The rumored deal that will see Google acquire game-streaming service Twitch has been confirmed, according to a GamesBeat report. Variety reported back in May that YouTube–a subsidiary of Google–had reached a deal to acquire Twitch for $1 billion. (Microsoft was also rumored to have been interested.) The companies refused to comment on the matter at […]

Dragon Age: Inquisition will have straight, bisexual, and gay character romances because they each tell different stories, BioWare has said. Lead writer for the Dragon Age series David Gaider made the comments during BioWare’s GaymerX2 panel last week titled Building a Better Romance. He explained that since there were only four character romances in Dragon […]

Upcoming Space game Elite: Dangerous will launch with graphics options that players won’t be able to run with their current PC hardware, head of developer Frontier Developments David Braben has said. “We’re going through some wonderful effects internally that look truly beautiful, and we’re saying, that slows the frame-rate a bit, doesn’t it?” Braben said […]

Wii U owners in Japan will be able to pay for eShop items by touching money cards to their GamePads starting next week, Nintendo has announced. Cards like Suica, Toica, Pasmo, and others used in different parts of Japan are embedded with chips that allow you to pay for public transportation and make purchases at […]

If you’re looking to expand your Nintendo 3DS game collection you should check out Best Buy’s deals this week. The big-box retailer is currently offering a buy one, get one free deal on the following 3DS games (click on the links to find GameSpot’s reviews): Pokemon X Pokemon Y Kirby Triple Deluxe Yoshi’s New Island […]

Crytek’s Lead Research and Development Graphics Engineer Tiago Sousa has left the company to go work at Doom developer id Software, Sousa has announced via Twitter. Sousa says he’ll work on the next Doom and the graphics engine the company is making for it, idTech 6. id Software released a teaser trailer for Doom during […]

This week we get Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Episode 4: Amid The Ruins, Gods Will be Watching, Wii U Sports Club and Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty!

Ubisoft’s open-world racing game The Crew will launch its PC closed beta tomorrow, the company has announced. In addition to launching just a couple of days earlier than originally planned, Ubisoft also revealed what players will be able to test drive during the beta. If you’ve been keeping up with our previous coverage of The […]

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was nearly fired last year during Activision’s multibillion dollar share buyback from parent company Vivendi, according to court filings. In October 2013, Activision acquired approximately 429 million company shares from Vivendi for about $5.83 billion, and a separate investment group led by Kotick and Activision chairman Brian Kelly purchased 172 million […]

I’m sitting at a cramped little table at the Las Vegas Resort & Casino surrounded by Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada, Daisuke Murano, and Michael Murray. We’re smack-dab in the middle of the casino floor discussing fighting game development. Across from us, several rows of slot machines come alive with bright lights and electronic jingles for […]