A report looking at the Entertainment Software Association's 2012 anti-piracy efforts reveals that the 3.4 million takedown notices sent out by the organization last year had a 96-percent success rate, with roughly 5.2 million offending files and listings removed.
'Counter-Strike' players will be policing their own ranks for cheaters with a new feature called 'Overwatch' that is currently in beta. Valve will review cases for now, but Overwatch will eventually be entirely community-driven.
Reports are pouring in that Microsoft and other publishers will take a cut, possibly as large as 90-percent, of Xbox One used game sales. Retailers are being made to register every transaction through a Microsoft service, sources say.
EA's Ghost Games studio and Criterion Games are hard at work on the first next-gen Need for Speed title, 'Need for Speed: Rivals'. The game also heads to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC in November 2013.
Rockstar today announced the special and collector's editions of 'GTA V.' At $79.99 and $149.99, they're not cheap, but they include tons of real world and in-game extras.
EA Sports does not have a first amendment right to use college football players' likenesses, judges say. There are a number of similar cases in progress, and they could have some consequences.
Ryse originally debuted at E3 2010, but now it's an Xbox One exclusive that uses a controller and the new Kinect simultaneously. More is expected to be revealed at E3 2013.
Two Microsoft executives independently confirmed that the next-gen Kinect sensor will eventually arrive on Windows PC. Details are nonexistent, but one promised that more will be revealed "soon."
The Oculus VR team currently creating the Oculus Rift virtual reality gaming headset adds two new full-time members to the team, include an ex-Valve engineer and a world-renowned robotics expert.
Deep Silver detailed four expansions headed to 'Metro: Last Light' this summer. A season pass that includes all four DLC as well as an extra gun is available to purchase now for under $15..
An Electronic Arts executive backpedals and confirms that the company does indeed have Nintendo Wii U games in the pipeline. But EA has even more games in the works for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Ubisoft is targeting a 2015 release date for the 'Assassin's Creed' movie starring Michael Fassbender. 2015 looks to be a huge year for blockbuster films, with a number of other notables on the docket as well.
The state of Rhode Island is set to auction off 38 Studios' intellectual property, including all materials related to the now-closed developer's 'Amalur' games. A hearing in the state's lawsuit against Curt Schilling and 38 is scheduled for May 22, 2013.
A recently discovered trademark for something called Forzavista seems to refer to an in-game feature for a presumably unannounced Forza game, with functionality that sounds similar to Forza Motorsports 4's Autovista.
The latest Nintendo Direct video stream offers up release date details on The Wonderful 101 and other Wii U games as well as reveals of Sonic: Lost World and Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
An EA spokesperson confirms that the publisher has nothing currently has nothing in development for Nintendo's Wii U console. This comes as a surprise given former EA CEO John Riccitiello's positive statements about the new hardware at its 2012 reveal.
Newcomer indie developer Pixelbionic enlists the talent of industry and car combat genre experts - including 'Twisted Metal' creator David Jaffe - to develop its indie PC title 'Autoduel.' The studio plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the game soon.
Sony wins worldwide distribution rights to an upcoming animated feature-length film based on the popular 'Angry Birds' series of mobile games. Producers from 'Iron Man' and 'Despicable Me' are on board to help Rovio Entertainment bring its vision to Hollywood.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment reveals Scribblenauts Unmasked, the latest wordplay puzzle game from 5th Cell. Unmasked marks a new direction for the Scribblenauts series, with a specific focus on setting the game within the DC Comics universe.
A blank product page on the official Gran Turismo website suggests that Sony could be preparing to unveil 'Gran Turismo 6.' Previous clues hinted that the racing simulator could release on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, as well as the PlayStation 4.
EA and DICE reveal a mobile version of the Frostbite game engine called Frostbite Go, though at least one developer at DICE has been tweeting about the iOS and Android engine for months.
Microsoft and Twitch launched a video viewing app on Xbox 360 today that provides Gold subscribers with access to 300 popular Twitch channels, though streaming content out continues to be a game-specific feature.
'EVE Online' tie-in free-to-play PlayStation 3 shooter 'Dust 514' boasts deep integration with the number-crunching MMORPG and 'new dimensions of character progression.' It launches with three DLC packs, ranging from $19.99 to $99.99.
Trion Worlds' Rift is the latest MMO to go free-to-play as microtransactions continue to prove effective as a business model. The game's design director says gameplay balance is still of the utmost importance.
Mediajuice Studios and director Jeremy Snead bring 'Video Games: The Movie' to Kickstarter seeking $60,000 in crowdfunded support to finish off the final bits of production and post-production work.
The Japanese game company laid off 25 staff last year when it closed the mobile social platform OpenFeint, but it's unknown what the cause of these layoffs is. A statement obtained from GREE by GamesIndustry is vague in its explanation.
A Kickstarter campaign for the first episode of the 'Eternal Darkness' successor will run in tandem with Precursor's self-run funding drive, the developer revealed today.
A bug that forced Blizzard last week to shut down 'Diablo 3''s real money auction house allowed players to duplicate gold within the game's economy. That led to some illicit revenue, but luckily Blizzard chose to donate that money to charity.
The famed game designer revealed to Game Informer that he's trying to gain the rights to 'Stacking,' 'Costume Quest,' 'Brutal Legend,' and 'Iron Brigade,' properties that he developed but that other companies own distribution rights for.
Defiance's executive producer has annoucned that every expansion for 'Defiance' will include free content, paid content, and new items for the in-game store. The first DLC, tentatively titled 'Enter the Castithan,' arrives this month
The top sellers in the content division, including 'Tekken Tag Tournament 2,' ' Soulcalibur V,' and the western release of 'Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm,' helped push Namco Bandai far into the black this fiscal year.
EA announced that its Star Wars games will be built on Frostbite 3, but an EA DICE developer revealed that Frostbite 3 does not work on the Wii U. It's not difficult to connect the dots.
Sources claimed that the entire staff of TimeGate Studios has been laid off. The studio behind 'Aliens: Colonial Marines' was showing off a new game as recently as March, but an ongoing lawsuit may have taken its toll.
Epic Games Vice President Mark Rein told an audience at the Game Horizon conference that the PS4 and next-gen Xbox will focus heavily on free-to-play games with in-app purchases. That's what Sony and Microsoft have been telling developers, at least.
