Angry Birds Follow-Up Dubbed 'Amazing Alex'
Rovio earlier this week confirmed that it bought the IP for the game Casey's Contraptions. The company's founder and CEO Mikael Hed revealed to Finnish…
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Angry Birds Generated $106 Million For Rovio In 2011
Rovio on Monday announced the company's financial results for 2011. The mobile game developer generated $106.3 million in sales based on the success of its Angry…
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Sega Launches A New Video Game Powered By... Urine [Video]
Sega exited the video game console business in 2001 after stiff competition from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo forced the struggling company to shift gears. Now,…
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Microsoft Reportedly Plans To Bring Kinect To Windows Phone 8
Microsoft's motion- and voice-based Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs is coming to Windows Phone 8, VR-Zone reported this week. The software…
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Microsoft Says Xbox Hacking Claims Are 'Unlikely'
A report emerged last week from a security researcher claiming Microsoft's Xbox lacked important security features that might protect owners who sell used consoles from…
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Sony Says PlayStation 4 Will Launch Ahead Of Next Xbox, Report Claims
Sony is aiming to launch its next-generation PlayStation video game console ahead of rival Microsoft, a recent report claims. Microsoft's next Xbox console — which…
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Hackers Can Easily Steal Credit Card Info, Other Data From Used Xbox Consoles [Update]
Using nothing more than a few common tools, hackers can reportedly recover credit card numbers and other personal information from used Xbox 360 consoles even…
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Next-Generation Xbox Will Not Block Used Games, GameStop CEO Says
Rumors that Microsoft's next-generation video game console might somehow block owners from playing used games began swirling earlier this year, and gamers around the world cringed.…
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ARM-Based Xbox 'Lite' Coming In 2013, Xbox 360 Successor Later, Insider Claims
Microsoft had intended to unveil its next-generation Xbox console during the annual E3 conference this year according to a BGR source, but it now looks…
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Angry Birds Space Now Available For $0.99 [Video]
Rovio on Thursday released Angry Birds Space for iOS and Android devices, as well as OS X and Windows PCs. In the fourth major Birds…
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Blizzard 'Looking Into' Bringing World Of Warcraft To iOS
The world's most subscribed-to MMORPG may be coming soon to a mobile device near you. World of Warcraft's senior producer John Lagrave sat down with…
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Rockstar Games And OnLive Release 'L.A. Noire' For Android Tablets
OnLive on Monday announced that it has added a redesigned version of Rockstar Games's award-winning "L.A. Noire" to its cloud-based video game streaming service. The…
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New Sonic Game Showcases Xbox, Windows Phone Integration [Video]
Microsoft first discussed its "three screens and a cloud" gaming strategy in 2009, describing a scenario that could carry a single video game across a…
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Video Game Publishers Need To Embrace Different Pricing Models To Survive, Nexon CEO Says
Nexon, the free-to-play gaming developer behind the hit game MapleStory, sees the traditional publishing model fading away. As game consoles become more advanced, video game…
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The iPad Could Be The Future Of Gaming
With Friday's release of the new iPad, Epic Games president Mike Capps has offered a huge amount of praise for Apple's new tablet in the…
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Mari0, An Amazing Mashup Of Super Mario Bros. And Portal, Is Now Available For Free [Video]
One of the most beloved video games in history has been refreshed in a new mashup that gaming fans of all shapes and sizes need…
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Angry Birds Space Set To Launch In March [Video]
Rovio on Friday teased the next frontier for the company's massive Angry Birds franchise. The fourth major Birds release will be called "Angry Birds Space" and…
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New Gameplay Details Emerge For Resident Evil 6 [Video]
Last month, Capcom announced that the sixth installment of the company's Resident Evil series would launch for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 20th,…
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Next Call Of Duty Game Will Revolutionize The Franchise, Activision Exec Says
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 shattered sales records when it launched last November. The wildly popular first-person shooter sold an estimated 6.5 million copies…
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World's First PC Game, Co-Written By Bill Gates, Now Available For The iPhone
Owners of Apple's iPhone and iPod touch can now enjoy a remake of the first-ever PC game, co-written by Bill Gates himself, which came pre-installed…
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Lawmaker Launches Assault On Violent Video Games
An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive…
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Nintendo Cuts 3DS Sales Forecast, Will Report First Annual Loss
Nintendo recently published a note in which it said it will report an annual operating loss of 45 billion yen ($575 million) for the December…
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Resident Evil 6 Landing On PS3 And Xbox 360 On November 20th [Video]
Capcom announced recently that Resident Evil 6 will launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 20th, and that a PC version will follow…
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Video Game Sales Fall 21% In December, Down 8% For Full-Year 2011
The video game industry capped off a rough year in the United States with a horrible holiday month that saw sales plummet year-over-year across all…
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Microsoft Patent Suggests Xbox 720 With DVR Support In The Works
A patent that was granted to Microsoft in December suggests the company is working on an Xbox game console that will double as a digital…
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Nintendo 3DS Sales Surpass 4 Million Units, U.S. Wii Sales Top 4.5 Million Consoles In 2011
Nintendo announced on Tuesday that it has shipped more than 4 million 3DS units worldwide in nine months. That's more than the number of Wii…
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Violent Games Don't Compel Gamers To Commit Violent Acts, Researchers Say
A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology by three Florida State University psychologists suggests that playing video games won't make people smarter. The study also…
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