Section: Video Games

Wasteland 2 Kickstarter successful, hits $1 million
Crowd-funding campaign for sequel to 1988 RPG exceeds $900,000 goal in just two days; additional money to be used to build bigger world.  Gamers hoping for a sequel to 1988's role-playing game Wasteland are in luck. The Kickstarter campaign for ...
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Obsidian denied bonus over New Vegas Metacritic score – Studio Head
Company co-founder says studio received no royalties from open-world RPG hit, missed average review score bonus payment by one point.  Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment would have collected an unspecified bonus if the 2010 role...
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EA exploring Battlefield subscription service
EA Games head Patrick Soderlund says company is considering new ways to "maximize...investment" in shooter series.  The Battlefield series may one day offer a subscription service. EA Games executive vice president Patrick Soderlund told Venture...
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Diablo III raging May 15
Blizzard's long-awaited action role-playing game scheduled to arrive this May for PC and Mac; prepurchases live on Battle.net.  The wait for Diablo III is nearly over. Blizzard Entertainment today attached a May 15 release date to the long-await...
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2K Sports to hold "Meet Michael Jordan" contest for Asia
The Asian NBA 2K12 competition will see the lucky winner embark on an all-expenses-paid trip to see the Bobcat Charlottes vs. the New York Knicks in North Carolina, USA.   Get the full article at GameSpot "2K Spo...
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Sega games headed to EA’s Origin store
Electronic Arts' virtual storefront adds new partners Sega, Rebellion, Team 17 Software, Kalypso, and others, bringing total count to 35.  The list of publishing partners for Electronic Arts' Origin digital storefront is growing. EA announced ...
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House of the Dead 4 staggers onto PSN April 17
Sega bringing $10 PlayStation Move-enabled light-gun arcade shooter to PS3 storefront next month; 30 percent off for PS Plus subscribers.  Sega is following through on its promise to bring House of the Dead 4 to the PlayStation Network. Today, t...
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Mass Effect 3 alternate-ending petition raises $35K for charity
Retake Mass Effect movement collects donations for Child's Play as a way to call for BioWare to make new endings for its latest sci-fi role-playing shooter.  A number of Mass Effect fans are upset with the way the latest entry in the series ende...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic free-to-play this weekend
BioWare's spacebound MMORPG dropping entry fee for new gamers March 15-19, will let players try out eight character classes, level to 15.  Gamers wishing to try out BioWare's massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Repu...
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FIFA 12 gets anti-scam patch
EA Sports updating Ultimate Team mode and Web app to include security questions when logging in from new devices.  Electronic Arts is rolling out an update to address security problems with the Ultimate Team mode in FIFA Soccer 12. As detailed b...
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