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When a brick-and-mortar retailer decides to go digital, one possible strategy goes something like this: Buy a smaller digital company or two, and hope to make them big.
That’s what GameStop did last week when it acquired Stardock’s Impulse game download …
You loved Dragon Age II to the tune of 1 million unit sales in under two weeks, and now BioWare wants to love you back–by handing out free downloadable copies of sci-fi roleplaying epic Mass Effect 2. The PC version, that is.
(More on TIME.com: ‘Dragon Age 2’ Review: Heavyweight Champion)
The Canadian game studio responsible for …
Imagine a video game that got better as you did, or that could turn your pro thumb-hook, wrist-twist moves against you. Imagine another that added a little zest to your opponent’s less-than-exemplary game by making it harder for a pro like you to play.
Imagine games with dynamic handicaps, in other words, but don’t mistake that for …
If you’re around the median age of most video game players–which the Entertainment Software Association says is about 35 years old–then chances are that you’ve got more than a few M-rated games on your shelf. Roughly equivalent to the R film rating issued by the MPAA, ‘M’ (for “Mature”) stands at the highest age bracket for video …
According to a UK-based psychotherapist, playing video games for two hours is like doing a line of cocaine. No, really, that’s just what he said. As in lowering your nose to a mirror lined with white powdery coca bits and inhaling.
“Spending two hours on a game station is equivalent to taking a line of cocaine in the high it produces …
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds comes out tomorrow in North America for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Some of the Marvel Comics characters in the console fighting game are fairly big names: we assume Spider-Man and the Hulk don’t need much of an introduction. But other playable Marvel characters may not be quite as familiar. Here’s …
If you downloaded the new PS3 firmware 3.56 update and you happened to, um, tweak the Call of Duty: Black Ops game to boost your stats, you might have found yourself among the angry people who had their account blocked.
It seems to be part of Sony’s promise to crack down on piracy; last weeks Xbox 360 firmware 3.56 update blocked …
The unlikely marriage between nightlife and gaming seems antithetical on paper, but that didn’t stop the creators of a new Las Vegas nightclub from trying to do both.
(More on TIME.com: Duke Nukem Has a Release Date and a SFW Trailer)
Insert Coin(s), opening this Spring, seems intent on luring party-going gamers with booze, …
It’s been an interesting couple of days for Jim Greer, CEO of Kongregate. The web portal destination for independently-developed, browser-based games launched the Kongregate Arcade app on Android Market earlier this week. Bringing 300 of the site’s best games to the millions of Android devices out in the world meant that users got a …
Haven’t had time to complete Singularity yet? Project Lead for Singularity Raven Software’s Dan Vondrak sent us some tips that we’d love to share with you. To see other the other Gaming Tip Sheets, click here.
TMD (Time Manipulation Device) Upgrades
The weapon upgrades are very effective, but the more you can upgrade the TMD the …
DC Universe Online has been out of beta and in full release for a week now; we hope you’ve managed to get some sleep since it launched. Last week, ComicsAlliance posted a suggested reading list that was circulated among the staff who built the game: close to 100 graphic novels detailing all sides of the DC Universe as it’s been laid out …
Recently gaming has been in the news because of its positive health benefits, including increased exercise and help with getting individuals with ADHD to focus, but a new study is saying that there is a link between video games and addictive behavior and additional mental health problems. The report, which will be released in the …
