UK survey reveals massive gaming growth
Games now take up more time than reading magazines and newspapers for many; mobile, social platforms boom.
Games now take up more time than reading magazines and newspapers for many; mobile, social platforms boom.
Our Meet the Composers interview series of the video game industry’s top musicians continues with Halo 3: ODST composer Martin O’Donnell.
Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune pays visit to House of Halo, expresses interest in collaborating on future project "if things clicked."
Halo 3: ODST producer Alex Cutting says flagship franchise won't incorporate Xbox 360 motion sensor anytime soon, but feels tech can work with shooters.
PAX 2009: Tim Schafer, Greg Zeschuk, Denis Dyack, Joseph Staten weigh in on the power of interactive narrative and the ways it can be delivered successfully.
PAX 2009: Bungie contingent offers insights into the development of anticipated Xbox 360 shooter, indicates 8-10 hours of gameplay, no DLC.
Q&A: Veteran actor discusses working on 2009's most anticipated title, his roles in Halo 3, Mass Effect 2, and the voice-acting process in games.
Halo fans looking for a way to sate their thirst for the sci-fi series will have something to tide them over between next month's launch of Halo 3: ODST and ...
Source: Film enthusiast site IESB.What we heard: In June 2006, unconfirmed reports claimed that famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg was in talks to direct a World of Warcraft movie--a gig Spider-Man ...
343 Industries rep definitively says the Borderlands developer is not working on a new entry in the popular sci-fi shooter series.
Missed Comic-Con? No problem! Check out our list of recaps for complete coverage of the biggest games panels!
[UPDATE 2] At Comic-Con, filmmaker reveals his Microsoft collaboration "collapsed" when film project fell apart in 2006; manager Ken Kamins says final fate was sealed in January; Microsoft finally concedes ...
Developer says Halo: Reach will likely be its sci-fi series swan song; senior designer Lars Bakken thinks new publishing agreement will be closed "sometime soon."
District 9 and live-action short director Neil Blomkamp said he "probably wouldn't do Halo if it was offered" due to lingering bitterness over project's unraveling.
Microsoft working with Ghost in the Shell, Dragon Ball studios on collection of short films; 343 Industries revealed to be Halo publishing brand; teaser trailer inside.
Source: See below. What we heard: The intermittent efforts of the proprietor of Superannutation to sift through the slurry of often-unreliable information on the Internet has yielded another data diamond. ...
Today, the tragic case of what the mainstream media dubbed the "Halo Killer" came to a resolution of sorts. According to a report from local Fox TV affiliate WJW-TV, an ...
New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Call of Duty games round out NPD Group's top 20 accounting of month's non-PC retail software sales; World of Warcraft dominates PC charts.
After Bungie's public pronouncements of a budget expansion, game now full price; game retailer's bundle to include game-themed green controller.
Server maintenance will bring down Microsoft's online service for up to 24 hours next week; no firmware updates planned.
Publisher says new double-digit milestone comes as console sales grow 28 percent to date in 2009; Xbox Live users hit 20 million.
NPD reports Sony's long-awaited FPS sells only 58,000 in its third month on the US market--roughly 9,000 units less than Halo 3; US total now 677,000.
In 2006, Microsoft stunned the world by announcing that a virtual unknown would be directing the big-budget film adaptation of the Halo franchise. That unknown was Neil Blomkamp, a young ...
Microsoft's latest hardware-software combo includes 120GB console, top releases from 2007, 2008 for $399 this May.
In the novel Dune Messiah, protagonist and Emperor of the Known Universe Paul Atreides estimates that 60 billion souls have perished as a result of his interstellar jihad.This week, developer ...
[UPDATE] Publisher's recent job posting teases new cross-platform, community-oriented project that will unite console, Web, and mobile devices.
It has been nearly a year to the day since Bungie last updated its top-rated sci-fi shooter Halo 3 with the Legendary Map Pack, a download that introduced a trio ...
If you've spent any time online at all today, you've no doubt realized that it's April Fools' Day. This morning, GameSpot posted its own series of satirical stories for April ...
Source: A Joystiq report from the 2009 Game Developers Conference. What we heard: At last year's Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft finally revealed Halo 3: ODST, a new Master Chief-free spin-off ...
Microsoft researcher describes the thousands of hours of testing behind Halo 3 and the pain developers go through when consumers first test their game.
Expansions for Xbox 360's two top shooters get dated, both will cost 800 Microsoft points ($10).
Can't make it to San Francisco to see the Game Developers Conference? No problem! This year, we're going to be offering you an unprecedented inside look at GDC so you ...
Microsoft taken to court over two patents related to online computer communications for the Xbox and Bungie's flagship FPS.
Hours after Bungie touted Halo 3's 1 billionth online game, Microsoft sat down with USA Today to discuss the game's first expansion, Halo 3: ODST. The stand-alone game will complement ...
Independent developer touts milestone hit by its 360-exclusive shooter, which has now been played for the equivalent of more than 64,100 years.
Be sure to check out the archive of our gameplay marathon of Halo Wars for an early look at this upcoming game!
We head to Bungie and spend the day running and gunning through three new multiplayer maps.
Software giant letting go of 1,400 employees today after lower-than-expected $4.17 billion in quarterly profit; Xbox division's income rises 14% to $3.18 billion.
Rockstar's crime-spree sim tops Rentrak's annual rental top 10, which sports seven 360 games and three Wii games; PS3 MIA.
Most often, the media takes great pains to tie games to crime. Robberies of game retailers are
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