15 Ways Video Games Make You Smarter And Healthier
Video games are a huge industry and a big part of our society — take a look at Microsoft's recent purchase of a game studio for $2.5 billion — but games get a bad rap.They're often portrayed as...
View ArticleYou Can Now Preorder Sony's Apple TV Killer
Sony announced on Monday that the PlayStation TV will be available on Oct. 14, and will launch with 700 games. We got our first look at the set-top box at the E3 video game conference in June. The...
View Article'World Of Warcraft' Makers Ditch Project That's Been In Development For 7 Years
The house of Warcraft has officially announced the cancellation of Titan, Blizzard’s MMO that has been in development since 2007.In an interview with Polygon, Mike Morhaime, the co-founder and CEO of...
View ArticleThis Is What Happens When You Scan Your Face Into 'NBA 2K15'
So many video games offer you a way to create your own character. You can choose their gender, their height, their weight, their hair color, and even their distinguishing characteristics like freckles...
View ArticleWhy PS4 Owners Are Mad About 'Assassin's Creed Unity'
Ubisoft was hoping Assassin's Creed Unity wouldn't become another battle in the "war" between PS4 and Xbox One. Unfortunately, that happened anyway. The controversy started today when Videogamer...
View ArticleWhy Popular Video Game 'League Of Legends' Is Bringing In $1 Billion
Riot Games, the company behind "League of Legends," has a very unconventional business model. "League of Legends"— which is basically like a more-complicated video game version of capture the flag— is...
View ArticleThe 17 Best Games For iOS And Android
It can be tough to sift through the thousands of games out there.Luckily, we've collected the best games for your iPhone, iPad, and Android device, chosen for their stunning design, fun gameplay, and...
View ArticleThese Video Game Images Of Paris Look So Vivid, We Mistook Them For The Real...
The beauty of Ubisoft's open-world "Assassin's Creed" series isn't necessarily the gameplay or the characters. It's how amazingly real the settings look. The games are historically accurate and so full...
View ArticleIn South Korea, Competitive Video Games Are Almost As Popular As Soccer
E-sports is a huge business, and it's only getting bigger. Riot Games, the company behind the popular "League of Legends," boasts 67 million active monthly players. And it's bringing in $1 billion. In...
View ArticleMajor Players In The Video Game Industry Are Telling GamerGate Supporters To...
GamerGate is a controversy within the gaming community that has ramped up over the last few months, and now major video game organizations and media outlets are speaking out against it. You can read...
View ArticleAdobe Pulls Gawker Sponsorship After A Writer Tweeted A Joke About Bullying...
Software maker Adobe has joined a small but growing list of companies that are distancing themselves away from the GamerGate controversy.On Tuesday, the company tweeted that it asked Gawker to remove...
View ArticleHow Video Game 'Alien: Isolation' Reunited The Original Film Cast 35 Years Later
More than 30 video games have been made based on the world from the "Alien" film franchise. Earlier this month, Sega released the latest installment to the growing franchise with "Alien:...
View ArticleThe PlayStation TV Might Not Be An Apple TV Killer, But That's Not The Point
The PlayStation TV, which was released last week, is a small set-top box that you can hold in your hand. It allows you to play PS3, PlayStation One, PS Vita, and PSP games through Sony's streaming-game...
View ArticleElectronic Arts Blows Away Wall Street's Earnings Expectations
Electronic Arts reported earnings today that made a mockery out of Wall Street’s expectations for the second fiscal quarter that ended Sept. 30.The publisher reported an earnings per share (EPS) of 73...
View ArticleMeet The Lucky Students Who Earn College Scholarships To Play Video Games
The top professional video gamers in the world can end up making hundreds of thousands of dollars thanks to lucrative sponsorship deals and cash prizes.In June, Chicago-based Robert Morris University...
View ArticleJudge Throws Out Ex-Dictator Manuel Noriega's Lawsuit Over His Portrayal In...
A U.S. judge has dismissed former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's lawsuit against Activision Blizzard Inc over his depiction in the popular videogame "Call of Duty: Black Ops II."Judge William...
View ArticleNot Even Mike Tyson Himself Can Beat 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was on "The Tonight Show" on Tuesday. So of course Jimmy Fallon got the boxer-turned-actor to play a Nintendo classic: "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" "I always...
View ArticleThis App Lets You Stream Mobile Games Online, And It's Already Surpassed...
A growing number of gamers are recording and streaming their video games online so others can watch and enjoy the experience as a community. Twitch, which was acquired by Amazon earlier this year for...
View ArticleThis Gaming Mouse Is Intense
What's better than 18 buttons on a gaming mouse? 19 buttons on a gaming mouse.That's how many Razer boasts on its new Naga Epic Chroma wireless gaming mouse, which is geared toward MMO players. In...
View ArticleNintendo Wants To Get Into The Healthcare Business With A Bedside Sleep Monitor
The company that brought us Mario and Donkey Kong wants to get into the healthcare business. During Nintendo's corporate management policy briefing Thursday, company president Satoru Iwata detailed a...
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