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Destiny Getting "Major Content Release" This Fall

The upcoming release of Destiny‘s second expansion, House of Wolves, won’t be the final extension of the game, not by a long shot. Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said today that Destiny will receive a “major content release” this fall and then something more after that, presumably in 2016 and beyond. “We have a second […]

Call of Duty 2015 Confirmed, Coming from Black Ops Dev Treyarch

Activision on Thursday announced that it will release a new Call of Duty game this fall. This is an “exciting new game from one of our top development teams,” Activision said, later clarifying that Treyarch is the developer. Treyarch created the Call of Duty: Black Ops series, though Activision declined to say if Treyarch’s new […]

Dardor’s "Crafty Spirits" Witch Doctor

Season 1 has just ended, and you might be planning to try something new with the start of the next season. If you were considering rolling with a Witch Doctor, Dardor’s “Crafty Spirits” build offers a great starting point to get your voodoo rolling on day one. About the Build: Every character journey starts from […]

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Now Playing

Alexa and Jeremy check out the enhanced remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask on the 3DS. Live Stream begins at 2pm PT!

Grim Fandango Remastered – GameSpot Plays

Jeremy & Danny sit down with the remastered version of this 1998 adventure game classic.

Life Is Strange – 15 Minutes of Gameplay

Check out gameplay from Life Is Strange in this 15 minute clip from the early stages of the game, which should be mostly spoiler-free.

Square Enix Profit Doubles

Japanese video game publisher Square Enix–which is behind franchises like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider–on Wednesday announced sales results for the nine-month period ended December 31, showing year-over-year gains for total revenue and profit Revenue was ¥118 billion ($1 billion), up 16 percent compared to last year when company posted ¥102 billion ($870 million) in […]

4 Famous Games That Started As Something Else In 2 Minutes

Lucy uncovers the murky origins of some of the biggest games around, like HALO, Devil May Cry, and Assassin’s Creed in just two minutes. Darwin has a lot to answer for.

How Call of Duty Zombies Was Almost Canceled

Today at this year’s DICE developer summit, Treyarch’s Mark Lamia revealed the time he almost cut the zombies mode from Call of Duty: World at War. While World at War was in development, a small group of programmers spent their off-time working on a Nazi zombies prototype just for fun. Since the game was in […]

18th Annual DICE Awards Game Giveaway — Day Two

The 18th Annual DICE Awards are in full swing and we’ve been giving away tons of codes! Each giveaway will last only 24 hours, so sign up quickly. Today (Wednesday, February 4th) we’re giving away the following games: Wolf Among Us on Steam Hohokum on PS4 Shovel Knight on Steam Sound Shapes Bundle on PS4 […]