Games

Feb 6, 2015, 1:45 PM

Netflix reportedly developing live action series based on ‘Legend of Zelda’

Many have tried, but thus far, we have yet to see a good adaptation of a video game to TV… Read More

Feb 6, 2015, 9:44 AM

Microsoft cuts price of Xbox Live, and Xbox One with Kinect, after losing holiday battle to PlayStation

Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox One console again. This time, the Redmond company is discounting the Xbox… Read More

Feb 6, 2015, 8:08 AM

Xbox One adds new ‘Game Hubs’ in first major update of 2015

Microsoft is rolling out the first big update of 2015 for the Xbox One today, including a new “Game Hubs” feature… Read More

Feb 4, 2015, 8:39 AM

New stats: Sony PlayStation wins holiday console battle, despite Microsoft’s Xbox One price cut

Sony sold 7.5 million PlayStation consoles worldwide during the peak shopping season, outpacing Microsoft’s Xbox consoles globally for the fourth quarter and… Read More

Feb 2, 2015, 11:50 AM

Former Sony Online Entertainment boss ‘can’t wait to make Xbox One games’ after studio’s sale

Sony Online Entertainment, the studio behind “Everquest,” “Planetside” and a host of other massively multiplayer online games, has been spun… Read More

Feb 2, 2015, 10:59 AM

Microsoft-owned Mojang to hold massive convention for Minecraft fans in London

Fans of Minecraft all over the world just figured out what they’re doing for summer vacation. Minecraft developer Mojang announced… Read More

Feb 1, 2015, 8:13 PM

Video game psychic: Madden simulation correctly picked Super Bowl winner — and exact score

People betting on future Super Bowl games may want to take EA Sports’ Madden more seriously Last week, EA Sports simulated Sunday’s Super… Read More

Jan 31, 2015, 7:12 PM

Beast Mode speaks! Watch Marshawn and Gronk play Mortal Kombat X

The notoriously media-shy Marshawn Lynch may not like doing interviews with the media, but put him in front of a… Read More

Jan 29, 2015, 12:05 PM

Nintendo finally allows YouTube creators to make money off videos of its games

Nintendo will finally allow YouTube creators the chance to make money off videos that contain content from its games, after years… Read More

Jan 29, 2015, 10:15 AM

Amazon-owned Twitch more than doubled its viewership in 2014

Video game streaming is shaping up to be big business. Twitch announced today that the service saw 100 million unique… Read More

Jan 29, 2015, 9:06 AM

People have earned more than $57M making items for Valve games

In the future, “video game haberdasher” may be the sort of job kids can aspire to. Fans of Valve games… Read More

Jan 28, 2015, 9:56 AM

Holiday sales boost Nintendo, but it can’t hold a candle to console competitors

The holiday quarter was a good one for Nintendo, which reported today that it brought in ¥272 billion in revenue… Read More

Jan 27, 2015, 12:27 PM

That’s a lot of ‘Angry Birds’: Survey shows average mobile gamer plays for 2 hours a day

It’s obvious that the continued growth of smartphones and tablets has been a boon to the mobile gaming market, but… Read More

Jan 26, 2015, 1:30 PM

Microsoft sold 6.6M Xbox consoles during the holiday quarter, down 11% from a year ago

In its quarterly earnings report today, Microsoft said it sold 6.6 million Xbox consoles — both Xbox One and Xbox… Read More

Jan 22, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Infinut builds mobile games to teach kids reading, math concepts

When University of Washington instructor Ana Redmond noticed her daughter struggling with basic math in school, she decided to take matters… Read More

Jan 21, 2015, 11:02 AM

Xbox One will stream games to Windows 10

Gamers who want to stay connected to their Xbox One at home when they’re not on the couch will have… Read More

Jan 15, 2015, 4:30 PM

Here were the top 10 best-selling video games from 2014

There were so many great games that debuted in 2014 — but which did consumers love the most? NPD Group released… Read More

Jan 15, 2015, 3:23 PM

Xbox One outsold PS4 in December as Microsoft drops console price back to $349

Point, Xbox One. Microsoft announced today that for the second straight month, the Xbox One outsold Sony’s PlayStation 4 in the U.S. for… Read More

Jan 15, 2015, 10:05 AM

Rock on! Twitch launches new free music service for streamers

Twitch launched a pair of music-centric initiatives today which make its streaming service more attractive to recording artists. The first,… Read More

Jan 14, 2015, 8:17 AM

Nintendo’s new 3DS finally coming to the U.S. next month for $200

Nintendo missed out on the crucial holiday shopping season in the U.S. when it decided to release its updated handheld gaming… Read More

Jan 7, 2015, 2:02 PM

Valve’s next big e-sports tournament in Seattle will last almost a week

It may seem like August is a long way out, but Valve is already announcing its plans for this year’s… Read More

Jan 6, 2015, 4:20 PM

Oculus exec: There’s a huge opportunity for a startup to create the Uber of virtual reality

Some scratched their heads (or maybe we should say headsets) last year when Facebook announced its acquisition of virtual reality… Read More

Jan 6, 2015, 3:00 PM

The end of the gaming console? Industry experts assess the future of Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony

LAS VEGAS — Does the world really need another gaming console? That was the first question posed today at a… Read More

Jan 5, 2015, 4:00 PM

Sony sold 18.5M PlayStation 4 consoles in the past 14 months

A little more than 13 months after Sony began selling its Playstation 4, interest in the console is still strong.… Read More

Jan 5, 2015, 8:08 AM

Sony launches $20 per month game streaming service for PlayStation

Sony this morning announced a new game streaming subscription service for PlayStation owners in the U.S. and Canada that will launch… Read More

Dec 31, 2014, 9:02 AM

Microsoft raising Xbox One price back to $399 this weekend

If you were planning to spend some of your holiday gift money on an Xbox One, now might be the… Read More

Dec 26, 2014, 9:23 AM

Xbox Live working again, Playstation Network still down after Christmas server woes

Microsoft and Sony are still working to repair their online servers, one day after hackers took down Xbox LIve and… Read More

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Dec 25, 2014, 1:46 PM