Available now to download for free on Wii U, Sonic will speed across the land wearing Link’s iconic green tunic while the hero himself flies on his Loftwing from Skyward Sword.

You might think that video game retailer GameStop would be worried about a mega-company like Wal-Mart entering the used game market, but it’s not so. GameStop CEO Paul Raines said today during an earnings call that Wal-Mart’s arrival to the market actually is a good thing for GameStop’s business because it will drive greater awareness […]

Check out this new trailer highlighting the city, its citizens, and the Disrupt engine for Watch Dogs.

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software will show off a new game at PAX East next month, publisher 2K Games disclosed in an invitation to media this week. Press are invited to see a “hands-off presentation from Gearbox and 2K developers you won’t want to miss!” No further details about this “new title” were announced. Could we […]

When I recently saw Armored Warfare, Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming online tank action game, it was hard not to think the obvious: “Isn’t this just World of Tanks?” Later on, when I played a team-versus-AI match using a Soviet T-80 (coincidentally, everyone on my team chose the same offensive powerhouse), it was still hard not to […]

Global video game retailer GameStop will increase its efforts to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2014, GameStop corporate giving representative Sarah Trigg told us today. Trigg said GameStop will launch a new in-store donation program in May that will allow shoppers to donate to Make-A-Wish. “This year, GameStop really wanted to up its game and […]

The Xbox One is technically capable of supporting cross-platform play, but Microsoft is not currently allowing it, according to War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment CEO Anton Yudintsev. “Microsoft is not allowing cross-play completely; which means [War Thunder] cannot be on Xbox One,” Yudintsev told GameSpot at GDC last week in San Francisco. Why would Microsoft […]

The legal tussle between Gearbox Software and 3D Realms over Duke Nukem is heating up. 3D Realms said this week that not only does it have the rights to develop its own Duke Nukem game, but it also retains the rights to the Duke Nukem trademark. But first, some history. After 3D Realms–which is now […]

Curious about what a free-to-play game from Crysis developer Crytek plays like? If so, you’re in luck, as the beta for Warface is now open for all Xbox Live Gold subscribers as a free download. Crytek offered a limited beta for Warfare last month, but now it’s open to all. The Warface open beta download […]

Some tech industry deals take months to finalize, but Facebook’s $2 billion purchase of Oculus VR was completed in just 72 hours, Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe said in a new interview. “We got the deal done with Facebook in three days. That’s how accelerated it was. We locked ourselves up in the Facebook HQ […]