New Dragon Age in Q1 '11, Crysis 2 due in Q4 '10, APB delayed (Xbox 360 News)

EA slates Dead Space 2, Epic Games' shooter, mystery fighting and action games for Q1; Dragon Age, EA MMA, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2 going portable; "something far-reaching for Mass Effect" in the works; Sims 3 scheduled for consoles and handhelds.

The Sims turns 10, tops 125 million units (PC News)

Electronic Arts celebrates aluminum anniversary of virtual life game by touting sales figures; franchise revenues total $2.5 billion.

Uncharted 2 leads GDC Award noms (PlayStation 3 News)

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.

Newell named GDC Pioneer, Cerny joining DICE Hall of Fame (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve cofounder to be honored for creating Steam at March developer conference, as Marble Madness creator is honored by Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

ChartSpot: December 2009 (PC News)

Zelda: Spirit Tracks barely misses the top 10 as Scribblenauts, New Super Mario Bros. DS, and Mario Kart DS return to top 20; The Sims 3 dominates PC best-sellers.

2009 US game retail sales total $19.66 billion - NPD (PC News)

Modern Warfare 2, Sims 3 top sellers as domestic physical game hardware, software, and accessory sales slip 8 percent; PC software slides 23 percent to $538 million; DS sells 11M, Wii hits 9.6M.

EA strategy 'bankrupt' says ex-EA EVP (Xbox 360 News)

Former EA Mobile head Mitch Lasky blasts former employer, expresses amazement that company hasn't been acquired or management ousted.

'Ghost Recon Future Soldier' trademarked (PC News)

Ubisoft USPTO filing reveals likely name of next installment in its tactical Tom Clancy shooter series, due out after Q1 2010.

Portal lead filling Dark Void dev position (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve veteran Kim Swift joins Airtight Games as project lead to work on undisclosed projects aimed at "a more diverse audience."

EALA arming new Mercenaries (Xbox 360 News)

One week after laying off most of Pandemic, EA reveals next installment in guns-for-hire series; leaked pitch trailer suggests multiplayer focus.

Pandemic folded into EALA, Saboteur launch unaffected (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Approximately 200 staffers let go at Mercenaries developer; "core team" to relocate to Los Angeles studio to make Pandemic-branded games; founders departing.

ChartSpot: October 2009 (PlayStation 3 News)

Brutal Legend, Demon's Souls, Tekken 6, WWE Smackdown land in bottom half of top 20; PC charts see Aion, Sims 3 switch places ahead of...Nancy Drew?!

Brutal Legend sells 216K, DJ Hero 123K (PlayStation 3 News)

Double Fine's heavy metal odyssey doesn't sell out--but does outsell former publisher's massively hyped turntable rhythm game.

DJ Hero sells 175,000 in Oct. - Analyst (PlayStation 3 News)

Pacific Crest Securities predicts slow US start for Activision rhythm game in a month with sales down 20 percent; Borderlands pegged at 375,000.

2010 Need for Speed confirmed, Medal of Honor reboot details soon (DS News)

Criterion-developed next installment in racing series set for next year; shooter reboot information coming "in the months ahead."

Analysts predict cold October for game industry (PlayStation 3 News)

Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and EEDAR's Jesse Divnich believe software fell 9 to 11 percent last month; Uncharted 2, Borderlands, Wii Fit Plus lead sales.

EA posts $391 million loss, Madden 10 sells 3.9 million (Macintosh News)

$788 million in earnings can't keep megapublisher out of the red; workforce slashed by 17%, development pipeline cut in half; Need for Speed Shift ships 2.5 million.

EA cutting 1,500 jobs, over 'a dozen' games canceled (Macintosh News)

[UPDATE 3] Publisher slashes staff by 17 percent to save $100 million annually, to focus on higher-margin titles; reductions at Skate, Madden, and Dante's Inferno devs; over one-third Mythic reportedly pink-slipped.

Venezuela to jail violent-game merchants (Xbox 360 News)

National Assembly of Hugo Chavez-led country signs off on bill that would see purveyors of "war" games and toys face up to five years in prison.

Shippin' Out Nov. 1-7: Dragon Age, Band Hero, Lego Rock Band, NFS: Nitro (DS News)

BioWare's long-awaited fantasy RPG takes wing, as Activision and MTV Games launch their next rhythm game volley; Rabbids Go Home, Academy of Champions, Jak and Daxter, Star Wars Battlefront, more.

Bad Company 2 devs tout dedicated PC servers (PC News)

Following Modern Warfare 2 furor, EA DICE calls out availability of player-run online multiplayer spaces for upcoming military shooter.

Need for Speed series sells 100M, Shift moves 309K (DS News)

Q&A: EA VP Keith Munro explains 15-year-old racing series' long and winding road to sales mega-milestone; latest installment posts decent Sept. showing in US; Need for Speed World Online due Q4 2010.

ChartSpot: September 2009 (PlayStation 3 News)

Aion, Champions Online debut atop NPD's monthly PC rankings, while Kingdom Hearts 358/2, Scribblenauts, and NHL 10 and in bottom half of top 20; [UPDATE] Need for Speed Shift moves under 293K on PS3/360.

Need for Speed: Nitro advances to Nov. 3 (DS News)

EA Montreal's Wii, DS installment in rebooted racing franchise goes gold as release date shifts forward two weeks; setlist includes Crystal Method, Lady Sov, k-os.

Crysis 2 engine released to other developers (Xbox 360 News)

Crytek begins offering CryEngine 3 as basis for multiplatform game production; customer service stressed as a selling point.

AU Shippin' Out October 12-16: Uncharted 2 (PlayStation 3 News)

Search for treasure and save the world with rock music in this week's Aussie releases.

Stupid Fun Club developing three 'play industry' projects - Wright (PC News)

Spore creator and notable game designer's new venture could have its first effort out before the end of 2010.

Valve's domination of digital distribution dangerous - Gearbox CEO (PlayStation 3 News)

Randy Pitchford says Steam creates "conflict of interest" and exploits smaller developers due to lack of competition.

Software sales rebound in September, PS3 may top hardware - Analysts (Xbox 360 News)

Wedbush Morgan's Pachter, EEDAR's Divnich project double-digit game growth last month, say Sony has most to gain from price cut.

Shippin' Out Oct. 4-10: Wii Fit Plus, Spore Hero, NBA (DS News)

Expanded Nintendo workout game joins EA's everything sim spin-off and a three-way basketball face-off between NBA 2K10, NBA Live 10, and NBA 10: The Inside.

Fox culturing Spore movie (PC News)

Ice Age studio, director turning EA and Maxis evolution-civilization-space exploration sim into computer-animated movie.

PSP Go launch adds 100+ games to PSN (PSP News)

New handheld's debut accompanied by first PSP Minis, debuts of PixelJunk Monsters, Thexder Neo, sales on Puzzle Quest, Prinny, and more; full list and price breakdown inside.

Link and Mario star in Nintendo's Q4 EU lineup (DS News)

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Wii Fit Plus all due out in time for Christmas.

EA, THQ takeover rumors spur stock (Xbox 360 News)

Rumors of bids by Microsoft, Warner send Madden and UFC Undisputed publishers' share prices skyward.

AU Shippin' Out September 21-25: Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360 News)

Shock Troopers hit the ground with the launch of the latest Halo franchise instalment.

Half-Life, Portal scribes detail the Valve process (PlayStation 3 News)

GDC Austin 2009: Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw go over developer's approach to storytelling and how they don't always know what they're doing.

Shippin' Out: Sept. 13-19: Marvel UA 2, Need for Speed: Shift (Xbox 360 News)

Busy week sees Activision's action RPG sequel and EA's arcade-style racer slide into stores with Scribblenauts, NHL games, Wet, PC ports of Batman, Red Faction, Resident Evil 5.

Double Fine, BioWare, Silicon Knights, Bungie on storytelling (PlayStation 3 News)

PAX 2009: Tim Schafer, Greg Zeschuk, Denis Dyack, Joseph Staten weigh in on the power of interactive narrative and the ways it can be delivered successfully.

PAX Game Design 101 panel stresses simplification (PC News)

Richard Garfield, Jeff Hickman, Tom Abernathy, and James Portnow lead Seattle-based show by parsing the fundamentals of sound ideation.

EA: 'No plans' for new NASCAR game (Xbox 360 News)

Peter Moore confirms racing series taking extended pit stop, members of development team shifted over to EA Sports MMA.

Venezuelan violent game ban advances (Xbox 360 News)

Bill outlawing sale of objectionable games and toys gets first approval from National Assembly.

EA confirms Maxis cuts (PC News)

Publisher reduces studio payroll "in response to business conditions," reaffirms commitment to Spore franchise.

Spot On: The blind gaming the blind (PSP News)

Largely invisible to the mainstream, sightless gamers help each other tackle titles like Rock Band and Left 4 Dead, while others focus on games made for--and by--the blind.

EA Sports Active expands, Brutal Legend demoed (Xbox 360 News)

GamesCom 2009: Electronic Arts kicks off conference with More Workouts sequel to Wii exercise game, downloadable sample of Double Fine's latest, Game Face feature for FIFA 10, and a tease for Crysis 2.

Dante's Inferno ignites Feb. 9, Bad Company 2 marches on March 2 (PC News)

GamesCom 2009: Electronic Arts firms up its first quarter release schedule with concrete dates for devilish action game, destruction-heavy military shooter.

Spore Hero spawning Oct. 6 (DS News)

Wii spin-off of Maxis evo-civio-space-exploration sim touching down alongside DS version, Spore Hero Arena, this fall.

Current gen 'to last until 2012' - Crytek (Xbox 360 News)

GDC Europe 2009: Cevat Yerli speaks about the next iteration of Cryengine and why games aren't going to get any better looking over the next three years.

Xbox Live updated, 360 Netflix exclusivity touted (Xbox 360 News)

Microsoft adds Games on Demand, Avatar Marketplace, viewing parties, other improvements to console's online service; Netflix search possible down the line.

Brutal Legend cranks out heavy metal setlist (PlayStation 3 News)

Judas Priest, Motorhead, Black Sabbath raise hell for soundtrack of Double Fine Productions action game; 75 bands signed on for 100 songs.

Brutal Legend suit settled out of court (PlayStation 3 News)

[UPDATE] Activision and Double Fine have reached a confidential compromise in legal dispute allowing heavy metal action game to meet October 13 release date.

Edge of Reality prepping Xbox 360, PS3 Sims (Wii News)

Incredible Hulk developer's job listing indicates EA's best-selling virtual life franchise is coming to Microsoft's, Sony's consoles.

Full XBL Games on Demand list, avatar wardrobe revealed (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Call of Duty 2, Elder Scrolls IV, and 22 other full 360 titles available at launch; Adidas, Quiksilver, Gears of War 2, Halo 3 duds added to virtual clothier.

Judge puts off Brutal Legend decision (PlayStation 3 News)

Activision's motion to prevent release of Double Fine Productions' game will go another week without an answer, but judge says he's inclined to side with San Francisco-based developer.

Warhammer Online swinging to Mac (Macintosh News)

Mythic Entertainment opening up PVP-focused fantasy MMOG to Apple-based gamers this fall, beta test now underway.

Army of Two sequel signs comic artists (PlayStation 3 News)

2000 AD's Mark "Jock" Simpson and Captain America's Chris Bachalo to create cutscene illustrations for EA Montreal's forthcoming co-op-heavy shooter.

Wii Fit, Sims 3 top console, PC games of '09...so far (PC News)

ChartSpot: NPD's rankings of US game sales from January to June show EA's sim sequel edging out WOW expansion on PC charts with over 820K sold; Nintendo takes half of non-PC top 10.

Double Fine countersues Activision - Report (PlayStation 3 News)

Brutal Legend developer says publisher scuttled Jack Black-starring game after a failed attempt to turn it into a Guitar Hero sequel, studio's future depends on successful launch.

Need for Speed: Nitro revving up November 17 (DS News)

EA Montreal behind first NFS title exclusively for DS, Wii; uses nunchuk, racing wheel, stylus with controls tailored to both rookies and experts.

ChartSpot: June 2009 (PC News)

Prototype tops NPD's monthly non-PC top 20 with nearly 600,000 units, while Ghostbusters just misses the top 10; Sims 3 new PC king, Spore Galactic Adventures opens strong.

C&C4 overrunning PCs in 2010 (Xbox 360 News)

Following two preemptive reveals, Electronic Arts has officially confirmed the final chapter in the Command & Conquer series.

BioWare veep details EA's MMO/RPG group (PC News)

Greg Zeschuk says Mythic will operate in a fashion similar to developer's Austin studio, studios were "already working side by side" before consolidation.

Command & Conquer 4 preemptively announced (Xbox 360 News)

EA UK's Twitter feed touts banner headline officially revealing long-rumored next installment in EALA RTS series.

Shippin' Out UK July 2 (Macintosh News)

The Wild West comes to life in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, while golf fans can come out swinging with Tiger Woods PGA tour 10.

David Perry demos Gaikai game streaming (Macintosh News)

New browser-based application to let Web surfers play games remotely; tech shown running everything from World of Warcraft to Adobe Photoshop.

Shippin' Out June 28-July 4: Call of Juarez prequel, Harry Potter (DS News)

Ubisoft's Western shooter and J.K. Rowling's boy-wizard lead this week's retail charge along with Mega Man Star Force 3, Worms 2: Armageddon, The Punisher: No Mercy, Ice Age film game.

AU Shippin' Out June 29-July 3: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (DS News)

Tiger Woods swings onto the scene this week for another year of golf gaming.

Mythic boss departs as EA restructures MMO/RPG group (PC News)

Warhammer Online studio head Mark Jacobs replaced, as publisher names BioWare's Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk to lead newly formed division.

Command & Conquer 4 revealed? (Xbox 360 News)

EA survey indicates "epic conclusion" to real-time strategy series will feature role-playing-style character classes, MMORPG-like persistent progression, co-op campaign, and all-new story with "grittier" cinematics.

Uncharted 2, Scribblenauts top Game Critics' E3 Awards (Xbox 360 News)

Naughty Dog's PS3-exclusive sequel wins Best of Show, 5TH Cell's DS puzzler honored for Best Original Game by industry media collaboration.

Halo 3: ODST, God of War III top E3 favorites - Survey (DS News)

Nielsen study released yesterday reveals the top 12 games presented at the expo that are most likely to be purchased by gamers.

US PC Charts May 31-June 6: The Sims 3 ascendant (PC News)

The latest entry in EA's multibillion-dollar franchise leads a Sims sweep of the top three slots; WOW, Spore, Total War, and Fallout 3 expansions also place.

AU Shippin' Out: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (DS News)

Break out your hat and whip for this week's treasure hunt.

Mirror's Edge 2 being honed by 'small team' - Report (Xbox 360 News)

EA EU VP Soderlund says new installment in DICE's slow-starting first-person action adventure will see release "for sure."

EA Games president talks pitfalls of new IP (Xbox 360 News)

Q&A: Frank Gibeau says pre-holiday release windows partially to blame for slow starts of Dead Space, Mirror's Edge; all Wii development now done in Montreal.

Need for Speed in Criterion's garage (DS News)

While talking Project Natal, EA COO reveals Burnout developer is now under the hood of the publisher's street-racing series; EA CEO says shop crafting "revolutionary" new entry in franchise--which may delay the next Burnout.

Battlefield 3 confirmed (PC News)

During financial presentation, EA COO John Pleasants reveals DICE is already hard at work on a new installment in the shooter franchise, due sometime during publisher's next fiscal year.

Console Crysis was 'inevitable' (Xbox 360 News)

Q&A: Crytek CEO says developer spent nearly three years of R&D to ensure that Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of first-person shooter series would live up to company's standards.

Activision sues over Brutal Legend - Report (PlayStation 3 News)

E3 2009: Publisher taking developer Double Fine to court over EA Partners game it passed on after Vivendi Games merger; Tim Schafer offers lyrical response.

MGS Rising PS3, PC-bound, new PSP MGS revealed? (Xbox 360 News)

E3 2009: Industry-standard press release service lists just-announced Xbox 360 game as also coming to Sony's console, Windows system; [UPDATE] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker due 2010, Rising confirmed as multiplatform.

APB, EA MMA top EA's E3 event, EA Sports Active sells 600,000 (PC News)

E3 2009: So-called "Grand Theft Auto MMOG" will be published by EA Partners; new extreme fighting franchise revealed; workout game fastest-selling EA Sports Wii game ever; Fight Night Round 4 coming June 25; Ozzy Osborne joins Brutal Legend; New Old Republic trailer inside.

Crysis 2 PS3, 360, PC-bound (Xbox 360 News)

E3 2009: Hours before its press event, Electronic Arts announces that German developer Crytek is finally bringing its cutting-edge graphics shooter series to consoles.

E3 2009: The storm gathers at the LACC (Xbox 360 News)

PHOTO ESSAY: As a small army of roadies assemble the massive booths for this year's event, GameSpot snapped some shots of the banner-festooned Los Angeles Convention Center.

PS3 expands Greatest Hits offerings (PlayStation 3 News)

Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet & Clank Future, Army of Two among half-dozen catalog titles given new $29.99 price point.

Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince arrive June 30 (Macintosh News)

After film delay, EA reschedules boy wizard's latest game on 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS, PC, Mac, mobile for next month.

US PC Charts Apr. 26-May 2: Lich King continues reign (PC News)

Blizzard's second World of Warcraft expansion again secures top billing during uneventful week for NPD's retail PC sales.

US PC Charts Apr. 19-25: Lich King tops Sims 2 Double Deluxe (PC News)

Blizzard's second expansion for juggernaut MMOG continues reign as NPD's weekly recap sees no big movers.

EA posts $1 billion annual loss (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Madden publisher's earnings report shows huge fiscal year 2009 losses despite increased sales; Lord of the Rings: Conquest sells 1 million, Warhammer Online subscribers now 300,000.

Activision, Valve tangle over 2002 lawsuit (PC News)

Half-Life developer sues Sierra parent company for skimping on arbitrator-assigned multimillion-dollar settlement over royalty rights.

US PC Charts Apr. 12-18: Lich King fends off Demigod (PC News)

Gas Powered Games' action-oriented RTS debuts at third in NPD's weekly US retail recap; Blizzard's MMOG continues reign.

EA Sports 09 line tops 500 million online games played (Xbox 360 News)

Publisher touts latest milestone as nearly tripling the online sessions played in the prior year's collection of athletic sims.

MySims Agents spy on Wii, DS (DS News)

New installments in EA Play's kid-friendly Sims franchise heading to Nintendo's platforms this fall.

Brutal Legend tunes up for October debut (PlayStation 3 News)

Headbanging action game starring Jack Black set for release October 16 in the UK, October 13 in North America.

Q&A: Will Wright on the rules of Stupid Fun Club (PC News)

The celebrated designer explains the origins of his new studio's name, why he left EA, and what he thinks about Spore.

Will Wright leaves EA, founds Stupid Fun Club (PC News)

[UPDATE] Sims and Spore designer leaves longtime home to establish "entertainment think tank" bankrolled by Electronic Arts.

US PC Charts March 22-29: The Lich King ascendant (PC News)

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.

Crytek trademarks Gface, Carvatar, Kingdoms (PC News)

One month after Warface filing, Crysis creator makes three more USPTO filings for game-related properties.

US PC Charts Mar. 15-21: Empire: Total War fortifies top slot (PC News)

Sega and Creative Assembly's historical RTS action title retains pole position in the NPD Group's weekly sales recap.

EA loosens PC-game DRM (PC News)

Customers can now "deauthorize" computers to get around SecuROM's five-machine limit on Spore, Mirror's Edge, and 17 other recent games.

Colonial Marines storm Sega HQ (PlayStation 2 News)

APRIL FOOL'S DAY: Aliens game license retaken by force during predawn dropship assault from USS Sulaco, six hedgehogs perish in firefight; Weyland-Yutani Corp. resumes ownership of IP.

Study: Video games may improve vision (GameCube News)

First-person shooters singled out for potential therapeutic benefits.

GDC 2009: Fable's Peter Molyneux plays with portals (PC News)

Lionhead founder explains his studio's innovation process and demos a number of successful and unsuccessful experiments.

GDC 2009: Wright, Molyneux sound off on societal impact of games (PC News)

Spore and Fable II creators join Bing Gordon, Lorne Lanning, Ed Fries, and Rusel DeMaria for a discussion on the education possibilities, potential pitfalls, and global connections of games.

GDC 2009: Flagship sifts through Hellgate ruins (PC News)

Director of biz dev and general counsel Stephen Goldstein offers 10 lessons independent developers can take away from heavily hyped studio's demise.

GDC 2009: Warhammer's Barnett pounds out game theory (PC News)

Mythic Entertainment creative director says design should come from one's experiences, not snake-oil books on how to make fun.

GDC 2009: Fallout 3, LBP win big at GDCAs, Modern Warfare 2 teased (PC News)

[UPDATE] Media Molecule walks away with the most Game Developers Choice Awards, but Bethesda's postapocalyptic RPG takes the top prize; Infinity Ward's next game due Nov. 10; full video coverage inside.

GDC 2009: Taking Spore seriously (PC News)

Serious Games Summit speaker Margaret Robertson says EA and Maxis' evolution simulator may not be big with scientists, but it isn't without followers in the serious game space.

Need for Speed Shifts into gear Sept. 22 (Xbox 360 News)

First installment in EA's trifurcated racing franchise hits the road on Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, and PC later this year.

US PC Charts Mar. 1-7: Empire wages Total War on retail (PC News)

Both standard and collector's edition of Creative Assembly's strategy title debut strong; Warhammer Online resurgent.

February US PC charts feel Wrath of the Lich King (PC News)

NPD reports World of Warcraft expansion's reign at retail has extended for another moon; Sims 2 Double Deluxe takes silver, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II bangs out bronze.

Report: Warner Bros. lording over Rings IP (PC News)

Variety reports film studio's game arm now has control of Peter Jackson fantasy film license long held by Electronic Arts; parties involved decline comment.

Army of Two prepares for The 40th Day (PlayStation 3 News)

EA's mystery project from Montreal will indeed be sequel to mercenary co-op shooter, due for Xbox 360, PS3, PSP this winter.

US PC Charts Feb. 22-28: Dawn of War II still on top (PC News)

Relic's sci-fi RTS retains top billing in The NPD Group's otherwise uneventful weekly retail sales recap.

AU Shippin' Out 9-13: Resident Evil 5 (DS News)

Capcom's controversial and highly anticipated horror survival game set to spook gamers later this week.

Shippin' Out March 8-14: Resident Evil 5, Madworld (DS News)

Japanese game makers rule the week as violence-heavy actioners from Capcom and Platinum Games join family-friendly fare New Play Control Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis.

Crytek shows its Warface (PC News)

Nearly two years after revealing mystery IP, German developer registers title with US Patent and Trademark Office for use with game software.

BioWare Mass-ing Montreal devs (PlayStation 3 News)

Alberta-based developer establishing new 30-man team in Quebec to boost Mass Effect 2 efforts; will be housed in EA Montreal offices.

US PC Charts Feb. 15-21: Dawn of War II drops the Warhammer (PC News)

THQ's RTS ousts Blizzard's Wrath of the Lich King as the period's top PC performer; F.E.A.R. 2 falls to seven.

EA, NASCAR swap paint over license (Xbox 360 News)

Publisher puts brakes on new games as license expiration looms; racing league reportedly considering going for nonexclusive deals.

Punch-Out enters ring May 18 (DS News)

Nintendo updates Wii and DS release lists, tagging dates to boxing revamp and New Play Control line; Excitebots, Legendary Starfy announced.

US PC Charts Feb. 8-14: Lich King conquers again (PC News)

Second World of Warcraft expansion retains sales throne as Monolith's F.E.A.R. 2 debuts with a runner-up showing.

Little Big Planet wins big at D.I.C.E. (Xbox 360 News)

Media Molecule's adorable platformer cleans up with eight Interactive Achievement Awards, including Overall Game of the Year; Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and Dead Space rack up two each.

EA's Riccitiello offers recession survival tips (DS News)

D.I.C.E. 2009: CEO offers conference three rules to making it through current economic downturn, which he calls "a blessing" that will thin the game-industry herd.

Valve founder Steams up D.I.C.E. (PlayStation 3 News)

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

NPD: Wii Fit sells record 777,000 in January (Xbox 360 News)

US gaming industry sales climb 13 percent to $1.33 billion, led by Nintendo's fitness trainer; Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty, World Tour, Skate 2 among other top sellers.

Call of Duty 4 tops BAFTA nominees (PC News)

Modern Warfare nets seven nods in extended Brit game awards; GTAIV, Fable II, Little Big Planet.

Analysts: Software stays strong in January (Xbox 360 News)

Pachter, Divnich, and Wilson project US game revenue will climb 6-12% despite rough economy; Wii Fit said to be on track for month's best-ever performance.

Little Big Planet, Braid lead GDC Award noms (PC News)

PS3 platformer leads Game Developers Choice Awards finalists with seven nods; puzzler takes five; Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, MGS4 also nominated.

EA details Bad Company 2, reveals Battlefield 1943 (PC News)

Publisher officially confirms seriocomic shooter sequel due in winter; multiplayer-only WWII FPS assaults Xbox Live, PSN, PCs this summer.

Axe drops at Warhammer dev as subs sink to 300K (PC News)

With MMORPG's subscriber base shrinking rapidly, Mark Jacobs confirms his studio is "resizing"; rumors put cuts at up to 130.

Crytek metabolizes Free Radical (Xbox News)

PC first-person-shooter developer acquires the remnants of studio behind TimeSplitters and Haze, redubs it Crytek UK.

Dead Space haunting the Wii (DS News)

EA's postearnings conference call reveals Nintendo edition of survival horror shooter; new Battlefield: Bad Company, multiplatform Mass Effect 2, Dante's Inferno in early 2010.

EA suffers $641 million Q4 loss, increases layoffs to 11% (PC News)

Publisher posts disappointing holiday quarter, increases job cuts; game delays pull down full-year guidance to $4.2-$4.25 billion; Warhmmer OL subscribers drop to 300,000.

Harmonix founders earn GDC honors (PlayStation 3 News)

Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy to receive Pioneer Award at Game Dev Choice Awards; Brutal Legend creator Tim Schafer to host ceremony.

Newell tosses DICE keynote (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve cofounder tapped to deliver opening remarks on "entertainment as a service" for AIAS' annual developer conference.

EA readying Need for Speed threesome (DS News)

Q&A: Publisher trifurcating its street-racing franchise into trio of new properties: the MMOG NFS World Online, the Nintendo-only NFS: Nitro, and NFS: Shift for the PS3, 360, PSP, and PC.

Warhammer Online career roster expands (PC News)

Greenskin Choppa, Dwarf Slayer being introduced to Mythic's MMOG as part of live expansion event in March; new dungeon, official forums, free trial planned.

US retail PC game sales down $210 million in '08 (PC News)

NPD reports store-bought computer-game sales decreased 23 percent to $701 million; ESA plays up overall game-industry total of $22 billion.

Little Big Planet tops AIAS noms (Xbox 360 News)

Sony Europe's sandbox platformer receives 10 nods for 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, to be handed out Feb. 19 at the DICE Summit in Vegas.

EA Black Box staff sent packing (Xbox 360 News)

At least 80 employees of Skate 2 and Need for Speed developer given walking papers; online reports put number at nearly 200.

More Spore-s sprout on Wii, DS, PC (PC News)

Spore Hero confirmed for Nintendo console; Spore Hero Arena portable-bound; Spore Creature Keeper corrals kids' desktops.

AU Shippin' Out January 19-23: Skate 2 (Xbox 360 News)

Avoid security and stick it to the man in EA's latest skateboarding game.

360 GTAIV most-rented game of '08 (Xbox 360 News)

Rockstar's crime-spree sim tops Rentrak's annual rental top 10, which sports seven 360 games and three Wii games; PS3 MIA.

MySims Party, Race to Wii, DS (DS News)

EA's spin-off series to widely popular life simulator gets minigame compilation, racer for Nintendo's platforms in 2009.

Halo 3 tops XBL activity in 2008 (Xbox 360 News)

Microsoft dubs Bungie's sci-fi FPS as most-played online Xbox 360 game; Castle Crashers crowned Arcade champ.

Spore, Warhammer, other EA games Steam-ed (PC News)

Valve's downloadable game service welcomes a full slate of publisher's PC titles; Mass Effect, Need for Speed among new additions.

EA layoffs hit 1,000, Black Box 'consolidated' (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE 2] Publisher widens staff reductions to 10 percent, will reap $120 million annual savings; Need for Speed Undercover studio moving in with EA Canada, label will remain intact.

GTAIV, Media Molecule top Spike's VGAs (PlayStation 3 News)

Rockstar's acclaimed action adventure scores network's Game of the Year; Little Big Planet developer named Studio of the Year.

NPD: Lich King dominates November PC charts (PC News)

Second expansion to Blizzard's 11-million-strong MMOG tops US desktop sales, followed by Call of Duty, Spore, Fallout 3.

EA books Brutal Legend for fall '09 gig (PlayStation 3 News)

EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Megapublisher rockin' out with Double Fine's PS3/360 heavy-metal fantasy; Tim Schafer and David DeMartini bang their heads about the deal's details.

EA stock takes a beating (Xbox 360 News)

Publisher's disappointing guidance revision sparks sell-off of stock and analyst downgrade; shares lose 12 percent of value in a single day.

EA lowers outlook, confirms cutbacks (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Publisher slashes outlook following lower-than-expected holiday retails sales; indicates more layoffs, studio consolidation, SKU reductions.

Analysts leery of EA, Guitar Hero (Xbox 360 News)

Colin Sebastian believes poor showing of Mirror's Edge could lead to more layoffs and cancellations; EEDAR's Jesse Divnich thinks Activision's rhythm game has "peaked."

Spore tops 2008 piracy chart (PC News)

Torrent Freak reports 1.7 million copies of Will Wright's "everything" sim were illegally swapped; Sims 2 scores silver, Assassin's Creed gets bronze.

Mirror's Edge PC dated, Time Trial DLC en route (Xbox 360 News)

Desktop edition of EA and DICE's first-person platformer drops January 16; $10 Xbox 360, PS3 add-on pack brings nine races, multiple maps later that month.

Skate 2 rolls out Jan. 21 (Xbox 360 News)

Sequel to EA Black Box's acclaimed open-world street-skateboarding hit will arrive on US PS3s, 360s early next year; rest of planet gets it January 23.

Shippin' Out Nov. 9-15: Wrath of the Lich King (Xbox 360 News)

Retail shelves brace for impact, as headliners join Call of Duty: World at War, Mirror's Edge, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw, PES, Star Wars The Clone Wars, and more.

AU Shippin' Out November 10-14: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Xbox 360 News)

It's another big week of releases down under.

Mirror's Edge delivered to factory (Xbox 360 News)

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night could keep EA DICE from finishing its original first-person action-adventure game on PS3 and Xbox 360.

EA stock feels burn, Universal stokes Inferno (PlayStation 3 News)

Wall Street Journal muses a Disney takeover of share-price-challenged publisher as Variety reports movie studio has landed rights for unannounced game set in depths of hell.

Cryptic lassoes Roper, Hellgate relaunching? (PC News)

Former Flagship CEO resurfaces as design director of the forthcoming PC/360 superhero MMORPG Champions Online; Korean publisher HanbitSoft reportedly working on new expansion.

AU Shippin' Out November 3-7: Gears of War 2 (PC News)

Plenty of games to spend your hard-earned cash on this week.

Mercenaries 3 unmasked (Xbox 360 News)

EA CEO proclaims long-term support for Pandemic's franchise, says original IPs won't be sequelized on annual basis.

EA laying off 6% of workforce (Macintosh News)

[UPDATE 2] Despite 40% jump in quarterly revenue, losses lead megapublisher to pink-slip more than 500 employees; Madden sells 4.5 million, Spore 2 million; Warhammer subscribers hit 800,000.

EA teases Dead Space sequel (PlayStation 3 News)

Redwood Shores GM confirms new installment in deep-space survival shooter under construction; Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company follow-ups also hinted.

Shippin' Out Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Fallout 3, Little Big Planet, Guitar Hero (PC News)

Bethesda's futuristic RPG, PS3's belated platformer, and Activision's World Tour joined in stores by Red Alert 3, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, and more.

LGF 08: EA UK chief: Embrace online or die (PC News)

Electronic Arts' UK chief urges the industry not to underestimate the importance of online; backs PEGI classification.

Hellgate: London closing January 31 (PC News)

Namco Bandai confirms it will shutter Flagship Studios' maligned MMOG; game will remain free to play up until servers brought offline.

Army of Two marches on Hollywood (PlayStation 3 News)

Big-screen rights for Electronic Arts' buddy-based shooter sold to Universal Pictures, Bourne Ultimatum cowriter tapped for screenplay.

IGDA rolled into DICE awards (PlayStation 3 News)

Former GDC Awards-bestowing development organization will now vote on AIAS' annual Interactive Achievement Awards, held at February 2009 event.

Star Wars: The Old Republic revealed (PC News)

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: After years of secrecy, LucasArts opens the book on its ambitious second PC MMORPG; BioWare's Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk explain why it's a bigger project than all their previous projects put together.

NPD: US game sales slip 7 percent in Sept. (Xbox 360 News)

Final summer month's $1.27 billion haul falls just short to Halo 3-boosted '07 sales; 360 sales up 78 percent postprice cut; Force Unleashed, Wii Fit, and Rock Band 2 top games.

EA CEO talks game-killing, Legend brutalizing (PlayStation 3 News)

Riccitiello promises his company will "kill a game or two a year" due to quality concerns; calls Double Fine's action game "a very significant creative risk."

Valve teases Half-Life 2: Episode Three (PlayStation 3 News)

Marketing director Doug Lombardi says announcement may arrive later this year, though game is still more than a year off.

Obama campaigns in Burnout, 17 other games (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE 3] Burnout players in 10 states will be racing past in-game ads for the presidential candidate from Illinois all month long; AP reports spots also appearing in Madden, NASCAR, NBA, NHL, and Skate; Obama staff tells NPR it has buys in 18 games.

Mirror's Edge trilogy planned (Xbox 360 News)

Senior producer says EA DICE game is first installment in "three-story arc"; level editor planned for sequel.

Spore getting spare Parts, Space expansion (Macintosh News)

EA confirms Creepy & Cute Parts Pack for November 18, with Space stage slated for spring 2009.

TGS 2008: Running the cosplay gauntlet (Xbox 360 News)

We check out the dozens of cosplayers holding court in between halls three and four of the Tokyo Game Show.

Warhammer Online army 750,000 strong (PC News)

Mythic touts latest registration figures from recently released massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Game stocks bloodied in market meltdown (PC News)

Activision falls 28%, THQ sheds 39%, EA slides 37%, and Take-Two loses 40% during four-week roller-coaster ride on Wall Street, capped by today's sixth-straight triple-digit Dow Jones drop.

Sims get new head of household (Wii News)

EA executive producer rises to top rank at life-simulation arm of publishing giant; former EVP Nancy Smith transitions to "special projects" manager.

Retail Radar: Spore spawns add-on (PC News)

Cute & Creepy Parts Pack briefly appears in GameStop's online database, priced at $19.99 and due by November 18.

Game stocks regain ground in market rally (Xbox 360 News)

EA, Activision, THQ, Ubisoft, Sony, and Microsoft partially recover from yesterday's fiscal boot party on Wall Street.

Warhammer OL hits 500K subscribers (PC News)

Mythic's long-awaited massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game gets a half-million sign-ups in just one week; EA claims game is "fastest-selling new MMO of all time."

Spore spawns 1 million sales (Macintosh News)

Despite piracy, EA and Maxis' evolution sim goes platinum in one week; Sporepedia surpasses 25 million creations.

EA sued over Spore DRM (Macintosh News)

Class action filed in US District Court contends that publisher hides fact game installs irremovable SecuROM, violating two California laws.

GCA 2008: Crytek's Yerli on gaming graphics' future (PC News)

Cofounder and president of Crysis studio discusses why style trumps looks, what tomorrow's games will look like, and why the next visual leap won't happen until 2012.

Shippin' Out Sept. 21-27: Brothers in Arms, Samba de Amigo (DS News)

It's a busy week, as Gearbox's shooter joins Gearbox's maraca-shaker; also, Lego Batman, Wario Land, de Blob, Civ IV: Colonization, Buzz! Quiz TV, and on and on.

AU Shippin' Out September 22-26: Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (DS News)

Relive history's largest airborne assault thanks to Ubisoft.

EA walks Mirror's Edge November 11 (Xbox 360 News)

Console versions of DICE-developed first-person action adventure game get retail roll-out date; PC edition to ship "later in the winter."

Q&A: Mark Jacobs past, present, and future (PC News)

In the second part of GameSpot's interview with Mythic's CEO, the veteran designer discusses what's next in the MMOG genre, the newly launched Warhammer Online, and how he has managed to keep his studio afloat for 13 years.

Q&A: Mark Jacobs brandishes Warhammer (PC News)

In the first of two interviews, Mythic's boss talks about going toe-to-toe with WOW and Age of Conan, as well as how to keep a game from being a joke in the face of delays.

Shippin' Out Sept. 14-19: Warhammer Online (PC News)

EA's fantasy MMOG part of busy week at retail that includes Rock Band 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Pure, Crysis Warhead, and more.

AU Shippin' Out September 15-19: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PC News)

Throw tie-fighters, battle orcs, and take chimps into space, all in this week's game releases down under.

EA's Harry Potter delay zaps $120M (Macintosh News)

Following Half-Blood Prince's bump to summer 2009, publisher says it will have multimillion-dollar hole in its current fiscal year earnings expectations.

Mercs 2 conquers UK chart (Macintosh News)

EA's open-world shooter blasts into the charts at first place; Too Human slips out of top 10 after one week.

EA's Harry Potter late for class (Macintosh News)

Publisher's game tie-in to Warner Bros.' abruptly delayed Half-Blood Prince will be released alongside movie in summer 2009.

AU Shippin' Out September 8-12: Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (Xbox 360 News)

Rare's family-friendly Viva Pinata series returns this week down under.

Analyst: Spore to sell 2M, Warhammer OL 650K (PC News)

Lazard's Colin Sebastian predicts big September openings for EA's evo-civo-aerospace sim and fantasy MMORPG.

Shippin' Out September 1-7: Spore, Mercs 2, Viva Pinata 2 (Macintosh News)

Headliners join arcade FaceBreaker, NFL Head Coach, and downloadable titles Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Shred Nebula, and My Aquarium.

AU Shippin' Out September 1-5: Spore (DS News)

Create and evolve with Spore this week.

Q&A: EA Games prez on wielding Warhammer, policing 'Sporn' (PlayStation 3 News)

In the second half of GameSpot's interview, Frank Gibeau talks about his WOW habit, refusing to green-light single-player games, the Wii, the next Medal of Honor, and the possibility of a Black comeback.

Warhammer Online strikes gold (PC News)

EA and Mythic Entertainment's long-awaited Games Workshop-based MMOG has entered mass production in advance of September 18 launch on PCs.

GameStop profits nearly triple (PlayStation 3 News)

World's largest specialty retailer reports record Q2 earnings on $1.8 billion in sales for the three-month period.

Q&A: Pandemic on Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360 News)

We catch up with Pandemic director Cameron Brown to chat about blowing things up on next-gen hardware, how big the Mercs 2 world is, and upsetting an entire national government.

Spore begins mitosis (Macintosh News)

Will Wright's galactic-scale life sim has gone gold, will undergo rapid asexual reproduction in preparation for September launch.

Wright: Spore spreading to movies, TV (Macintosh News)

EA Maxis founder says upcoming evolution simulation may surface in other mediums to attract wider audiences.

Flagship castaways form Runic (PC News)

Hellgate's Seattle studio alums and ex-Mythos devs Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer found new shop focused on action MMOGs.

Warhammer begins Reckoning Sept. 18; Sept 23 for AU (PC News)

Mythic confirms worldwide release dates for Warhammer Online; monthly subscription price set at 12.99 euros.

Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Spore score E3 Game Critics Awards (PC News)

Bethesda's postapocalyptic RPG named Best of Show; Sony's PS3 platformer crowned top console game, EA Maxis' evolution-civilization-space sim wins big PC prize.

LittleBigPlanet tops Game Critics Awards' E3 noms (Wii News)

Adorable PS3 platformer gets five nods from game-journo panel; Gears 2 and Left 4 Dead get four nominations; Spore, Fallout 3, Resistance 2 and Mirror's Edge receive three.

EA Q1 revs jump, losses tighten (Macintosh News)

[UPDATE] Deferred online revenue pushes publisher to nearly double its year-over-year quarterly earnings; Bad Company sells 1.6M; Tiberium delayed, PC sports gaming revived.

Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, more dropped by Activision (PlayStation 3 News)

Publisher passes on a slew of Vivendi Games' in-development titles; 50 Cent, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, Wet also affected.

Mirror's Edge reflected in comic form (Xbox 360 News)

DC Comics commits to six-issue adaptation of EA's first-person action-adventure game.

Namco Bandai keeping Hellgate open? (PC News)

Hellgate: London developer Flagship Studios receiving support from Japanese publisher amid job losses and subscriber uncertainty.

NPD: PS3 sales spike on MGS4 (Xbox 360 News)

Sony's console sees significant sales uptick, as US gaming industry grows 53 percent to nearly $1.7 billion in June.

E3 2008: Flagship still afloat (PC News)

Studio presses on despite layoff of "most employees," shuts down subscriptions, billing for Hellgate: London.

E3 2008: Nintendo scores Wii Music, GTA for DS, Wii Sports Resort (DS News)

Mario and Link were nowhere to be seen at press conference, but Miyamoto's outfit made waves with Animal Crossing: City Folk, the WiiSpeak peripheral, and more.

E3 2008: id Software deal enRages EA event (Xbox 360 News)

Surprise agreement to publish Doom studio's post-apocalyptic road-action game highlight of EA's developer-centric event; Mirror's Edge, Left 4 Dead, and Dragon Age: Origins also on hand.

EA piles on E3 lineup (Macintosh News)

Publisher slots in more than 30 titles from its holiday 2008 slate for next week's expo; highlights include Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Spore, Warhammer Online, Rock Band 2, Left 4 Dead.

MySims PC-bound in October (PC News)

EA's open-ended, kid-friendly creation sim heads to home computers with a new online mode this fall.

Forbes: Europe prefers sports, casual gaming (PC News)

News standard says region's interest in action and FPS dwarfed by that of US; Crytek CEO says EU sees shooters as "evil."

Shippin' Out June 23-27: Bad Company, Guitar Hero DS (Xbox 360 News)

Alone in the Dark, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, and a handful of high-profile ports join a deluge of new releases.

AU Shippin' Out June 23-June 27: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Xbox 360 News)

Brawl is finally here in Australia (almost).

360,000 Spore creatures created (Macintosh News)

Response to the upcoming sim's monster maker has been "overwhelming," says EA, with two varmints uploaded every second.

Saboteur, Dragon Age slated for Q1 '09 (PC News)

EA CEO tells analysts that Pandemic's WWII stealth actioner and BioWare's fantasy RPG won't make the 2008 calendar year.

Q&A: EA on launching Spore Creature Creator (Macintosh News)

Maxis executive producer Lucy Bradshaw discusses working with Will Wright and today's release of the evolution-civilization-space-exploration sim's monster maker.

Shippin' Out June 9-13: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Xbox 360 News)

Guns of the Patriots locked and loaded for PlayStation 3 launch; Prizefighter 360 and Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit also on tap.

Kane's Wrath felt on 360 June 23 (Xbox 360 News)

EALA's expansion to last year's Tiberium Wars enters mass production for distribution on June 23 for $39.99.

Aussie emulation mash-up: June 2-6 (PlayStation 3 News)

Actionloop Twist debuts on WiiWare.

Crytek launches info on Warhead (PC News)

Parallel story to Crysis coming this autumn, letting gamers step into the boots of Sergeant 'Psycho' Sykes.

Crytek officially arms Crysis Warhead (PC News)

Far Cry developer confirms title of new project set in acclaimed FPS universe...and little else.

EA acquires ThreeSF (PlayStation 3 News)

Megapublisher snaps up Shawn Fanning's online community for gamers.

Q&A: EA DICE on Battlefield: Bad Company (PlayStation 3 News)

EA DICE on Bad Company's DLC backlash, in-game advertising, and why the game isn't coming to the PC.

EA erecting SimCity Creator on Wii, DS (Wii News)

New installment in venerable franchise will offer 13 different kinds of metropolises to build--including American, European, and Asian--this September.

GameStop's Q1 again bests records (PlayStation 3 News)

Specialty retailer rides off-peak releases to 151 percent profit growth to $62.1 million on revenues up 41.8 percent to $1.8 billion.

Analyst: PS3, 360 due for price cuts (PlayStation 3 News)

Declining sales despite GTAIV launch used as evidence that the market is saturated at current price points.

Q&A: Warhammer Online dev on Aussie servers (PC News)

Warhammer Online dev on why they're setting up an Aussie server, expanding the closed beta, the significance of drop bears, and much more.

Aussies to get Warhammer Online server (PC News)

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning dated for spring 2008 release in Australia; dedicated server promised.

Q&A: Stargate Worlds MMORPG team (PC News)

Members of the team working on the upcoming online version of Stargate talk to GameSpot about when the game will be coming, what their favourite features are so far, and reveal that they will be announcing more games this summer.

EA-Land closing in August (PC News)

Following relaunch in February, megapublisher is closing the Sims Online successor permanently this summer.

Crytek abandons PC exclusivity (PC News)

Director of the German studio blames piracy for the change of heart, but confirms that Crysis will never come to consoles.

Spore Creature Creator germinates June 17 (Macintosh News)

Gamers to showcase intelligent (or otherwise) design with demo and retail versions; Frankenstein fauna will be importable into full version of Spore.

Harry Potter gets Half-Blooded movie tie-in (Macintosh News)

Big-screen premiere of boy wizard's next adventure to be accompanied by video game versions from Electronic Arts.

Analyst: March a perfect sales storm (PlayStation 3 News)

EEDAR's Jesse Divnich says strong NPD numbers show the industry is maturing, less reliant on holiday sales quarter.

NPD: March game sales skyrocket 57 percent (PlayStation 3 News)

US retailers sold nearly $1 billion of gaming software alone last month; total with hardware and accessories a record $1.7 billion; 360 and PS3 neck-and-neck.

The Sims passes 100-million mark (Macintosh News)

Electronic Arts celebrates that the franchise has sold in mind-boggling numbers since its launch in 2000.

Battlefield: Bad Company deploying June 23 (PlayStation 3 News)

EA and DICE's highly destructible modern-warfare shooter arriving this summer for the X360 and PS3.

Pachter projects March sales surge (PlayStation 3 News)

Wedbush Morgan's headline-grabbing analyst believes Nintendo has lifted US Wii constraints, PS3 has bested X360 sales, Smash Bros. Brawl and Vegas 2 led industry to 47 percent software sales spike.

Hitman devs go solo with Reto-Moto (GameCube News)

Denmark-based studio that begat IO Interactive reforms to focus on "innovative online entertainment software."

EA boxes up SimCity quintet (PC News)

New SimCity Box collection will feature five recent installments in the groundbreaking series for $39.99 this June, including SimCity 4 and SimCity Societies.

EA scraps Bad Company weapon DLC (PlayStation 3 News)

Publisher settles collectors' edition controversy by making all weapons available free of charge; Gold Edition purchasers gain instant access to extra firearms.

EA renews Unreal deal (PlayStation 3 News)

Megapublisher extends its engine licensing agreement with Epic Games for a spate of titles currently in development.

Analyst: Game industry March-ing through recession (PlayStation 3 News)

Lazard Capital's Colin Sebastian predicts US game software sales rose 35 percent last month with strong debuts from Smash Bros, Rainbow Six, and Army of Two.

Mercenaries 2 deploying August 31 (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Pandemic's long-in-development open-world military actioner finally gets a ship date for the PC, PS3, PS2, and 360; Europe gets game September 5.

Warhammer offline until fall (PC News)

EA confirms that long-awaited MMOG based on Games Workshop's brutal fantasy universe will retreat to later this year; collectors edition detailed.

Shippin' Out March 24-28: Crisis Core, Kane's Wrath (PC News)

Final Fantasy VII and Command & Conquer 3 revisited while Dark Sector and Viking lay foundations for potential franchises.

Aussie game charts: March 10-March 16 (Xbox 360 News)

Army of Two fights its way to the top.

EA makes Massive in-game ad deal (PC News)

Publisher signs multiyear pact with Microsoft-owned dynamic ad network for spots in Burnout and Need for Speed, annualized sports.

PC Orange Box busted open at retail (PC News)

Unbundled versions of Valve's award-winning Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Episode Pack for PC available April 9 in NA, April 11 globally for $19.99, $29.99, respectively.

AU Shippin' Out March 10-14: Army of Two (PlayStation 3 News)

EA's cooperative shooter assaults retailers down under this week.

Red Alerted Kane's Wrath golden (Xbox 360 News)

Expansion to EALA's Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars lurching toward PCs March 26, Xbox 360 "this summer"; beta to Soviet-era spin-off RTS included.

Nintendo Kyoto, Infinity Ward named best devs (PlayStation 3 News)

Game Developer magazine names Brain Age-maker, Call of Duty-crafter top worldwide studios, Blizzard, EA Canada, and Valve round out top five.

GameSpot UK Readers' Choice Awards revealed (PlayStation 3 News)

The votes are in, the results have been tallied, and UK gamers have voiced their opinion in the GameSpot UK Best Games of 2007 Readers' Choice awards.

Spore, Sega Monkey-ing around on iPhone (Macintosh News)

Will Wright's evo-civil-space sim joining Super Monkey Ball and other games using the now-open SDK for Apple's all-in-one communication device.

Q&A: EA Montreal on Army of Two (PlayStation 3 News)

We sit down with assistant producer Matt Turner to talk about Army of Two's lengthy delay, creating a unique preorder campaign, and how it tackles the war on terror.

Shippin' Out March 3-7: Army of Two, God of War PSP, Bully: SE (PlayStation 3 News)

Headliners take the field alongside Sony and Take-Two's baseball offerings, PC Warhammer 40K: Soulstorm, and downloadables Rocketmen for PSN, XBLA, Super Turrican for Wii VC.

GDC '08: Game devs flock in record numbers (PlayStation 3 News)

This year's Game Developers Conference breaks attendance records with more than 18,000 people walking through its doors.

The Sims Online reborn as EA-Land (PC News)

Electronic Arts relaunches the online version of the Sims; gamers can reactivate old accounts or sign up for free.

Analysts: EA 'overpaying' for Take-Two (PC News)

Industry watchers boggle over Madden NFL publisher's $2 billion bid for GTA maker, agree stockholders will acquiesce to the deal sooner rather than later; TTWO stock skyrockets 54 percent.

AU Shippin' Out February 25-February 29: Lost: Via Domus (PSP News)

Another week, another licensed game.

GDC '08: Opening the Portal (PlayStation 3 News)

Developers of Valve's breakout Orange Box hit discuss how to turn an intended tech demo into the talk of the gaming world.

GDC '08: Crytek revisits Crysis (PC News)

CEO Cevat Yerli joins lead designer Sten Hubler and producer Bernd Diemer to dissect highly decorated FPS; emphasizes need to stay true to the original vision but retain flexibility.

GDC '08: EA ringmaster of game-creation Carnival (PC News)

Rod Humble hopes new set of tools aimed at nondevelopers at Simscarnival.com will encourage the hoi polloi to make their own games.

Portal BioShocks GDC Awards (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve's mind-bending puzzler takes home Game of the Year, ties 2K's undersea adventure with three awards; Phantom Hourglass, Crackdown also honored.

GDC '08: EA takes games seriously (PC News)

Publisher offers a look at how it adapted The Sims, SimCity, and Madden NFL franchises for educational purposes and why it won't be making a habit of the practice.

GDC '08: Nearly 100M Sims sold (PC News)

Exec in charge of Electronic Arts' hit virtual life franchise says the brand should hit a huge milestone next month.

Shippin' Out February 18-22: The Club, FIFA Street 3 (PSP News)

Small, balanced week of releases sees headliners joined by DS Apollo Justice, Wii Dragon Quest Swords, Dynasty Warriors 6 for 360 and PS3; N+ stalks XBLA, Ninja Gaiden III strikes VC.

EA co-ops Red Alert 3 on PC, 360, PS3 (Xbox 360 News)

Stalinist Command & Conquer spin-off confirmed for latest consoles, will sport full cooperative campaign with "lighthearted" storyline; beta to be bundled with Kane's Wrath.

EA predicts $6 billion in sales by 2011 (PC News)

Publisher expects 71 percent revenue growth over next three years riding new installments in Sims franchise, expansion of Burnout, Skate, Need for Speed, Madden.

New Burnout, Skate on the way (Xbox 360 News)

EA Games president reveals "extension" of driving and skateboarding series in next fiscal year, commits long-term to Mass Effect and says next Need for Speed will return to series' roots.

Spore planted on September 7, coming to PS3/360? (Macintosh News)

PC, DS, and Mac editions evolution-civilization-space-exploration sim finally dated; EA Games prez says game in development for "next-generation consoles" including the Wii; new trailer inside.

D.I.C.E. '08: Riccitiello lords over "city-state" studio model (PC News)

With the ink on the BioWare/Pandemic deal now dry, EA's CEO lays out his vision to make EA's internal developers semi-autonomous.

COD4, Orange Box, BioShock, Rock Band D.I.C.E. up Interactive Achievement Awards (Macintosh News)

Activision's military shooter takes top prize, but 2K Games' undersea actioner, Valve's compilation, and MTV/Harmonix's rhythm game also get their props.

AU Shippin' Out February 4-February 8: Burnout Paradise, DMC4 (PC News)

Devil hunting, street racing, and dinosaurs. What could be better?

EA slicing up PC Orange Box, Spore-ing by Holidays (PC News)

Publisher to unbundle Valve's FPS megacompilation into individual retail SKUs; reaffirms 2008 release for universe-building sim.

BioShock takes Game Critics Awards top honors (PlayStation 3 News)

2K Boston shooter named the consensus choice for 2007 game of the year by dozens of gaming journalists.

EA reports record revs, delays Mercenaries 2 (PC News)

[UPDATE] EA reports $1.5B in quarter sales despite $33 million profit slide; Pandemic's shooter pushed back alongside Battlefield: Bad Company.

CryEngine coming to PS3, 360 (PC News)

Console versions of the technology behind visual stunner Crysis will debut at this year's Game Developers Conference.

Shippin' Out Jan. 28-Feb. 1: Rez HD, Pursuit Force (PC News)

Barren week sees headliners joined by Bomberman Land on the Wii, PSP, DS; 1080 Snowboarding sole VC release.

EA-Marvel brawler KO'd (DS News)

Multiyear licensing agreement for fighting games follows development studio EA Chicago into the abyss.

Burning Crusade lights up '07 PC sales chart (PC News)

Expansion to World of Warcraft sells 2.25 million copies at US retail, original game comes in second with 914,000 sold.

$911M PC game haul puts '07 US total near $19B (PC News)

Despite digital-distribution-induced 6 percent slide of retail PC titles, NPD reports some 267.8 million games were sold domestically during 2007.

Retail Radar: Mercenaries 2 delayed again? (Xbox 360 News)

Multiple online stores list EA-Pandemic shooter for release in the last week of August.

BioShock, Portal top GDC Award noms (PlayStation 3 News)

2K Boston/Australia's dystopian shooter grapples with Valve's puzzle-game pack-in with five nominations apiece for 8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards; red carpet unfurls February 20.

Q&A: Bill Roper opens up on Hellgate (PC News)

Flagship Studios CEO and cofounder details the first major content update for the hybrid action RPG and addresses the game's rocky beginnings.

Analysts parse December boon (PSP News)

Wilson, Pachter, and Divnich say the Simpsons and TimeShift underperformed, Guitar Hero III and Rock Band rolled, and HD DVD is dead.

Sims 2 finds FreeTime (PC News)

Seventh expansion to EA's virtual-life simulator adds focus on hobbies and leisure activities to original game on February 26.

BioShock throws D.I.C.E. award nominations (PlayStation 3 News)

2K's submerged shooter soaks up 12 Interactive Achievement Award nods; Rock Band, Call of Duty 4, Orange Box also honored; trophies to be handed out February 7.

WGA initiates game writers (PSP News)

Crash of the Titans, Dead Head Fred, The Simpsons, Witcher, and World in Conflict nominated for inaugural 2008 Videogame Writer Awards.

Macintosh Spore-ing in '08 (Macintosh News)

EA to announce at Macworld that Spore for the Mac will arrive in tandem with PC edition later this year.

FIFA 08 tops 2007 UK sales charts (PSP News)

Figures from Chart Track and ELSPA show that 2007 was the best year ever for British gaming.

Game raises forecast again (PSP News)

Buoyed by strong Christmas game sales, the UK retailer bolsters its profit expectations once again.

Shippin' Out January 14-18: Nitrobike, Rail Simulator (Xbox News)

Eye of the storm continues to pass over retail, as headliners join FlatOut, Samurai Warriors: Katana, and downloadables Burnout 3, Boogie Bunnies, Pac-Attack.

AU Shippin' Out January 14-January 18: Endless Ocean (PC News)

Don't forget to breathe!

Aussie game charts: December 10-December 16 (PlayStation 2 News)

Grand Theft Scratchy hijacks the charts.

Q&A: Junkie XL's Need for Speed (PC News)

World-famous Dutch techno DJ talks about laying down the tracks for EA's latest racer, as well as how he sees games and music merging in the future.

Analysts respond to November sales (PC News)

Last month was a record-breaking one for US retail gaming revenue, but what lessons are being pulled from the numbers?

BioShock zaps VGAs (PC News)

2K's dystopian actioner takes top prize at SpikeTV's annual event; Call of Duty 4, Super Mario Galaxy, Rock Band also honored.

PS3 Orange Box pops top Dec. 11 (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve's five-in-one shooter compilation containing Half-Life 2, its two expansions, Team Fortress 2, and Portal confirmed for Sony's console next week.

ESPN NFL 2K5, Freedom Fighters lead 360 BC update (Xbox News)

Microsoft updates backward-compatibility list with 80-plus games, bringing total to more than 450.

AU Shippin' Out November 27-30: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii News)

The week many Wii owners have been waiting for is finally here!

AU Shippin' Out November 20-23: Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed (PC News)

Take two for Assassin's Creed.

NPD: October retail gaming tally tops $1.1 billion (Xbox 360 News)

Industry trackers put software sales near $514 million while hardware tally more than doubles; Guitar Hero III takes four of the top 10 software sales spots.

Xbox Originals won't have Achievements (Xbox News)

Larry Hryb addresses speculation around the issue, says it's 'just not possible.'

Q&A: Microsoft on Xbox Originals (Xbox News)

Xbox Live group marketing manager Aaron Greenberg fills in the blanks on the plan to make last-gen's best and brightest downloadable on Xbox 360.

Shippin' Out November 12-16: Super Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed, Crysis (PC News)

Trio of games headlines crowded week alongside Kane & Lynch, new entries for Need for Speed, Area 51, WWE SmackDown, Rayman Raving Rabbids.

Analysts: Activision to carry October sales (Xbox 360 News)

Trio of industry watchers project 50 to 60 percent software sales spike on Guitar Hero III; Wii predicted to regain hardware sales crown.

AU Shippin' Out November 12-November 16: Crysis and Assassin's Creed (PSP News)

Two of the biggest games of the year come down under.

Halo 3, BioShock top Spike TV noms (PC News)

Shooters from Bungie and 2K get most nods for testosterone-infused network's December 9 award show.

GameSpot tourney sieging Team Fortress 2 on PC (PC News)

Registration for Valve's hyperbolic shooter tournament opens November 7 at 3 p.m. Pacific; round one begins November 12.

EA Chicago closing (PlayStation 3 News)

Windy City studio the second operation to be shuttered in third-party publisher's round of consolidations, layoffs.

AU Shippin' Out November 5-November 9: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and The Simpsons Game (DS News)

It's looking to be a week of mock warfare.

Shippin' Out November 5-9: COD4, Gears of War PC, Mario & Sonic (PSP News)

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Viva Piñata PC, Koei's Bladestorm, Sam & Max: Season Two, and Super Mario Bros. 3 on the VC all part of November's opening fusillade.

FTC OKs BioWare/Pandemic buyout (Xbox 360 News)

US government sees nothing amiss with Electronic Arts' $860 million purchase of Canadian/Californian megadeveloper.

Q&A: EA Mythic chief demystifies Warhammer Online delay (PC News)

General manager Mark Jacobs discusses the recently announced delay of the long-in-the-making massively multiplayer game.

Warhammer Online retreats to mid-2008 (PC News)

Missed milestone forces MMORPG to march further into the future; EA CEO denies EA Mythic on restructuring chopping block.

Accounting change muddles EA Q2 earnings (DS News)

Exclusion of $296 million causes megapublisher to report 18 percent decline in revenue despite record-breaking sales; 350 layoffs announced, UK Chertsey office closing.

Trio of MMOGs raid retail (PC News)

Pirates, demons, and aliens all go massively multiplayer as Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Hellgate: London, and Tabula Rasa launch this week.

Shippin' Out October 28-November 2: Guitar Hero III, Hellgate, Manhunt 2, Simpsons (PSP News)

Tabula Rasa, PS3 Stranglehold, 360 Virtua Fighter 5, Battalion Wars 2, and many others fill up the US Halloween week release slate.

Crysis in manufacturing (PC News)

EA and Crytek's tech-heavy PC shooter shipped to factory in anticipation of November 16 release.

LGF 07: Will Wright speaks (Wii News)

The high-profile developer, currently working on Spore, tells the audience at BAFTA headquarters about his favourite platform, why games are shifting into multiple genres, and that encountering opposition with a new medium is to be expected.

Will Wright answers GameSpot user questions (Wii News)

The creator of Sim City and The Sims took some time at a BAFTA event to answer questions posed by GameSpot UK users.

AU Shippin' Out October 29-November 2: Naruto, TimeShift, and Hellgate: London (PC News)

TimeShift finally comes out.

Report: Spore planted on Wii (Wii News)

Will Wright reveals that EA's epic-scale life-simulator headed to Nintendo's console, says it's the "only next-gen system."

EA planning 'small' staff cuts (PC News)

Megapublisher confirms "routine" companywide cutbacks following completion of holiday lineup.

Retail Radar: DS EndWar, Splinter Cell (PlayStation 3 News)

Product pages up for unannounced portable editions of Ubisoft franchises; Brütal Legend gets an incentive for first 666 preorders.

Wright: Spore still coming next spring (DS News)

Iconic game designer tells BBC Radio that the oft-delayed game still requires months of tweaking before its release in Q2 2008.

Army of Two furloughed 'til '08 (PlayStation 3 News)

Electronic Arts delays its co-op shooter from original November release date to give it another coat of polish.

AU Shippin' Out October 25-October 26: Eye of Judgement, The Orange Box and SWAT (Xbox 360 News)

The Orange Box take two.

NPD: Halo effect helps Sept. sales hit $1.3B (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Microsoft's shooter moves 3.3 million copies in the US in 12 days, propels Xbox 360 hardware sales to first place; Nintendo touts its own record-setting Wii sales.

Hellgate golden (PC News)

Flagship Studios' postapocalyptic shooter-RPG hybrid in mass production for October 31 PC release; single-player demo lands later this week.

Q&A: Pandemic's EA deal postmortem (Xbox 360 News)

As the dust settles on the $860 million buyout of BioWare/Pandemic, Josh Resnick and Greg Borrud explain how the purchase will free up their studio to make better games.

AU Shippin' Out October 15-October 19: The Orange Box (Xbox 360 News)

Half-Life's Orange Box opens up in Australia.

Will Wright gets BAFTA Fellowship (PC News)

The Sims creator becomes the first person from the video games industry to be honoured with the accolade.

Double Fine recounts Brutal Legend (PlayStation 3 News)

Tim Schafer's next game to star Jack Black and a stable of rock legends will be released for Xbox 360, PS3.

EA buying BioWare/Pandemic for $860M (Xbox 360 News)

[UPDATE] Superdeveloper scooped up by megapublisher for a staggering sum, deal to close in January; deal covers 10 IPs, including Mass Effect, Mercenaries, and unnamed Wii and DS games.

Q&A: Crytek CEO specs out Crysis (PC News)

Cevat Yerli spells out the system requirements for his upcoming first-person shooter, and offers insight on getting the most from the hardware.

Shippin' Out October 8-12: Orange Box, Sega Rally Revo, FIFA 08 (Xbox 360 News)

Valve's long-anticipated shooter compilation hits shelves alongside Puzzle Quest on XBL, Folklore on the PS3, the ceramic-white PSP Slim, and NeoGeo's debut on Nintendo's VC.

AU Shippin' Out October 8-October 12: Project Gotham Racing 4, The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (PlayStation 3 News)

Link's latest adventure makes its way down under.

Study: Games narrow spatial skills gender gap (PC News)

University of Toronto study finds lasting benefits from just 10 hours of action-oriented gameplay.

Go! Sports Ski slides onto PSN (PlayStation 3 News)

Yuke's budget-release slopes sim joins demos for EA's The Simpsons Game and Koei's Bladestorm on Sony's online store.

EA compiles 13-game C&C Saga (PC News)

Megabundle for publisher's 12-year-running warfare series to be available for $49.99 later this month.

Daily Downloads: Minerva: Metastasis, World of Warcraft (PC News)

Final chapter in mod for Valve's Half-Life 2 released alongside new patch for Blizzard's MMOG, Battlefield 2 mod, and Worldwide Soccer Manager 08 demo.

AU Shippin' Out October 2-October 5: Ricky Ponting 2007 Pressure Play (PC News)

Hit a six on the go!

Orange Box delivered to factory (PlayStation 3 News)

PC and 360 editions of compilation of Half-Life 2, its two expansions, Team Fortress 2, and Portal is golden; solo Episode Two also Steam-ing 10/10.

Daily Downloads: Winning Eleven, Company of Heroes, WOW (PC News)

Demo for Konami's footballer joined by patches for Relic's WWII RTS, its expansion, and Blizzard's MMOG.

BAFTA announces Video Games Awards nominations (PlayStation 3 News)

UK's most prestigious gaming awards to be given out on October 23; BioShock, Wii Sports both in the running for Best Game.

Mercenaries 2 officially furloughed until Q1 '08 (Xbox 360 News)

Pandemic confirms World In Flames delay; studio wants to "be sure that game is 100 percent polished."

C&C FPS (unofficially) confirmed (Xbox 360 News)

Source close to EALA says the shop is indeed working on a "Renegade/Battlefield-style" shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe.

Cocoreccho goes Loco on PSN (PlayStation 3 News)

Sony Japan's "interactive screensaver" joined by free trials of Skate, NBA 08, Sega Rally Revo, and Stuntman: Ignition.

Intel wreaks Havok for $110M (PlayStation 3 News)

Silicon Valley chipmaker scoops up Irish developer of ubiquitous physics engine for a reportedly princely sum.

Shippin' Out September 17-21: World in Conflict, Eternal Sonata, MySims (DS News)

Juiced 2, Warriors Orochi, Blazing Angels 2, PC Stranglehold, and PS3 Stuntman Ignition also head to stores this week.

AU Shippin' Out September 17-September 21: Super Paper Mario and Heavenly Sword (DS News)

Super Paper Mario makes its way down under.

Valve opens Steam community spigot (PC News)

Half-Life 2 developer rolls out upgraded member-focused version of download service.

PSN deals Poker, PixelJunk (PlayStation 3 News)

Two downloadable games and five demos headline Sony's weekly online store update.

Double Fine ŧrådêmaŗkś Brütal Legend (PlayStation 3 News)

Leaked info on Psychonauts studio's next title gets more credibility; developers tease fan base with Web minigame.

Shippin' Out September 10-14: Heavenly Sword, NHL, Skate (Xbox 360 News)

Ninja Theory's slick beat-'em-up charges the PS3, as 2K and EA's annual hockey franchises face off and Black Box shows off its new board on the 360; Elder Scrolls IV - GOTY Edition, DiRT, Jam Sessions, Drawn to Life, .hack, Guilty Gear XX, Kengo, and more round out week.

BizSpots: Nintendo, Xfire, NaturalMotion (PC News)

Wii sets up shop in sub-Sahara; Hellgate: London gets integrated voice chat; Kane & Lynch creator licenses animation technology.

PS3 Orange Box trailing 360, PC versions (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve reveals Sony edition of five-game Half-Life 2 compilation is due "several weeks" after its siblings; retailers list it with mid-November ship date.

The Sims take the Stage (Macintosh News)

EA premieres free-to-participate audio-visual performance community based on Will Wright's widely popular franchise.

EA sets Sydney Skate session (PlayStation 3 News)

Pro skater John Rattray to headline EA's Day of Skate event.

Report: Valve eyeing Wii development (PlayStation 3 News)

Gabe Newell praises Nintendo console, says overlooking it was "an obvious hole in our strategy"; Orange Box on track for PS3, 360, and PC release in October.

EA dates Playground, Need for Speed ProStreet (PC News)

Two of the company's heaviest-hyped games locked in to dates for the US and Europe.

Crysis demo fires off September 25 (PC News)

Crytek instigates skirmish by releasing sampler of highly anticipated first-person shooter on the same day as Halo 3's launch.

Ultima's Kingdom is Reborn (PC News)

EA releases graphical overhaul on eve of venerable MMOG's 10th anniversary.

Spot On: PAX 2007 (PC News)

Penny Arcade Expo brings entertainment in spades as average-Joe attendees dig into playable previews, Q&A-style developer panels, and nerdcore musicfest.

GC '07: Best of GC winners revealed (PC News)

Awards from the Leipzig Games Convention set Crysis, BioShock, PES 2008, Mario & Sonic on top of their respective platforms.

Games Convention award noms named (DS News)

Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 receives only multiplatform nomination in German trade show's "Best of GC" awards.

NewsSpots: BioShock demo, Crysis, Tabula Rasa, Conflict: Denied Ops (PC News)

Sample of 2K's critically lauded shooter now online; EA's shooter and NCsoft's MMORPG get collector's editions, and Eidos' forthcoming shooter is renamed.

Daily Downloads: Sam & Max, C&C Battlecast Ep 1 (Xbox 360 News)

Sam & Max return with a demo, Command & Conquer Battlecast airs episode 1, and Bounty Bay Online open beta goes live.

Command & Conquer 3 expanding in early 2008 (Xbox 360 News)

EA announces the first expansion to its popular 360 and PC RTS is coming next year, and will focus on villain Kane.

Q&A: Joseph Olin on the art of games (PlayStation 3 News)

The D.I.C.E.-thrower and AIAS president is hoping his Into the Pixel exhibit will help settle the debate about games being artistic expression.

Microsoft, EA expand executive suites (Xbox 360 News)

Former EA-er John Schappert now heading Live efforts; ex-Palm-er Barry Cottle tapped to top EA Mobile.

Spore playable at Leipzig (PC News)

Will Wright's latest creation set to resurface later this month at the Games Convention 2007 in Germany.

Hellgate: London coming on Halloween (PC News)

Flagship Studio's RPG gets a spooky October 31 North American retail date, coming to Europe on November 2.

Skate rolls in September (PlayStation 3 News)

EA set to invade Tony Hawk's turf next month; Xbox 360 demo scheduled to go live August 15.

Crysis coming November 16 (PC News)

[UPDATE] EA further crowds jam-packed holiday season by nailing down launch window for Crytek's groundbreaking PC shooter.

EA's Q1 earnings slip 4 percent (Macintosh News)

Touting eight original IPs in fiscal '08, publisher reports $395 million in quarterly revenue; latest Harry Potter game moves 2M units in four days.

Rock Band tops Game Critics Awards (PlayStation 3 News)

Harmonix's rhythm game named best E3 game by game-journalist jury; Mass Effect, LittleBigPlanet also honored.

Daily Downloads: Overlord, Supreme Commander patched (PC News)

New updates for Overlord and SupCom joined by 2Moons beta client and maps for Company of Heroes.

EA regrets initially soft Wii support (Wii News)

CEO John Riccitiello says company "bet on the wrong horse a little bit" by focusing next-gen development on Xbox 360 and PS3.

EA recruiter: game degrees like a fashion accessory (PC News)

EA's Head of European Recruitment says game-centric university courses are too vocational, but dismisses claims of a European recruitment crisis.

Daily Downloads: Civ IV: Beyond the Sword demo (PC News)

New demo for Civilization expansion debuts, World of Warcraft user interface mods updated, and more Metal Gear wallpaper packs appear.

Q&A: Ed Bartlett of IGA on in-game ads (PC News)

Firm's cofounder answers questions on how the creative and commercial can work together in rising industry trend.

EA signs up for more in-game ads (Xbox 360 News)

Megapublisher picks Microsoft-owned Massive to sell space in Madden NFL 08, Skate, and more.

Army of Two deploys November 15 (PlayStation 3 News)

Electronic Arts' internally developed third-person shooter shipping out for Xbox 360, PS3 this fall.

Shippin' Out: Guitar Hero Encore, Civ IV: Beyond the Sword (Xbox 360 News)

Harmonix and RedOctane's final duet rocks out this week with the latest expansion from Sid Meier's classic strategy game and fistful of portables.

Wing Commander, Super Contra storm XBLA (Xbox 360 News)

Electronic Arts' revamped sci-fi dogfighter joins Konami arcade sequel as this week's downloadable 360 titles.

Analysts expect modest growth for June (Macintosh News)

A trio of industry watchers offer their expectations for the NPD Group's US retail sales tally; software sales expected to grow between 8 and 20 percent.

Daily Downloads: BioShock podcast, GRAW 2 and R6V patches (PC News)

New BioShock podcast covers PC version, Tom Clancy games updated, and Sword of the New World client hits GameSpot.

Daily Downloads: de Blob, Command & Conquer 3 (PC News)

Free puzzler de Blob rolls onto GameSpot, accompanied by Dead Reefs demo, C&C3 patch, Follow Freeman HL2 mods, and more.

E3 '07: Show floor draws mixed reactions (Xbox 360 News)

GameSpot tours Barker Hangar and finds it sparser, smaller, hotter, and less crowded; exhibitors sound off on venue, organization.

E3 '07: Xbox Live wraps up E3 (Xbox 360 News)

Microsoft's Bringing It Home campaign concludes on day three of trade show; GHII tracks, game demos highlight week's offerings.

E3 '07: EA lines up slate (PC News)

The megapublisher reveals E3 intentions; variety includes Sims Societies, EA Playground, The Orange Box, and Skate.

E3 '07: DICE sharpening Mirror's Edge (Xbox 360 News)

Swedish studio expanding beyond its signature Battlefield franchise with "revolutionary new take on first-person action" for PC, 360, and PS3.

NewsSpots: Sony, Fallout 3, Simpsons, GRAW2, Combat Mission (PSP News)

Sony hints at E3 content; sci-fi RPG gets pics and theme pack; Groening to cameo in cartoon game; PC shooter demo'd, golden; Paradox wargame preorder details.

Daily Downloads: BioShock and Harry Potter (Game Boy Advance News)

GameSpot now hosting BioShock, Harry Potter developer podcast; game updates arrive for Worms Armageddon, C&C3, Time of Defiance, HL2.

Daily Downloads: The Darkness and Battlefield 2142 (PC News)

Delve into The Darkness with these wallpapers, screensavers, and icons, and test the next generation of warfare's upcoming update.

Daily Downloads: New demos for Harry Potter, Quake 4 (PC News)

Try out the latest Harry Potter movie tie-in game with the new single-player demo, and give Quake 4 a shot with an all-new multiplayer trial.

Shippin' Out June 25-29: Transformers, Harry Potter, Ratatouille (Macintosh News)

Movie-based games headline a heavy week of releases alongside Pokemon's Wii debut and 2K Games' The Darkness for PS3, Xbox 360.

AU Shippin' Out June 25-29: DiRT, Darkness, and Dragon Balls (DS News)

Darkness descends on Australia this week; DiRT racing to 360 and PC.

NewsSpots: C&C3, PBR, Stranglehold, Alien Hominid (Xbox 360 News)

EA RTS gets new maps; Crave gets a new license; Xbox 360 version of John Woo shooter gets Collector's Edition; and XBLA shooter gets more downloadable content.

NPD: May game sales top $815 million (Xbox 360 News)

Industry-wide sales surge 49 percent; consoles up nearly 80 percent, software up 33 percent.

Half-Life 2: Orange Box opening October 9 (PlayStation 3 News)

Valve will ship its PC, PS3, and 360 shooter compilation in the midst of the crowded fall season.

Warhammer OL beta smashes 200K (PC News)

EA Mythic's fantasy MMOG breaks 200,000 beta sign-ups in first 10 days.

Daily Downloads: Need for Speed, LOTRO (PC News)

New patch for Need for Speed Carbon prevents crashes seen on Windows Vista; Lord of the Rings Online receives major content update.

Skate scores 45-song soundtrack (PlayStation 3 News)

Tunes from artists including David Bowie, Nirvana, the White Stripes, and the Ramones listed to add background ambiance to the game.

EA, id take bite out of Apple (Macintosh News)

Megapublisher announces six Macintosh games; Doom-maker reveals new IP is coming to PC, PS3, 360, and Mac, promises new "Mac-related announcement."

Analysts expect May sales rebound (Xbox 360 News)

Pacific Crest's Evan Wilson and Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter tell investors to expect double-digit software sales growth after a bumpy April.

Aussie Big Brother starlet gets Speed (PlayStation 3 News)

Australian Big Brother star Krystal Forscutt lands Need for Speed ProStreet gig; one of only two women to feature in game.

NewsSpots: Chains of Olympus, FIFA 08, LOTRO, Pardo (PC News)

Portable Kratos getting two demos, FIFA 08 gets new features, Tolkien MMOG gets updated, Rob Pardo speaks at movie and games conference.

Daily Downloads: Tiberium warriors assemble! (PC News)

New C&C3 maps allow up to four players to fight it out over the precious, deadly alien mineral.

Need for Speed screeches up ProStreet (PC News)

New title in the popular EA driving game franchise announced, will be coming to multiple formats this autumn.

Warhammer beta sign-up opens (PC News)

Web sites for anticipated MMOG launch; North American and European gamers invited to submit their details for closed beta.

BizSpots: Ozzy, Ubisoft, Crytek, Leipzig, Marvel, 42 (PC News)

Osbourne tackles Madden, Pachter pumps up French publisher, German studio expands, comic house loses game chief, ilovebees-maker builds Dark Knight buzz.

Crytek cracking open new IP (PC News)

German developer of Crysis beefs up Kiev satellite studio to work on mysterious original project--which might be multiplatform.

Simpsons confirmed for PS3, 360, Wii (PSP News)

After a brief tease, the Fox cartoon-inspired game is finally announced at party celebrating the show's 400th episode; DS, PSP, and PS2 versions also planned.

Shippin' Out May 7-11: C&C3 360 (Xbox 360 News)

Electronic Arts console port of Tiberium Wars tops a light week at retail while Double Dragon, Final Fight, and Sam & Max clean up the downloadable mean streets.

No more Spore in '07 (DS News)

Will Wright's ambitious evolution/civilization/creature creation title is now being targeted for spring 2008.

EA's quarterly losses, annual income climb (Wii News)

The world's top third-party publisher lost $25 million during its most recent quarter but took in over $3 billion during the previous 12 months.

ChartSpot: March 2007 (PC News)

God of War II sees heavenly sales, GRAW2 and Guitar Hero II rock the 360 top 10, MotorStorm revs up PS3 sales.

Warhammer Online offline 'til '08 (PC News)

Via newsletter, Mythic announces that EA's fantasy MMORPG has been delayed until next year.

Daily Downloads 4/20: Creation tools for Oblivion, C&C 3 (PC News)

World builder software released for Electronic Arts' real-time strategy game, while Bethesda's open-ended RPG gets an updated construction kit.

C&C3 demo waging war on XBL (Xbox 360 News)

Sample of EA's latest real-time strategy for the Xbox 360 now on Marketplace; 1GB file hindered by slow downloads.

EA: Women 'too big an audience to ignore' (PC News)

While underlining the female demographic's importance at the Women in Games Conference, EA VP Sharon Knight said developers should avoid making games that only target women.

Aussie game charts: April 9-15 (PC News)

Command & Conquer 3 manoeuvres its way back to the top.

Daily Downloads 4/18: Shivering Isles Updated (PC News)

Shivering Isles beta patch available on GameSpot, joined by new trial for Theatre of War and Command & Conquer 3 wallpapers.

Civilization IV designer Spore-s new gig (PC News)

Electronic Arts confirms Soren Johnson has left his 2K Games gig and joined the dev team of Will Wright's forthcoming evolutionary simulation game.

C&C3 360 dated, demo confirmed (Xbox 360 News)

Kane and company command the Xbox 360 on May 10; demo of RTS scheduled to conquer Xbox Live Marketplace soon.

Aussie game charts: March 26-April 1 (PC News)

Kane reigns supreme whilst Sony shows Resistance to the competition.

Daily Downloads 3/30: Command & Conquer a New Patch (PC News)

Update for Tiberium Wars fixes custom game lobby, in-game patching process.

Shippin' Out March 26-30: C&C3, Oblivion expansions, PS3 Sam Fisher (PC News)

The latest Command & Conquer, the first Elder Scrolls IV expansion, and the PlayStation 3 version of Splinter Cell Double Agent all infiltrate stores this week.

Daily Downloads 3/26: Opening the Gates of Oblivion (PC News)

Oblivion updated, joined by demos of The Sacred Rings and Etrom: The Astral Essence.

Daily Downloads 3/23: Pets patched (PC News)

The Sims 2: Pets patches arrive alongside GalCiv II Gold Edition demo and UT2K4 skins.

Mythos detailed, will be free (PC News)

MMORPG from Flagship's Seattle studio will be free to download, free to play; engine based on technology powering Hellgate: London's multiplayer.

Mercs 2 has Bono under fire (Xbox 360 News)

Activists call on religious leaders to join petition asking U2 frontman to stop release of Pandemic's sandbox shooter set in Venezuela.

PS3 Def Jam demo drops Thursday (PlayStation 3 News)

Free sample of Electronic Arts' latest hip-hop slugfest headed for the PlayStation Store; will be accompanied by new Resistence videos, movie trailers.

For Will Wright, story time is all the time (PC News)

Spore's creator discusses the art of interactive storytelling during his keynote speech at South by Southwest Interactive.

UK game chart: March 4-10 (PC News)

GRAW2 enters the all-formats chart at number one, relegating Final Fantasy XII to second place.

GDC 07: Creating Spore (PC News)

Chaim Gingold leverages his experience designing sim's creature, vehicle, building, and planet editors to instruct developers on how to reach the broadest audience possible.

EA, Lily Allen belt out Sims sing-along contest (PC News)

Game behemoth, pint-sized pop princess team up for karaoke contest in promotion of Sims 2 Seasons.

UK game chart: February 26 - March 3 (PlayStation 2 News)

Square Enix celebrates another week at the top with Final Fantasy XII; Sonic returns to the top five.

Gears of War wins GameFly awards (Xbox News)

Epic Games favourite wins in two categories at the company's fourth annual awards.

WCG partners with Circuit City (PC News)

Retailer named as official entertainment, electronics, and video game retailer as competition organiser also names its 2007 games.

EA goes electro for soccer soundtrack (Xbox 360 News)

Thievery Corp., Brazilian Girls, Andy Caldwell, Thunderball, Osunlade tabbed for UEFA Champions League's sonic backdrop.

MySims detailed, dated (DS News)

EA sends word that the Wii, DS Sims spin-off will be released this fall; players will become urban planners for cartoonlike citizens.

UK game charts: February 18-24 (GameCube News)

Final Fantasy XII hits the top slot, becomes the UK's fastest-selling game in the series so far; Crackdown debuts in the second spot.

Daily Downloads: Tiberium Wars tip off in C&C3 demo (PC News)

Two-mission sampling of upcoming EA real-time strategy game joined by mods for Half-Life 2, Medieval 2: Total War, and World of Warcraft.

COD2, GRAW among new batch of 360 platinum hits (Xbox 360 News)

Eight Xbox 360 games receive new status, $29.99 price tag; Fight Night, Burnout, DOA4 also re-priced.

Wing Commander flies to Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox 360 News)

Electronic Arts dusts off Origin's space combat series for online multiplayer melees this summer.

Mercenaries 2 coming to 360, PC, PS2 (Xbox 360 News)

Poorly kept secret completely blown out of water as Pandemic confirms game is headed to three platforms other than the PS3.

PC game charts: February 4-10 (PC News)

Blizzard Entertainment's Burning Crusade maintains momentum as Electronic Arts' The Sims: Life Stories debuts in top five.

UK game chart: February 11-17 (PlayStation 2 News)

Battlestations: Midway plummets as the franchises take control once more; Supreme Commander debuts well.

Q&A: C&C3's Kane speaks! (Xbox 360 News)

Rehired "Kane" actor discusses what it was like to return to the set of a game franchise he helped make famous.

UK game chart: February 4-10 (GameCube News)

Battlestations: Midway flies straight in at number one, while Little Britain beats the football games into second. "Yeah, I know."

D.I.C.E. 07: Spore is not all Wright (DS News)

Will Wright brings his team of designers to talk about the challenges of making a complex game simple, letting users feel smart, and Care Bears fighting Klingons.

PC game charts: January 21-27 (PC News)

World of Warcraft and its Burning Crusade expansion top the charts as The Sims 2 continues racking up sales.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two delayed, final products revealed (PlayStation 3 News)

PS3, 360, and PC Orange Box editions include original game, both expansions, Portal, Team Fortress 2; slimmer PC Black Box also unveiled; HL2: Platinum "tabled."

Def Jam demo redated (Xbox 360 News)

Electronic Arts reschedules release of Def Jam: Icon demo for Xbox 360 to tomorrow; features of trial remain the same.

Shippin' Out 2/4-2/9: Winning 11, MVP 07 (PC News)

Konami's pro footballer and EA's college baseball sim join Super Mario World, the Sims Life Stories, and Root Beer Tapper on this week's docket.

UK game chart: January 28-February 3 (GameCube News)

Capcom's Lost Planet is frozen at the top of the charts for a second week in a row, while football titles from Konami and EA round off the top three.

EA releases Icon's def jams (PlayStation 3 News)

Soundtrack for Def Jam: Icon announced, will feature 29 songs; Lil Jon, Jim Jones bring the crunk, Ghostface reps the Wu, The Game makes the game.

Spore, My Sims confirmed for DS (DS News)

Electronic Arts confirms Will Wright's evolutionary game is coming to Nintendo's dual-screen handheld, as is the Wii version of The Sims.

EA's holiday revs flatline, stock rises (GameCube News)

[UPDATE] Megapublisher's net revenue rises 1 percent, net income slips 38 percent during the last quarter of 2006--but its stock spikes over $3 in after-hours trading.

Def Jam demo announced, delayed (PlayStation 3 News)

[UPDATE] Free trial of EA's Def Jam: Icon once headed to Xbox Live Marketplace this Thursday now pushed back; single-player demo includes Big Boi, T.I. as playable.

Electronic Arts, EA Mythic discuss online plans for 07 (PC News)

Gaming giant gives a glimpse of what it has in store for Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot, and Warhammer Online.

Vista's shipping out (PC News)

New Windows operating system goes on sale worldwide after years of delays; allows PC gamers to connect to Xbox Live.

UK game charts: January 20-27 (PC News)

Lost Planet shakes off The Burning Crusade to rediscover the top slot, while football titles continue to prove popular.

EA Pogos onto DS (DS News)

Pogo Island heads to the DS with five casual games from the EA-owned Pogo.com, including Word Whomp, Tri-Peaks Solitaire, and Squelchies.

Dark Age, Ultima fan events hit the road (PC News)

EA Mythic schedules nine 2007 gatherings for each of its long-running massively multiplayer games.

UK game charts: January 14-20 (GameCube News)

Burning Crusade scorches to the top of the UK game charts, knocking Lost Planet: Extreme Condition down to second place.

PC game charts: January 7-13 (PC News)

2004 megahits World of Warcraft and The Sims 2 continue to top sales, Microsoft Flight Simulator X sales take off again.

PC gaming stops slide in 2006 (PC News)

NPD numbers show slight growth in US retail sales of PC games for the year, figures still down from 2004.

EA hits top spot in new Danish chart (PC News)

Chart-Track to monitor sales of video game software and console hardware in Denmark.

Q&A: Bill Roper opens up about Hellgate: London (PC News)

Following multiplayer subscription brouhaha, the Flagship Studios founder and CEO says that his forthcoming game will contain "significant free online play."

ChartSpot: December 2006 (Macintosh News)

Gears of War takes first prize, followed by Guitar Hero II, Madden, and Zelda; no PS3 games make the console top 20, while the Sims and WOW rule the PC charts...again.

Sims Life Stories to laptop-dance next month (PC News)

Electronic Arts releasing narrative-driven, "laptop-friendly" spin-off of its seminal PC life simulation in February, with two sequels to follow.

UK game charts: January 7-13 (GameCube News)

It's all change at the top as FIFA's reign finally draws to a close.

2006 UK game sales break records (GameCube News)

The British games industry celebrates, as last year was the best ever for game software.

UK game charts: December 31-January 6 (GameCube News)

FIFA 07 starts the new year on top as Electronic Arts offerings finish the week's sales race in first, second, and third.

UK game charts: December 24-30 (GameCube News)

FIFA 07 back on top for the end of 2006; holiday sales promotions help other titles to leap back up.

Hellgate: London coming this summer (PC News)

Namco Bandai, EA date Flagship's flagship title; release of PC FPS narrowed down to "summer 2007."

Assassin's Creed, Fight Night R3 earn effects honors (PC News)

Ubisoft's stealth actioner, EA's punch party nominated for Visual Effects Society Awards; Hellgate: London, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos also nominated.

C&C3 gets Kane edition (Xbox 360 News)

Deluxe edition of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars to include behind-the-scenes documentary, in-game content.

UK game charts: December 17-23 (GameCube News)

Need for Speed Carbon tussles with FIFA 07 to regain the number one spot.

Pink DS Lite tops Amazon list (GameCube News)

Nintendo handheld heads up EOY sales for online retailer.

Nintendo details Euro Q1 releases (DS News)

WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Excite Truck, and Star Fox Command all coming to the continent and UK at the start of 2007.

UK game charts: December 10-16 (PC News)

Electronic Arts looks to enjoy happy holidays as FIFA 07 takes the festive number-one slot.

PC game charts: November 26-December 2 (Macintosh News)

The Sims 2: Pets continues to be a PC game retailer's best friend as EA's virtual life franchise claims four of the top 10 slots for the week.