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Once upon a time, back in the 1960s, there was a videogame called Spacewar!
It was remarkably ingenious and addictive, and probably would have become a pop-culture phenomenon if it weren’t for its one downside: You could only …
Long before the launch of Google+, there was a recurring rumor that Google would get into social games in a big way. The company invested more than $100 million in Zynga, and was reportedly planning to use games as an anchor …
Surely Medieval knights would be appalled by the swordplay displayed in modern video games. Warriors hack blindly. Swords miraculously catch fire. Characters swing in wild circles like the Tasmanian Devil.
Author Neal …
The blaring subwoofers and flashing lights of E3 just didn’t have the same pleasant ring this year.
All around the show floor, there was a sense of disappointment with E3 2012. Although the annual video game trade show had …
In case you missed our big feature on eSports in America, StarCraft II is kind of a big deal. This weekend at the MLG Spring Championship in Anaheim, Blizzard revealed new details about Heart of the Swarm, the Zerg-centric …
You know Redbox, the big red “box” you’ve probably spied sitting outside your local grocery or drug or convenience store?
I first ran into one back in August 2008, just before I moved overseas, staged in the entryway of a …
E3 is the annual Mecca for the video game industry, where the biggest publishers show off their best upcoming games. Here are our 15 favorite games from the show.
When Electronic Arts showed off Dead Space 3‘s cooperative play at the company’s E3 press conference, my heart sank.
This was not the claustrophobic, frightening adventure that the series was once known for, I thought. Isaac …
TechnologizerE3 2012
It streams movies, TV shows and sports. It’s getting a new music service. And a web browser. And a new technology which lets it talk to phones and tablets.
Did I mention it plays games?
In case you haven’t figured out yet, …
Sean Plott tends to stay at home most days. But when he emerges from his Los Angeles house, he’s a star.
“Pretty much every time I go out somewhere, I get recognized at least once,” he says. Though he says he appreciates his …
After a protracted fight scene in The Last of Us, Ellie stops and shudders as she stands over a bloodied, burning corpse.
“Oh, God.”
“I know,” says Joel, a 40-something grizzled man and de facto guardian of 14-year-old …
LucasArts hasn’t released a memorable Star Wars video game in years, but Star Wars 1313 has given fans a new hope. The game seems to be getting lots of buzz around the show floor here at E3, even though LucasArts has barely shown …
