underscoring a troubling trend of how little publishers have to do to get gamers' money.
Microsoft recommending those who have lost emblems, Gamerscore to sign out and back in again, or re-download their profiles.
Comcept founder and former Capcom exec explains why Japan isn't producing hits on par with Skyrim or Call of Duty, says he'd be willing to collaborate with Capcom on a ...
Should it count as fraud when in-game items obtainable through virtual currency don't perform as advertised?
Judge dismisses one of two fraud claims brought against the publisher by fired developers Jason West and Vince Zampella.
Valve confirms downloadable Hidden Path-developed entry in shooter series will miss its early 2012 release window.
Konami confirms seasonal release window for touch-screen-enabled compilation of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3.
Microsoft's console makes it a full year on top of console hardware sales chart; Nintendo reveals 3DS sales of 262,000, Wii sales of 228,000.
EA confirms first-week worldwide shipment total for trilogy-capping role-playing game; developer cofounder calls it "the best game BioWare has ever made."
PlayStation Vita launch can't save a rough month at retail; Modern Warfare 3 tops the software charts again as industry continues sales slump.
Heavy Rain developer says tech demo doesn't depict the world, story, or characters of its next project, was intended to showcase performance capture technology.
The Elder Scrolls V fends off multiple award winner Portal 2 to take home Game of the Year as Fez wins top prize in Independent Games Festival.
Sony's "hardcore" gamer showpiece for PlayStation Move makes its long-awaited debut later this year.
Gaming still doesn't have its own answer to the Oscars, but things are headed in the right direction.
Quantic Dream clip "Kara" billed as running in real time on Sony's current-gen console, hints at sex robot Pinocchio tale.
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