Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg serves as Deputy Section Editor of Digital Trends' Gaming and Film channel. Previously, he worked in the games press as a freelance writer and critic for a range of outlets, including Digital Trends, Joystiq, G4, Official Xbox Magazine, MTV News, and Rolling Stone.

It’s official: Google Play Games adds in-game chat, achievements, cloud saves, and more

It’s official: Google Play Games adds in-game chat, achievements, cloud saves, and more

A peek into the latest Google Play Services APK reveals that Android will soon support features like achievements, game chat, cloud saves, leaderboards, and more. This so-called Google Play Games appears to be an answer to services like Apple's own Game Center.

Battlefield dev DICE expands to Los Angeles for EA’s Star Wars game

Battlefield dev DICE expands to Los Angeles for EA’s Star Wars game

Electronic Arts establishes a new studio in Los Angeles under the umbrella of Battlefield franchise developer DICE. The growing team includes key Medal of Honor devs and is tasked with delivering one of EA's three confirmed Star Wars games.

Biden reportedly sees no legal obstacles to taxing purveyors of violent media

Biden reportedly sees no legal obstacles to taxing purveyors of violent media

Vice President Joe Biden allegedly suggests in a meeting with religious leaders and interfaith organizations that there is no inherent legal obstacle to levying a tax on violent media.

Deadpool game makes sweet, beautiful music with Nolan North and Daniel Way

Deadpool game makes sweet, beautiful music with Nolan North and Daniel Way

We take High Moon Studios' upcoming Deadpool game for a spin and find plenty to enjoy in the straightforward beat 'em up gameplay, sharp writing from Daniel Way, and blisteringly funny voice acting from Nolan North.

Atari’s Breakout celebrates 37th birthday on Google’s image search

Atari’s Breakout celebrates 37th birthday on Google’s image search

Google celebrates the 37th birthday of Atari's classic game Breakout with a playable transformation of its image search feature. Read on for a look back at the series of events that led to its creation by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

We put boots on the ground with ‘The Bureau: XCOM Declassified’

We put boots on the ground with ‘The Bureau: XCOM Declassified’

We go hands on with the "XCOM shooter," which was recently be revealed to be called 'The Bureau: XCOM: Declassified.' And even though the game is presented in a different way, the XCOM feeling remains intact.

How ‘Borderlands 2′s’ newest character came to be, and the birth of “nipple salad”

How ‘Borderlands 2′s’ newest character came to be, and the birth of “nipple salad”

We sit down with Gearbox Software's Paul Hellquist, creative director on Borderlands 2, and Anthony Burch, writer on Borderlands 2, to chat about Krieg, the newly added downloadable Vault Hunter.

Borderlands 2′s most psychotic villain is playable as the delightfully badass Krieg

Borderlands 2′s most psychotic villain is playable as the delightfully badass Krieg

Gearbox Software's latest downloadable character for Borderlands 2, the psycho Krieg, is fun to play with his new gameplay wrinkles and focus on stats-based micromanagement. There is, however, the danger of burnout for those who have played the game multiple times.

A closer look at who is watching the watchers in Ubisoft’s ‘Watch Dogs’

A closer look at who is watching the watchers in Ubisoft’s ‘Watch Dogs’

In Ubisoft's upcoming next-gen (and current gen) game 'Watch Dogs,' the "smart city" of Chicago is a veritable sea of information waiting to be unlocked and accessed. And you have the key.

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Ouya showing its growing pains, delays launch to June 25

The retail release date for Ouya slips to June 25, 2013 even as the company secures $15 million in investment capital and adds ex-EA chief creative officer Bing Gordon to its board of directors.

‘The Wolf Among Us’ introduces gamers to the Fables universe

‘The Wolf Among Us’ introduces gamers to the Fables universe

Telltale Games released the first batch of screens today for The Wolf Among Us, the studio’s upcoming episodic adventure set in the Fables universe. We’ll share those screens with you here, but this write-up isn’t about the game. Not directly. There’s a very good reason that Telltale was drawn to Bill Willingham’s ongoing Fables comic book series as [...]

Rule the world through tourism in ‘Civilization V’s’ “Brave New World”

Rule the world through tourism in ‘Civilization V’s’ “Brave New World”

Senior producer Dennis Shirk and lead programmer Ed Beach of Firaxis walk us through what's new and what's changed in Brave New World, the upcoming expansion pack for Civilization V.

Wolfenstein: The New Order brings back B.J. Blazkowicz this fall

Wolfenstein: The New Order brings back B.J. Blazkowicz this fall

Wolfenstein returns. Bethesda Softworks confirms today that Wolfenstein: The New Order will be coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and “next-generation consoles” in Q4 2013. The press release describes the game as a “reimagining” of the seminal first-person shooter series,  from the Uppsala, Sweden based studio, MachineGames. The text underneath a reveal trailer posted on [...]

Five corners of the Star Wars universe that you didn’t know about

Five corners of the Star Wars universe that you didn’t know about

Electronic Arts is now locked into a multi-year partnership with Disney that will see some of the publisher's top studios delivering Star Wars games. Here are some of the Expanded Universe locations we'd like to see visited.

EVE The Second Decade

EVE Online’s second decade begins today with a peek at the future

As EVE Online turns 10 today, key players at CCP Games take a look at where the franchise has been and where it is headed as the second decade dawns. First up is a game-changing Dust 514 update, to be followed soon by a new creative partnership with Dark Horse Comics.