Billions of virtual Uruks have been slaughtered by Shadow of Mordor players–5.65 billion, to be precise. Warner Bros. Interactive has released an infographic highlighting the actions of all players across PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 (the inferior PS3 and Xbox 360 versions weren’t tracked for this). The 5.65 billion Uruk kills include only those […]

Voice of a generation Kanye West is making a video game. Find out more in this GameSpot News Update.

The PlayStation 4 owner accused of remotely deleting a stranger’s Destiny save file has protested his innocence, after a video of the misdeed went viral and triggered a wave of threats against him. On Friday, footage emerged showing how one player, who goes by the online handle “Cuckooknight HD” had used the PlayStation 4’s SharePlay […]

Axiom Verge, the Metroidvania-style platformer developed by a single person, will launch for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on March 31 for $20. It supports Cross-Buy, meaning one purchase gets you the PS4 version along with the PS Vita edition. The game is also coming to PC. Developer Tom Happ revealed the release date […]

Sadly, so far all we have is this tiny picture of it, but a new, custom Battlefield Hardline-themed Xbox One has appeared on Microsoft’s website (via NeoGAF). It looks like the “extremely rare” Xbox One will be available only through a sweepstakes in Microsoft’s Bing Rewards program. To enter, you’ll have to create an account […]

Ex-Battlefield 3 lead designer David Goldfarb has said that the development process for big-budget games restricts creativity. “I think the risk/reward for the companies that can spend the marketing money and that have big successful franchises, for them it’s still worth laying out that investment,” Goldfarb told Gameindustry.biz in an interview. “But for people who […]

Microsoft has released a new Killer Instinct trailer showing off Aganos, the sixth character joining Season 2 of the fighting game. As usual, the trailer ended with a tease for the next fighter that will join the game, who Microsoft is tentatively calling “Ghost Girl.” The mysterious character wields a curved sword, is dressed in […]

Blizzard recently previewed what we can expect to see in the next patch for Diablo III. With that update nearing release on public testing servers, the company is now getting out ahead of some discoveries players could make–namely, the addition of microtransactions for non-American and European regions. Knowing that data mining invariably reveals features that […]

Skimpy armor, Kickstarter games gone missing, moba fever, huge day 1 patches, and more. Video games have a number of trends that we would like to see go away in 2015. Have any you would like to see gone? Let us know in the comments.

The upcoming space simulator Star Citizen, has explained how its mining occupation will work in the game, and it sounds incredibly involved. “Mining presents players with a variety of challenges requiring skill and intelligence, whereas mindless repetition of a task and idle drudgery are explicitly avoided,” Tony Zurovec, Director of Star Citizen’s Persistent Universe said. […]