Section: Video Games

NPD: Windows 8 hasn’t ‘stimulated’ PC gaming
Research group rep says Microsoft's new OS has not made market worse, but hasn't made it better; 4.25 percent of Steam users running Windows 8 64-bit.  Microsoft's new operating system Windows 8 has not provided the jolt to the PC gaming crowd t...
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Canceled Streets of Rage remake footage appears
Studio head at Ruffian Games releases video footage of playable prototype representing "pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha quality."  Ruffian Games has released footage of a playable prototype of its canceled Streets of Rage remake. Studio head Gary Lidd...
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Dragon Age III influenced by Skyrim
BioWare's Aaryn Flynn says it would be impossible to develop an RPG today without acknowledging and reacting to Bethesda's game.  Few concrete details are known concerning BioWare's upcoming Dragon Age III: Inquisition, but the developer has now...
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End of Nations dev laying off 30 – Report
Las Vegas-based Petroglyph Games supposedly enacts round of layoffs; MMORTS game postponed but not canceled.  As many as 30 developers at End of Nations studio Petroglyph Games have been laid off, Eurogamer reports. Though not confirmed from th...
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Sony targeting PlanetSide 2 ‘scumbag’ cheaters
SOE president John Smedley says company is "aggressively" banning those found using hacks in new free-to-play shooter.  Sony is going to war with PlanetSide 2 hackers. In a series of tweets last night and this morning, Sony Online Entertainment ...
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Black Ops II nets $1 billion
Latest Call of Duty game hits sales milestone in 15 days, outpacing Modern Warfare 3; 150 million hours played across Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.  Call of Duty: Black Ops II has generated $1 billion in worldwide revenue since launch on No...
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Layoffs at Guild Wars 2 publisher
NCsoft's realignment of internal publishing resources affects "several" full-time and contract positions at Seattle headquarters.  Guild Wars 2 publisher NCsoft has enacted a round of layoffs at its Seattle, Washington, headquarters following a...
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Layoffs at Guild Wars II publisher
NCsoft's realignment of internal publishing resources affects "several" full-time and contract positions at Seattle headquarters.  Guild Wars II publisher NCsoft has enacted a round of layoffs at its Seattle, Washington headquarters following a...
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Resident Evil 6 DLC out December 18
Three timed-exclusive multiplayer modes coming to Xbox 360 this month for $4 each or bundled for $9; No Hope Left difficulty, Ada Wong campaign unlock arriving in update December 17.  The first true expansion for Resident Evil 6 will launch Dece...
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Soul Sacrifice out March 2013 in Japan
PlayStation Vita bundle for Keiji Inafune-produced game also announced.  PlayStation Vita gamers who are thrilled at the prospects of sacrificing their digital body parts for magic spells can rejoice. Sony announced that Soul Sacrifice will be o...
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