Bethesda Softworks hopes to create a television series based on the long-running, fan favorite Fallout franchise of post-apocalyptic roleplaying games, assuming you believe the records of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Representative Jim Matheson has proposed a new bill to Congress that would make the current video games ratings system administered by the ESRB a legally binding set of guidelines that could land you in jail.
The Writers Guild of America has compiled a list of nominees of what it considers the most well written video games of 2012 using criteria that somehow placed Halo 4 and 007 Legends on the list.
Despite Ubisoft's promises that Splinter Cell: Blacklist would hit retail shelves this Spring, a new trailer for the game reveals its release date to be August 20, 2013.
In a press conference held this morning, President Barack Obama called for Congress to fund improved research into the effects that violent media can have on a person's mind.
The Cave is a game created by Ron Gilbert, a designer best known for his work on Maniac Mansion and the Monkey Island series. This morning we received word on when the game would hit retail and how much it will cost.
A gruesome addition to the Europe and Australia-exclusive Live Bait Edition of Dead Island Riptide has stirred controversy, forcing publisher Deep Silver to publicly apologize.
Microsoft had a phenomenal holiday season, and that's convinced analysts at DFC Intelligence that the Xbox 360 might very well be the best-selling console of its generation.
Following meetings with representatives from the NRA and games industry, Vice President Joe Biden offers assurances that violent video games are not being viewed as the root cause of gun violence in America.
Though we were promised player versus player combat in the initial version of Diablo III, Blizzard has seen fit to keep it from us. At least until the next patch makes it debut.
In an effort to boost its ongoing Kickstarter project, the creators of Axis Game Factory have opted to offer prospective funders a free prototype of the game to try at home for free.
After acquiring smartphone developer id8 Group R2 Studios, Microsoft has tapped its head, Blake Kikorian, to serve as corporate vice president for the company's Interactive Entertainment wing.
In the wake of the Newtown, CT tragedy, Massachusetts officials have decided that motorist rest areas in the state shall no longer feature violent video games as an entertainment option.
Activision and developer Terminal Reality hope to strike it big with a first-person shooter based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead scheduled to debut on March 26.
Dan Trachtenberg, creator of the excellent Portal: No Escape fan film, has been tapped by New Line Cinema to direct the studio's upcoming adaptation of Y: The Last Man.
Haven't heard of Skulls of the Shogun? You're about to. Indie developer 17-BIT just announced that the game will be appearing on the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms before the end of the month.
Dead Island Riptide developer Deep Silver asked fans to vote on the contents of a special edition of the game. Now the firm has opted to reveal what the general public selected.
Sony Online Entertainment creative director Matt Higby has exposed January's Planetside 2 patch while also offering an ongoing commitment to continuously improve the firm's flagship online shooter.
Vice President Joe Biden will meet with video game creators and representatives from the NRA this week to discuss media violence and America's extant gun regulations.
Developer Heavy Water hopes that a Kickstarter project might raise the necessary funds to bring newbie-friendly game development suite Axis Game Factory to market.
Revolution, the first DLC release for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, brings inventive new gameplay modes and a new gun to Activision's flagship shooter, though Xbox 360 players will be enjoying it long before anyone else.
Due to popular demand, Demon's Souls has returned with a full complement of online features, a newbie-friendly World Tendency and a cut-rate price tag.
After 14 years in storage one man rediscovers footage from the canceled Primal Rage II, allowing fans to finally witness the game in all of its poorly thought out, disappointing glory.
Director Guillermo del Toro's latest, Pacific Rim, features an AI that sounds suspiciously similar to GLaDOS, the malevolent star of Valve Software's Portal series. According to del Toro, this is all by design.
