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The E3 Hype Show! – The Lobby

Join us this week on The Lobby as we host the GameSpot UK and GameSpot AU staff for a rousing discussion of all things they want to see at E3 2014! Join the chat and tell them which game you are most excited to hear about.

Epic Games Reveals "Zen Garden" App Powered by Unreal Engine 4

Today Epic Games revealed the Zen Garden application, powered by Unreal Engine 4. The app demonstrates dynamic environments and is a result of Metal, the new API that Apple announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today. According to the announcement, Metal has been designed to “dramatically improve the CPU efficiency of rendering on iOS […]

What we’d like to see at E3 from Sony

Last year’s E3 was all about the hardware, as we eagerly clamored for a hint of what to expect on PlayStation 4. But now that developers don’t have to be coy about what platform they’re making their next game for, we’re going to see a lot less talk and a lot more in-game footage. What […]

Gamers Watched 2.4 Billion Hours of eSports in 2013

The popularity of watching eSports continues to soar worldwide, with 2.4 billion hours of eSports video viewed during 2013, according to a newly released IHS Technology report. According to the report (via Gamasutra), that figure is up from 1.3 billion hours in 2012 and is only expected to continue growing: By 2018, that number will […]

Another TV Show Becoming a Video Game this Fall

The previously announced video game based on TNT’s Falling Skies TV show will launch across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC this fall, publisher Little Orbit announced today. The tactical strategy RPG is set in the universe of the TV show, just like the Defiance video game (based on the SyFy TV show), […]

BioShock Veterans Form New Studio, Working On "Surreal" First-Person Game

After BioShock creator Irrational Games effectively shut down in February, many wondered what the dozens of laid off staffers would do next. Some transferred to new positions at established studios like the nearby Turbine Inc. or Blizzard Entertainment, but not everyone moved to a well-known company. Others, like BioShock Infinite writer Joe Fielder, went out […]

Analog – 3 FPS Games to Blast Through After Wolfenstein: The New Order

Lisa Foiles has three first-person games to tempt your trigger fingers once you’re done blasting Nazis in Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Mario Kart 8 Sells 1.2 Million, Becoming Wii U’s Fastest-Selling Game

After launching late last week, Mario Kart 8 has become the Wii U’s fastest-selling game ever with more than 1.2 million units already sold worldwide, Nintendo announced today. This number is according to the company’s internal sales data and accounts for sales in the Americas, Europe, and Japan. Nintendo made no mention of how the […]

Azeroth Choppers Series Recap

If you’ve been waiting to catch up on Azeroth Choppers, wait no longer! Watch the series recap and then go VOTE at AzerothChoppers.com to determine which bike will be made into a free in-game mount for the winning faction. In addition, we have more behind-the-scenes footage from #TeamHorde and #TeamAlliance showing how they created individual […]

Konami Gives Green Light to First Metal Gear Fan Remake

A group of amateur developers going by the name Outer Heaven is currently working on a remake of the original Metal Gear from 1988, and it recently received Konami’s blessing. A lot of the time publishers who own the rights to old games send cease-and-desist letters when they hear about something like this (Square Enix […]