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GS News Top 5 – $399 Xbox One; Watch Dogs and Far Cry 4 Details!

Watch Dogs’ console resolution info lands, Far Cry 4 is announced, the Xbox One loses the Kinect, and Sony’s E3 press conference is detailed!

Play open-world shooter Arma 3 for free on Steam this weekend

Developer Bohemia Interactive celebrates its 15-year anniversary this month, having been founded in May 1999. To celebrate, it’s discounting the prices of many of its games on Steam, giving away the first game it developed, and allowing gamers to play one of its most recent titles for free for the next few days. From now […]

Black Gold Online Beta Giveaway

Snail Games invites you to join the MMORPG Black Gold Online. Steampunk and fantasy are in a race to capture resources, and you need to duke it out in fast-paced action combat and shred each other to pieces with customized mechs or muscled dragon mounts. Black Gold Online’s closed beta just launched this week and […]

Get Free Stuff With Free Games Friday May 16, 2014

Welcome to another edition of Free Games Friday, GameSpot’s weekly show that aims to bring you some fresh recommendations on what zero cost games you should be playing. This week, we check out rhythm game developer Harmonix’s latest offering, tell you about a unique shooter that seriously messes with your mind, and give you some […]

GameSpot GamePlay Podcast Episode #71

Tom McShea takes the wheel in this week’s podcast, talking about A Kinect-less Xbox One, FarCry 4, Super Time Force and the state of gaming events.

SUPERHOT, Record Run, No Heroes Allowed – Free Games Friday

This week, we check out rhythm game developer Harmonix’s latest offering, tell you about a unique shooter that seriously messes with your mind, and give you some insight about a new puzzle game for the PlayStation Vita.

Call of Duty: Advance Warfare’s story took over two years to write

A great deal of time has been spent working on the story for this year’s Call of Duty game, Call of Duty: Advance Warfare–more specifically, over two-and-a-half years. That’s according to Glen Schofield, co-founder of Advance Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games, who shared the figure on Twitter. In response to a tweet from someone who talked […]

The Point – Is Kinect Dead?

With Microsoft releasing an Xbox One without Kinect, Danny wonders what this means for the future of Kinect games development. Also John Drake drinks a Diet Coke.

Why is the PS4 outselling the Xbox One? Microsoft weighs in

With more than 7 million units sold to date, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the top-selling new console, ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One, which has shipped (not sold) 5 million units to date. In an interview with Forbes, Microsoft chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi laid out some reasons why his console is lagging behind, […]

1080p? Dropping Kinect could lead to Xbox One performance boost

Dropping Kinect from the Xbox One was good news for fans who wanted a less expensive model to purchase, but Microsoft’s decision to make the camera optional could have other benefits as well. Microsoft representatives said in media interviews this week that removing Kinect from the bundle could free up processing power that could in […]