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'Dead Island': The Goriest Video Game Trailer of All Time? [VIDEO]

A trailer for "Dead Island," a forthcoming video game from developer Techland, has fulfilled its mission: People are buzzing about "Dead Island." The game's plot centers on a couple who find themselves stranded on a tropical island full of zombies. A controversial promotional video reverses chronology, starting with an...

Study: Playing Tetris Can Help Reduce Flashbacks

LONDON (Nov. 11) -- Picture the scene: You're lying in a hospital bed after being pulled out of a terrifying car crash. The doctors haven't found any physical injuries, but before you're allowed to leave, they hand you a Game Boy and insist you play Tetris for 10 minutes. That might sound a little unreasonable (you're...

'Call of Duty: Black Ops' Launches Tuesday

(Nov. 8) -- If you hear gunfire in your neighborhood at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, don't panic. It's probably just a video game. That's because at midnight tonight, Activision is launching the next game in its wildly successful "Call of Duty" series, and it's hoping this will be the biggest yet. That's a tall order, because...

Microsoft Throws Huge Launch Party for Kinect; Reviews Lukewarm

(Nov. 4) -- Kinect, Microsoft's new "controller-less" XBox 360 motion sensor launched last night, and the company spared no expense at making sure the world sat up and paid attention. Yes, even you, notoriously laid-back gamers. The software giant took over Times Square to promote their product, with dozens of demo...

Teens Confess to Brutal Real-Life Murder in World of Warcraft

(Oct. 25) -- In an incident sure to lend fire to the ongoing debate about whether or not video games encourage real-world violence, a grisly murder in Canada has been linked back to the popular online game World of Warcraft, where the two teenage perpetrators reportedly planned and then bragged about their crime. The two...

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DOTA 2 is free to play, 'DOTA Store' open now and selling beta access

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today confirmed that Dota 2 will be free to play and announced the Dota Store in preparation for the game's release.

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Vita and 3DS give RPGs a chance to shine at E3

This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre.

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The Rabbids get into a Rumble on 3DS in November

Collect over 100 Rabbids with wacky abilities and put them to the test in hilarious battles, alone or with friends!

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The Summoner's Guidebook: Dealing with Heimerdinger

When I was a League of Legends nooblet, I latched onto Heimerdinger during a free week and found him really fun.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition, Gamestop pre-order bonus now official

SEGAÂ® of America, Inc., Gearbox Software and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products today announced a Collector's Edition and a GameStop-exclusive pre-order offer for its highly anticipated blockbuster Aliens: Colonial Marinesâ¢ video game, launching February 12, 2013 worldwide.

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06/01/12 Sorcery Developer Q&A Source: New Zealand City Sorcery is a brand new PlayStation title.
06/01/12 Chinese online gamers use "big pineapple" to sidestep... Source: MaoXian Chinese gamers looking to buy Activision Blizzard 's hit game "Diablo 3" ahead of its official China launch are using keywords like "America's big pineapple" to search for the game online after the country's leading e-commerce platform shut down sales at the request of the government.
06/01/12 Minecraft (Xbox 360 Edition) (Review) Source: PopMatters It is utterly mind boggling to think about Minecraft 's route to fame.
06/01/12 Movie review: "Indie Game" film tracks video-game... Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO But they're compelling nonetheless, as passionate and funny and self-obsessed as any documentary could hope to find â especially when tackling the niche subject of independent video games.
06/01/12 Tomb Raider Gets March 5, 2013 Launch Date Source: Softpedia News Developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix have announced that the launch date for the rebooted Tomb Raider is now set for March 5, 2013, when the game is available on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Windows-powered PC.