Following comments from ESPN president John Skipper last year that competitive gaming is not a sport (but rather a competition), the sports giant on Sunday evening aired two hours of gaming programming on ESPN 2. And the response was…enthusiastic to say the least. ESPN 2 broadcast the championship round of Blizzard’s “Heroes of the Dorm” […]

Following a second day of disquieting rumors concerning the Silent Hills project, on Monday, publisher Konami confirmed that it has terminated plans to develop the game. Although Konami initially declined to comment on the matter when contacted early on Monday, later in the day it issued a statement to GameSpot, putting speculation surrounding the title […]

Following Activision’s official announcement of Call of Duty: Black Ops III on Sunday, video game retailer GameStop today announced the the bonuses players can receive for pre-ordering with them. First, everyone who pre-orders will gain entry to the Black Ops III multiplayer beta, which will be held on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. More […]

Just days after revealing a new Overlord game that will take the series in a controversial new direction, Codemasters has made another announcement for one of its other major franchises. The UK-based publisher on Monday announced–and released–the next entry in the Dirt racing series, called Dirt Rally. An unfinished version of the game is available […]

New connection issues for Xbox One‘s Halo: The Master Chief Collection have forced Microsoft to cancel its own Halo tournament. The company’s official Twitter account explains how it was unable to fix unspecified “party joinability issues,” so it made the decision to cancel Halo Championship Series Cup 1. “We’re aware of and investigating party joinability […]

Nintendo’s iconic platformer Super Mario Bros. had a lot of memorable sound effects that remain popular to this day. But now we’re hearing them like never before in a terrifying new video. YouTube user crysknife007 has collected every sound effect from the original NES game and looped them on top of each other. For 12 […]

Bandai Namco has released a trailer for another Tekken 7 fighter who’s a completely new addition to the fighting game series. Gigas, as you can see in the trailer below, is a hulking monstrosity, with tubes bolted on to his body. He looks a lot like the Batman villain Bane, especially as he appear in […]

With PlayStation Now released and in the full swing of things, you’re probably curious what games are actually on it. As a cloud-based streaming service designed to give you access to a large number of PS3 games, PlayStation Now actually has quite an extensive selection to choose from. So here’s a full-on list of every […]

This week State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition comes out on Xbox One, we get the conclusion to Broken Age, Tropico 5 heads to PS4, Magicka Wizard Wars and Kerbal Space Program leave Early Access.

Elite: Dangerous is getting a major update called Powerplay, which will add faction gameplay to the space simulator, developer Frontier Developments has announced. Each faction, or “Power,” is an organization that controls a section of human-occupied space. Each is led by a different figurehead, and comes with a different biography, political leaning, and faction-specific perks. […]