Sega posts 54 percent increase in profits for the year, with Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed the publisher's best-selling title. Full Story

New character will cost $9.99 and is not included in the Borderlands 2 season pass. Full Story

[UPDATE] Gearbox confirms Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep the fourth and final add-on for stylized shooter; launching June 25 for $10. Full Story

[UPDATE] Sega confirms Nintendo version of first-person shooter no longer in development; "business-as- usual" at developer Demiurge. Full Story

Publisher to add disclaimers to videos in United Kingdom after acknowledging they do not reflect final game. Full Story

Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford says he "always loves more power" for a new console, also excited by platforms he can't yet talk about. Full Story

With 10 days left in release month of March, Sega and developer Demiurge decline to comment on status of licensed shooter. Full Story

Update for Aliens: Colonial Marines also includes fixes from recent Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 patch. Full Story

Gearbox hints that upcoming expansion will include a sixth playable character. Full Story

A new report investigates the relationship between Sega, Gearbox, and TimeGate Studios across Aliens: Colonial Marines' six-year development. Full Story

DirectX 10 support added into Aliens: Colonial Marines by modder. Full Story

Former Gearbox staffer blasts long development process, says Gearbox outsourced single-player campaign to TimeGate Studios. Full Story

Take up arms and defend humanity against a host of extraterrestrial predators in this week's new release, Aliens: Colonial Marines. Full Story

Add-On Content Pack for Xbox 360 and PS3 includes Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty and Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage for $40. Full Story

Company shoots down speculation that Halo 3, or any other entries in the series, is coming to PC. Full Story

Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt now available for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC free with Season Pass, $10 otherwise. Full Story

Blizzard's RPG tops Aussie sales chart in period January-September 2012; Modern Warfare 3, Skylanders round out the top three. Full Story

Gearbox Software confirms Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage expansion coming to new shooter; release date TBA. Full Story

Gearbox's new shooter helps Take-Two post $10.2 million profit on $273 million in revenue for latest financial period; digital sales up 108 percent. Full Story

October-dated iPad and iPhone game will reportedly have players taking on waves of enemies, offer a levelling system, as well as "thousands" of weapons, and "strategic cover system." Full Story

EA Sports' pro football sim is month's best-seller, followed by Borderlands 2 rising 234 percent over original; total software sales down 14 percent year-over-year; Xbox 360 sells 270k holding 49 percent of current-gen market. Full Story

Content featuring fifth playable class available now for $9.99 or 800 Microsoft Points. Full Story

Will you shoot and loot your way through the wasteland, kick around a ball, or get creating this week? Full Story

First part of Source-powered community mod will be released next week; initial release will stop at Lambda Core level, offering 8-10 hours of gameplay. Full Story

Gearbox confirms four planned add-ons for new shooter will be bundled and available at discount; more information to be shared at later date. Full Story

Gearbox releases browser-based, overhead arcade-style shooter "The Border Lands" for PC. Full Story

CEO Randy Pitchford "astonished" that no developer has released a similar game in an industry that "does nothing but steal from each other." Full Story

Gearbox marketing exec says a recent game guide editor's playthrough of upcoming shooter took more than two days to complete. Full Story

CEO Randy Pitchford excited about potential for cross-platform play in new shooter, willing to allow outside studio to build portable version. Full Story

Borderlands 2 publisher says it has yet to announce plans on moving mature titles onto Nintendo platform; sees "great opportunity" in next-gen consoles. Full Story

Gearbox senior producer Brian Burleson says the Wii U version of the upcoming action shooter will "be better" than the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, in terms of visuals. Full Story

[UPDATE] Ubisoft confirms that trademarks for upcoming World War II shooter abandoned to avoid "administrative confusion." Full Story

Job listing at United Kingdom developer seeks multiplayer programmer to work on Alien game for current- and future-generation consoles. Full Story

Web listings tied to Microsoft point to Halo factory building something new in first-person shooter franchise. Full Story

Gearbox Software teams with Valve for Steam achievements, DLC, auto-updating, matchmaking, and Steam Cloud support for new shooter. Full Story

Supposed 2012 release schedule indicates new entries in Assassins' Creed, Splinter Cell, and Prince of Persia franchises due later this year; Just Dance Final Party also rumored. Full Story

Gearbox is looking for a live-action version of the Borderlands character to cast in the upcoming sequel. Full Story

New release slate led by Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 4; Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, and Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster also out. Full Story

PAX Prime 2011: Pitchford promises return to realistic Brothers in Arms, more Duke Nukem; Aliens Infestation due Oct. 11; Borderlands B Test hits Sept. 9. Full Story

2K Games and Gearbox acknowledge postapocalyptic shooter sequel in development, planned for release in fiscal year beginning April 2012. Full Story

Comic-Con 2011: Authors from Gears of War, BioShock, and other popular franchises gather to share their experience when it comes to working for an interactive medium. Full Story

North American ratings board sheds new light on portable sci-fi action platformer game; WayForward Technologies indicated as developer. Full Story

Former Master Chief studio officially leaving sci-fi shooter series in publisher's hands early next month; "O Brave New Worlds" video documentary arriving on that day. Full Story

Sci-fi action shooter heading to Apple computers later this summer via Windows-to-Mac port shop Aspyr Media. Full Story

Rockstar and Team Bondi's crime drama sells less than a million across 360, PS3 as Take-Two shares slip 8 percent in past five days. Full Story

Publisher's executive vice president of marketing offers his take on Gearbox's new game, secondhand market, the six-week-long PlayStation Network outage, and Vita support. Full Story

Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 HD rerelease of Bungie original dropping November 15, 2011--10 years to the day after original Xbox release. Full Story

The Duke is back after a 13-year hiatus to slay aliens, ogle women, and save the world in his signature kickass style. Full Story

Sega publishing Gearbox's long-awaited game sequel to landmark sci-fi film early next year for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360; first trailer inside. Full Story

Borderlands: Game of the Year purchasers and preorder buyers will get first whack at the 14-years-in-development game in three weeks. Full Story

Total War studio Creative Assembly working on new console project based on the classic sci-fi film series; Viking team reportedly developing. Full Story

Gearbox Software's long-in-the-making action game's release date now pegged for June 10 debut internationally, June 14 in North America. Full Story

Near-billionaire Gabe Newell discusses his privately held developer's finances with Forbes; Steam controls 50 to 70 percent of PC online market. Full Story

Saber Interactive reportedly readying heavily made-over remake of classic shooter with new art assets. Full Story

343 Industries looking for game engineer, multiplayer designer, effects artist, missions designer, more for "next big Halo project." Full Story

Ben Feder exits for extended family vacation; Strauss Zelnick stepping in, Karl Slatoff named COO. Full Story

GDC Online 2010: Writer-design director Joseph Staten on what he has learned from 10 years in the sci-fi shooter universe, how the studio walked away, and what he wants to accomplish with the upcoming Bungie-Activision project. Full Story

Gearbox head Randy Pitchford says that a preview of the 2011 360, PS3, and PC shooter is "important," currently working on timing with publishers. Full Story

PAX 2010: Gearbox president Randy Pitchford confirms that his studio has taken over the long, long, long-awaited shooter, which will be playable on the PAX Prime floor. Full Story

Gearbox Software's stylized postapocalyptic shooter compiling all four add-on packs later this year for $60 on 360, PS3 and $50 on PC. Full Story

Halo makers Brian Jarrard and Joseph Staten explain why their studio chose the controversial publisher, potentially letting others work on their IP, and how far along development is on the studio's all-new franchise. Full Story

Ex-Ensemble developer Dusty Monk says Ensemble Studios spent three years developing a WOW killer--before Microsoft suddenly pulled the plug. Full Story

2K Games take a page out of Fallout 3's book and releases DLC on a retail disc this week down under. Full Story

[UPDATE 4] Uncharted 2 tops Game Developers Choice Awards with five trophies; PlayStation Move debuts; write-ups of Meier, Pardo, Molyneux, Muzyka, Sakamoto, Yamaoka, Toriyama, and Schafer talks also on tap; full rundown of event and new Deus Ex trailer inside. Full Story

GDC 2010: Naughty Dog's acclaimed shooter nets record number of statuettes, including Game of the Year; Batman: Arkham Asylum upsets in Game Design category; Scribblenauts top handheld; Flower and Farmville also win; Deus Ex 3 trailer debuts. Full Story

Naughty Dog's acclaimed action adventure scores seven nods; fellow GOTY hopefuls include Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon's Souls. Full Story

PlayStation Store Update: Second add-on for Gearbox shooter and side-scrolling parody prequel lead the week on Sony's online storefront. Full Story

Publisher suffers from GTAIV-less 12-month period as sales slip to $968 million, Q4 gap wider than expected; Spec Ops due before November 2011. Full Story

2K and Gearbox release desktop edition of The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned for open-world RPG-shooter, priced at $10. Full Story

Gaming retailers give thanks for Black Friday sales as Namco Bandai's portable brawler and EA's downloadable football spin-off lead the holiday week's new releases. Full Story

Halloween month saw a scary drop to $1.07 billion in non-PC domestic sales; 2K Sports' basketballer barely beats Borderlands, Uncharted 2 in combined sales; Wii beats PS3. Full Story

Creative director Mike Neumann says role-playing shooter's reception has all but assured there will be a sequel; 2K touts upcoming DLC. Full Story

Xbox Live's all-Halo channel launches with avatar awards, open to all until Nov. 26; Halo Legends preview coming Sat.; combined Halo 3: ODST US/UK/Japan sales hit 1.85M. Full Story

2K invites you to enter the Borderlands. Full Story

Gearbox has sent its cheeky sci-fi "role-playing shooter" to industrial wasteland for manufacturing; Oct. 20 PS3/360 launch, Oct. 26 PC release locked down. Full Story

343 Industries' Frank O'Connor says Microsoft has multimedia plan for sci-fi franchise that "goes out at least six years"; Halo 3 not the end of Master Chief/Cortana storyline. Full Story

PAX 2009: CEO Randy Pitchford joins creative director Mikey Neumann to discuss the studio's illustrated look, surprisingly entertaining marketing webisodes. Full Story

Q&A: Randy Pitchford gives the behind-the-scenes story on the adaptation of Michael Mann's 1995 crime movie, explains why Al Pacino was almost on board, three top publishers were interested--and why the IP is now up for grabs. Full Story

Developer says Halo: Reach will likely be its sci-fi series swan song; senior designer Lars Bakken thinks new publishing agreement will be closed "sometime soon." Full Story

Publisher president Christoph Hartmann explains why he's not afraid to launch a new intellectual property in the thick of this year's fourth quarter; new trailer inside. Full Story

2K Games confirms hard launch date for Gearbox's cel-shaded "role-playing shooter" in North America; game will ship in UK, EU, and AU on October 23; new trailer inside. Full Story

Developer breaks silence, confirms all work has ceased on sci-fi film-inspired role-playing project; publisher says there are "no plans to move forward" with the game. Full Story

Legal documents from countersuit contend publisher had commissioned "well-known" third-party developer to make a new title called "Duke Begins"; project allegedly stopped this past April. Full Story

Gearbox's long-awaited sci-fi action role-playing game finally gets a release date, right at the end of Take-Two Interactive's fiscal year; new trailer inside. Full Story

Publisher takes 3D Realms to court over failure to deliver PC edition of 12-years-in-the-making shooter. Full Story

[UPDATE 2] Online accounts finger monetary issues in demise of developer, which still owns IP; publisher says arrangement "did not include ongoing funds for development of the title"; DS, PSP spin-offs "unaffected." Full Story

Second World of Warcraft expansion retakes the top slot from Empire: Total War as Sims 2, Warhammer 40K trade places in NPD's weekly best-seller list. Full Story

"Unusual" costs offset Grand Theft Auto publisher's increased sales during November-January quarter; Beaterator, Borderlands, Mafia 2, BioShock 2, Red Dead Redemption, and next GTAIV expansion all due pre-Halloween. Full Story

Gabe Newell keynote address discusses the company's service-oriented approach, reveals Team Fortress 2 comic being made by the developers. Full Story

Cult World of Warcraft show The Guild to be distributed via Xbox Live; more Red vs Blue also promised. Full Story

The veteran game-score composer talks to GameSpot UK about his musical showcase, how games are affecting classical music sales, and comparisons with the film industry. Full Story

LucasArts launches new terraforming property, while EA, Take-Two, and Sony start the shot clock on their annual basketball sims. Full Story

EA kick off the virtual soccer season for 2009. Full Story

Relive history's largest airborne assault thanks to Ubisoft. Full Story

The man behind the artificial intelligence in Master Chief's last two outings talks to developer conference about where Halo AI is going next. Full Story

With several new titles recently revealed during its Ubidays event, publisher takes the stage in Los Angeles to show gameplay footage; debuts new survival action game. Full Story

Japanese publisher signs onto Epic's popular middleware solution for unannounced multiplatform project. Full Story

French publisher beats thrice-upwardly revised projections; annual profit jumps by $108 million on Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Assassin's Creed sales; one unnamed all-new IP and two new franchise installments in the pipe. Full Story

Studio president Randy Pitchford insists the company won't turn Brothers-in-Arms into a commercial battlefield. Full Story

2K Marin developing follow-up to undersea adventure under Ken Levine's supervision; postapocalyptic and urban-auto action games pushed back to later in the year; 2K Boston working on new IP. Full Story

Company's US chief executive says it has "no interest" in mergers and acquisitions right now. Full Story

French publisher's quarterly revenue leaps up 44 percent after Assassin's Creed ships 5M units; Free Radical's futuristic PS3 shooter pushed back yet again; new Prince of Persia game coming. Full Story

Strong Assassin's Creed sales boosting French publisher's guidance; EndWar, Brothers in Arms, Far Cry 2 pushed to fiscal 2009; new browser-based Heroes of Might and Magic announced. Full Story

Sega salsas with Gearbox to revive acclaimed Dreamcast rhythm game for Nintendo's console next spring. Full Story

Take-Two arm will publish forthcoming postapocalyptic action-RPG from Gearbox; game will arrive next holiday season; first screens inside. Full Story

Sonic Factory CEO and ESA board member steps into the debate about the revamped expo, and reveals which games his company will be touting. Full Story

Forthcoming shooter will cast players as a rookie Colonial Marine; studio head has met Michael Mann on crime game project. Full Story

3D Realms releases an in-game thumbnail of upcoming shooter on a trade site's job listings. Full Story

New title based on classic sci-fi horror franchise from Sega and 20th Century Fox enters incubation; final product expected to burst forth in 2009. Full Story

Fox, Universal back out of Peter Jackson-produced adaptation of Bungie-developed game phenomenon. Full Story

Among the topics discussed by Bungie's "Frankie" and "Sketch" are Halo 3, Halo 2 achievements and a mysterious X06 announcement. Full Story

[UPDATE] Shacknews report of personnel exodus casts doubt on Duke Nukem Forever; developer dismisses headline as alarmist, says game is on track. Full Story

3D Realms' outspoken president trashes rumors that development of the long-delayed shooter will be accelerated to reap a $500,000 payment from Take-Two. Full Story

Michael Mann's 1995 crime film is getting the game treatment; Kilmer on board, De Niro and Pacino in talks. Full Story

Three new cooperative maps out now for PC, Xbox versions of Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood. Full Story

As Microsoft drags out its teaser campaign, the Associated Press confirms suspicions the device is merely an "ultra-mobile PC" with limited game and entertainment functionality. Full Story

Director confirms he's in talks to direct but said he'd prefer making Hellboy 2. Full Story

Two-hour documentary on the 101st Airborne, 502nd Parachute Infantry to use Gearbox game footage to depict the group's invasion of Normandy. Full Story

All upcoming PC and next-gen console games based on developer's properties to be built on Unreal Engine 3. Full Story

Playable games a no-show at event, but Sony reveals rock-solid third-party support with 102 games and 71 publishers. Full Story

Swedish game-physics firm will lend expertise to PhysX SDK-maker. Full Story

Variety reports the two studios want to jointly shoulder burden of bringing the Master Chief to the big screen, but some sticking points remain. Full Story

Earned in Blood goes behind enemy lines with new hero WWII Sergeant Joe Hartsock, financial report pegs it for the PC, PS2, and Xbox. Full Story

King Kong, Ghost Recon 3, Splinter Cell 4 all coming to next crop of consoles, possibly as early as October; Might and Magic returns, PoP goes PSP, and Rainbow Six 3: Lockdown is pushed back. Full Story

Gearbox's gritty WWII squad shooter on schedule to ship March 1 for the Xbox; story follows the 101st Airborne. Full Story

Variety reports that Microsoft has begun the process of bringing its best-selling game franchise to the big screen. Full Story

[UPDATE] Also this week: SOE and LucasArts part ways, and 3D Realms' new game. Full Story

This week: A new theory behind what's holding up Duke Nukem and another Half-Life 2 release date to debate. Full Story

All online portions of Valve's games to be centralized on Steam service; will force upgrade of Counter-Strike to 1.6. Full Story

Also this week: Duke Nukem (delayed) Forever, Bungie jumpers, and still more PS3 release rumors. Full Story

Vin Diesel, Tony Hawk, Stan Lee, and Steven Spielberg were among the big showbiz names at last week's event. Full Story

Developer plans free, modable PC edition of sci-fi shooter; no release date given. Full Story

Developer/publisher duo reveals they're bringing a new WWII shooter to PCs and consoles this winter. First screens inside. Full Story

The UK's Jonathan "BEAST" Finglass triumphs at the iGames-hosted fragfest in Los Angeles. Full Story

Also this week: The PC Halo Edit tool non-controversy, the GPSDS, and the Nintendo ex-president's bizarre comments. Full Story

[UPDATED] The next chapter in 3D Realms' sassy shooter franchise won't be ready until Q4 2004 at the earliest. Full Story

Sumthing Else Music Works releases a Special Edition Halo soundtrack complete with new music and a bonus DVD of Halo 2 trailers. Full Story

Microsoft, iGames, and EB Games announce that sign-ups for the Halo for Windows Worldwide Championship have officially begun. Full Story

New series of game-based action figures to hit stores in November. Full Story

Microsoft, Bungie, and Gearbox announce the European release of Halo: Combat Evolved for the PC. Full Story

Microsoft, Bungie, and Gearbox announce that the PC version of Halo is finished and will arrive in stores later this month. Full Story

Microsoft and Bungie announce that Halo for Windows tournaments will be held at the CPL Winter 2003 Championships this December. Full Story

Microsoft releases details on the multiplayer modes in the PC version of Halo. Full Story