Operation Supply Drop, an organization that provides games to U.S. troops serving abroad, says that it came under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack shortly after starting its third annual 8-Bit Salute event this morning. “Yes, 27-minutes after the official 0800 CST start time of the 3rd Annual 8-Bit Salute, some nefarious creatures took our site […]

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consume much more energy than the previous generation of consoles, a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds. “We don’t have a problem with people playing games. But the problem is the amount of energy used when not playing a game,” NRDC’s director of high-tech energy efficiency […]

President of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford announced on Twitter that the PlayStation Vita version of Borderlands 2 will get its cross-save functionality added via a PlayStation 3 patch this Tuesday, May 20. One of the most exciting features in the PS Vita version of Borderlands 2 is cross-save compatibility with the PlayStation 3, which allows […]

The Counter-Strike series may consistently hit the top end on Steam’s chart of concurrent users today, but this competitive multiplayer phenomenon began with humble origins. To commemorate the 15 years that have passed since Counter-Strike was first released, I spoke to co-creator Minh “Gooseman” Le for an insight into the creation of the original mod, […]

The many fans that have backed Star Citizen will soon have their first taste of the upcoming space sim from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts. Roberts announced that the game’s Arena Commander dogfighting mode will release on May 29. The small, multiplayer-focused piece of the game will give players a feel for how it looks […]

More games have been released on Steam just 20 weeks into 2014 than have been during all of 2013. According to an Analysis from Gamasutra, the influx of new releases is thanks in part to Steam Greenlight, which has been adding as much as 75 games to Steam at a time recently. Since Valve’s co-founder […]

If you’re not one of the people who already bought Titanfall and helped it become the top selling game for the second month in a row, you can now get the PC version of the game from Origin for a 40 percent discount, bringing its price down from the normal $60 to $36. The Flash […]

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a decade after its console debut in North America, Nintendo dubbed 1994 the Year of the Cartridge. While there were many memorable cartridge-based hits that year, 1994 was also the stage for other trends. Numerous now-classic PC games made their debut, and Sega unleashed a wave of […]

“Nice to meet you. Now let’s kill each other!” It’s a rather unsettling way to greet someone, but in essence, that’s exactly how Blade Symphony’s frenzied duels to the death begin. This is murder of the most courteous sort. Bowing is optional, though the vast majority of opponents you cross swords with afford you this […]

We’d heard rumors before that Microsoft was working on an anniversary Edition of Halo 2, but it looks like the scope of Master Chief’s revival is going to be quite a bit larger on Xbox One. Sources report that HD versions of Halo 1 through Halo 4 are coming to Microsoft’s latest console with a […]