E3 2014: What Games Were Missing and Why
There were some notable absences from this year's E3, so here's a quick rundown of what was missing and why.
There were some notable absences from this year's E3, so here's a quick rundown of what was missing and why.
Though mobile games tend not to be a focus at E3, there were some extremely impressive titles hidden away in meeting rooms and tucked behind high-profile console titles at the ...
Yes, you read the headline right. Bruce Shelley, the man behind Railroad Tycoon and Age of Empires, is consulting on a free-to-play browser and mobile game.
Gameloft's impressive mobile Call of Duty-alike takes the premium route, eschews in-app purchases and the trappings of free to play.
Need more of The Witcher in your life? Now there's a tabletop game by veteran board game designer Ignacy Trzewiczek, and there are digital versions too.
It's not Asphalt 9, it's something completely different: A simple, arcade style driving game with endless runner style controls
Released in Japan last month, the Final Fantasy iOS and Android spinoff is now officially confirmed for North America
Team-based co-op, big ugly monsters, remakes, and grim postapocalyptica. This is what the games industry thinks you want
The Combat Racing Minigame From Final Fantasy VII Launching in Japan This Fall.
Making games can be a grueling, all-consuming process. John Davison talks to developers about the significant emotional challenges of this creative and commercial endeavor.
All the Atari name is good for anymore is nostalgia. It's time for it to go away, to spare it further indignity.
The next-generation hardware war is far more than just the typical three platforms duking it out. The big threats on the horizon? Valve and Google.
Will we finally see Half-Life 3? What will the next Xbox be called? Red Robot Labs' John Davison tells us what to expect in the coming year for gaming.
Happy Holidays! BioShock, bankruptcy, Borderlands DLC, the decline of western civilization, Bobbty Kotick's dating life, and the NRA.
The imminence of the Steam Box, what Cliff's up to next, the mysterious Phantom Pain, Dark Souls, and the next Mega Man game is fan made.
Halo and Call of Duty sales numbers, Reggie defends the Wii U, BioShock is delayed again, and we learn why we're not getting a Killer Instinct sequel.
Wii U sales numbers, a new stripped down Wii just for Canadians, Destiny leaks a little, and Hideo Kojima doesn't want to be just "Metal Gear guy".
Call of Duty and Halo break records, GTA V shows itself, Xbox Live turns 10, and hell freezes over.
Grand Theft Auto V details, an Xbox 360 tablet, Elite rebooted after 30 years, more media scandals, and Peter Molyneux' new game turns out to be all about drawing penises.
Cash back for playing Halo 4, Nintendo's confidence, Sony's denial, a GTA V release window, Lucas' billions, and more on that Lauren Wainwright unpleasantness.
Halo 4, Assassin's Creed and GTA news, plus G4 ditching its games programming, Zynga's downsizing, games media hissy fits, and more Meat. Also: Minecraft and League of Legends dominate, still.
Black Ops 2 gets a season pass, Microsoft and Nintendo half-heartedly drop some prices, GoG does a crazy-awesome Interplay promo, and Criterion is pondering a new Road Rash.
Chris Roberts returns from Hollywood to finally give us another space combat game, Star Wars The Old Republic wins a bunch of awards, Bungie and Rockstar make headlines while doing ...
New GTAV shots show cycling and paragliding, Microsoft changes its logo, Obama and Romney beat each other up on iOS, and the PlayStation 4 may support super-duper hi-def 4K visuals.
EA might be for sale, OnLive has been sold, the Wii U might have a final release date, and the Vita finally gets a handful of new games. Also, some ...
More on the next generation consoles, BioShock Infinite's woes, whether the BioWare founders are leaving the company, and what's happening with The Last Guardian. Plus, Sony's Jack Tretton thinks the ...
Nintendo thinks the Wii U is "important," but Michael Pachter does not. Meanwhile, EA announces Battlefield 4, a Taiwanese man dies while playing Diablo III, and always-on connections look set ...
A new console for $99, a ribbed, even-skinnier PS3, Sony turns down a Kama Sutra pitch, League of Legends is the most-played PC game in North America and Europe, Ultima ...
What makes Lara the character she really is? Could the new game have a defining "suiting up" moment like a superhero origin movie, and if so what form do you ...
A new console for $99. Too good to be true? Or the best thing ever?
Sony's cloud starts to form, Microsoft's Phil Spencer says the Wii U is just an Xbox 360 with a fancy controller, EA's Frank Gibeau says NPD's numbers are like viewing ...
Lara has a new face, Activision-Blizzard can be yours for just $8.1 billion (well, 61 percent of it), the Wii U will be "reasonably" priced, and the 3DS is staying ...
Nintendo is confusing people, Sony is evasive, and Microsoft is changing what "Xbox" means. Meanwhile, Electronic Arts just wants to sell you stuff. Also, there's a Need for Speed movie ...
Truly social gaming isn't just clicking on stuff and broadcasting it to a list of acquaintances online; it's sharing experiences together in the same room. Nintendo gets this in ways ...
Otherwise known as the one before the one before E3 2012. This week: 38 Studios collapses; the West, Zampella, Activision pretrial shenanigans heat up; Bungie's eight-year game plan is accidentally ...
Diablo III launch problems, the benefits of office fumigation, and Epic's insistence on more powerful next generation consoles. All this, plus 38 Studios' run-in with the government, and the fact ...
New three-part Max Payne comic book series from Marvel tackles events from Max's past through flashbacks. Check out the first issue.
Diablo III imminence, Blizzard's All-Stars, Jenova Chen's assertions that the PlayStation audience digs art more, Microsoft's subscription plan for hardware, and a brand new live news show.
Can't get enough Diablo right now? Check out this excerpt from the forthcoming novel by Nate Kenyon.
Today we launched the shiny new mobile version of GameSpot. It's optimized for your smartphone, as well it should be, and we'll continue to iterate on it in the months ...
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