At a press event held this morning in Tokyo (which would be tonight in back-to-the-future Japan time), Square Enix announced an official release date for Final Fantasy XIII. The game will be available in Japan on December 17th, at the… Read More »

Fighters Inc., a fledgling group licensing organization for professional boxers, is suing Electronic Arts for "intentional misappropriation of the names and likenesses of professional boxers in its ‘Fight Night Round 4’ videogame," as well as "undermining the interests" of boxers… Read More »

Reports of the latest PlayStation 3 firmware freezing games and generally not playing very nicely have been flying around the internet since shortly after the update was first made available. Well, Sony knows about it, and they want you to… Read More »

I was recently given the opportunity to try my hand at a trade demo of From Software’s Demon’s Souls, published by Atlus in the US. I’ve enjoyed my time with it thus far, and am eager to dive deeper into… Read More »

It appears that developers of Xbox 360 games will no longer be required to use a minimum resolution of 1280×720 pixels (720p), a quality benchmark that Microsoft has proudly boasted since launch day. In his most recent column at Develop… Read More »

Blizzard opened up the new World of Warcraft Faction Change service today, allowing players of the world’s most popular MMORPG to change any character’s faction for a fee of $30, provided the character has reached at least level 10. Players… Read More »

Ubisoft today announced a brand new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game in celebration of the brand’s 25th anniversary. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack will be a side-scrolling beat-em-up in the same vein as the many TMNT arcade classics. It… Read More »

A new study reports that playing videogames — specifically Tetris — improves the brain’s efficiency, increases its size, and helps it resist late-life deterioration. The Mind Reaseach Network’s study, funded by the makers of Tetris, observed the brains of adolescent… Read More »

According to the wild west of videogame industry news, the internet, the first DSi-exclusive game cards will be hitting retailers sometime this fall.  At this year’s Game Developers Conference, DSi hardware project lead Masato Kuwahara explained that special DSi games… Read More »

Remember when the Wii Internet Channel was free? If not, it was during the first few months following the console’s release. Since then, it has cost Wii owners 500 Wii Points to enjoy the internet via the Wii’s Opera browser…. Read More »