The Microsoft-published free-to-play RTS Age of Empires Online is officially no more. The game’s planned closure took place yesterday, July 1, with servers permanently shutting down at 4 p.m. PDT. “All good things must come to an end, and that time has come for Age of Empires Online,” reads an update on the game’s website. […]

Not so long ago, Microsoft owned Bungie, and the acclaimed developer’s Halo titles were released on consoles only for the Xbox platform. But so much has changed. Bungie has since regained its independence with Destiny, and has aligned closely with Sony for the upcoming sci-fi shooter. An alpha for the game was available only on […]

Murdered: Soul Suspect developer Airtight Games has reportedly shut its doors. Geekwire reports that the independent game studio quietly closed its Redmond, Washington office this week. The move comes less than a month after the release of supernatural thriller Murdered: Soul Suspect for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. You can […]

Blizzard has announced the launch of Sydney-based servers to support Australian and New Zealand players in its upcoming multiplayer brawler game, Heroes of the Storm. The local game servers are currently available to participants in the technical alpha. To correspond with the launch of the servers, Blizzard has also sent out a “significant” amount of […]

A small glimpse into the secret world of The Secret World.

Zorine and Ed chop up limbs, chop down trees, chop up native wildlife, build log cabins and fly through the air in the Steam Early Access Alpha of open-world surivival-horror game, The Forest.

When the PlayStation 4 launched last November, Sony made the DualShock 4 controller compatible with the PlayStation 3 if it is plugged in via USB charge cable. With recently-released update 4.60 to the PS3, you can now use a DualShock 4 wirelessly to control PS3 games. A post on Reddit details the new feature, which […]

Stephen “Stepto” Toulouse, the former Director of Policy and Enforcement for Microsoft’s Xbox Live service, is rejoining the company as the Director of Community Engagement at Black Tusk Studios, the Microsoft-owned studio currently working on the next Gears of War project. Jokingly known as the the “Head Banhammer,” as Director of Policy and Enforcement Toulouse […]

Valve has revoked an unknown number of Steam keys for the recently released Sniper Elite III after developer and publisher Rebellion said they were stolen from one of its retail distributors. We still don’t know how many buyers were affected, but at the time of writing the Steam discussion thread where Rebellion made the announcement […]

Back in May, Activision Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick revealed that the publisher will invest $500 million in Bungie’s upcoming shooter, Destiny. Since then, that figure has been associated with the development and marketing budget of the game, but Bungie recently said it isn’t accurate. Responding to a question from a fan, Bungie’s Eric Osborne […]