Double Fine Productions delivers a crowdfunding success story to be proud of in Broken Age: Act I. The game is exactly what fans were promised, but it also offers a meta meditation on the process that birthed it.
Unity Technologies releases the version 4.3 update for its Unity game engine, officially bringing support for the popular and flexible development tools to Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld.
Hello Games delivered a clever take on Joe Danger’s gameplay in the series 2013 iOS debut, and the just-released Joe Danger Infinity builds on that foundation in fun ways.
Maxis lead engineer Simon Fox offers more details on the realities of re-developing SimCity to ditch its always-online requirement for the forthcoming Single Player Mode.
Ubisoft's free-to-play third-person shooter Ghost Recon Online is bound for an Early Access release on Steam. The game is out now in Canada, with the rest of the world to follow "this spring."
Double Fine Productions' Broken Age arrives in backers' hands this week with an unusual stipulation. Here's an explanation for why we're ignoring that stipulation to bring you a review this week.
Valve launches the SteamVR beta, allowing those that own a VR headset like the Oculus Rift to explore the Steam Big Picture Mode user interface in virtual reality.
Red Barrels Games' 2013 first-person survival horror game, Outlast, will be available as a free PlayStation Plus download when it comes to the PlayStation 4 on February 5.
A new comparison video shows off the differences between 2013's Tomb Raider on PlayStation 3 and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on PlayStation 4. The re-release comes to PS4 and Xbox One on January 28.
Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer confirms that Kickstarter backers will get to start playing part one of Broken Age - formerly known as Double Fine Adventure - on January 14.
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences confirms a new round of D.I.C.E. 2014 speakers, including Palmer Lucky, Brendan Iribe, Keiji Inafune, Hilmar Veigar Petursson, and Rami Ismail.
Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe hints at the possibility that company CTO John Carmack will get into game development for the Rift headset as software becomes more of a focus there.
Sega and Creative Assembly release the first set of images for Alien: Isolation, a survival horror game that pits players - as Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda - against one menacing Xenomorph.
Iogear delivers on the dream of console-based mouse/keyboard gaming with the new KeyMander, which supports consoles in the PlayStation and Xbox famiilies.
The final list of Main Competition nominees have been announced for the 16th annual Independent Games Festival awards, and you'll see some familiar titles in there, including The Stanley Parable and Device 6.
The next trick for Left 4 Dead creator Turtle Rock Studios is officially revealed to be Evolve, a cooperative shooter in which four player-controlled alien hunters take on a fifth player's increasingly powerful beast.
At long last, Sony reveals its plan for using Gaikai's streaming technology, in the form of PlayStation Now. The upcoming rental and subscription service provides access to PS3 games across a variety of platforms.
Sega reveals Alien: Isolation, an upcoming first-person survival horror game from Total War developer Creative Assembly. The game is due for release on the PlayStation and Xbox family of consoles, plus Windows, in 2014.
CyberPowerPC reveals the hardware specifications for a pair of Steam Machines, priced at $499 and $699, that are due for release in the second half of 2014.
The first Steam Machine from gaming PC manufacturer Digital Storm - the Bolt II - caters to power gamers with a love for high-end specs. The small form factor, liquid-cooled PC starts at $1,899 and will be available this month.
Universal Studios and the Fast and Furious 7 filmmakers have decided to move forward with using the scenes filmed by late star Paul Walker, tweaking the script so that his Brian O'Connor character can be retired.
Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer reveals that, at one point, Microsoft entertained the possibility of delivering the Xbox One as a disc-less console. Ultimately, concerns over game size and bandwidth led to the inclusion of a Blu-ray disc drive.
The Steam Early Access version of DayZ, Bohemia Interactive's persistent online open world zombie game adapted from a popular ArmA 2 mod, rises past 400,000 sales during its first week of release.
