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  • News: EA retracts Wii U snub, says it's brewing Nintendo games on the backburner

    Just when you thought software makers were backing away from Nintendo's Wii U, a gaming exec appeared to throw the struggling console a bone on Tuesday. It looks like Electronic Arts may be building a game or two for Wii U after all, despite earlier comments from a company spokesperson who said no Wii U games from EA were in the works.

  • News: Does the Xbox One have to be online?

    Last night Microsoft unveiled its Xbox One, aka the Xbox 720 and successor to the Xbox 360. Prior to its announcement the Xbox One was rumoured to demand an always-on internet connection, and much of the games console's new functionality does indeed require you to be online. But does the Xbox One have to be online at all times?

  • News: Ubisoft announces initial Xbox One titles

    Interactive entertainment publisher and distributor, Ubisoft, has revealed two of its more popular titles, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Watch_Dogs will be available on Microsoft's new console, the Xbox One, scheduled to ship globally at the end of the year.

  • News: The Xbox One will unite your living room

    Following months of fevered rumor and speculation, Microsoft finally took the veil off the Xbox One, a console that furthers Redmond's efforts to take over your entire living room experience. The new system will come packaged with an updated version of the Kinect sensor and will be available "later this year." No price was announced.

  • News: Microsoft's Xbox One will succeed where Google TV failed

    Microsoft developed the Xbox One to be the future of the living room. Instead, we got a Google TV that we'll actually want to use. And it even plays games.

  • News: Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines

    Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them.

  • News: Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One

    Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype.

  • News: Sony vs. Microsoft game console wars reignite

    Sony is trying to steal some of Microsoft's thunder by offering a few fleeting glimpses of the Playstation 4 hardware on the eve of a Microsoft Xbox event.

  • News: What we do (and don't) know about the new Xbox

    On May 21st at 10am Pacific time, Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox console. And if this article were titled "What we know for sure about the next Xbox," we could end it here. Microsoft has been very tight-lipped about the successor to the Xbox 360, but that's about to change.

  • News: What I'm Playing: A plethora of ports

    Frozen Synapse (iOS, $6.99)

  • News: EA confirms Wii U cold shoulder following Frostbite freeze-out

    When Nintendo introduced the Wii U during E3 2011, Electronic Arts then-CEO John Riccitiello said his company and Nintendo had entered into an "unprecedented partnership" and couldn't "wait to see EA games" on the Wii U. Two years and four EA games later, the only thing unprecedented about this partnership is that it appears to be over.

  • News: Steam's virtual trading cards award prizes for your time well wasted

    Well, this is interesting. While the rest of the world was ogling over what's coming down the pipe from Google, Steam introduced collectible virtual trading cards that you can earn by playing games, and trade in for bragging rights and prizes.

  • News: The name of the next Xbox may be Xbox Fusion

    There has been a lot of speculation about the name of the console that will succeed the Xbox 360. We know the code name is "Durango," but that's just an internal development name--the Xbox 360 carried the code name "Xenon." New domain name registrations and redirects now provide convincing evidence that Microsoft will market the new Xbox under the brand name "Xbox Fusion."

  • News: EA axes Online Pass program

    In what may be an attempt to score some points with its customer base, Electronic Arts is killing its Online Pass program.

  • News: Play an 8-bit game on your pants and get weird looks with this DIY belt buckle

    For those of you that like to show off with a big, flashy belt buckles, take a look at this DIY gaming-themed one--one that you can actually play. It will certainly grab people's attention, but perhaps not for all the right reasons.

  • News: EA bringing Frostbite 3 gaming engine to mobile

    You may not be able to run next-gen games and graphics from Electronic Arts on your Wii U, but it looks like you'll get them on your iPhone. Electronic Arts has put up a new site for the company's Frostbite 3 gaming engine where it confirms that Frostbite is coming to mobile.

  • News: Google supercharges Android gaming with cloud saves, matchmaking

    Attention Android gamers: Now, what happens in Vice City on your phone doesn't have to stay in Vice City on your phone--or even on Android.

  • News: Google launches multiplayer Android gaming API

    Google has introduced new APIs to help developers build better games for its Android OS.

  • News: At Google I/O, attendees compete to save the world, virtually

    Google I/O has not officially started, but the developers' show is already seeing some action. Two warring factions, the Resistance and the Enlightenment, are vying for control of various "portals" at key landmarks throughout San Francisco, which are leaking dangerous amounts of radioactive energy, to determine the fate of the city and ultimately the world.

  • News: Why gamers in Asia are the world's best eSport athletes

    October 13, 2012 was a warm and sunny Thursday in Los Angeles, yet 8000 people packed themselves into the University of Southern California's sold-out basketball arena to watch two teams of PC gamers battle for supremacy in one of the world's most popular video games--a strategy/action PC game called League of Legends. More than 8.2 million people from around the world tuned in to video streaming sites like Twitch.tv that day to catch the action live.

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