Section: Video Games

Telltale’s The Walking Dead coming ‘soon’ – Report
Multiplatform episodic zombie adventure game heading to certification this week; Fables expected to launch in third quarter.  Telltale Games' adaptation of AMC's The Walking Dead is nearing gold status, and the studio's spin on the Fables comic ...
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Inafune on the sad state of Japanese gaming
Comcept founder and former Capcom exec explains why Japan isn't producing hits on par with Skyrim or Call of Duty, says he'd be willing to collaborate with Capcom on a new Mega Man.  Despite years of hand-wringing over the waning Japanese game i...
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Microsoft doubling XBLA gamerscore cap
XBLA games able to have 400 points and 30 achievements beginning next month; point total will be mandatory starting in June.  Gamers thirsting for a bigger gamerscore will be happy to know that beginning next month, all new Xbox Live Arcade game...
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Gears of War future should be more thoughtful – Bleszinski
Epic Games design director indicates "double-edged chainsaw" would be moving franchise in wrong direction, would rather evolve to a "Christopher Nolan way."  Epic Games' Locust trilogy concluded with Gears of War 3, and the studio now has a chan...
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Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures hits 10M users
Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play MMOG reaches new user milestone; Darth Maul set to make in-game appearance March 15.  Electronic Arts has a new Star Wars massively multiplayer online role-playing game on the market, Star Wars: The Old R...
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GDC 2012 draws 22,500, GDC 2013 dated
Annual San Francisco Game Developers Conference attendance up 17 percent; show to return to Moscone Center March 25-29, 2013. This year's Game Developers Conference set a record for attendees, event organizer UBM TechWeb Game Network announced today....
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Crytek announcing new AAA title next month
Crysis developer said to have new "big budget" game in development for consoles and PC.  Crytek already has a full slate, what with work ongoing on the Kinect-enabled title Ryse for Microsoft, THQ's Homefront 2, and its first iOS title, Fibble -...
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Parts of Mass Effect 3 DLC already on disc – EA
Publisher says "certain framework elements" of From Ashes content needed to be on disc to ensure "seamless" integration of new character.  BioWare has admitted that pieces of the From Ashes downloadable content for Mass Effect 3 are already on c...
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Shippin’ Out March 11-17: Mario Party 9, Silent Hill: Downpour
New release slate led by Nintendo's latest party game, Konami's new horror-action title; Journey, FIFA Street, Yakuza: Dead Souls, and Tales of Graces f also out.  This week's new release slate marks the return of several long-running--but recen...
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Doom, Quake designer has plans for ‘old school’ FPS
id Software cofounder and designer of famous shooters John Romero keen on building new genre project, says it is not Daikatana 2.  id Software cofounder and instrumental designer on seminal shooters Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3D John Romero ha...
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